John Oliver Offers Clarence Thomas $1 Million A Year To Resign
Last Week Tonight’s John Oliver detailed the corruption of Clarence Thomas and offered him $1 million a year for the rest of his life to resign from the Supreme Court.
Last Week Tonight’s John Oliver detailed the corruption of Clarence Thomas and offered him $1 million a year for the rest of his life to resign from the Supreme Court.
A Supreme Court that is struggling with a loss of credibility made the decision to not disclose what the vote was to reject Jack Smith’s request for a ruling on Trump’s immunity claim.
In a move that threatens to expose GOP corruption, the Senate Judiciary Committee has voted to subpoena Harlan Crow and Leonard Leo.
The ethics complaint that Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse filed against Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is important because it escalates the action by the Senate to assert itself to regulate the Court.
Steve Vladeck pointed out that given the way the additional districts would have been Democratic seats, the Court’s 2022 shadow docket might have wrongly given Republicans control of the House.
Chief Justice John Roberts is operating under the idea that in a democracy, no one should be allowed to use their First Amendment to disagree with this court in any place where they might see or hear it.
Justice Clarence Thomas accepted private school tuition payments for his grandnephew from GOP donor Harlan Crow.
The epidemic of apparent corruption in the conservative Supreme Court majority has spread to include Justice Neil Gorsuch. Politico reported: For nearly two years beginning in 2015, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch sought a buyer for a 40-acre tract of property he co-owned in rural Granby, Colo. Nine days after he was confirmed by the…
The Senate Judiciary Committee has invited Supreme Court Justice John Roberts to testify at a hearing about the court’s ethics issues on May 2.
The Campaign Legal Center (CLC) has written to a committee of federal judges with the authority to refer Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to the DOJ for criminal investigation.
During her interview with the 1/6 Committee Ginni Thomas admitted that she was talking with her husband Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas while she was trying to overturn the election in 2020.
Justice Clarence Thomas wanted to block a subpoena to the Arizona GOP Chair that his wife worked with to try to overturn the election.
FBI Director Chris Wray admitted during Senate testimony that tips about Brett Kavanaugh and sexual assault were never investigated but instead given to Donald Trump.
A group of House Democrats has introduced a bill that would limit Supreme Court justices to 18-year terms and kick justices like Clarence Thomas off of the court.
New reporting reveals that Chief Justice John Roberts was working on a compromise to save abortion rights, but the leaked Roe draft opinion stonewalled his efforts.
House Intelligence Committee Chair and 1/6 Committee member Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) called for Justice Clarence Thomas to be investigated.
Justice Breyer wrote in a letter to President Biden that he will retire as soon as the Supreme Court’s term for the year ends at noon on Thursday.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said on Sunday that she believes that three conservative Supreme Court justices committed impeachable offenses.
President Biden responded to the Supreme Court’s concealed carry ruling by pointing out that it contradicted both common sense and the Constitution.
Enough with the “maybe Clarence Thomas should recuse” discussion. Recuse? This assumes he belongs on the Supreme Court. His wife played an active role in an attempted coup. She tried to throw 80 plus million peoples’ votes in the trash. Thomas doesn’t belong on the court.
The Supreme Court has had no comment after it was revealed that Ginni Thomas pressured 29 Arizona lawmakers to overturn the election.
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who will be sworn in to serve on the United States Supreme Court, has addressed the recent leaked draft opinion that indicates the Court will overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that allows women to make choices about their reproductive health without excessive government restriction.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas claimed that conservatives would never protest at Supreme Court Justices’ homes.
Republican Senator Susan Collins called the police after concerned citizens left a message in chalk outside of her home urging her to protect women’s rights.
A leading theory has emerged on the source of the Roe leak, it is a humiliation for Republicans who claimed that it could not have come from a conservative clerk.
Buried in the Alito Roe draft opinion is the idea that Roe needs to be overturned to create a domestic supply of infants for adoption.
Former Vice President Mike Pence lashed out at Vice President Kamala Harris after she vowed to fight for abortion rights. Pence issued his remarks as he toured an ultrasound clinic belonging to the Carolina Pregnancy Center in Spartanberg, South Carolina.
Supreme Court Justice John Roberts told a group of lawyers and judges that he is appalled by the draft opinion leak, but he has expressed nothing about the possibility of overturning Roe.
Chief Justice Roberts said that there will be an investigation of the SCOTUS leaker, but he has done nothing about Clarence and Ginni Thomas.
It turns out that the people most emotionally deluded were those defending Brett Kavanaugh and the deceptively rigged confirmation hearing
Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said he supports the Supreme Court’s leaked draft opinion indicating that the court will overturn Roe v. Wade, which guarantees a woman’s right to choose. He also called for whoever leaked the document to be punished, calling the leak “an appalling affront against a critical institution.”
Clarence Thomas should not be sitting on the Supreme Court, and it is an under-reaction to suggest he should recuse.
Broadcast news veteran Dan Rather issued a condemnation of the Republican Party’s treatment of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s nominee to replace the outgoing Associate Justice Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Court.
17 organizations have come together to call on the House and Senate Judiciary Committees to investigate Justice Clarence Thomas for misconduct.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) defended Justice Clarence Thomas, criticizing “clumsy bullying from the political branches” over Thomas’s handling of cases related to the 2020 presidential election, dismissing calls for Thomas to recuse himself.
The Supreme Court ruled that Biden is the Commander in Chief and Courts can’t interfere with his power, but Thomas, Gorsuch, and Alito dissented.
Senator Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) announced he will vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, increasing the likelihood that she will be confirmed overall.
Justice Clarence Thomas has officially left the hospital after a stay of nearly a week after he was forced to miss Supreme Court oral arguments due to flu-like symptoms that developed last Friday.
Justice Clarence Thomas was forced to miss Supreme Court oral arguments today due to flu-like symptoms that developed Friday. He was later diagnosed with an infection.
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee, indicated he might vote “no” on President Joe Biden’s nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.
Multiple reports say that President Biden has chosen Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as his nominee for the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court has denied former President Donald Trump’s appeal to not comply with a records request from the House Select Committee tasked with investigating the January 6 insurrection. “The court’s move, which came in a brief unsigned order issued without comment, comes after the justices’ previous denial of Trump’s emergency request to block the…
A deep investigation into the political activism of Ginni and Justice Clarence Thomas reveals violations of ethical guidelines and unfitness for the Supreme Court.
Biden judicial nominee Nina Morrison took Sen. Ted Cruz to school when he tried to blame her for rising homicide rates.
Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, hit back at critics of President Joe Biden’s potential nominee to replace the retiring Associate Justice Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Court, saying that the harshest and loudest critics “have never voted for a Black nominee.” During his presidential campaign, Biden promised to nominate a…
Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) urged her colleagues to “take our time” considering a judicial nominee to replace Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, who officially announced his retirement yesterday. “As you know, I felt that the timetable for the last nominee was too compressed,” Collins told reporters. “This time there is no need for any rush….
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson became the first black woman to serve on the federal appeals court in ten years. She is now the leading contender to be President Biden’s SCOTUS nominee.
President Biden will get a chance to nominate his first Supreme Court Justice as Justice Stephen Breyer to retire.
In a 6-3 ruling, the conservative majority on the Supreme Court ruled that President Biden’s employer vaccine or test mandate was unconstitutional.
As the Republican/McConnell conservative activist Supreme Court hears a Mississippi abortion case, a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows just 24% of Americans want Roe v. Wade overturned. Just 24% of Americans want Roe V Wade overturned: The Yahoo News poll shows “more than twice as many Americans (55 percent) say they want the court to…
Justice Sonia Sotomayor said that if efforts to overturn Roe v. Wade are successful, then the ruling would effectively destroy public perception of the Supreme Court. Will this institution survive the stench that this creates in the public perception that the Constitution and its reading are just political acts?” Sotomayor as oral arguments begin in…
The Biden Department of Justice formally requested that the Supreme Court block the Texas abortion ban.
As horrific as the Texas abortion ban is, and it is horrifying, the religious architect of the law has his sights set on criminalizing homosexuality and banning same-sex marriage.
The American people overwhelmingly oppose the Texas abortion law, and the Supreme Court now has a negative approval rating.S
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, whose every opinion is based on partisan bias, claims that SCOTUS doesn’t make decisions based on politics.
The Supreme Court’s job approval rating has hit an all-time low. That’s according to a new survey from Quinnipiac University. The poll was conducted shortly after the Supreme Court voted not to block Texas from implementing the most restrictive abortion law in the nation in a 5-4 ruling that has drawn criticism of the court’s…
National approval of the conservative-led Supreme Court has reached the lowest point in the history of the Quinnipiac Poll. The Supreme Court Is Very Unpopular According to the Quinnipiac Poll: Americans give the Supreme Court a negative job approval rating, as 37 percent approve of the way it is handling its job, and 49 percent…
Associate Justice Stephen Breyer said he opposes the Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling not to block a Texas abortion ban. The Supreme Court had voted not to block a Texas law that went into effect at the beginning of the month that prohibits virtually all abortions after a heartbeat is detected, which is typically after six…
Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), who is the Senate Judiciary Committee’s top Democrat, said a panel will probe the Supreme Court’s practice of deciding weighty cases on an emergency basis. The news comes after the Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling, voted not to block a Texas law that went into effect Wednesday that prohibits virtually…
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) spoke out after the state of Texas effectively outlawed abortion by banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. “Let’s be clear about what just happened in Texas: The second-largest state in America has effectively banned abortions,” she wrote on Twitter. “We can’t rely on the courts to protect our rights….
Speaking to The New York Times, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer said he is still mulling over his potential retirement. At 83 years old, Breyer is the oldest member sitting on the Supreme Court. “There are a lot of blurred things there, and there are many considerations,” he said. “They form a whole. I’ll make a…
President Joe Biden and his aides are not going to push Associate Justice Stephen Breyer to retire from the Supreme Court, believing that to do so would politicize the institution. There is not currently a vacancy on the Supreme Court but progressives have been pressuring Breyer to retire to ensure that the vacancy occurs while…
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) released information from the FBI confirming that the investigation into Brett Kavanaugh was a scam.
Writing in a “Dear Colleague” letter, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) made clear that Democrats are “ready to expeditiously fill” Supreme Court vacancies as Democrats also weigh a bipartisan infrastructure bill and a budget resolution. “Alongside these crucial legislative priorities, the Senate will continue to confirm more of President Biden’s highly qualified judicial nominees. ……
SCOTUS is on pace to approve every new iteration of Jim Crow Republicans can devise and it will be the undoing of America as a representative democratic republic – which is precisely what Republicans dream of at night.
The United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) dealt several blows to the Voting Rights Act last week. In a majority conservative 6-3 ruling, SCOTUS upheld two Arizona restrictions. The first prohibits individuals other than close family members or caregivers from collecting mail-in ballots. The second requires elections officials to reject votes from people who report to incorrect precincts…
The United States Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act after rejecting the latest challenge from Republicans and former President Donald Trump‘s administration. In a 7-2 ruling, the court said states lacked the legal right to challenge the ruling, finding that a contested provision had not been injurious. Justices Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch dissented….
Religious liberty, the freedom to worship as one sees fit without government interference, is all well and good, but now religious liberty means being exempt from most laws and regulations just by claiming religion.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said during a press conference that she will not bring a bill to expand the Supreme Court to the floor, saying that while the bill is “not out of the question,” the Democratic Party’s focus should for the time being remain on passing President Joe Biden‘s $2.25 trillion infrastructure plan. “No….
House and Senate Democrats will introduce a bill to expand the Supreme Court from nine to thirteen justices.
President Joe Biden will order a 180-day commission that will explore the mechanics behind expanding the Supreme Court. The commission will provide a forum to debate the matter outside of Congress, whose own proceedings are likely to be significantly polarized. Although Biden has not clarified his own views on expanding the court, the decision to…
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse is demanding that Attorney General Merrick Garland investigate the FBI’s faked background check of Brett Kavanaugh.
Members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus have introduced a bill to erect a monument of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the grounds of the United States Capitol. “This is an effort to highlight an extraordinary person in American history,” said Representative Jackie Spier (Calif.), one of the bill’s co-sponsors. “You know…
If passed and enacted, H.R.1 would allow Congress to create a commission to determine a “code of conduct” for justices on the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court has denied a final challenge brought by Donald Trump to the Pennsylvania 2020 election process.
The Supreme Court of the United States has dismissed cases alleging former President Donald Trump violated the Constitution’s emoluments clause and profited off the presidency during his time in office. The emoluments clauses is a provision in Article I, Section 9, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution that states “No Title of Nobility shall…
After Trump’s Supreme Court issued a death blow to his ploy to “legally overturn” the 2020 presidential election it is likely he will seriously consider doing what no small number of anti-democracy Trump acolytes have asked him to do. No doubt the various Republican appeals begging Trump to suspend the U.S. Constitution and declare martial…
Preisdent Donald Trump lashed out at Democrats and claimed, without providing evidence, that they have expressed a desire to expand the Supreme Court to 26 justices. The president said the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died in September, would “strongly opposed” calls to expand the nation’s highest court. “Now it turns out that the…
MAGA world’s reaction to the SCOTUS decision ranges from amusing to disturbing, but it shows just how far removed they are from reality.
Almost immediately after the death of Associate Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, President Donald Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett, then a federal judge, to fill her seat. The nomination was highly contentious; Barrett came under fire for her views her critics believed would tilt the balance of the court in a partisan direction. The…
Last night, the Supreme Court voted to bar the state of New York from reimposing Covid-19 restrictions on religious gatherings. The court voted 5-4 in an emergency ruling issued just before midnight. Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who was just recently confirmed, sided with her conservative colleagues in a crucial swing vote. In their decision, the majority…
Not only has the GOP packed the judiciary, but they’ve completely undermined the idea of an apolitical, independent court.
This is a shameful, 11th-hour power grab from a Republican Party that’s officially on its political deathbed.
The White House plans to hold a swearing-in ceremony for Judge Amy Coney Barrett later tonight following her expected confirmation to the United States Supreme Court despite coronavirus concerns. According to White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, once Barrett is confirmed by the Senate, “then we expect for a swearing in to happen later…
The Senate’s Democratic leadership has told Vice President Mike Pence not to preside over Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation vote to the Supreme Court after his chief of staff and four other top aides tested positive for the novel coronavirus. “Not only would your presence in the Senate Chamber tomorrow be a clear violation of…
Around the world there are several nations with brutally authoritarian governments that embrace the concept of imposing religion to play a major role of public life. It is what is known as theocracy and evangelical fanatics are a step closer to imposing their extremist vision of social conservatism on every aspect of all Americans’ daily…
Speaking to reporters in Kentucky, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Republicans have enough votes to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court later this month. “She’ll come out of committee next Thursday … and we’ll go to the floor with her on Friday the 23rd and stay on it until we…
Amy Coney Barrett said she didn’t recall ever hearing Donald Trump promise to kill the Affordable Care Act.
The ongoing push to confirm Amy Coney Barrett before the Nov. 3 election is a last-ditch power grab by Donald Trump and Republicans.
Doubts are growing as more Senators go into quarantine that the GOP will be able to confirm Amy Coney Barrett before Election Day.
President Donald Trump took to Twitter to drum up support for filling in the Supreme Court vacancy left by the death of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The president advertised Republican Texas Senator Ted Cruz’s new book, One Vote Away: How a Single Supreme Court Seat Can Change History. “Our Great 1st Amendment, our Great…
Fox News analyst Juan Williams says President Donald Trump nominating Amy Coney Barrett to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court is “a power grab,” noting that his “actions remove all pretense about justices as impartial, learned people upholding the law.” “What we have now at the very top of the…
In a moment that could mark the last decision that ended his presidency, Donald Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.
A new poll found that just 38% of Americans want Trump to fill the Supreme Court vacancy, as 57% want the next president to do it.
According to a new Fox News poll, more Americans trust President Donald Trump’s rival Joe Biden to appoint a new justice to the Supreme Court to fill the vacant seat left by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The poll found 48 percent of registered voters in Ohio, 51 percent in Pennsylvania, and 50 percent…
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has threatened to force a vote to remove House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) if she has the Democrat-controlled house file articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump again. Pelosi had earlier said Democrats have “options” to delay the president from nominating someone to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader…
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker (R) rebuked the Senate’s attempts to confirm a nominee to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court in remarks earlier today. Baker says the Senate should “allow the American people to cast their ballots” first, joining a chorus of voices who say a confirmation should be decided…
Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said he supports holding a vote to confirm President Donald Trump’s pick to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court. Although his support does not mean Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has the votes to confirm the nominee, it does mean the Senate can move forward…
President Donald Trump claimed Senator Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) will show “how incompetent she is” after news outlets reported that she will lead the Democratic opposition to his Supreme Court pick. “Great news,” the president wrote. “It will show how incompetent she is!” Great news. It will show how incompetent she is! https://t.co/O8pCMOU2Ma — Donald J….
Fox News personality Ainsley Earhardt criticized Democrats during this morning’s appearance on “Fox and Friends,” saying that they are “already attacking” Amy Coney Barrett, who is on the shortlist of President Donald’s picks to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, for her faith. Democrats “are already attacking her for her…