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RBG's Death Raises New Specter: a Lame-Duck Confirmation

And mourners grieve over loss of powerful Supreme Court judge

(Newser) - Hundreds of people sang "Amazing Grace" on Friday evening for a lost icon of justice—Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The Supreme Court flag stood at half-mast in Washington, DC, as people tweeted photos and videos of the hushed scene, where mourners also sang "America the Beautiful" and John Lennon'...

Trump: GOP Has &#39;Obligation&#39; to Move &#39;Without Delay&#39;
Trump to Senate:
Vote 'Without Delay'
Sep 19, 2020 10:30 AM CDT

Trump to Senate: Vote 'Without Delay'

Republicans have the 'obligation' to move on high court pick, Trump tweets

(Newser) - President Trump on Saturday urged the Republican-run Senate to consider "without delay" his upcoming nomination to fill the Supreme Court seat vacated by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg just six weeks before the election, the AP reports. The White House was making preparations to select a nominee...

Meet the Judge That Trump's Reportedly Been 'Saving'

Amy Coney Barrett is at the top of the short list

(Newser) - With the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg , there's now an opening on the US Supreme Court, and with that a few possibilities to be President Trump's nominee, if he's indeed the one to make that nomination. USA Today reports on some names now being floated, including Allison...

Trump, Biden React to Death of Ginsburg

From president, a 'titan of the law'; from former VP, an 'American hero' and 'relentless voice'

(Newser) - A "titan of the law." That's how President Trump described late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Friday night after learning of her death from complications of pancreatic cancer at the age of 87. "Renowned for her brilliant mind and her powerful dissents ... Justice Ginsburg demonstrated...

Obama Has a Message for Republican Senators on RBG

Dems remind GOP of their remarks in 2016 on filling an empty SCOTUS seat during election year

(Newser) - Mitch McConnell vowed late Friday that a vote will be held on President Trump's nominee to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, who died Friday at 87. But prominent Democrats, including Barack Obama, are pushing back, digging up the remarks of McConnell and other GOP senators from...

McConnell: Senate Will Vote on Trump's SCOTUS Nominee

Senate majority leader explains why in a Friday night statement

(Newser) - Mitch McConnell wasted no time in making clear that the nominee President Trump selects to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg "will receive a vote on the floor of the United States Senate." In a Friday night statement that acknowledged Ginsburg's "extraordinary American life,"...

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dead at 87
The Statement RBG
Dictated Before Her Death
OBITUARY
Sep 18, 2020 6:42 PM CDT

The Statement RBG Dictated Before Her Death

Supreme Court Justice died of complications of metastatic pancreatic cancer

(Newser) - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died Friday at her home in Washington, DC, reports the AP . She was 87. Ginsburg died of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer, the court says; it was her fifth bout with cancer since 1999. NPR reports that in the days before her death, Ginsburg...

Supreme Court Rules Against GOP in State's Mail Voting

Rhode Island is allowed to keep relaxed rules in place to make process easier

(Newser) - A Supreme Court ruling on Thursday means that it will remain easier than usual for people in Rhode Island to vote by mail in the November election. In an unsigned order , the justices kept emergency rules in place that allow people to cast their ballots without the signatures of two...

Pence Publicly Swipes at John Roberts

It's the first time he or the president have called out the chief justice by name

(Newser) - Mike Pence called out Chief Justice John Roberts by name in a TV interview set to air Thursday, and it wasn't to compliment him. "We have great respect for the institution of the Supreme Court of the United States but Chief Justice Roberts has been a disappointment to...

Supreme Court Rejects Church's COVID Request

Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley wanted to get around Nevada's 50-person cap for religious services

(Newser) - A sharply divided US Supreme Court denied a rural Nevada church's request late Friday to strike down as unconstitutional a 50-person cap on worship services as part of the state's ongoing response to the coronavirus. In a 5-4 decision, the high court refused to grant the request from...

Ruth Bader Ginsburg&#39;s Cancer Is Back
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's
Cancer Is Back
Jul 17, 2020 11:40 AM CDT

Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Cancer Is Back

But Supreme Court justice reports positive results from chemo

(Newser) - Bad news for supporters of RBG: The 87-year-old Supreme Court justice said Friday that her cancer has returned, reports CNN . However, the statement from Ruth Bader Ginsburg added that she has seen good results from chemotherapy. “I have often said I would remain a member of the Court as...

Supreme Court to Florida: We Are Not Getting Involved

Which means felons still can't vote in the Sunshine State

(Newser) - Looks like Florida felons won't be voting in the 2020 primary election after all—and might not cast ballots in November, either. The Supreme Court decided by a 6-3 vote Thursday not to review a decision by a federal appeals court that blocks hundreds of thousands of state felons...

Facing Execution, Inmate Comments on His 'Sanitized Murder'

Wesley Ira Purkey was 2nd US inmate executed this week

(Newser) - Wesley Ira Purkey was pronounced dead by lethal injection Thursday morning—America's second execution this week after a 17-year hiatus, the Tribune-Star reports. A 5-4 Supreme Court decision in the wee hours allowed the lethal injection to proceed in Terre Haute, Ind., despite concerns over Purkey's mental competency....

SCOTUS Splits 5-4 on 2nd Execution This Week

Court clears way for execution of Wesley Purkey

(Newser) - The Supreme Court early Thursday cleared the way for a second federal execution this week. The vote to allow the execution of Wesley Ira Purkey to go forward was 5-4, with the court's four liberal members dissenting, the AP reports. Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote that “proceeding with Purkey’...

RBG Released From Hospital
RBG Released
From Hospital
Jul 15, 2020 4:06 PM CDT

RBG Released From Hospital

SCOTUS says she is 'home and doing well'

(Newser) - The Supreme Court said Wednesday that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was discharged from a hospital after being treated for a possible infection. A court spokeswoman said in an emailed statement that Ginsburg was "home and doing well," the AP reports. Ginsburg had gone to a hospital in Washington...

Ginsburg Hospitalized With Possible Infection

Supreme Court says 87-year-old justice is 'resting comfortably'

(Newser) - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is being treated for a possible infection and is expected to stay in the hospital for a few days following a medical procedure, the Supreme Court said in a statement Tuesday. The court said that the 87-year-old Ginsburg went to a hospital in Washington on Monday...

First Federal Execution Since 2003 to Proceed

SCOTUS approves execution of Daniel Lewis Lee in Indiana

(Newser) - The Supreme Court cleared the way for federal executions to resume early Tuesday, just hours before a man convicted of killing a family of three was scheduled to die. The 5-4 opinion, issued around 2am, determined inmates had "not made the showing required to justify last-minute intervention," per...

Where Is John Roberts Leading the Court?
One Trait Helps Define
John Roberts' Court
in case you missed it
Jul 12, 2020 9:51 AM CDT

One Trait Helps Define John Roberts' Court

Chief justice is an 'institutionalist'

(Newser) - The Supreme Court's unusual term has come to an end, and Chief Justice John Roberts managed to anger President Trump on multiple occasions, including on DACA , gay rights , abortion , and the privacy of Trump's own financial records . So what's going on with Roberts, a 65-year-old lifelong conservative?...

Court: Half of Oklahoma Is On Native American Land

Neil Gorsuch sides with liberals in 5-4 ruling that will affect criminal prosecutions

(Newser) - The Supreme Court has news for people who reside in what is roughly the eastern half of Oklahoma: They are living on an American Indian reservation. In a 5-4 ruling Thursday, the court ruled that the land, including Tulsa, falls within the Muscogee (Creek) Indian Reservation, reports the Wall Street ...

Trump Blasts Supreme Court After Rulings on His Records

Court says Manhattan prosecutor can pursue his tax returns, but Congress is rebuffed for now

(Newser) - The Supreme Court on Thursday gave President Trump some good news (at least temporarily) and some bad news in his fight to keep his financial records private. But the upshot of both rulings is that it's unlikely any of Trump's financial information will be made public before the...

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