Hillary Clinton / Clarence Thomas Getty Images Hillary Clinton said she would ask Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas: "Don't you want to retire?" On "Watch What Happens Live," Andy Cohen prompted Clinton to ask questions to the famous people he showed on screen. She also said she'd ask Melania Trump how her summer is going […]
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court Justice, Dead at 87
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died at the age of 87, according to NPR. The cause of death was complications from cancer; Ginsburg had battled pancreatic cancer for years, undergoing several surgeries that required her to step aside from the court. Days before her death, Ginsburg dictated this statement to her granddaughter Clara […]
Farage grilled by BBC’s Jon Kay over ‘dangerous’ statement on ‘political’ Supreme Court
The Supreme Court president Lady Hale announced that the Court declared the suspension of Parliament under the Prime Minister as unlawful. As a result, Nigel Farage was interviewed on BBC Breakfast where he gave his opinion on the judgement and the Court to Kay. Farage began: “For right or wrong we now have a Supreme […]
Canadian Supreme Court orders Vice Media to hand over materials related to suspected ISIS fighter
Canada’s Supreme Court has ordered a Vice Media reporter to hand over material gathered on an accused terrorist, raising questions about the rights of journalists. The outlet called the ruling a “dark day for press freedom.” In a unanimous 9-0 ruling on Friday, the court ordered that reporter Ben Makuch must hand over his materials […]
Supreme Court hears arguments in Apple App Store price fixing suit
Apple now has its last chance to fend off a lawsuit accusing it of price fixing on the App Store. The US Supreme Court is hearing arguments from Apple on November 26th as the company rejects claims that it uses its absolute control of iOS app downloads to keep prices high and take a 30 […]
U.S. Supreme Court ends fight over Obama-era net neutrality rules
The U.S. Supreme Court refused a request by the Trump administration to wipe away a lower court decision that had upheld Obama-era net neutrality rules.Read More
Supreme court won’t hear appeal over Obama-era net neutrality rules
Net neutrality just secured a court victory… unfortunately, it won’t make much of a difference in the near future. The US Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal of a 2016 DC court ruling that upheld the FCC’s Obama-era net neutrality rules, leaving the earlier decision intact. The brief notice didn’t explain why the […]
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a trailblazer for women’s rights even before she was on the Supreme Court
Before Ruth Bader Ginsburg became a Supreme Court justice, she was widely acknowledged as a trailblazer in establishing women’s rights. As a lawyer who played a prominent role in several Supreme Court cases, Ginsburg’s work against sex discrimination helped to change the way we all think about women. In 1971, Ginsburg wrote a brief that persuaded […]
KAVANAUGH IS CONFIRMED: Embattled Supreme Court nominee secures 50 votes in the Senate
Getty Images Judge Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed to the Supreme Court the votes of 50 senators, bringing to a close weeks of bitter partisan fights and protests over the nominee, who faced multiple allegations of sexual misconduct and doubts about his truthfulness under oath. A conservative who served in President George W. Bush’s White House, […]
How ‘the Forrest Gump of Republican politics’ Brett Kavanaugh became the Supreme Court’s most embattled justice in decades, after controversy over sexual misconduct allegations
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The Senate voted 50-48 on Saturday to confirm President Donald Trump’s nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, to the Supreme Court. Kavanaugh’s nomination appeared to be in jeopardy for weeks, after multiple women came forward to publicly accuse him of sexual misconduct in high school and college. Kavanaugh has denied the allegations in statements and […]