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GOP Senators See Big Potential Payoff in Coming Court Battle

(Headline USA) At a rally late Tuesday in Pittsburgh, Trump told supporters how surprised he was in 2016 over voter reaction to the Supreme Court. That February, just before a crucial presidential primary debate in South Carolina, the sudden death of conservative Justice Antonin Scalia sent shockwaves through Washington. Republicans remember...

Chief Justice John Roberts Remembers Frequent Ally Ginsburg as ‘Fighter,’ ‘Winner’

(Headline USA) Chief Justice John Roberts says the words that best describe the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg are “tough, brave, a fighter, a winner” but also "thoughtful, careful, compassionate, honest.” In frequent agreement on decisions that advanced the progressive agenda, Roberts spoke Wednesday about Ginsburg during a private ceremony in...

Cockamamie Ranked Choice Voting in Maine a Go for Presidential Election

(Headline USA) Ranked choice voting will be used for the first time in a presidential race under a ruling Tuesday by the Maine Supreme Court, which concluded a GOP petition drive came up short. The Supreme Judicial Court concluded that the Maine Republican Party failed to reach the threshold of signatures...

Trump Asks Supreme Court (w/ New Justice) for Fast Action in Census Case

(Associated Press) The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court for fast action on its effort, blocked by a lower court, to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from the numbers used to determine how many congressional seats each state gets. In court papers filed Tuesday, the administration suggested the court...

Trump Interviews Front-Runner Amy Coney Barrett as He Weighs SCOTUS Pick

(Headline USA) President Donald Trump met with Judge Amy Coney Barrett at the White House as the conservative jurist emerged as a favorite to replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, the start of a monumental Senate confirmation fight over objections from Democrats it’s too close to...

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...
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