by Jim Heath | Dec 11, 2018 | Headlines, Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to review whether states can block Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers from their Medicaid programs, passing on a pair of cases that would have served as the first major abortion test for the court’s new conservative...
by Jim Heath | Nov 8, 2018 | Headlines, Supreme Court
The nation was left shaken today after it was revealed Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized from a fall at the office that left her with three fractured ribs. The 85-year-old woman, nicknamed RBG, was admitted ‘for observation and...
by Jim Heath | Nov 8, 2018 | Headlines, Immigration
A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that President Trump cannot immediately end the program that shields from deportation young undocumented immigrants who were brought to the country as children. The unanimous decision by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of...
by Jim Heath | Oct 6, 2018 | Headlines, Supreme Court
Brett Kavanaugh is officially a member of the Supreme Court. Chief Justice John Roberts swore Kavanaugh in during a private ceremony, returning the court from eight to nine justices. Kavanaugh’s wife and daughters were at his side. Also present was retired...
by Jim Heath | Oct 6, 2018 | Headlines, Supreme Court
Brett Kavanaugh has been confirmed as the 114th justice on the United States Supreme Court. It is a victory for President Trump, who nominated him, and the bare Republican majority in the senate who confirmed him. The vote was 50 to confirm and 48 opposed, with Sen....
