Amy Coney Barret, a famous social conservative, is likely to be picked by US President Donald Trump as the new Supreme Court justice
Whether it will ultimately change the outcome of the campaign is up for debate given that Democratic voters may be equally energized
The presidential election is scheduled to be held on November 3 but some states will allow ballots to come in up to six days late
Senator Mitt Romney of Utah has given the party the 51 votes needed to move forward with voting on Trump's candidate to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg
President Donald Trump said Monday he expects to announce his pick for the Supreme Court by week's end, before Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is buried, launching a monumental Senate confirmation fight ahead of the November election. Trump said he is planning to name his pick by Friday or Saturday, ahead of the first presidential election debate. Ginsberg's casket is to be on view mid-week on the iconic steps outside the court and later at the Capitol. She is to be buried next week in a private service at Arlington National Cemetery. Democrats, led by presidential nominee Joe Biden, are protesting the Republicans' rush to replace Ginsburg, saying voters should speak first, on Election Day, Nov. 3, and the winner of the White House should fill the vacancy. Trump told Fox & Friends he had a list of five finalists, probably four. He says his choice will likely be a woman. As for the swift action, Trump said, I think that would be good for the Republican Party, and I think it would be ..
Since Biden selected Harris as his running mate in August, she has largely pitched the campaign''s message to smaller audiences through virtual fundraisers and a handful of day trips to key states
Joe Biden has called for the postponement of the Senate vote to fill the Supreme Court vacancy until after the November election, following the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Justice Ginsburg, a history-making jurist, feminist icon and a champion of women's rights and social justice, died of cancer on Friday. She was 87
US President Donald Trump said he will soon nominate a Supreme Court justice to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who passed away on Friday."We will have a nominee very soon," Trump told reporters on Saturday, specifying that it would likely happen next week and adding that "most likely it would be a woman."Trump named Amy Coney Barrett of the Chicago-based 7th Circuit and Barbara Lagoa of the Atlanta-based 11th Circuit as possible nominees.Later on Saturday, speaking at a campaign rally in North Carolina, Trump confirmed that he will announce his Supreme Court justice pick next week and that it will be a woman."We are going to fill the seat," Trump said, stressing that "There have been 29 times of vacancy open during an election year or prior to it ... every single time the sitting president made a nomination.""I will be putting forward the nominee next week, it will be a woman," Trump told his supporters in North Carolina.On Friday, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died of ...
Her death less than two months before the election gives US President Donald Trump a chance to try to shift the already conservative court further to the right
Hundreds of people gathered Friday night outside the Supreme Court, singing in a candlelight vigil and weeping together as they mourned the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Liberal icon's death less than two months before election gives President Donald Trump a chance to try to shift the already conservative court further to the right
When it comes to constitutional claims, even extreme ones, it's important to explain why they are wrong in order to refute them
Friday''s order means the court is not likely even to consider the substance of the issue until after the November election, while work on the wall continues
Recipients of DACA, estimated to be about 700,000, are commonly called 'Dreamers'
Democrats vow to keep up their fight to access the President's finances after the court denied their request to see them but ruled they must be shared with a New York criminal investigation.
The pair of 7-2 rulings likely spare Trump from the scrutiny that would have accompanied disclosure of tax returns and other information he has long refused to release.
Unlike other recent presidents, Trump has refused to release his tax returns and other documents
There has been intense controversy on the subject with little clarity from the regulator
While Trump has supported the unsuccessful Congressional Republican repeal and replace plans in 2017, he has not presented an ObamaCare alternative of his own