Reactions were mounting among legal analysts Tuesday after the Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship order.The divided court ruled in a 6-3 majority decision in Trump v. Barbara, upholding the 14th Amendment and blocking Trump’s efforts to eliminate birthright citize…
While the Supreme Court’s decision Tuesday regarding birthright citizenship dominated news headlines, another ruling delivered by the court moments earlier may ultimately “destroy what remains of America’s anti-corruption laws,” journalist David Sirota warned.“For the last 2 years, [we have] been wa…
Justice Brett Kavanaugh helped hand Donald Trump a defeat on birthright citizenship on Tuesday while simultaneously offering a roadmap for how a future Congress could accomplish what the Supreme Court refused to allow the president to do unilaterally.Kavanaugh joined the majority in striking down Tr…
For one day, at least, the Constitution held, and in the chaotic and disjointed time we are living in, and where we hold our breath awaiting the rulings of an overtly bigoted Supreme Court, that is saying an awful lot.The court today struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order attempting to…
Conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was taken to task on Tuesday over his non-legalistic claims in a ruling that allows states to bar transgender female athletes from participating on girls’ and women’s sports teams.In the 6-3 decision for the conservative majority Justice Brett Kavan…
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The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Tuesday that states can bar transgender girls from female school sports, upholding laws in West Virginia and Idaho — and the justices spent much of the opinion going at one another.Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote the majority opinion, holding that neither Title IX nor th…
President Donald Trump shared what appeared to be an AI-generated image Monday night of a golden eagle statue affixed to the White House facade, and while the post was ridiculed by critics, one former GOP staffer flagged what they believed was a hidden message.The image in question shows a golden ea…
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appeared on Newsnation Tuesday to tout the return of the Presidential Fitness Test to public schools, but during the interview, made an off-handed comment that carried a startling suggestion.“One of the criticisms of the Presidential Fitness …
A federal judge ruled Monday that a pro-impeachment protest group can keep flying a flag with a phrase President Donald Trump has called a death threat against him.The group Accountability NOW USA has displayed a flag reading “8647” as part of a months-long demonstration outside a federal courthouse…