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Lindsey Graham Blasts Gitmo Detainees During KBJ Hearing: ‘I Hope They All Die’
(Tony Sifert, Headline USA) Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., stormed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee's second day of hearings for President Joe Biden's Supreme Court nominee following a bizarre argument with Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., over the "recidivism rate" of released Guantanamo detainees.
Graham responded angrily to Durbin's critiquing his...
WATCH: Biden Used ‘Jim Crow’ Rule to BLOCK First Black-Woman Justice
(Joshua Paladino, Headline USA) President Joe Biden has taken credit for nominating the first black woman, Ketanji Brown Jackson, to the Supreme Court, but he killed former President George W. Bush's nomination of Janice Rogers Brown, who would have been the first black woman on the court.
Biden first opposed...
Judge Jackson Pressed on Porn Crime Rulings During SCOTUS Hearing
(Mark Pellin, Headline USA) The first round of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearing for a seat on the Supreme Court was absent any explosive moments, but boiled at a steady simmer with questions about her judicial record and past opinions and rulings.
“The position to which you’ve been nominated is...
Ohio Forced to Delay Primary as Activist Judges Keep Blocking GOP Legislature’s Maps
(Headline USA) Ohio's top elections official is pausing certain preparations for the May 3 primary in the face of a court decision invalidating a third set of GOP-drawn maps of new legislative districts.
Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose coupled a directive issued to county election boards Thursday night with...
MSNBC Guest Says Hardest Part About SCOTUS Nominee Hearings Will Be Not Punching Republicans
(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) Elie Mystal, justice correspondent at The Nation and recent guest on MSNBC, said the hardest part of the upcoming hearings for the new Supreme Court nominee would be not punching Republicans in the mouth, The Daily Wire reported.
As a guest on Tiffany Cross's show, "The...
Justice Thomas Hospitalized with Infection, High Court Says
Justice Clarence Thomas has been hospitalized because of an infection, the Supreme Court said Sunday.
Thomas, 73, has been at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., since Friday after experiencing "flu-like symptoms," the court said in a statement.
The court offered no explanation for why it waited two days to disclose...
Biden’s Supreme Court Nominee Under Fire for Support of Critical Race Theory
(Tony Sifert, Headline USA) It looks increasingly likely that D.C. Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is headed for rocky confirmation hearings in the Senate, which will begin Monday.
While Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has said of the forthcoming hearings that he is "not at all interested . . ....
NC Republicans File SCOTUS Appeal to Overrule Leftist State Courts’ Gerrymandering
(Headline USA) North Carolina's Republican legislative leaders have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to curtail state courts' powers to intervene in the drawing of congressional districts as part of an ongoing battle over electoral maps.
The renewed effort is not expected to alter the current election cycle after the justices...
Judge OKs Nigerian Brothers’ Lawsuit over Smollett Lawyer’s ‘Whiteface’ Claim
(Headline USA) Disgraced actor, felon and hate-crime fraudster Jussie Smollett was sprung early from jail this week, but that hasn't meant an end to his problems.
Smollett still faces an appeal of his sentence and on Friday a judge in Chicago ruled that an attorney for Smollett might have defamed...
Top UK Court Refuses Assange’s Extradition Appeal
(Headline USA) Britain’s top court on Monday refused WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange permission to appeal against a decision to extradite him to the U.S. to face spying charges.
The court said it refused because the case “didn’t raise an arguable point of law.”
Assange has sought for years to avoid a...
Jussie Smollett Returns to Court for Sentencing over Race Hoax
(Headline USA) Actor Jussie Smollett was scheduled to return to court on Thursday for sentencing on his conviction of lying to police about a race hoax that he orchestrated himself.
Smollett, who is expected to continue to deny his role in the staged attack in January 2019, faces up to...
Biden’s Legal Opinion Helped to Get Obstruction Charges Dropped in J6 Case
(Mark Pellin, Headline USA) In what could be an ultimate irony, a prior interpretation of case law by Joe Biden might help set the stage for obstruction of justice charges being dropped in hundreds of cases stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, protests at the U.S. Capitol.
It’s already led to...
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