Judiciary - Page 977

March 18, 2022

Hawley raises concerns over Biden's Supreme Court justice pick giving sex offenders 'lenient sentences'

Sen. Josh Hawley demanded answers on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson previous sentencing decisions for sex criminals on 'Hannity.'

March 17, 2022

Biden Supreme Court nominee Jackson praised NYT's 1619 Project during MLK Day speech

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson praised the controversial 1619 Project and its author Nikole Hannah-Jones during a 2020 college lecture marking Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

March 17, 2022

Dems tout Supreme Court pick Jackson backing from GOP-appointed judges, police groups: 'Wide range of support'

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson is supported by retired GOP-appointed Judge Thomas Griffith, and other Republican legal luminaries.

March 16, 2022

Sen. Hawley warns of Biden SCOTUS pick's 'long record' of letting child porn offenders 'off the hook'

Republican Sen. Josh Hawley posted a lengthy Twitter thread Wednesday containing several examples that he says demonstrates an “alarming” pattern of lenient treatment of sex offenders who prey on children from Biden Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.

March 14, 2022

Idaho state legislature passes six-week abortion ban

The Idaho House of Representatives passed a bill Monday banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy and allowing potential family members to sue any doctor who performs one.

March 14, 2022

Web designer who refuses to create sites for same-sex weddings says Colorado law violates free speech rights

Lorie Smith’s legal challenge against Colorado’s anti-discrimination law, which the Supreme Court announced in February it will hear, has drawn accusations that she is on an "anti-LGBTQ crusade," but she adamantly insists that this is far from the truth.

March 12, 2022

Justice Thomas slams cancel culture, 'packing' Supreme Court

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said he's concerned efforts to politicize the court or add additional justices may erode the institution's credibility, speaking Friday in Utah at an event hosted by former Republican U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch’s foundation.

March 12, 2022

Biden Supreme Court pick backed by radicals who believe the Constitution is 'trash'

Why do dark money leftist extremists all support Ketanji Brown Jackson?

March 10, 2022

US Census undercounted Blacks, Hispanics in 2020

The decennial tally missed three-quarters of a million people in total in its first undercount since 1990.

March 10, 2022

NYC dad ran college cult for 'money, sex and power:' prosecutors

Alleged NYC sex cult leader Lawrence Ray preyed on his daughter's classmates at Sarah Lawrence College using psychological torture and physical violence to lure them into his web and exploit them, a federal prosecutor said Thursday in court.