Juliegrace Brufke In the wake of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s death, President Barack Obama said he plans on nominating a successor despite Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s vow not to fill the seat until the election is over. While Democrats in the upper chamber – including Sens. Chuck Schumer of New York and Russ…
Michael Bastasch The tragic death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia already has pundits guessing how this will affect pending court decisions, including a case that could determine the fate of President Barack Obama’s global warming agenda. Just before Scalia was found dead at a Texas ranch over the weekend, the conservative justice joined the…
Rachel Stoltzfoos Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg mourned the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in a moving statement Sunday, referring to him as her “best buddy” and praising his “captivating brilliance and wit.” Scalia died unexpectedly Saturday at the age of 79. He and Ginsburg were famously close friends, despite their many differences and…
Guy Bentley Democratic presidential candidate and senator Bernie Sanders is being lambasted for misunderstanding the Constitution and the role of the Supreme Court, following a tweet Friday he has since deleted. Sanders tweeted “any Supreme Court nominee of mine will make overturning Citizens United one of their first decisions.” Any Supreme Court nominee of mine will…
The Supreme Court has announced it will take up the matter of President Obama’s executive actions on immigration, setting the stage for a controversial ruling this summer. The issue has become a talking point for Republican presidential candidates and the ruling will be highly divisive, regardless of where the Court lands. CNN reports: At issue is…
Renowned American economist, social theorist, political philosopher, and author Thomas Sowell has come out in defense of Justice Scalia’s remarks on race-based college admissions. Sowell writes: Among the many sad signs of our time are the current political and media attacks on Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, for speaking the plain truth on a subject where…
The Supreme Court of the United States could soon announce it will hear a case challenging an “assault weapons” ban. Such a case could hold major ramifications for the future of such bans across the country. NBCNEWS reports: Gun rights advocates are challenging a 2013 law passed in Highland Park, Illinois, that bans the sale,…
Casey Harper on September 30, 2015 The man whose lawsuit sparked the legal recognition of same-sex marriage in the U.S. wrote an open letter Wednesday condemning Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk who was jailed for refusing to issue gay marriage licenses. Jim Obergefell sued when the state of Ohio refused to recognize his and his late…
Every American has the right to support the political speech they choose by: Keith Farrell There is a lot of hyperbole going on in the wake of the Supreme Court decision in the case of McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission. In what is being seen as an extension of the controversial 2010 Citizens United ruling,…