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CHEAT-BY-MAIL: Obama Judge Extends Wisconsin Absentee Cutoff SIX DAYS Post Election
(Headline USA) A federal judge ruled Monday that absentee ballots in battleground Wisconsin can be counted up to six days after the Nov. 3 presidential election as long as they are postmarked by Election Day.
The highly anticipated ruling, unless overturned, means that the outcome of the presidential race in Wisconsin...
TRUMP: Court Finalists at 4 or 5, Announcement by Week’s End
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump says he expects to announce his pick for the Supreme Court on Friday or Saturday, after funeral services for Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
He told “Fox & Friends” on Monday that he had a list of five finalists, “probably four,” and that he is pushing for a...
Front-Runner for Supreme Court Seat Hailed by Right, Feared by Left
(Associated Press) A front-runner to fill the Supreme Court seat vacated by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a federal appellate judge who has established herself as a reliable conservative on hot-button legal issues from abortion to gun control.
Amy Coney Barrett, a devout Catholic, is hailed by religious...
GOP Hopes Supreme Court Battle Will Help Shape Election in Their Favor
(Headline USA) Four years ago, the allure of conservative Supreme Court appointments helped persuade skeptical Republicans to support Donald Trump for president.
Two years ago, a contentious clash over Trump's choice of Brett Kavanaugh for the court was credited with bolstering GOP gains in the Senate in an otherwise bad midterm...
GOP Sen. Reaffirms Pledge to ONLY Vote for SCOTUS Nominee Who Opposes Roe v. Wade
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., reaffirmed his commitment to vote for President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee only if that candidate explicitly opposes Roe v.Wade, the high court's decision that legalized abortion nationwide.
Two months ago, I pledged to vote only for #SCOTUS nominees who understand and acknowledge that Roe was...
Biden Begs GOP Not to Confirm New Justice; Pelosi Warns of Impeachment
(Headline USA) Joe Biden on Sunday slammed President Donald Trump and leading Senate Republicans for trying to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
He urged more senators to stand with a pair of GOP colleagues who oppose the election-season nomination.
The extraordinary televised plea from the Democratic presidential candidate to...
Trump Vows to Pick Woman Supreme Court Justice as Crowd Chants ‘Fill That Seat!’
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump on Saturday promised to put forth a female nominee in the coming week to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Taking the stage at a North Carolina rally to chants of "Fill that seat," the president said...
McConnell Vows Quick Vote on Next Justice; Biden Says Wait
(Headline USA) The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg just six weeks before the election cast an immediate spotlight on the crucial high court vacancy, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell quickly vowing to bring to a vote whoever President Donald Trump nominates.
Democratic nominee Joe Biden vigorously disagreed,...
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dead at 87; Nation-Defining Nomination Battle Ahead
(Associated Press) Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the court's second female justice, died Friday at her home in Washington. She was 87.
Ginsburg died of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer, the court said.
Her death just over six weeks before Election Day is likely to set off a heated battle...
Mich. Judge Says Cheat-by-Mail Ballots Received TWO WEEKS After Nov. 3 Must Be Counted
(Headline USA) A judge on Friday cleared the way for more absentee ballots to be counted in Michigan, saying envelopes postmarked by the eve of the Nov. 3 election are eligible, even if they show up days later.
The decision is significant in a state that is anticipating waves of absentee...
Pa. Supreme Court Gives Dems THREE Extra Days to Get Mail-In Votes to Count
(Headline USA) Pennsylvania’s highest court gave the Democratic Party a series of victories Thursday, including one allowing repairs to glitches and gray areas in the battleground state’s fledgling mail-in voting law and another that kicked the Green Party's presidential candidate off the November ballot.
The state Supreme Court, which has a...
Trump Appeals Judges’ Block of His Order to Not Count Illegals for Redrawing Districts
(Headline USA) A week after a three-judge panel blocked an order from President Donald Trump seeking to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from the numbers used to determine how many congressional seats each state gets, the Trump administration on Wednesday gave notice it intends to appeal.
It wasn't immediately clear...
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