Review the selection of Supreme Court justices to learn more about the appointment and confirmation process. Find out the term length of a federal...
In an historic ruling, the United States Supreme Court hasruledthat laws requiring youths convicted of murder to be sentenced to die in prison violate the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Writing for the majority in the decision concerning juvenile offenders, Justice Elena...
COURT Limit the TermsSen. Arlen Specter has an intriguing idea, that the Senate should take a more proactive role in the selection of U.S. Supreme Court justices. But that doesn't really get to the root of the problem.U.S. NewspapersThe Florida Times Union...
As America prepares to go to the polls on November 6th, the country is more divided and angry than it has been in decades. Campaigning for the mid-terms has been marred by politicians routinely treating each other as rogues, fools or traitors. In recent days a supporter of President Donald...
An Associate Judge usually has fewer or different administrative responsibilities than the Chief. Famously, on the Supreme Court of the United States, the most junior Associate Justice (currently Justice Elena Kagan), has the task of answering the door when the Justices are in private conference. ...
The Texas Supreme Court, currently made up of all Republican justices,decided 8-1to uphold aban on providing gender-affirming care, including puberty blockers, to transgender people under the age of 18. The Court said that it did “not attempt to identi...
But to the extent that “the Supreme Court” is now American political shorthand for “arbitration of moral superiority and decorousness” — and I believe that’s a large extent — it wouldn’t be a surprise if a bitter fight over one of its seats could motivate at least a few folks ...
Before Washington woke up, Moscow ratified a renewal of the last major arms control treaty between the nuclear powers, but the White House confirmed "willingness," not agreement.
aspects of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974.Justices John Paul Stevens and Ruth Bader Ginsburg said the decision created a second tier of rights and wrote a dissent arguing that "the court's novel attempt to craft a new category of second-class statutory rights is ...
That order was effectively upheld by the Supreme Court earlier this year when the justices declined to hear the case involving Apple and Epic Games, maker of the hit video game “Fortnite.” But Epic, and now the four other tech companies, say Apple’s plan to comply ...