Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed to the Supreme Court late Monday by a deeply divided Senate, with Republicans overpowering Democrats to install President Donald Trump’s nominee days before the election and secure a likely conservative court majority for years to come. Trump’s choice to fill the vacancy of the late liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg potentially […]
Thousands took to the streets across the United States for women’s marches on Saturday, many wearing pink protest hats while issuing fervent calls against President Donald Trump and his conservative Supreme Court pick. The rallies ahead of the November 3 election were inspired by the first Women’s March in Washington, a huge anti-Trump rally held […]
‘Is COVID-19 infectious?’ California Senator and Dem. VP-nominee, Kamala Harris, posed to POTUS-elected Supreme Court Justice-nominee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett. ‘”I think yes, I do accept that COVID-19 is infectious,” she responded. ‘Does smoking cause cancer?’ pressed Harris, in a bid to affirm Barrett’s scientific overview on everyday issues. “Yes, every package of cigarettes warns […]
Republican zeal carried President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee — Amy Coney Barrett — closer to confirmation Thursday, pushing past Democratic objections and other priorities during the COVID-19 crisis. In the drive to seat her before the upcoming Nov. 3 elections, the Senate Judiciary Committee set Oct. 22 for its vote to recommend Barrett’s nomination to […]
Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing began Monday as the Republican-led Senate charged ahead to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg with President Donald Trump’s pick, aiming to cement the conservative court majority before Election Day. Barrett was wearing a face mask, as were all the roughly 100 people in the cavernous hearing room. Barring a dramatic development, […]
US President Donald Trump on Saturday said he would nominate a woman to succeed late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, after her sudden passing on Friday, where she fell to her long fight with pancreatic cancer. The president’s desire to “to move quickly” on the process, despite Democrats’ vehement opposition, is likely to dominate […]
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a towering women’s rights champion who became the court’s second female justice, died Friday at her home in Washington. She was 87. Ginsburg died of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer, the court said. Her death comes just over six weeks before Election Day and is likely to set off […]
