by Jim Heath | Sep 19, 2020 | Headlines, Supreme Court
Former President Obama has called on the Senate not to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg until next year. Obama urged Republicans to live up to the standard they set in 2016 by refusing to give a hearing to Merrick Garland....
by Jim Heath | Sep 19, 2020 | Headlines, Supreme Court
Mitch McConnell is not a man history will remember as particularly honorable. The debate over his role as Majority Leader in the Senate will studied and compared against others, but his lack-of-character will never be in doubt. Not two hours after Supreme Court...
by Jim Heath | Sep 19, 2020 | Headlines, Supreme Court
President Trump is expected to ignore the dying wish of late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and nominate her replacement in the coming days in a rush to hurry through a conservative judge before the election. Ginsburg had hoped that Trump would not be the...
by Jim Heath | Sep 18, 2020 | Headlines, Obit, Supreme Court
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the demure firebrand who in her 80s became a legal, cultural and feminist icon, died today. The Supreme Court announced her death, saying the cause was complications from metastatic cancer of the pancreas. The court, in a statement, said...
by Jim Heath | Sep 9, 2020 | 2020, courts, Headlines, Supreme Court, Trump
Hoping to replicate a strategy that has long been seen as key to his appeal among conservative voters, President Trump today announced he is adding 20 names to a list of Supreme Court candidates that he’s pledged to choose from if he has future vacancies to...
