The Supreme Court of the United States consists of 9 members appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate.
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Episode 165 has been uploaded. iHeartRadio this podcast all podcasts Omny.FM this podcast all podcasts ivoox this podcast all podcasts Apple this podcast all podcasts Preview: YouTube, later A-Block SPECIAL COMMENT: Justice Samuel Alito should wake up...
by Proginoskes
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The Heritage 6 Supremes dearest wish is to not release their opinions on the question of whether or not POTUS is above the laws of the U.S.A., is to wait until AFTER the results of the November national election have been determined. IF Hier Trump...
by jjhaydeniii
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Let’s remember this… it took YEARS for the justice department to bring the Trump case to court. Years. The sports analogy to my thought is this…If you don’t want a bad call to determine the outcome of a game, make sure you have a big enough lead where...
by jdaron23
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If the Supreme Court thinks former presidents have, or do not have, some or absolute immunity against criminal prosecution, why not just say so now? Why would it take months? Do they have something better to do? Are there other priorities on their...
by TheCriticalMind
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on Thu Apr 25, 2024 at 04:46 PM PDT
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Episode 164 has been uploaded. iHeartRadio this podcast all podcasts Omny.FM this podcast all podcasts ivoox this podcast all podcasts Apple this podcast all podcasts Preview: YouTube: A-Block SPECIAL COMMENT: The “Presidential Immunity” case beginning...
by Proginoskes
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Introduction Even before the ink was dry, people started arguing about what the Constitution meant. But having just thrown off the yoke of monarchy — and fought for political representation — few early Americans would have argued that the document...
by TheCriticalMind
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The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday that will inform what could arguably be the court's most consequential abortion ruling since it upended 50 years of abortion policy in the 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health decision. Yet fresh...
by Kerry Eleveld
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on Wed Apr 24, 2024 at 10:15 AM PDT
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The � Supreme Court � has scheduled a special session to hear arguments over whether � former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted � over his efforts to undo his 2020 election loss to President ...
by Associated Press
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on Thu Apr 25, 2024 at 06:28 AM PDT
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On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments �in a case brought by the state of Idaho, which wants the nation’s highest court to rule that its abortion ban preempts federal law when it ...
by Joan McCarter
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on Wed Apr 24, 2024 at 06:30 AM PDT
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The case Fischer v. United States Issue: Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit erred in construing 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c), which prohibits obstruction of congressional inquiries and investigations, to include acts...
by El Mito
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on Wed Apr 17, 2024 at 07:05 AM PDT
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and �...
by Chitown Kev
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on Tue Apr 16, 2024 at 08:59 PM PDT
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It is hard to rationalize Idaho’s or any state’s compelling interest in criminalizing Transgender Treatment for Minors, legislation directed solely at a tiny minority group seeking medical intervention for identified and diagnosed conditions. Idaho’s...
by Grandpa Fred
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on Tue Apr 16, 2024 at 08:33 AM PDT
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The Supreme Court is allowing Idaho to enforce its ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth while lawsuits over the law proceed, reversing lower courts. The justices' order Monday allows the state to put in a place a 2023 law that subjects...
by Associated Press
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on Mon Apr 15, 2024 at 02:56 PM PDT
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The Hill (AP) 4/15/24, 10:17am Chief Justice John Roberts announced Thomas’ absence, saying that his colleague would still participate in the day’s cases, based on the briefs and transcripts of the arguments. The court sometimes, but not always, says...
by polecat
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on Mon Apr 15, 2024 at 12:06 PM PDT
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Poor Donald now wants to attend things that his bail terms wont allow. Donald's delays failed and he’s forced to sit in a courtroom. What's your 2024 existential dilemma? Trump’s is being nominated for a Nobel Prize this year. NY judge Juan Merchan...
by annieli
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on Mon Apr 15, 2024 at 05:42 PM PDT
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Before William Claude Jones gave us his Law, we have Bracton, Coke, Hale and Blackstone -- via Alito — — As shocking as the recent ruling by the Arizona Supreme Court is … it was predictable, it was predicted: [Katie] Hobbs’ campaign pointed us to a June 24 interview [Kari] Lake gave on "The Conservative Circus with James T. Harris," a radio show and...
by jamess
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on Fri Apr 12, 2024 at 04:42 PM PDT
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This sort of slipped under the media radar, but Republican Governor Youngkin of Virginia gutted a law sent to him to protect contraception in the state. Instead of legal protections for contraception, Youngkin “amended” the law to make it essentially a...
by Merlin196360
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on Fri Apr 12, 2024 at 03:16 PM PDT
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“People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook” — Richard Nixon. The non-partisan group Common Cause has told the Supreme Court (SCOTUS) to stop dicking around. In an amicus curiae brief, the pro-democracy...
by TheCriticalMind
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on Fri Apr 12, 2024 at 04:20 PM PDT
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“The President’s constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed does not entail a general right to violate them” — Smith’s brief to the Supreme Court. Introduction Trump believes ex-Presidents (meaning him) are above the law....
by TheCriticalMind
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on Tue Apr 09, 2024 at 11:35 AM PDT
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19 retired four-star admirals and generals, and former secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, who have served under each President from John F. Kennedy to Donald J. Trump, have filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court (pdf), warning of...
by NBBooks
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