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Murkowski’s Nod Gives Barrett Extra Boost for Supreme Court

(Headline USA) Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett won crucial backing Saturday when one of the last Republican holdouts against filling the seat during an election season announced support for President Donald Trump's pick ahead of a confirmation vote expected Monday. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, declared her support during a rare weekend...

Leftists Blast Biden For Proposing a ‘Bipartisan Commission’ on Judicial Reform

Liberals blasted Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden after he floated the idea of creating a bipartisan commission to come up with “reforms” for the Supreme Court. Biden was asked about whether he’d support efforts to add seats to the Supreme Court. He has refused to answer the question directly, but...

Obama-Appointed Judge Denies GOP Lawsuit Against New Jersey Over Mail-In Voting

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit from President Donald Trump’s campaign on Thursday that aimed to stop New Jersey's Democrat Gov. Phil Murphy from sending hundreds of thousands of mail-in ballots to all registered voters. U.S. District Judge Michael Shipp, a Barack Obama appointee, wrote that the Trump campaign’s concerns...

Biden Floats ‘Bipartisan Commission’ to Study Feasibility of Court-Packing, Judicial Reforms

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said he would form a commission to “study” the Supreme Court and propose reforms to the judicial system when asked if he supported liberals’ court-packing efforts. WATCH: In an interview with Joe Biden for @60Minutes, @CBSEveningNews' @NorahODonnell pressed Biden on his position on so-called "court...

Seattle, Portland, New York Sue Over Trump’s ‘Anarchy’ Label

(Headline USA) New York, Seattle and Portland — three cities recently labeled “anarchist jurisdictions” by the U.S. Justice Department — filed a lawsuit Thursday to invalidate the designation and fight off the Trump administration's efforts to withhold federal dollars. “The Trump administration’s political threats against Seattle and other Democratic cities are...

DEMOCRATS: Justices’ 4-4 Tie in Election Case an Ominous Sign

(Headline USA) With Amy Coney Barrett expected to join the Supreme Court as early as next week, the court's action in a Pennsylvania voting case has heightened fears among Democrats about the court being asked to decide a post-election dispute and with it, the winner of the White House. The justices...

Roberts Joins Libs; Supreme Court Allows 3-Day Extension for Pa. Ballots

(Headline USA) The U.S. Supreme Court will allow Pennsylvania to count mailed-in ballots received up to three days after the Nov. 3 election, rejecting a Republican plea in the presidential battleground state. The justices divided 4-4 on Monday, an outcome that upholds a state Supreme Court ruling that required county election...

Supreme Court to Hear Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy & Border Wall Funding Cases

(Headline USA) The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to review a Trump administration policy that makes asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for U.S. court hearings. The Court also agreed to hear the Trump administration's appeal of a lower court ruling that it improperly diverted money to build portions of the border wall...

Judges Won’t Punish Public Unions for Illegally Forging Signatures & Deducting Dues

Union members up and down the west coast have accused government unions of forging signatures to keep them paying dues, the Freedom Foundation reported. The Freedom Foundation filed five lawsuits in California, Oregon, and Washington this year, Center of the American Experiment reported. Judges ruled against the Freedom Foundation and two...

Michigan Appeals Court Overturns Judicial Decree to Extend Absentee Ballot Deadline

(Associated Press) Absentee ballots must arrive by Election Day to be counted, the Michigan Court of Appeals said Friday, blocking a 14-day extension that had been ordered by a lower court and embraced by key Democratic officials in a battleground state. Any changes must rest with the Legislature, not the...

SCOTUS to Weigh Trump Admin Policy for Excluding Illegals from Census, Blocked by Lower Court

(Headline USA) The Supreme Court agreed Friday to take up President Donald Trump's policy, blocked by a lower court, to exclude illegal immigrants from the census count that will be used to allocate seats in the House of Representatives. The justices put the case on a fast track, setting arguments...

Michigan Court Shoots Down Dems’ Attempt to Extend Vote Deadline by Two Weeks

Not long after the state Supreme Court declared that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's coronavirus lockdown policies were unconstitutional, a state appeals court handed Michigan Democrats another defeat by rejecting their attempt to extend ballot deadlines a full two weeks after Election Day. Absentee ballots must arrive by Election Day to be...
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