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April 6, 2019

George Mason University activists call for Kavanaugh's firing over allegations, school stands behind the justice

George Mason University students are urging the school’s administration to fire Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and prevent him from teaching a summer course over misconduct allegations.

April 2, 2019

Supreme Court, Gorsuch rule Missouri inmate with disease has no right to ‘painless death,’ can be executed

A Missouri man convicted in a brutal rape and murder can be executed by lethal injection because he is not guaranteed a "painless death," the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday, quashing Russell Bucklew's bid to avoid the needle because of his rare medical condition.

April 1, 2019

Sanders warns against increase in Supreme Court justices and term limits

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., diverged from some of his fellow candidates vying for the 2020 Democratic nomination on Monday by arguing against expanding the number of justices on the United States Supreme Court.

April 1, 2019

Trump ‘saving’ Judge Amy Coney Barrett to replace Ginsburg: report

Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a conservative stalwart, is rumored to be among President Trump’s picks for the Supreme Court should Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat need replacing, according to an Axios report that cited close confidants of the president.

March 29, 2019

Gorsuch, Kavanaugh on opposite sides again, this time on delay of Texas cop killer's execution

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Thursday sided with liberal justices in a ruling that delayed the execution of a cop killer amid claims that religious freedom would be violated if the death-row inmate's Buddhist spiritual adviser wasn’t present during his final moments.

March 28, 2019

Ashley Varner: Dems want to pack Supreme Court to move it leftward

Several Democrats seeking their party’s 2020 presidential nomination are calling for increasing the number of Supreme Court justices – set at nine under a law enacted in 1869 – to shift the court’s ideological balance leftward.

March 28, 2019

Supreme Court won't block ban on gun bump stocks

A newly enforced federal ban on firearm bump stocks will stay in place for the time being, after the Supreme Court again rejected efforts by gun-rights groups to delay its implementation.

March 27, 2019

John Yoo: Expanding the Supreme Court a 'crazy' idea, will turn it into 'just another political actor'

Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General, John Yoo, weighed in on a hot new topic on the 2020 presidential campaign trail. Several Democratic contenders are talking up plans to overhaul the Supreme Court but Yoo said that would be a disaster.

March 27, 2019

Joe Biden laments 'white man's culture,' comes under fire from Hillary Clinton aide for role in Anita Hill hearing

Joe Biden on Tuesday lamented the impact of "white man's culture" and bemoaned his own role in Supreme Court confirmation hearings that undermined Anita Hill's credibility nearly three decades ago.

March 26, 2019

Alaska man can use hovercraft while moose hunting, Supreme Court says

Justice’s on the nation’s highest court reportedly sided unanimously with an Alaskan moose hunter on Tuesday, overturning lower courts’ rulings in his battle with the National Park Service (NPS).