GOP senators demand Supreme Court nominee Jackson answer policy questions
But Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee objected to any policy questions for Amy Coney Barrett in 2020.
By Josh Israel - March 22, 2022But Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee objected to any policy questions for Amy Coney Barrett in 2020.
By Josh Israel - March 22, 2022Senate Republicans led by Mitch McConnell rushed to appoint Trump Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. They’re hoping for a much longer process under Biden.
By Josh Israel - February 25, 2022Conservative Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett have both said their personal opinions wouldn’t affect their decisions on laws concerning abortion. But their comments during a recent hearing are telling a different story.
By Associated Press - December 03, 2021Justice Amy Coney Barrett doesn’t seem concerned with the demands and risks of pregnancy.
By Lisa Needham - December 02, 2021GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell said he would hold open a Supreme Court vacancy in 2024 if he were the Senate majority leader.
By Emily Singer - June 14, 2021The justices announced Monday that they will hear an abortion case that could undermine nearly 50 years of abortion rights rulings.
By Associated Press - May 18, 2021The justices tested the potential limits on police’s authority.
By Associated Press - March 25, 2021President Joe Biden is keeping his campaign promise to create a commission to study judicial reform.
By Josh Israel - January 29, 2021The entire judicial process highlights just how tenuous abortion access is in states like Arkansas.
By Lisa Needham - December 23, 2020Conservatives say that Amy Coney Barrett’s appointment to the court has made the recent rulings blocking COVID safety restrictions possible.
By Donna Provencher - December 15, 2020No president has tried to remove millions of noncitizens from the head count of the U.S. population. Trump signaled in July that he will.
By Associated Press - November 30, 2020Same-sex parents’ rights could be under attack if the court takes up Box v. Henderson.
By Casey Quinlan - November 25, 2020As of now, 10 states have ‘trigger laws’ that will automatically make abortion illegal if Roe v. Wade is overturned.
By Lisa Needham - November 20, 2020The same GOP senators were outraged about imaginary attacks on Amy Coney Barrett’s religion.
By Josh Israel - November 18, 2020When it comes to voting on abortion, Catholics’ views tend to align with those of others in their party.
By Lisa Needham - November 16, 2020The court’s attacks on reproductive rights won’t make abortion go away, but they could make them much less safe.
By Lisa Needham - November 08, 2020Vermont’s secretary of state blasted the Supreme Court’s latest ruling in a letter criticizing Brett Kavanaugh’s error-riddled opinion on mail-in ballots.
By Daniel Boguslaw - October 29, 2020The conservative majority on the court now has ample opportunity to abolish abortion.
By Lisa Needham - October 28, 2020The Iowa Republican senator says the newest Supreme Court justice will stop environmental protections, gun safety laws, and ‘anarchist’ protesters.
By Josh Israel - October 28, 2020The court will hear cases on discrimination in foster care and the validity of the Affordable Care Act.
By Casey Quinlan - October 27, 2020New cases are skyrocketing and hundreds continue to die from COVID-19 each day.
By Emily Singer - October 27, 2020Neither Donald Trump nor Amy Coney Barrett wore a mask, even though both have been infected with the coronavirus.
By Daniel Boguslaw - October 27, 2020Kathryn Kimball Mizelle is the 10th of Trump’s judicial nominees to be rated ‘not qualified’ by the American Bar Association.
By Donna Provencher - October 23, 2020He helped block Merrick Garland and dozens of other judicial nominees.
By Josh Israel - October 22, 2020With Republicans holding a 53-47 majority in the Senate, Trump’s pick for the court is almost certain to be confirmed.
By Associated Press - October 22, 2020But the more we learn about her, the longer her list of anti-LGBTQ actions gets.
By Casey Quinlan - October 21, 2020Tax records indicate Tommy Tuberville’s foundation to aid veterans is keeping most of the money it receives.
By Tana Ganeva - October 19, 2020The confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court could create a conservative majority for decades to come.
By Daniel Boguslaw - October 19, 2020Whether he was denying knowledge of QAnon or blowing off scientific data on COVID-19, Trump’s town hall performance was a disorganized and chaotic mess.
By Daniel Boguslaw - October 16, 2020Her record tells an entirely different story.
By Lisa Needham - October 15, 2020