WASHINGTON-One of the most influential decisions a U.S. president can make is appointing a justice to the Supreme Court. Justices on the Supreme Court serve lifetime appointments so the ripple effects of their appointment can be felt for decades after a president leaves office. Since the Suprem...
and because the Supreme Court justices will be pointed by the newly elected president, Texas GOP or conservative voters will vote for Trump despite the fact that they may not like him as a person," she said.
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congressmen and Supreme Court justices (including seven Republicans, seven Democrats and an independent) to decide the election. After the swing vote turned in Hayes’ favor, he was awarded all 20 electoral votes from the disputed states, giving him the necessary 185. After the Democrats threatene...
Simply put, the Supreme Court justices today will decide if only state lawmakers, some, like in North Carolina, in tremendously gerrymandered districts that give Republicans a guaranteed majority, should be the only ones who can decide all the rules o...
The Supreme Court ended its term with a flurry of massive decisions on guns, abortion, federal regulatory power and the prosecution of former President Donald Trump.
In a ruling on two related cases on Thursday written by Chief Justice John Roberts, the Supreme Court just endedaffirmative action in higher education as we know it. The two cases — Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions v. ...
Angered by President Trump’s nomination of a new U.S. Supreme Court justice just weeks before Election Day, several prominent Democrats have suggested adding more members to the high court or imposing term limits on the justices if their party regains ...
while President Richard Nixon appointed two polar opposites: the conservative Warren Burger and progressive Harry Blackmun. This list goes on and on but the point is clear: long after a president leaves office his Supreme Court justices influence and dictate how we live as a society, and more ...
In particular, when five or more Justices pursue the same substantive objectives, the Court is far more willing to overturn precedent and embrace rule-like precedent. In contrast, when there is not a dominant voting block, the Court will either rule narrowly so as to keep its options open ...