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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.

March 10, 2022

Supreme Court: Ketanji Brown Jackson nomination endorsed by 83 former state AGs

More than six dozen Republican and Democrat former state attorneys general endorsed President Biden’s nominee to serve on the Supreme Court, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, touting her "extensive" experience and her "deep understanding of law and its impact" and urging the Senate to approve her nomination "as quickly as possible."

March 9, 2022

Sasse: What is the Biden administration for?

Sen. Ben Sasse weighs in on the Biden administration's handling of Putin and its Supreme Court nominee on 'Special Report.'

March 9, 2022

Collins calls Supreme Court pick Jackson 'impressive' after meeting, but remains undecided

Sen. Susan Colllins, R-Maine, had "a lengthy and very productive" meeting with President Biden's Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on Tuesday, almost two weeks before Jackson's confirmation hearing is set to begin.

March 8, 2022

Pro-GOP group takes aim at Democratic Sens. Schumer, Durbin, Whitehouse, for SCOTUS confirmation ‘hypocrisy’

A right leaning group is launching new ads that take aim at Democratic Sens. Schumer, Durbin, Whitehouse, for SCOTUS confirmation ‘hypocrisy’

March 7, 2022

Pentagon asks Supreme Court to block injunction allowing deployment of unvaccinated Navy SEALs

The Pentagon asked the Supreme Court on Monday to partially block a lower court injunction on unvaccinated Navy SEALs, who had sued President Biden because they were seeking a religious exemption.