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Democratic activist John Lee Brougher, managing director of billionaire Tom Steyer’s NextGen America super PAC, said Friday that as an adoptee, he personally needs to “know more” about how Barrett adopted and treated her two children from Haiti. “Transracial adoption is fraught with trauma and potential for harm, and everything …

“I think this will end up in the Supreme Court. And I think it’s important we have nine justices,” Trump told reporters on Wednesday, at a roundtable with state attorneys-general at the White House.  Asked about the timing of the confirmation, he said it was “better if you go before …

So the Democrats are now thinking of trying to impeach President Donald Trump again, if he tries to push through a Supreme Court nominee this year. Given that he is obliged to fill such vacancies under Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution, that’s like trying to impeach someone for …

A Marquette Law School poll conducted from September 8 to September 15 – ending just three days before Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death – found that 67 percent of Americans said hearings on a new nominee to the Supreme Court should be held in 2020. Support for filling a court …

Prior to departing for the rally from Washington DC, Trump was asked by journalists about whether he would wait until the general election in November to nominate a new Supreme Court justice – which is a life-long position in the US.  “We have an obligation. We won, and we have an obligation …

Throughout her life, Bader Ginsburg (aka, the Notorious RBG) was the embodiment of how the rule of law, manifested through the vehicle of the Constitution of the United States, could (and should) serve the interests of the American people by ensuring that the playing field that is American society was …

After a years-long battle with cancer, Ginsburg’s passing on Friday prompted a flurry of statements from Democrats and Republicans alike, many paying tribute to her long career on the Supreme Court, where she championed progressive causes. US President Donald Trump was caught on film as he learned of the news, …

The second-ever woman to be nominated to the US Supreme Court, Ginsburg championed liberal causes and feminist issues throughout her legal career. She also battled cancer on and off since 1999, most recently undergoing therapy for a tumor on her pancreas in August. Ginsburg’s health issues prompted some activists to …

Bensouda, a Gambian attorney who was attempting to investigate alleged US war crimes in Afghanistan, was sanctioned on Wednesday. ICC’s head of Jurisdiction, Complementary, and Cooperation Division Phakiso Mochochoko was also blacklisted for “having materially assisted” the prosecutor, Pompeo told reporters. “These attacks constitute an escalation and an unacceptable attempt …

The metadata “bulk collection” program violated the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Wednesday. The opinion delivered by Judge Marsha Berzon reportedly contained multiple references to Snowden and his role in disclosing the program to the public – for which …