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Then the court’s oldest member, she did not retire during Obama’s term. She died while still on the bench in 2020, and Trump quickly nominated conservative Amy Coney Barrett to replace her.
A liberal pundit Sunday floated nominating failed presidential candidate Kamala Harris to replace US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor while the Democrats still cling to power.. Bakari Sellers ...
To its credit, the Supreme Court has pursued precisely this goal in a number of recent cases—though progressives have rarely given it credit for doing so. As one example, the court’s ...
On January 26, 2022, it was reported that Justice Stephen Breyer planned to step down at the end of the court's current term, giving Biden his first opportunity to name a justice to the court. [8] On January 27, Biden reiterated his intention to keep his campaign promise to nominate a Black woman . [ 9 ]
To further discern the justices' ideological leanings, researchers have carefully analyzed the judicial rulings of the Supreme Court—the votes and written opinions of the justices—as well as their upbringing, their political party affiliation, their speeches, their political contributions before appointment, editorials written about them at the time of their Senate confirmation, the ...
The Supreme Court was formed as part of the Constitution in 1787. But the Constitution did not explicitly give the court the power it is known to have today to review legislation, or actions taken ...
In response to revived advocacy among progressive activists for expansion of the Supreme Court beyond the customary nine members (as the Constitution does not specify how many justices should sit on the court), Democratic Representative Collin Peterson and Republican Representative Denver Riggleman filed a proposed amendment in the 116th ...
The U.S. Supreme Court’s term came to an end last month as the conservative majority released a slew of opinions that sparked widespread controversy and renewed the debate around court packing ...