World Feb 25 Watch 7:40 News Wrap: Trump criticizes Supreme Court’s Ginsburg, Sotomayor In our news wrap Tuesday, President Trump criticized two liberal members of the U.S. Supreme Court, saying Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor should recuse themselves from cases involving him. Also, Trump wrapped up his visit to India with…
Nation Feb 25 Trump calls for justices Ginsburg, Sotomayor to recuse themselves Speaking during a press conference in India, Trump said of the Supreme Court justices, “I just don't know how they cannot recuse themselves for anything Trump or Trump related.”… By Associated Press
Politics Mar 26 Supreme Court so far won’t stop bump stock ban The Supreme Court is so far declining to stop the Trump administration from enforcing its ban on bump stock devices, which allow semi-automatic weapons to fire like machine guns. By Associated Press
Politics Apr 19 Sotomayor’s shoulder injury worse than first thought, Supreme Court says The Supreme Court says Justice Sonia Sotomayor's left shoulder break is worse than was first thought, though the 63-year-old justice expects to be on the bench when the court hears its last six arguments of the term next week. By Associated Press
Mar 17 For some, Supreme Court nod is a ‘wasted opportunity’ for diversity By Kenya Downs President Barack Obama's nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court Wednesday left some scratching their heads. Considering his historic election as the first African-American president, some pundits expected that Mr. Obama's presumably last opportunity to affect the highest… Continue reading
Jan 12 Florida death penalty system is unconstitutional, Supreme Court rules By Sam Hananel, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Florida's unique system for sentencing people to death is unconstitutional because it gives too much power to judges — and not enough to juries — to decide capital sentences. Continue reading
Oct 17 Watch ‘Breaking In’ explores Sotomayor’s Supreme Court disruptions and breakthroughs By PBS NewsHour Continue watching
Oct 17 8 things you didn’t know about Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor By Nora Daly In spite of all that is known about Justice Sotomayor, judicial biographer and Reuters legal affairs editor Joan Biskupic believed there was more to discover. She discussed her new book, “Breaking In: The Rise of Sonia Sotomayor and the… Continue reading
Jul 04 Dissenting justices argue Wheaton contraception decision ‘undermines confidence’ in Supreme Court By Mark Sherman, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- A divided Supreme Court on Thursday allowed, at least for now, an evangelical college in Illinois that objects to paying for contraceptives in its health plan to avoid filling out a government document that the college says would… Continue reading