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September 16, 2020

Supreme Court term to begin with arguments by telephone

When the Supreme Court begins its new term in October, it will once again be holding proceedings via teleconference as a precautionary measure due to the coronavirus pandemic.

September 16, 2020

Texas Supreme Court blocks some mail-in voting applications a second time

The Texas Supreme Court once again barred Harris County from sending mail-in ballot applications to more than 2 million potential voters on Tuesday.

September 16, 2020

Grassley demands Biden name potential Supreme Court nominees

Sen. Chuck Grassley on Wednesday demanded that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden release a list of his potential nominees to the Supreme Court by the end of the month, saying there is “no reason” for the former vice president “to hide” the names.

September 10, 2020

Cotton accuses Biden of hiding 'his unpopular agenda' by not releasing list of Supreme Court contenders

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has not followed President Trump in releasing a list of people he would consider nominating to the Supreme Court because he knows the public wouldn't like the names, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., charged Thursday on "Your World."

September 10, 2020

Sen. Kennedy praises Trump’s SCOTUS list for including ‘legal rock stars’ Sens. Cruz, Cotton, Hawley

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., praised President Trump's recently unveiled list of potential Supreme Court nominees on Thursday.

September 10, 2020

Biden won't release Supreme Court list because it would be 'radical,' 'frighten' voters: Carrie Severino

Even though President Trump announced a list of 20 more people he would consider nominating to the Supreme Court, Joe Biden won't make his list public because it is made up of "radical" activists, not judges, Crisis Network President Carrie Severino said Thursday.

September 9, 2020

Trump’s Supreme Court list: President reveals names of 20 more people he’d consider nominating

President Trump on Wednesday announced a list of 20 more people he would consider nominating to the Supreme Court, including three sitting Republican senators. 

September 4, 2020

Mississippi man freed from prison in 2019 won't have seventh trial

A Mississippi man freed last year after 22 years in prison will not be tried a seventh time in a quadruple murder case, a judge ruled Friday after prosecutors told him they no longer had any credible witnesses.

September 3, 2020

Judge Andrew Napolitano: Has Trump incited violence?

When violence has erupted in American streets between groups supporting President Trump and those opposed to him — and when he encouraged his supporters to be “much tougher” than the other side and to “hit back” — did his use of intemperate words incite violence?

September 1, 2020

House warns Trump may ‘run out the clock’ on tax return subpoena if appeals court doesn't quickly decide case

In a brief filed Monday, lawyers for the House Oversight Committee argued that if the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals doesn't decide the case on its subpoena of President Trump's tax records quickly, the president will have successfully "run out the clock" on its subpoena that was first issued last year.