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Justice Kagan: 'Time will tell' if court finds common ground
Read full article: Justice Kagan: 'Time will tell' if court finds common groundJustice Elena Kagan says “time will tell” whether the Supreme Court can get back to “finding common ground” after a term in which the court’s six conservatives and three liberals split over major issues including abortion and gun rights.
Supreme Court Justice Breyer has options as a retiree
Read full article: Supreme Court Justice Breyer has options as a retireeUntil last week when he swore in Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, his successor on the Supreme Court, Justice Stephen Breyer had a rigorous, intellectually challenging job with the highest of stakes.
Historic court pick brings rare criminal defense experience
Read full article: Historic court pick brings rare criminal defense experienceThe judge President Joe Biden has chosen to fulfill his historic pledge to name the first Black woman to the Supreme Court would also bring rare experience of defending poor people charged with crimes.
Jackson, in high court mix, traces law interest to preschool
Read full article: Jackson, in high court mix, traces law interest to preschoolWhen Ketanji Brown Jackson’s younger daughter was 11, she drafted a letter to President Barack Obama suggesting her federal-judge mom for a vacancy on the Supreme Court.
Breyer mum as some liberals urge him to quit Supreme Court
Read full article: Breyer mum as some liberals urge him to quit Supreme CourtFILE - In this Nov. 30, 2018, file photo, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer sits with fellow Supreme Court justices for a group portrait at the Supreme Court Building in Washington. Scott Applewhite, File)WASHINGTON – Forgive progressives who aren't looking forward to the sequel of their personal “Nightmare on First Street," a Supreme Court succession story. Other liberal voices have said Breyer should retire when the court finishes its work for the term, usually by early summer. Among the names being circulated are California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger, U.S. District Court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson and U.S. District Court Judge Michelle Childs. Breyer's departure wouldn't do anything to change the conservatives' 6-3 edge on the Supreme Court.
Biden to name Judge Merrick Garland as attorney general
Read full article: Biden to name Judge Merrick Garland as attorney generalPresident-elect Joe Biden is set to name Garland as Attorney General. Biden is expected to announce Garland’s appointment on Thursday, along with other senior leaders of the department, including former homeland security adviser Lisa Monaco as deputy attorney general and former Justice Department civil rights chief Vanita Gupta as associate attorney general, the No. Garland was selected over other finalists including former Alabama Sen. Doug Jones and former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates. At the time of the bombing, Garland was 42 and principal associate deputy attorney general, a top lieutenant to Attorney General Janet Reno. Eric Holder, President Barack Obama’s first attorney general, had also previously been a Superior Court judge in the District of Columbia.
Long lines of mourners pay respects to Ginsburg at court
Read full article: Long lines of mourners pay respects to Ginsburg at courtPresident Donald Trump, who traded insults with Ginsburg four years ago, planned to pay his respects Thursday. Since Ginsburg’s death Friday evening, people have been leaving flowers, notes, placards and all manner of Ginsburg paraphernalia outside the court in tribute. On Friday, Ginsburg will lie in state at the Capitol, the first woman to do so and only the second Supreme Court justice after William Howard Taft. Martin Ginsburg died in 2010. Ginsburg’s death has added another layer of tumult to an already chaotic election year.
Ginsburg, a feminist icon memorialized as the Notorious RBG
Read full article: Ginsburg, a feminist icon memorialized as the Notorious RBGThe Supreme Court says Ginsburg has died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87. (AP Photo/Marcy Nighswander, File)WASHINGTON – Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg moved slowly. Ginsburg died Friday of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer at her home in Washington at 87, the court said. Late in her court tenure, she became a social media icon, the Notorious RBG, a name coined by a law student who admired Ginsburg’s dissent in a case cutting back on a key civil rights law. Her mother, Celia Bader, died of cancer the night before Ginsburg, then 17, was to graduate from high school.
Trump readying potential Supreme Court nominee list
Read full article: Trump readying potential Supreme Court nominee listWASHINGTON President Donald Trump is preparing to again release a list of potential Supreme Court nominees, one that voters can compare to rival Joe Biden's promise to nominate a Black woman to the high court if given the chance. Im optimistic that youll see those SCOTUS picks in coming days, Meadows said, using an acronym for Supreme Court of the United States. Trump released two lists of potential Supreme Court nominees during his previous presidential campaign, one with 11 names in May 2016 and another with 10 names that September. Regardless of party, presidents tend to look for the same characteristics in potential Supreme Court picks. More recently, nominees have also previously clerked for a Supreme Court justice, an early mark of legal smarts.
Trump readying potential Supreme Court nominee list
Read full article: Trump readying potential Supreme Court nominee listWASHINGTON President Donald Trump is preparing to again release a list of potential Supreme Court nominees, one that voters can compare to rival Joe Biden's promise to nominate a Black woman to the high court if given the chance. White House chief of staff Mark Meadows told reporters at the White House on Tuesday that Trumps list will be released soon. Trump released two lists of potential Supreme Court nominees during his previous presidential campaign, one with 11 names in May 2016 and another with 10 names that September. Regardless of party, presidents tend to look for the same characteristics in potential Supreme Court picks. More recently, nominees have also previously clerked for a Supreme Court justice, an early mark of legal smarts.
DeSantis orders flags lowered to honor Stevens
Read full article: DeSantis orders flags lowered to honor StevensRon DeSantis on Friday ordered flags to be flown at half-staff at all state and local buildings throughout Florida to honor retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, who died this week in Fort Lauderdale. Stevens, 99, served on the Supreme Court from 1975 to 2010. He will lie in repose Monday at the Supreme Court before a private funeral service and internment Tuesday at Arlington National Cemetery. DeSantis ordered U.S. and Florida flags to be flown at half-staff until sunset Tuesday. News Service of Florida