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…
Democratic Senate candidate Mark Kelly may have a chance to vote on President Trump's Supreme Court nominee should he beat Arizona Sen. Martha McSally on Nov. 3.Since Kelly and McSally are facing off in a special election to fill out the remainder of the late Sen. John McCain's term, Kelly may not have to wait until…
President Trump said Saturday it cannot be “more clear” that he’s empowered to fill the vacant Supreme Court seat left by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and that his pick will be a woman, beaming as a North Carolina crowd chanted, “Fill that seat!” “That’s what we’re going to do, we’re going to…
President Trump said his nominee to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg would likely be a woman.Trump told reporters before boarding Air Force One that he has had a shortlist of nominees for a while, and the choice of a woman would “certainly be appropriate.”When asked if there should be a vote on a…
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…
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…