DEMS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP TAXES: “The Supreme Court on Monday [11-25-19] delivered a setback to the House Democrats’ impeachment probe by blocking a lower court decision that had granted investigators immediate access to President Donald Trump’s financial records. At least five justices agreed to the unsigned, one-paragraph order putting the pause on a lower court ruling that […]
Category: Supreme Court
11/24/2019
CALIFORNIA/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @AndrewPollackFL: The California Supreme Court is the only piece of government in the state that has any common sense left. President T…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 24, 2019 2:31 pm […]
11/22/2019
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/NEW YORK/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES: “The U.S. Justice Department on Friday [11-22-19] backed President Donald Trump in his fight at the Supreme Court to prevent his tax returns from being disclosed to a New York prosecutor. The court filing by Solicitor General Noel Francisco comes a week after Trump filed an appeal in […]
11/21/2019
DEMS/LEGAL/NEW YORK/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP TAXES: “House Democrats and Manhattan’s top prosecutor told the Supreme Court Thursday [11-21-19] that President Donald Trump’s arguments to shield his tax returns and financial records are weak, and not deserving of the justices’ intervention. The Democrats said they should be allowed to enforce their demands for Trump’s financial records from his […]
11/14/2019
DEMS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP TAXES: “President Donald Trump’s lawyers took the fight over access to his tax returns to the Supreme Court on Thursday [11-14-19] in a last-ditch bid to keep his financial records secret while simultaneously fighting Democrats over impeachment. It’s the president’s first tax-related petition to the Supreme Court in a case that revolves around […]
11/12/2019
DREAMERS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared ready on Tuesday [11-12-19] to side with the Trump administration in its efforts to shut down a program protecting about 700,000 young undocumented immigrants known as Dreamers. The court’s liberal justices probed the administration’s justifications for ending the program, expressing skepticism about its rationales for […]
11/8/2019
DREAMERS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When Maricruz Abarca learned three years ago that she had been given the legal right under a U.S. government program called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals to work in the United States and avoid deportation, she started to cry. After years of living illegally in the shadows after moving to the […]
10/18/2019
CONSUMER PROTECTION/ELIZABETH WARREN/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Supreme Court announced on Friday [10-18-19] that it would hear a challenge to the leadership structure of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, agreeing to decide whether the president is free to fire its director without cause. The bureau, the brainchild of Elizabeth Warren, then a law professor at […]
9/11/2019
BORDER/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “BIG United States Supreme Court WIN for the Border on Asylum! https://t.co/9Ka00qK1Ob” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 11, 2019 5:47 pm […]
9/7/2019
COURTS/GOP/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I want to congratulate @senatemajldr Mitch McConnell and all Republicans. Today I signed the 160th Federal Judge to the Bench. Within a short period of time we will be at over 200 Federal Judges, including many in the Appellate Courts & two great new U.S. Supreme Court Justices!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
9/6/2019
DREAMERS/OBAMA/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “DACA will be going before the Supreme Court. It is a document that even President Obama didn’t feel he had the legal right to sign – he signed it anyway! Rest assured that if the SC does what all say it must, based on the law, a bipartisan deal will be […]
9/6/2019
DREAMERS/OBAMA/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….have the discretion to end the program that President Obama began in his discretion. That program was unlawful to begin with. I think it’s very unlikely that the SCOTUS is going to issue an order reinstating what it believes is an unlawful program. DACA Is unlawful.’ …..” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September […]
9/6/2019
DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Immigration Law Institute’s Christopher Hajec says, ‘The Supreme Court has to look st whether DACA is lawful. What they are looking at now is whether Trump’s recision of DACA is lawful. Must consider lawfulness of DACA itself. Looks very odd that President Trump doesn’t…..” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 6, 2019 […]
9/1/2019
COURTS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “…..this (Judge Thomas Ambro, Majotity Opinion), and thank God for a President like Donald J. Trump, who will appoint judges like this. He will soon have appointed 180 new Federal Judges, not even including two great new Supreme Court Justices.’ @robertjeffress @LouDobbs” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 1, 2019 7:53 pm […]
9/1/2019
JAMES COMEY/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “….reports are coming. Comey very vulnerable. But where is the Supreme Court. Where is Justice Roberts? If you lie to a court, you should be held in contempt. So, if you abused the FISA, you must be held accountable. I hope Justice Roberts will take action.’ Jason Chaffetz, Fox” –Donald Trump, […]
8/31/2019
SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @SenatorEnzi: The Supreme Court should rule in cases only as the law dictates, without regard to the identity of the parties or politics…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 31, 2019 6:51 am […]
8/26/2019
DHS/IMMIGRATION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to allow a rule limiting asylum claims to go into effect nationwide while a lower court ruling blocking it is appealed. A federal judge had blocked the Trump administration rule, which dramatically limits the ability of Central American migrants to claim asylum if […]
8/14/2019
LABOR/LGBTQ/RELIGION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration opened the door Wednesday [8-14-19] to permitting government contractors to discriminate against LGBT employees with a proposed rule that frames the issue as protecting companies’ religious beliefs. The Labor Department proposal follows a string of Supreme Court decisions that protected business owners’ rights to refuse service to gay […]
7/27/2019
MILITARY/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Such a big victory of our Country! ‘Supreme Court approves Trump Administration plan to use Military Funds for the Wall.’ @FoxNews We will be fully reimbursed for this expenditure, over time, by other countries.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 27, 2019 3:51 pm […]
7/26/2019
BORDER/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Wow! Big VICTORY on the Wall. The United States Supreme Court overturns lower court injunction, allows Southern Border Wall to proceed. Big WIN for Border Security and the Rule of Law!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 26, 2019 5:37 pm […]
7/26/2019
BORDER/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump scored a major victory at the Supreme Court on Friday [7-26-19], as the justices lifted a lower court order blocking a key part of his plan to expand the border wall with Mexico. The Justice Department had asked the justices to stay a pair of rulings an […]
7/22/2019
MELANIA/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Going with First Lady to pay our respects to Justice Stevens. Leaving now!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 22, 2019 9:32 am […]
7/19/2019
MEDIA/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Great new book, ‘Justice On Trial, The Kavanaugh Confirmation and the Future of the Supreme Court.’ Fantastic job by Mollie Hemingway and Carrie Severino!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 19, 2019 6:35 am […]
7/11/2019
CENSUS/CITIZENSHIP/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump already suffered one stinging defeat when the Supreme Court invalidated his effort to add a ‘citizenship question’ to the 2020 census. Now he’s decided to try again, threatening to issue an executive order commanding the Census Bureau to add the question to its survey, and ordering the Justice […]
7/11/2019
ATTORNEY GENERAL/CENSUS/CITIZENSHIP/COMMERCE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows… In Department of Commerce v. New York, No. 18-966 (June 27, 2019), the Supreme Court held that the Department of Commerce (Department) may, as […]
7/10/2019
CENSUS/CITIZENSHIP/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In the wake of the Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling last month rejecting the Trump administration’s reason for adding a citizenship question to the census as merely a pretext and ‘contrived,”’ President Trump is contemplating the unthinkable: issuing an executive order instructing the Census Bureau to move forward with printing the […]
7/10/2019
CENSUS/CITIZENSHIP/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Despite an embarrassing loss before the Supreme Court two weeks ago, the Trump administration has decided to press its case to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. Attorney General William Barr promises to reveal a ‘pathway’ forward this week, although what the administration’s new argument might be is unclear. […]
7/9/2019
CENSUS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Recent ‘strained’ decisions by the United States Supreme Court, some so simple as allowing the question, ‘Are you a citizen of the United States’ on our very expensive Census Report, or the even more strained decisions (2) allowing the world’s most expensive & pathetic……” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 9, 2019 9:31 […]
7/9/2019
CENSUS/CITIZENSHIP/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘I agree with the President, the Supreme Court got it wrong. There should be a question about Citizenship on the Census. A.G. Barr sees a pathway to add the Citizenship Question.’ Steve Doocy @foxandfriends Working hard on something that should be so easy. People are fed up!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July […]
7/8/2019
CENSUS/CITIZENSHIP/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s fight to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census is one he seems likely to lose. Eleven days after an unfavorable Supreme Court ruling, a new team of Justice Department attorneys must persuade three district court judges that a June 30 printing deadline a previous DOJ […]
7/5/2019
CENSUS/CITIZENSHIP/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Justice Department lawyers told a federal judge on Friday [7-5-19] that they would press ahead in their efforts to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, but indicated they did not know yet what kind of rationale they would put forward. Just hours before, President Trump told reporters on […]
7/4/2019
BRETT KAVANAUGH/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @Regnery: WATCH our first sneak peak of ‘Justice on Trial: The Kavanaugh Confirmation and the Future of the Supreme Court’ by @MZHemingw…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 4, 2019 10:48 pm […]
7/2/2019
CENSUS/CITIZENSHIP/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration, in a dramatic about-face, abandoned its quest on Tuesday [7-2-19] to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, a week after being blocked by the Supreme Court. Faced with mounting deadlines and a protracted legal fight, officials ordered the Census Bureau to start printing forms for next […]
6/28/2019
BRETT KAVANAUGH/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s appointee Brett Kavanaugh consistently delivered during his first term as a justice for conservatives who had hoped he would move the U.S. Supreme Court further to the right while still managing to keep a low profile following his acrimonious Senate confirmation process. As the top U.S. judicial body […]
6/28/2019
DEMS/DREAMERS/OBAMA/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Supreme Court will hear arguments over the termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, the court said Friday [6-28-19]. The announcement sets up a legal showdown later this year over President Donald Trump’s decision to remove protections that allow 669,000 Dreamers — who were illegally brought to the […]
6/27/2019
SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…..United States Supreme Court is given additional information from which it can make a final and decisive decision on this very critical matter. Can anyone really believe that as a great Country, we are not able the ask whether or not someone is a Citizen. Only in America!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
6/27/2019
CENSUS/CITIZENSHIP/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “What happened in the census case? That’s the question that Americans—even legal experts—confronted with the puzzling, blockbuster Supreme Court decision on Thursday [6-27-19] in Department of Commerce v. New York. The short answer is that the Trump administration’s efforts to include a question about citizenship on the 2020 census are at […]
6/27/2019
CENSUS/CITIZENSHIP/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Supreme Court on Thursday [6-27-19] dealt an unexpected blow to the Trump administration’s move to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census, ruling that official explanations for the move were implausible and legally inadequate. In a surprising decision, Chief Justice John Roberts joined the court’s liberals on that point. […]
6/13/2019
GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…..much tougher game than the Republicans did when they had the House Majority. Republicans will remember! “This has already been argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, but the House doesn’t want to wait. This is a common thread between all of the Committees – do whatever you…” –Donald Trump, […]
6/12/2019
CENSUS/LEGAL/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The American Civil Liberties Union late Wednesday night asked the Supreme Court to wait until the fall to decide if it wants to allow the Trump administration to add a question about citizenship to the 2020 census. In a motion sent to the court, the group suggested that the justices send […]
5/30/2019
DEMS/MITCH MCCONNELL/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republicans have been successfully leveraging the Supreme Court balance of power as a major campaign issue to ignite their base since the 1980s. For Democrats, the 2020 election may mark the first in modern times that they unite around the high court as a driving force in a presidential election. […]
5/29/2019
2016 ELECTION/MITCH MCCONNELL/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “When it came to filling a Supreme Court vacancy during the 2016 presidential election year, Senator Mitch McConnell had a constant refrain: Let the people decide. But should a high court seat become open in 2020, Mr. McConnell has already decided himself. ‘Oh, we’d fill it,’ Mr. McConnell, […]
5/24/2019
HOLIDAY/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….(with many more to come) and 2 Supreme Court Justices – we are getting into record territory! Thank you all and have a great Memorial Day Weekend.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 24, 2019 3:56 pm […]
5/22/2019
ABORTION/GOP/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Supreme Court may well be headed for an election-year fight over abortion rights, but it’s not likely to be a blockbuster showdown over Roe v. Wade. Courtwatchers anticipate that the justices will agree to take one or more cases related to abortion restrictions in the coming term, drawing attention […]
5/21/2019
ABORTION/DEMS/ELECTION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “2020 Democratic presidential candidates are plunging into the debate over restrictive new abortion laws in states like Alabama, Georgia and Missouri — making abortion rights a central part of their messaging as some charge President Donald Trump with waging a ‘war on women.’ Republicans have often sought to seize on the […]
5/16/2019
ABORTION/DEMS/GOP/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “With grisly claims that Democrats promote ‘birth day abortions’ and are ‘the party of death,’ the Republican Party and its conservative allies have aggressively reset the terms of one of the country’s most divisive and emotionally fraught debates, forcing Democrats to reassess how they should respond to attacks and distortions that portray […]
4/27/2019
SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “….Ever since Andrew came to my office to ask that I appoint him to the U.S. Supreme Court, and I said NO, he has been very hostile! Also asked for pardon for his friend. A good ‘pal’ of low ratings Shepard Smith.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 27, 2019 9:57 pm […]
4/24/2019
BRETT KAVANAUGH/CONGRESS/IMPEACHMENT/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “If President Trump thinks the Supreme Court can rescue him from impeachment, he should check with his latest nominee there, Brett Kavanaugh. The new associate justice, who two decades ago was among President Bill Clinton’s pursuers at the Justice Department, has written that impeachment is the sole province of Congress. […]
4/24/2019
CENSUS/CITIZENSHIP/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump lobbied the Supreme Court on Wednesday [4-24-19] to uphold his administration’s plan to ask people in the 2020 census whether or not they are U.S. citizens…While critics said the citizenship question will lead to millions of people avoiding the Census, there is a good chance Trump will get […]
4/24/2019
CENSUS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The American people deserve to know who is in this Country. Yesterday, the Supreme Court took up the Census Citizenship question, a really big deal. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 24, 2019 6:18 am […]
3/29/2019
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/SUPREME COURT/TEXAS: “Healthcare is going well. Healthcare is going well. We are going to have a plan that’s so much better than Obamacare. Obamacare is a disaster. We’re going to have a plan that is so much better than Obamacare. So the healthcare is going very well. And we’re going to take care of […]
3/28/2019
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/SUPREME COURT/TEXAS: “We’re working on a plan now. There’s no very great rush from the standpoint. We’re waiting for decisions in the court. But we’ve already won the case against — for the termination of Obamacare — against Obamacare. Now we’ll go to the appellate division. We’ll see what happens there. I think we’ll […]
3/27/2019
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMACARE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump pledged on Wednesday [3-27-19] to deliver a better healthcare system than Obamacare if the Supreme Court tosses out his predecessor’s signature domestic achievement, a potentially hazardous claim as he seeks re-election. Trump defended his administration’s decision to step up its assault on the healthcare law passed […]
2/26/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Thirty minutes into an off-the-cuff defense of his decision to declare a national emergency to help build his border wall, President Donald Trump made an admission that may have handed ammunition to legal opponents of the move. Trump, who has long described the situation on the Southwest border as a ‘crisis’ […]
2/15/2019
BORDER/LAWSUIT/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump is well aware that his national emergency declaration will face legal challenges, but he’s moving forward anyway…Trump’s frustration draws from the number of times courts have already blocked White House policies, such as the travel ban and ending the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The President […]
2/15/2019
CENSUS/IMMIGRATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WILBER ROSS: “The Trump administration’s controversial plan to determine who is and who is not a U.S. citizen during the 2020 census will be decided by the Supreme Court. The justices agreed Friday [2-15-19] to squeeze the blockbuster case on to their April calendar, presumably because the decennial census questionnaire is scheduled […]
2/6/2019
ABORTION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump on Tuesday [2-5-19] evening asked Congress to ban a type of abortion often referred to as ‘late-term abortion.’ He said he wanted to protect ‘children who can feel pain in the mother’s womb.’ He scorned New York’s recently passed Reproductive Health Act, saying that lawmakers had ‘cheered with delight […]
2/5/2019
SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “They have called it a ‘childish spectacle,’ a ‘political pep rally’ at which they feel ‘very awkward’ and ‘very uncomfortable.’ One of them fell asleep because she ‘wasn’t 100 percent sober.’ Among the issues that deeply divide the Supreme Court – and there are many – one of the most personal […]
2/4/2019
DEMS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “When the conservative lawyer Neomi Rao appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee this week, she’ll be interviewing for a job on the country’s second most powerful court. But both her allies and enemies will be watching with something even bigger in mind: her viability as a future Supreme Court nominee. […]
2/1/2019
ABORTION/SUPREME COURT/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Three years after handing down a major decision in favor of abortion rights in a Texas case, the Supreme Court is faced with a nearly identical case from a neighboring state. The biggest difference? There’s a new president in town – and a new Supreme Court. That makes the justices’ upcoming […]
1/25/2019
GOP/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump met last week with a delegation of hard-right activists led by Ginni Thomas, the wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, listening quietly as members of the group denounced transgender people and women serving in the military, according to three people with direct knowledge of the events. For 60 minutes Mr. […]
1/22/2019
DREAMERS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Supreme Court took no action on Tuesday [1-22-19] on the Trump administration’s plans to shut down a program that shields some 700,000 young undocumented immigrants from deportation. The court’s inaction almost certainly means it will not hear the administration’s challenge in its current term, which ends in June. The justices’ […]
1/22/2019
DREAMERS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The federal program granting quasi-legal status and work permits to so-called Dreamers is likely to remain in effect through most of this year, after the Supreme Court appeared to rebuff President Donald Trump’s bid for quick action to resolve lawsuits over his attempt to wind down the program. Trump, who repealed […]
1/22/2019
MILITARY/SUPREME COURT/TRANSGENDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Supreme Court on Tuesday [1-22-19] allowed the Trump administration to go ahead with its plan to restrict military service by transgender people while court challenges continue. The high court split 5-4 in allowing the plan to take effect, with the court’s five conservatives greenlighting it and its four liberal members […]
1/15/2019
CENSUS/CITIZENSHIP/COURTS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge in Manhattan shot down the Trump administration’s attempt to ask about citizenship on the 2020 census Tuesday [1-15-19], potentially paving the way for the case to land before the Supreme Court. U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman found that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross violated the Administrative Procedures Act by […]
1/10/2019
NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House is reaching out to political allies and conservative activist groups to prepare for an ailing Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s possible death or departure from the Supreme Court — an event that would trigger the second bitter confirmation battle of President Donald Trump’s tenure. The outreach began after Ginsburg, […]
12/27/2018
DEMS/DREAMERS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The reason the DACA for Wall deal didn’t get done was that a ridiculous court decision from the 9th Circuit allowed DACA to remain, thereby setting up a Supteme Court case. After ruling, Dems dropped deal – and that’s where we are today, Democrat obstruction of the needed Wall.” -Donald Trump, […]
12/26/2018
COURTS/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration on Wednesday [12-26-18] signaled its appeal of a federal court ruling that blocked the White House from restricting asylum claims at the U.S.-Mexico border. Federal District Judge Jon Tigar last week blocked President Donald Trump’s November proclamation and fast-track regulation to bar migrants from seeking asylum who do […]
12/21/2018
IMMIGRATION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Supreme Court on Friday [12-21-18] rejected a request from the Trump administration to restart an asylum ban that would have prevented migrants who enter the country illegally from applying for asylum. U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar placed a temporary hold on the Trump administration’s new rules to cut off […]
12/21/2018
SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Wishing Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg a full and speedy recovery!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 21, 2018 7:16 pm […]
12/21/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Supreme Court on Friday [12-21-18] upheld a federal judge’s order blocking the Trump administration’s new asylum restrictions. Chief Justice John Roberts sided with the four liberal justices in the 5-4 ruling. The administration’s policy, signed on November 9, would temporarily bar migrants who illegally cross into the US through […]
12/21/2018
IMMIGRATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Supreme Court refused on Friday [12-21-18] to allow the Trump administration to immediately enforce its new policy of denying asylum to migrants who illegally cross the Mexican border. The Supreme Court’s two-sentence order revealed a new dynamic at the court, with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. joining the four-member […]
12/17/2018
DEMS/OBAMACARE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The DEDUCTIBLE which comes with ObamaCare is so high that it is practically not even useable! Hurts families badly. We have a chance, working with the Democrats, to deliver great HealthCare! A confirming Supreme Court Decision will lead to GREAT HealthCare results for Americans!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 17, 2018 8:02 […]
12/7/2018
HILLARY CLINTON/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…..overturned, 9-0, in the United States Supreme Court. Doing same thing to people now. Will all of the substantial & many contributions made by the 17 Angry Democrats to the Campaign of Crooked Hillary be listed in top of Report. Will the people that worked for the Clinton….” –Donald […]
11/27/2018
DEMS/OBAMA/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s recent comments about ‘Obama judges’ who ruled against him captured headlines and even drew scrutiny from the chief Supreme Court justice, but judges appointed by Democrats aren’t the only to rule against the Trump administration. The president this week argued the 9th District Court of Appeals consistently rules […]
11/23/2018
MILITARY/SUPREME COURT/TRANSGENDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration on Friday [11-23-18] asked the Supreme Court to fast-track a ruling on the Pentagon’s policy of restricting military service by transgender people. The policy, announced by the president over Twitter in 2017, would block many of those with a condition called gender dysphoria from serving in the military […]
11/23/2018
MILITARY/SUPREME COURT/TRANSGENDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday [11-23-18] asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review lower court rulings blocking a policy barring certain transgender people from military service, declining to wait for decisions from federal appeals courts currently considering the issue. Trump announced in March that he would endorse a plan by […]
11/23/2018
SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It is not like the chief justice of the nation’s highest court to rebuke a sitting president. But it happened on Wednesday [11-21-18], when Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. — a conservative not known for being publicly outspoken — pushed back on comments made by President Trump…The president […]
11/23/2018
MILITARY/SUPREME COURT/TRANSGENDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In yet another aggressive attempt to bypass federal appeals courts, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday [11-23-18] to hear a challenge to President Donald Trump’s policy that bars most transgender individuals from military service. The policy, first announced by the President in July 2017 via Twitter and later […]
11/21/2018
OBAMA/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and President Donald Trump took swipes at each other Wednesday [11-21-18] in an extraordinary exchange over just how partisan federal courts really are. Roberts said Wednesday morning there are no ‘Obama judges or Trump judges’ after the president attacked the judge who ruled against his […]
11/21/2018
COURTS/OBAMA/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Normally restrained Chief Justice John Roberts took issue on Wednesday [11-21-18] with President Donald Trump’s characterization of a federal judge who ruled against his administration as an ‘Obama judge’…Roberts issued the statement in response to a request from The Associated Press after Trump’s comments about the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals […]
11/21/2018
COURTS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump fired back Wednesday [11-21-18] after Chief Justice John Roberts issued a rare rebuke of the President’s disparaging remarks about federal judges…Roberts’ comment came in response to an inquiry from The Associated Press. On Tuesday [11-20-18], Trump slammed the 9th US Circuit again, this time after a judge from […]
11/21/2018
COURTS/OBAMA/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and Chief Justice John Roberts clashed Wednesday [11-21-18] in an extraordinary public dispute over the independence of America’s judiciary, with Roberts bluntly rebuking the president for denouncing a judge who rejected his migrant asylum policy as an “Obama judge.’ There’s no such thing, Roberts declared in a strongly […]
11/21/2018
COURTS/OBAMA/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and Chief Justice John Roberts are clashing over the independence of America’s judiciary, with Roberts bluntly rebuking the president for denouncing a judge who rejected his migrant asylum policy as an ‘Obama judge.’ Roberts has issued a strongly worded statement says there’s no such thing. Trump is defending […]
11/21/2018
COURTS/OBAMA/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. defended the independence and integrity of the federal judiciary on Wednesday [11-21-18], rebuking President Trump for calling a judge who had ruled against his administration’s asylum policy ‘an Obama judge.’ The chief justice said that was a profound misunderstanding of the judicial role…That blunt statement […]
11/16/2018
SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump awarded seven people the Medal of Freedom on Friday [11-16-18], including the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Amid introducing the awardees of the nation’s highest civilian honor, some online noticed the president seemed to include a joke about Scalia’s virility. Trump welcomed Scalia’s wife, Maureen, and […]
11/8/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/MELANIA/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump has visited the Supreme Court for the ceremonial swearing-in of new Justice Brett Kavanaugh. The president and first lady Melania Trump also met privately with the justices before Thursday’s brief courtroom ceremony. Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker took part in the ceremony for an invitation-only crowd that […]
11/5/2018
DREAMERS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Justice Department on Monday [11-5-18] petitioned the Supreme Court to intervene in several cases over the termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The move comes on the eve of Tuesday’s [11-6-18] midterm elections — and after weeks of fiery anti-immigration rhetoric from President Donald Trump. Republican […]
11/3/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “A vicious accuser of Justice Kavanaugh has just admitted that she was lying, her story was totally made up, or FAKE! Can you imagine if he didn’t become a Justice of the Supreme Court because of her disgusting False Statements. What about the others? Where are the Dems on this?” –Donald […]
11/3/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “A vicious accuser of Justice Kavanough has just admitted that she was lying, her story was totally made up, or FAKE! Can you imagine if he didn’t become a Justice of the Supreme Court because of her disgusting False Statements. What about the others? Where are the Dems on this?” –Donald […]
10/18/2018
DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration said it will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene if a federal appeals court does not rule soon on the administration’s decision to end legal protections for hundreds of thousands of young immigrants. The U.S. Department of Justice wants the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals […]
10/16/2018
SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham expressed happiness Tuesday [10-16-18] with President Donald Trump’s successful nominations of Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, calling them ‘the greatest minds of their generation.’ Speaking at an event hosted by The Heritage Foundation, the senator from South Carolina recalled that when he […]
10/15/2018
MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TURKEY: “President Donald Trump Tuesday [10-16-18] criticized rapidly mounting global condemnation of Saudi Arabia over the case of missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi, warning of a rush to judgment. In an interview with The Associated Press, Trump compared the situation to the allegations of sexual assault leveled against Supreme Court Justice Brett […]
10/10/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/ELECTION/GOP/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday [10-9-18] used the bitter Senate confirmation battle for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh to try to boost Republican voter enthusiasm and prevent a Democratic takeover of Congress in the Nov. 6 elections. At a political rally in support of Iowa and Nebraska Republicans, Trump […]
10/9/2018
CENSUS/COMMERCE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WILBER ROSS: “The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to block Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross from having to face a deposition on the decision to reinstate a citizenship question on the 2020 census. In papers filed with the court, Solicitor General Noel Francisco told the justices that a panel of judges […]
10/9/2018
DEMS/GOP/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Lisa Murkowski is facing fresh political fallout for opposing confirmation of President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, as Republicans fret about her future in the GOP and whether Trump’s attacks on the Alaska senator will alienate her on future votes on his nominees. Her Senate GOP colleagues are defending her, pushing […]
10/9/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @Scavino45: Congratulations to our 114th Supreme Court Justice, Brett M. Kavanaugh! #SCOTUS??? ??https://t.co/c3YdNNcU7c https://t.co/A…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 9, 2018 4:34 pm […]
10/9/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Great evening last night at the White House honoring Justice Kavanaugh and family. Our country is very proud of them!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 9, 2018 7:37 am […]
10/9/2018
PROTESTS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The paid D.C. protesters are now ready to REALLY protest because they haven’t gotten their checks – in other words, they weren’t paid! Screamers in Congress, and outside, were far too obvious – less professional than anticipated by those paying (or not paying) the bills!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 9, 2018 […]
10/8/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/HEARING/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The country just witnessed a charade in the confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court. I’m not talking about the dramatic hearings nor the stream of serious allegations and full-throated defense to rebut them. Instead, I’m referring to efforts by the White House to manipulate the American […]