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On Saturday morning, President Donald Trump posted a series of tweets attacking Republican Party politicians and several American institutions and claimed that he, not Democrat Joe Biden, won the 2020 presidential election. In his first tweet of the day, Trump alleged that there is “proof” of widespread electoral fraud and said that Democrats would “fight […]

Since losing the 2020 presidential election to Democrat Joe Biden, President Donald Trump has promoted various evidence-free theories about widespread voter fraud. Prominent conservative figures and right-leaning outlets have done the same and one of their most explosive claims seems to be based on a viral internet hoax. According to a Friday report from the […]

The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a lawsuit by the state of Texas that sought to overturn the presidential election results in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. In response, the Texas Republican Party called for secession. In a statement published on texasgop.org, chairman Allen West said that the Supreme Court “has decreed that a state […]

Jeb Bush — the former two-term governor of Florida and younger brother of former President George W. Bush — has come out strongly against a Texas suit aiming to invalidate the voting results in multiple key battleground states. The longtime Republican voiced his disapproval of the effort via Twitter on Thursday night, asserting that the […]

Longtime Republican election lawyer Ben Ginsburg told CNN Wednesday that the Supreme Court will not even take up the voter fraud lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Per Raw Story, anchor Jim Sciutto asked Ginsburg if there is any legal basis for Paxton’s arguments, reminding his viewers that each state, and not the […]

In an interview with Fox News on Sunday, President Donald Trump reaffirmed that he has no intention of conceding the 2020 presidential election to Democrat Joe Biden, The Hill reported. “It’s not like you’re going to change my mind. In other words, my mind will not change in six months. There was tremendous cheating here,” […]

In an interview with CNN on Saturday, former federal prosecutor Elie Honig dismissed the suggestion that President Donald Trump’s voter fraud cases could reach the U.S. Supreme Court, Raw Story reported. “I’m laughing because they keep trying, and the results this week somehow went from horrible to somehow even worse,” Honig said, pointing to Trump […]

In an explosive tweet, President Donald Trump has labeled the extension of Pennsylvania’s voting period a “disaster.” “A 3 day extension for Pennsylvania is a disaster for our Nation, and for Pennsylvania itself. The Democrats are trying to steal this Election. We have to get out and VOTE in even larger numbers. The Great Red […]

Conservative writer and Lincoln Project member Windsor Mann took to Twitter on Wednesday to make a bold statement about President Donald Trump. Mann indicated he believes that Trump wanted to pick the citizens who get to vote instead of allowing every American vote to determine the winner of next Tuesday’s election. The assertion came in […]

On Friday night’s edition of HBO’s Real Time, comedian Bill Maher argued that Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett should be attacked over her religion, Mediaite reported. Barrett was chosen by President Donald Trump to fill the vacancy left by Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who passed away in September. Democrats have warned that Barrett’s conservative leanings […]

During Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing on Wednesday, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina made a controversial comment about racial segregation, Politico reported. Graham asked Barrett whether she is aware of any effort to bring back the “good old days of segregation.” His political opponents were quick to seize on the […]

During a Sunday appearance on Fox News, South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham pleaded for campaign contributions, Raw Story reported. Speaking with Sunday Morning Futures anchor Maria Bartiromo, Graham said that Democratic voters are galvanized and united in their opposition to Judge Amy Coney Barrett. Barret is expected to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by […]

In a Twitter thread published on Sunday, George Conway, a vocal critic of President Donald Trump, voiced support for Judge Amy Coney Barrett. Barrett was chosen by Trump to replace Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who passed away on Friday. Democrats fear that her appointment could lead to the overturning of Roe v. Wade, […]

On Saturday, as President Donald Trump was preparing to formally nominate judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, thousands of Americans took to the streets of Washington, D.C., to pray and celebrate, Newsweek reported. Dubbed the National Prayer March, the gathering was organized by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and led by Rev. Franklin […]

President Donald Trump’s comments earlier this week echoed claims made by Russian state media, according to a new report from The Daily Beast. During a press conference on Wednesday, Trump refused to commit to a peaceful transition of power, sending shockwaves throughout Washington. Later that day, during a meeting with Republican attorneys general, he predicted […]

During a campaign rally on Thursday evening, President Donald Trump said that he is “no longer angry” at Utah Sen. Mitt Romney, The Hill reported. Speaking to a crowd of supporters in Jacksonville, Florida, Trump argued that the GOP is now unified because virtually all lawmakers support a Senate vote on his forthcoming Supreme Court […]

Joe Biden is calling on Senate Republicans to follow their conscience with the Supreme Court vacancy, saying that any nominee from Donald Trump be withdrawn if Biden wins the presidency in November. As The Hill reported, the Democratic presidential candidate made an appeal directly to his Republican counterparts on Sunday, saying during a speech in […]

In an interview with MSNBC broadcast on Sunday, filmmaker and political activist Michael Moore called on Democrats to do everything in their power to stop the Republican Party from filling Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Supreme Court seat, The Washington Examiner reported. Speaking with anchor Alex Witt, Moore argued that the American people should take to the […]

Mitch McConnell’s Kentucky home was surrounded by protesters this weekend after the Senate majority leader issued a statement saying he intended to lead the process to fill a Supreme Court vacancy left after the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an apparent reversal from his stance in 2016. As Fox News reported, a group of close […]

On Sunday, Super PACs Lindsey Must Go (LMG) and the Lincoln Project released an advertisement slamming Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina as a hypocrite. In 2016, like most Republicans, Graham opposed judge Merrick Garland’s nomination to the Supreme Court. Garland was nominated by President Barack Obama in the last year of his second […]

President Donald Trump claimed that he has decided to nominate a woman following the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on Friday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. According to Reuters, Trump made the comments during a campaign rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina. “I will be putting forth a nominee next week. It will […]

A Marquette University poll conducted before the Friday death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg revealed that most Americans believe the Senate should hold confirmation hearings on a vacancy in the high court this year, Breitbart reported. In particular, the poll found that 67 percent of respondents were supportive of filling a vacancy this […]

Amy Coney Barrett, a judge currently serving on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, which includes parts of Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin, is considered the most likely person to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, Forbes reported. As previously reported by The Inquisitr, President Donald Trump has promised to move […]

As Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s health was failing in recent days, she left what would amount to be a dying wish with a family member; she asked that she not be replaced until after the election and the next president is sworn in. The longtime Supreme Court justice died on Friday at the age of 87. […]

Martin D. Ginsburg was the husband of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on Friday at the age of 87. The passing of the longtime gender equality advocate and Supreme Court stalwart has led to new attention for her late husband, who passed away in 2010 following a battle with cancer. Like his […]

Ruth Bader Ginsburg is dead. The Supreme Court justice passed away at the age of 87, according to CNN White House Correspondent Kaitlan Collins, who tweeted the news a short while ago. A powerful figure in the fight for gender equality, Ginsburg was an advocate for women’s rights long before she became only the second […]

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that it is legal for employers who cite religious or moral grounds to decline access to birth control coverage for women, per The New York Times. According to government estimates, the ruling could leave as many as 126,000 women without contraceptive coverage. The regulation, which was proposed by the […]

The Supreme Court unanimously upheld laws that punish so-called “faithless electors,” a decision that could have an impact on the 2020 presidential election, NPR News reported. For over 200 years, the people of the United States have not selected their president directly. Rather, a body of voters, called the Electoral College, elects the president based […]

The Supreme Court announced Thursday that it will not hear two cases challenging so-called “buffer zones” around abortion clinics, effectively allowing them to remain, CBS News reported. Abortion clinics across the country are often the site of protests, demonstrations, and, in some cases, opponents trying to interact with the employees or patients walking inside or […]

The Supreme Court has struck down Louisiana’s restrictive abortion laws in a narrow 5-4 ruling that surprised abortion-rights advocates, considering the decision came from a conservative-leaning court. As NBC News reported, Louisiana had enacted an abortion bill in 2014 that required doctors who perform the procedure to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 […]

President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he would renew efforts to repeal the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program after the Supreme Court issued a ruling that kept protections for young immigrants in place. “The Supreme Court asked us to resubmit on DACA, nothing was lost or won. They ‘punted,’ much like in […]

Donald Trump took to Twitter today and criticized the Supreme Court in a series of tweets. After the court ruled on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) protections today, and its ruling earlier this week that extended workplace protections to LGBTQ employees, the president said the decisions were “shotgun blasts into the face” of […]

Donald Trump took to Twitter earlier, musing that perhaps the Supreme Court doesn’t like him, and many users on the popular social media platform slammed the president. His tweet came seemingly in response to the court’s ruling today on the Trump administration’s effort to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) protections, which protect nearly […]

Lindsey Graham said the Republican-led Senate would work to confirm a Supreme Court nominee this year should a vacancy arise. The senator from South Carolina reportedly added that the situation is different from the Merrick Garland issue that occurred during President Barack Obama’s final year in office, according to The Hill. Republicans blocked Garland from […]

Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been discharged from the hospital but will have to return for outpatient treatment over the next few weeks, according to a statement shared by People. Earlier this week, the Supreme Court justice was admitted to John Hopkins Hospital due to a benign gallbladder condition, and she was discharged late Wednesday evening. […]

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized on Tuesday for treatment for a benign gallbladder condition, CNN reported. A Supreme Court spokesperson said that Ginsburg is “resting comfortably” at John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. The Supreme Court convened by phone to hear oral arguments on Monday. Ginsburg felt unwell after oral arguments concluded, so […]

With the United States Supreme Court set to hear a major case next month on the release of his tax returns, Donald Trump on Tuesday called for two of the court’s more liberal justices, Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, to recuse themselves from ruling on any cases involving him. According to Harvard University constitutional […]

Donald Trump is in India tonight but the diplomatic trip isn’t stopping him from watching his favorite network. On Monday night, the president issued a tweet signifying he had been keeping an eye on Laura Ingraham and her nightly program. Apparently, Monday’s episode featured comments that were made last Friday in an official dissent of […]

A former federal prosecutor, who spent 24 years in the Washington D.C. United States Attorney’s office, called on Sunday for Democratic House managers in the impeachment of Donald Trump to call for mistrial — a move that, though a clear longshot, would end the senate trial without an acquittal or conviction. Writing on his Twitter […]

As opposing sides in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump continued to battle over whether to include witness testimony on Thursday, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren provoked a rare, visible reaction from Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts when she submitted a question about his own “legitimacy,” according to a report by Fox News. Roberts, as […]

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear two cases that could play a major role in deciding the 2020 presidential election. With some experts predicting that the election between a yet-to-be-decided Democratic nominee and incumbent President Donald Trump will be too close to call, the outcome could come down to a vote in the […]

The U.S. Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will not hear the case of Michelle Carter, a Massachusetts woman who, as a teenager, encouraged her friend to commit suicide, NBC News reports. The announcement means that her sentence of 15 months in prison will stand. Carter is behind bars, serving her sentence after having […]

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg responded on Monday to President Donald Trump’s proposal that the Supreme Court could stop the impeachment process, saying “the president is not a lawyer.” “He’s not law-trained,” Ginsburg added after being asked by BBC reporter Razia Iqbal about Trump’s suggestion, CNN reported. The 86-year-old justice pointed out that the Supreme Court […]

In what’s fair to label as a rare occurrence, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lent President Donald Trump a helping hand on Friday by blocking the release of his financial records, which were recently requested by House Democrats in the middle of his impeachment inquiry. According to Fox News, Ginsburg signed the order […]

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was taken to Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C. and then later transferred to Johns Hopkins Hospital on Friday night after it was reported that she experienced chills and a fever. According to The Hill, Ginsburg seemed to be in recovery mode, as the United States Supreme Court […]

A Colorado landlord’s rental property was blown to pieces by police officers trying to flush out a shoplifting suspect who had holed up there, and an appeals court ruled this week that the Greenwood Village police owe him nothing in compensation. As NPR News reports, back in June of 2015, a suspect stole two belts […]

Former First Lady, Senator, Secretary of State, and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton seemed to take at least some of the credit for her husband’s nomination of Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the Supreme Court during his presidency. Clinton made the comments on Wednesday during an appearance alongside her husband, former President Bill Clinton, and Ginsburg at […]

During remarks at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg assured the audience — and the country — that she is doing just fine after undergoing treatment for pancreatic tumors. The Supreme Court revealed last week that Ginsburg successfully completed three weeks of radiation treatments for […]

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said in an interview Wednesday that she does not support a plan suggested by some 2020 Democrat candidates for president to increase the number of justices on the Supreme Court, per NPR. In an interview with NPR published Wednesday, the 86-year-old justice pointed to history when explaining why she thought the […]

Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has passed away, TMZ reports. Stevens, the third-longest serving justice in History, was 99. During his tenure on the bench, Justice Stevens weighed in on several landmark cases. According to a press release from the Supreme Court’s Office of Public Information, Stevens died at Holy Cross Hospital in […]