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January 20, 2021

Speakers at Biden's inauguration ceremony: Full lineup

These speakers are set to deliver remarks, readings or oaths during the 59th presidential inauguration swearing-in ceremony on Wednesday.

January 20, 2021

Biden's inauguration: Everything you need to know

The United States on Wednesday will once again transfer power from one president to another, as it has done since 1797 when George Washington left office to be replaced by the second American president, John Adams. 

January 19, 2021

Kamala Harris could preside over Trump impeachment trial if John Roberts doesn’t

The Constitution says that in impeachments for presidents, the chief justice of the Supreme Court is the presiding officer. For lesser impeachments, the presiding officer has been the same as for other Senate business —  either the vice president or a senator. The Constitution is not clear on who should preside over impeachments for former presidents. 

January 16, 2021

Vice President-elect Harris will be sworn in by Justice Sonia Sotomayor

The swearing-in of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris Wednesday, will acknowledge historical milestones as the first Latina Supreme Court justice oversees the ceremony.

January 15, 2021

Corey Johnson, Virginia killer of 7, executed after SCOTUS coronavirus ruling

A drug trafficker sentenced to die for his ties to seven murders in Virginia in 1992 was executed Thursday night in Indiana after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on his coronavirus diagnosis cleared the way for his death, according to reports.

January 13, 2021

Trump 'would have standing to challenge' his impeachment trial: Turley

George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley told “America’s Newsroom” on Wednesday that President Trump “would have standing to challenge” his impeachment trial potentially taking place after he is no longer in office “and the court could rule on it.”

January 13, 2021

Supreme Court says women must obtain abortion pill in person

The Supreme Court ordered Tuesday that women must visit a doctor's office, hospital or clinic in person to obtain an abortion pill during the COVID-19 pandemic, though similar rules for other drugs have been suspended during the public health emergency.

January 12, 2021

Son of NY Supreme Court judge linked to Capitol riots arrested

The son of a Brooklyn Supreme Court judge was arrested Tuesday in connection with last week's riot at the U.S. Capitol, a source familiar with the case confirmed to Fox News.

January 11, 2021

Supreme Court denies expedited hearings for election challenges by Trump, allies

The Supreme Court rejected requests to speedily hear a number of challenges to the 2020 presidential election brought by President Trump and others.

January 8, 2021

Warnock won Georgia Senate race without revealing court packing position

Rev. Raphael Warnock, who will take Georgia’s Senate seat in the coming weeks, did not answer one question on the minds of voters throughout the entire campaign cycle: whether or not he would support adding more justices to the Supreme Court.