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There Are Very Few Black Women Federal Judges Today — Here's Why and How It Needs to Change
A history of racism and sexism in our country has translated to a lack of diversity in our federal judges. But it’s also due to neglected talent and political will, says the co-author of an opinion piece in The National Law Journal about the lack of Black women federal judges. Professor Catherine Smith of the University of Denver Sturm College...
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The Supreme Court is Taking up Obamacare… Again: Here's Why You Need to Care
With a now solid 6-3 conservative majority, the court will decide the future of President Barack Obama’s signature legislation, a law Republicans have long opposed but one that 20 million Americans now depend on for their health insurance.
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What Republicans Expect from the Supreme Court and Federal Judges if Trump Is Re-Elected
Jeremy Dys, special counsel with the conservative First Liberty Institute, explains what Republicans expect from the U.S. Supreme Court and federal judges under a second Trump term — if he is re-elected.
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CT's Senators Respond to Confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court
The U.S. Senate on Monday night voted to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Monday’s divided vote of 52-48 was the closest high court confirmation ever to a presidential election, and the first in modern times with no support from the minority party. President Donald Trump’s choice to fill the vacancy of the late liberal icon Ruth...
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Amy Coney Barrett's Remarks Following Supreme Court Confirmation
“It’s a privilege to be asked to be served my country in this office,” Justice Amy Coney Barrett said Monday.
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In Setback for Democrats, Supreme Court Won't Let Late Mail Ballots Count in Wisconsin
Wisconsin cannot count mail ballots that arrive well after the polls close, under an order issued Monday by the U.S. Supreme Court, a defeat for Democrats in a battleground state, NBC News reports.
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Amy Coney Barrett's Confirmation Is a Sure Thing. What Happens Next Isn't
The U.S Senate will vote to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court Monday evening. This isn’t Nostradamus-like prophecy. With a 53-47 Republican majority in the Senate it’s a mathematical certainty. So… what comes next?
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How Amy Coney Barrett's Partisan Supreme Court Confirmation Damages American Democracy
The Senate is expected to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court on Monday after a highly partisan, rushed process. George Washington University Law Professor Paul Schiff Berman argues that her confirmation under these circumstances threatens the legitimacy of the Supreme Court and stability in the U.S.
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‘Late Night': Sen. Booker Saw No GOP Remorse in Barrett Hearings
Sen. Cory Booker speaks about the confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett to be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Barrett Keeps Democrats, Trump at Bay in Senate Hearing
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett returned to Capitol Hill for a third day of confirmation hearings by the Senate Judiciary Committee
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Barrett Bats Away Tough Democratic Confirmation Probing
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett batted back Democrats’ skeptical questions on abortion, gun rights and election disputes in lively Senate confirmation testimony Tuesday, insisting she would bring no personal agenda to the court but would decide cases as they come.
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Trump's Words Haunt Amy Coney Barrett as She Vows Not to Be a ‘Pawn' on Supreme Court
Again and again, Amy Coney Barrett insisted to senators on Tuesday that she has no “agenda” on issues like the Affordable Care Act, the future of abortion rights or same-sex marriage, and that she would be nobody’s “pawn” if confirmed to the Supreme Court, NBC News reports. “Do you think we should take the president at his word when he says his...
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Graham, Harris Share Spotlight as Barrett Hearings Begin
Senate Republicans are vowing a quick confirmation for President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee
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High Court Nominee Served as ‘Handmaid' in Religious Group
An old directory for the Christian organization People of Praise members shows Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett served as a “handmaid.”
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‘Late Night': Closer Look at Bombshell Report on Trump's Taxes
Seth Meyers takes a closer look at President Donald Trump on the verge of putting a third justice on the Supreme Court.
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GOP Takes Pennsylvania Court's Ballot Deadline to High Court
Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to put a hold on a court ruling in the battleground state that extends the deadline in November’s election to receive and count mailed-in ballots.
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Fact Check: Trump's Dubious Claims on Health Care, Court
President Donald Trump isn’t providing all the facts when he promises that people with preexisting medical problems will always be covered by health insurance if “Obamacare” is ruled unconstitutional.
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GOP Invests $10M in Boosting Trump With Barrett Confirmation
The Republican National Committee is putting Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation fight front and center with voters just weeks before Election Day
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Her Words: Amy Coney Barrett on Faith, Precedent, Abortion
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, a former Notre Dame law professor and current judge on the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, says she is a firm supporter of the Constitution
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Connecticut Leaders React to Nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court
Connecticut leaders are reacting to the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court. Barrett, a former clerk to the late Justice Antonin Scalia, said she was “truly humbled” by the nomination and quickly aligned herself with Scalia’s conservative approach to the law, saying that his “judicial philosophy is mine, too.” Barrett, 48, was joined in the...