Tag: Supreme Court

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Republicans should accelerate confirmation of judges in 2019

Philip Klein · December 28, 2018 5:01 am

A police officer guards the front steps of the Supreme Court in Washington as activists protest, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018. A Supreme Court with a new conservative majority takes the bench as Brett Kavanaugh, narrowly confirmed after a bitter Senate battle, joins his new colleagues to hear his first arguments as a justice.

Beltway Confidential

The Left hasn’t given up on smearing Justice Brett Kavanaugh

Thomas Jipping · December 27, 2018 5:41 pm

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said she liked the actress who portrays her on "Saturday Night Live," referring to comedian Kate McKinnon. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Ruth Bader Ginsburg released from hospital after surgery for lung cancer

Melissa Quinn · December 26, 2018 2:23 pm

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg sits onstage as the third speaker of the David Berg Distinguished Speakers Series, during an event organized by the Museum of the City of New York with WNET-TV held at the New York Academy of Medicine Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018, in New York. NPR legal correspondent Nina Totenberg led a question-and-answer session about Ginsburg's quarter century on the Supreme Court, and about her life.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg back at work days after surgery

Kelly Cohen · December 24, 2018 9:31 pm

Plaintiffs Cathrine Schmid, second left, and Conner Callahan, second right, listens with supporters during a news conference in front of a federal courthouse following a hearing there in Seattle. U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman says she won't immediately consider President Trump's new policy banning transgender people from serving in the military.

National Security

Transgender rights groups launch Christmas Eve bid to block Trump policy for military

Travis J. Tritten · December 24, 2018 5:00 am

Robert Mueller is pictured.

Foreign company in possibly Mueller-related secret case heads to Supreme Court

Kelly Cohen · December 22, 2018 10:09 pm

"We have a great federal judiciary," Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said. "I hope we can keep it." (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

Trump wishes Ruth Bader Ginsburg a ‘speedy recovery’

Caitlin Yilek · December 22, 2018 12:32 am

Meghan McCain tells ‘gross and ghoulish’ Bill O’Reilly to pray for Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Caitlin Yilek · December 22, 2018 12:18 am

"There are so many things that might have been decisive," Ginsburg said. "But that was a major, major factor." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Ginsburg voted against Trump asylum policy before cancer surgery

Melissa Quinn · December 21, 2018 10:30 pm

Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a former 2016 Presidential hopeful, gestures during a visit to New England College in Henniker, N.H., Tuesday, April 3, 2018.

John Kasich signs bill that would prevent most second-trimester abortions

Kimberly Leonard · December 21, 2018 9:32 pm

Honduran asylum seekers cover their faces at San Diego's Otay Mesa port of entry seen from Tijuana, Mexico, Monday, Dec. 17, 2018.

Supreme Court denies Trump administration’s request to enforce new asylum policy

Melissa Quinn · December 21, 2018 8:39 pm

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg participates in a swearing-in ceremony for new American citizens, Tuesday, April 10, 2018, in New York.

Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg has surgery to treat lung cancer

Melissa Quinn · December 21, 2018 5:33 pm