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May 7, 2019

2020 Dem Michael Bennet targeted in new ads by progressive group

He’s been in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination for less than a week, but Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado’s already coming under attack – not from Republicans but from fellow Democrats. Demand Justice, a progressive advocacy group that aims to block the nominations by Republican President Donald Trump of conservative federal judges, announced on Tuesday that it will start running TV commercials and digital ads in the first-in-the-nation presidential primary state of New Hampshire that charge Bennet supports Trump’s judicial nominees nearly 70 percent of the time.

May 7, 2019

Kirsten Gillibrand pledges Roe v. Wade litmus test for judicial nominations

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. pledged that if she wins the 2020 presidential election, she'll counter President Trump's judicial agenda by only nominating judges who'll commit to upholding the landmark abortion ruling in Roe v. Wade.

May 7, 2019

Special ed teacher suing California union in case that could cost labor big

A California educator is battling a state teachers' union over his problems leaving the organization, in what his attorneys say could be a precedent-setting legal case that ultimately forces labor unions across the country to reimburse billions in back dues to their members.

May 5, 2019

Senate Dems' social media poll finds more users want Supreme Court justices like Kavanaugh than Ginsburg

A Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Twitter poll asking what type of Supreme Court justices social media users would like to have on the bench apparently backfired when 70 percent of respondents selected “justices like Brett Kavanaugh” compared to just 30 percent who chose “justice like Ruth Bader Ginsburg.”

May 1, 2019

Battle over census citizenship question high stakes for Texas, California

Democrats say the citizenship question could lead to an undercount of immigrant and Latinos. Republicans, on the other hand, accuse Democrats of "fear-mongering."

April 28, 2019

Klobuchar says Biden will have to continue to deal with criticism over Anita Hill treatment

2020 Democratic presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar said in an interview that aired Sunday that the Anita Hill’s 1991 testimony during the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas motivated her to get into politics.

April 24, 2019

Supreme Court hears DUI case in which blood was ordered drawn from unconscious driver without a warrant

A Wisconsin DUI case in which officers ordered the blood of an unconscious man be drawn for evidence without first getting a warrant was heard by the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday.

April 23, 2019

Supreme Court conservatives signal possible support for census citizenship question

The Supreme Court’s conservative justices signaled possible support Tuesday for the Trump administration’s bid to ask about citizenship on the 2020 census, during a high-stakes argument where partisan lines were quickly drawn. 

April 23, 2019

Judge Napolitano on census: ‘The only question you are obliged to answer is the total number of people who live there’

Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano said Tuesday that as it stands, the only information that must be disclosed for the census is the total number of people who live in a residence.

April 22, 2019

Supreme Court to take up LGBT job discrimination cases

The Supreme Court will decide whether the main federal civil rights law that prohibits employment discrimination applies to LGBT people.