The resistance movement forged in the early days of Donald Trump’s presidency now faces perhaps its greatest challenge: keeping open a supreme court vacancy that, if filled, will cement a conservative majority for decades to come. The death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the court’s most senior and celebrated liberal, set the stage for a furious…
A black drape was hung over the entrance of the Supreme Court building in Washingon on Saturday, in tribute to Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Friday at age 87."This tradition dates back at least as far as the death of Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase in 1873, and is believed to have been followed…
A nomination battle is brewing in the wake of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death Friday.While it is unclear how long there will be a vacant seat, the Supreme Court is scheduled to begin its new term Oct. 5 with eight members. The justices will meet Sept. 29 to review hundreds of pending appeals and to decide which cases it…
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the enigmatic, longtime Supreme Court justice who attained near cult-like status among progressive circles, died Friday at the age of 87 from complications surrounding metastatic pancreatic cancer.The late Supreme Court justice, who spent more than two decades on the bench in the highest court of the land, is survived by her two children, Jane…
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the Green Party ticket from the state’s presidential ballot, handing Democrats their second win this week in knocking out third-party competition for Joseph R. Biden in swing states. The state’s high court ruled that Green Party presidential candidate Howie Hawkins and vice presidential candidate Angela Walker failed to…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…