Tag: Supreme Court

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2018, file photo, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., steps on stage to deliver a concession speech in St. Louis. McCaskill of Missouri says she will not run for office again after losing last month to Republican Attorney General Josh Hawley in her bid for a third Senate term. But McCaskill told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that she will remain active in politics, perhaps mentoring other Democrats.

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Claire McCaskill wanted to tell ‘dumb’ pro-choice women to ‘shut up’

Philip Wegmann · December 20, 2018 8:11 pm

Surfboards count as ‘vessels’ under the Jones Act, and it’s creating big problems for workers’ comp

Nicholas DeSimone · December 20, 2018 4:39 pm

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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Interview: Lawyer challenging constitutionality of Obamacare explains what he thinks critics missed

Philip Klein · December 19, 2018 9:48 pm

Brett Kavanaugh, U.S. Supreme Court associate justice.

Federal judicial panel dismisses ethics complaints against Kavanaugh

Melissa Quinn · December 18, 2018 9:35 pm

This image provided by the U.S. Supreme Court show Associate Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, left and Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. in the Justices' Conference Room before a investiture ceremony Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, at the Supreme Court in Washington.

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Conservatives, don’t rely on judges to fix healthcare

Tiana Lowe Doescher · December 17, 2018 4:49 pm

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I hate Obamacare, but Texas judge’s decision on its unconstitutionality is an assault on the rule of law

Philip Klein · December 17, 2018 4:46 pm

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, meets with Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh at her office.

Susan Collins: Brett Kavanaugh ruled ‘impartially, independently’ in Planned Parenthood case

Naomi Lim · December 16, 2018 3:37 pm

In this Sept. 27, 2018, file photo, the Supreme Court building is seen at dawn on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to fast-track cases on the president's decision to prevent certain transgender people from serving in the military. The administration asked the court on Nov. 23 to take up three cases on the issue.

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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow transgender ban to begin

Melissa Quinn · December 13, 2018 11:45 pm

Porn industry girds for Trump crackdown on filth

Steven Nelson · December 13, 2018 6:01 pm

Police do a security sweep at the Supreme Court before the arrival of President Donald Trump to attend a ceremony for new Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018.

Cautious after Kavanaugh furor, Supreme Court braces for controversy

Melissa Quinn · December 13, 2018 3:32 pm

FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2012, file photo, a small amount of water is seen in a pond in the cattle pasture that serves as the water source for a cattle ranch in Tallula, Ill. The Trump administration has said it opposes a 2015 rule giving EPA discretion to regulate waters and wetlands far upstream from navigable lakes and rivers, while environmental groups are defending it in court.

Rep. Greg Walden: Abolition of the ‘WOTUS’ rule means one less burden on rural America

Greg Walden · December 13, 2018 5:00 am

Christine Blasey Ford arrives for a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018.

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What is wrong with you, Sports Illustrated?

Becket Adams · December 12, 2018 10:19 pm