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Sep 30 2018
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Bernie Sanders requests another Kavanaugh investigation. Grassley destroys him with epic statement.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders (I) postured Saturday when he wrote a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) asking the FBI to probe the truthfulness of answers Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s gave during last Thursday’s emotional hearing.
The BlazeSep 30 2018
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At Fundraiser, Trump Praises ‘Tremendous’ Kavanaugh, Claims Upper Hand on Trade
President Trump praised the performance of his Supreme Court nominee, joked about a supporter’s divorce and claimed the upper hand in the trade negotiations with Canada during an 80-minute, campaign-style speech he delivered Thursday night at a private fundraiser, according to people who attended the event.
Wall Street Journal (News)Jul 29 2014
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When Did Companies Become People? Excavating The Legal Evolution
Are corporations people? The U.S. Supreme Court says they are, at least for some purposes. And in the past four years, the high court has dramatically expanded corporate rights.
NPR (Online News)Sep 29 2018
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Kavanaugh Confirmation Vote Is Delayed For FBI Investigation
The fight over Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh took another unexpected turn Friday when Sen. Jeff Flake forced a delay of up to one week on a Senate vote to allow the FBI time to investigate decades-old allegations of sexual assault against the judge.
Wall Street Journal (News)Jan 03 2020
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Roberts gets all sorts of blowback for labeling civic ed as democracy’s cure
Normally, the annual report from the nation's chief justice doesn't receive much attention. But John Roberts' relatively short missive released on New Year's Day has set off, if not a firestorm, then at least a conflagration of response. And it's all over the map.
Roberts, who last year devoted his report to the treatment of law clerks, focused this year on the role the court plays in
The FulcrumFeb 01 2021
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77 Days: Trump’s Campaign to Subvert the Election
Hours after the United States voted, the president declared the election a fraud — a lie that unleashed a movement that would shatter democratic norms and upend the peaceful transfer of power.
By Thursday the 12th of November, President Donald J. Trump’s election lawyers were concluding that the reality he faced was the inverse of the narrative he was promoting in his comments and on
New York Times (News)Jun 28 2021
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Britney Spears
“After 13 years of near silence in the conservatorship that controls her life and money, Britney Spears passionately told a judge Wednesday that she wants to end the ‘abusive’ case that has made her feel demoralized and enslaved. Speaking in open court for the first time in the case, Spears condemned her father and others who control the conservatorship, which she said has compelled her to use
The Flip SideFeb 09 2017
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Trump Slams Senator Who Revealed Gorsuch's Criticism Of Remarks On Judges
President Trump started the day by blasting a Democratic senator who revealed criticism of Trump from his nominee to the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
Judge Neil Gorsuch told Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal that he found President Trump's recent attacks on judges to be "demoralizing" and "disheartening." Gorsuch made the comments during a private meeting, and a member of the Supreme
NPR (Online News)Sep 26 2018
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Kavanaugh nomination: Third woman comes forward with sexual misconduct allegation
Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh is scheduled to appear Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee at a high-stakes hearing. The committee will hear from Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who says President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee sexually assaulted her when both were teenagers.
Washington PostJun 27 2018
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Chuck Todd: GOP 'may fully pull that hypocrisy muscle' by confirming SCOTUS pick in election year
NBC's Chuck Todd said Wednesday that Senate Republicans “may fully pull that hypocrisy muscle” by confirming President Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court during an election year, after blocking former President Obama’s nominee in 2016 for the same reason.
The Hill