Tag: Supreme Court

Despite the picture the media has painted, President Trump is rounding out his first year in office with quite a few accomplishments. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump is on a roll

Washington Examiner · December 19, 2017 5:01 am

Republicans are hopeful the passage of a tax reform bill Tuesday will boost President Trump's approval ratings and create a more favorable climate in 2018, making it an election year about jobs and growth rather than tweets and the Russia investigation. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool via Bloomberg)

Trump flips the script on critics who say he lacks achievements

W. James Antle III · December 19, 2017 5:01 am

Trump was irritated that Neil Gorsuch had told Sen. Richard Blumenthal that Trump's numerous attacks on the federal judiciary "disheartening" and "demoralizing." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump weighed revoking Gorsuch’s Supreme Court nomination: Report

Diana Stancy Correll · December 19, 2017 2:41 am

Two months ago, attorneys for the ACLU gamed the judicial system to secure an expedited decision from the full D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals that unaccompanied minors illegally present in the United States have a constitutional right to an abortion. (iStock Photo)

Beltway Confidential

The ACLU wants an illegal immigrant minor who’s 22 weeks pregnant to have an abortion

Margot Cleveland · December 18, 2017 4:43 pm

Books for the Reader Who Has Everything

Ann Corkery · December 16, 2017 11:05 am

When Don Willett was nominated to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Democrats balked, of course, but not for the reasons one might think. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Beltway Confidential

Democrats troll a Trump nominee’s tweets instead of his judicial record

Nicole Russell · December 14, 2017 5:25 pm

If Senate Republicans confirm James Ho and Don Willett to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals before Jan. 20, Trump would surpass the record held by former presidents John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump, Senate Republicans close in on record for judicial confirmations

Ryan Lovelace · December 12, 2017 10:43 pm

In the mind of Jack Phillips, of Masterpiece Cakeshop, he designs unique works of art that reflect his own values. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Masterpiece Cakeshop: When the customer is not always right

Noemie Emery · December 12, 2017 5:01 am

The pro- and anti-Roy Moore camps are sharply divided. Many believe there is still sufficient question surrounding the controversy to render Moore unfit for office, while others are staunch supporters and believe he is innocent until proven guilty. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Beltway Confidential

Can the Senate expel or exclude Roy Moore if he wins?

Jenna Ellis · December 11, 2017 8:52 pm

Attorneys representing Jameka Evans, the security guard, wanted the Supreme Court to overturn an 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling and decide that sexual orientation discrimination violates the Civil Rights Act. (Kevin Wolf/AP Images for Human Rights Campaign)

Supreme Court rejects discrimination case based on sexual orientation

Ryan Lovelace · December 11, 2017 2:51 pm

The Supreme Court's decision to take up Benisek v. Lamone marks the second time it has added a partisan gerrymandering case to this term's calendar. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Supreme Court to take up Maryland redistricting case

Anna Giaritelli · December 9, 2017 12:14 am

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had previously ruled that the practice violated a defendants' right that he or she be presumed innocent until proven guilty, and the use of shackles would be considered on a case-by-case basis. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)

Supreme Court will hear courtroom shackles case

Anna Giaritelli · December 8, 2017 11:37 pm