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April 9, 2021

Liberals ramp up calls for Supreme Court Justice Breyer to retire after he panned court packing in speech

Many on the left had quietly hoped that Justice Stephen Breyer would retire in 2021, opening up a seat on the Supreme Court for President Biden to fill — but now some are waging a public campaign to pressure the liberal stalwart to step down. 

April 9, 2021

Biden orders study on 'size' of Supreme Court, other possible changes amid liberal court-packing push

President Biden will issue an executive order Friday to form a commission to study reforms to the United States Supreme Court.Biden, under pressure from liberals to expand the size of the high court, promised to create the commission during a "60 Minutes" interview back in October in the wake of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death. 

April 8, 2021

MSNBC host calls on liberal Supreme Court Justice Breyer to retire after his warning against 'court-packing'

MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan has called on liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire from the bench after he spoke out forcefully against court-packing earlier this week.

April 8, 2021

New York Times frets over religious right's winning streak at Supreme Court

A New York Times story this week fretted about the Supreme Court's recent track record of ruling in favor of religious groups and quoting figures fearing Christian conservatives are "weaponizing" First Amendment protections at the expense of progressive interests.

April 8, 2021

Inside Biden White House's ties to dark money group seeking to pack Supreme Court

Both White House press secretary Jen Psaki and President Biden's judicial nomination point person Paige Herwig previously worked for Demand Justice.

April 7, 2021

Oklahoma Gov. Stitt says dangerous criminals walking free thanks to 'horribly wrong' Supreme Court ruling

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt is sounding the alarm about the effects of a Supreme Court ruling last year that has led to convicted criminals walking free in his state

April 7, 2021

Liberal Justice Stephen Breyer forcefully opposes court packing

Justice Stephen Breyer, one of the foremost liberal justices on the Supreme Court, warned against "court-packing" in a lecture to Harvard Law School on Tuesday even as many on the left are calling for President Biden and the Democratic Senate to do so.

April 7, 2021

Tennessee asks Supreme Court to put hold on ruling that state's abortion waiting period is unconstitutional

Tennessee is asking the Supreme Court to put a hold on a lower-court ruling that the state's two-day waiting period for women seeking an abortion is unconstitutional, even though it's been in effect for years and other states have similar waiting periods. 

April 5, 2021

Supreme Court dismisses Trump Twitter case as moot, as Thomas highlights 'glaring concern' of platform's power

The Supreme Court on Monday deemed former President Donald Trump's appeal of a ruling that said it was unconstitutional for him to block critics moot, after a lower court considered his page to be a protected public forum

April 4, 2021

Mazie Hirono rips Kavanaugh, other Trump Supreme Court picks, as she promotes new memoir

U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono made a name for herself during Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation hearings three years ago. Now she's ripping the justice again -- describing him as a "political operative" and "not a very good lawyer" -- as she promotes her new memoir.