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A left-wing activist group is encouraging social media users to tweet the location of any of the conservative Supreme Court Justices are spotted out and about
* A left-wing activist group is encouraging social media users to tweet the location of any of the conservative Supreme Court Justices are spotted out and about
* ShutDownDC is promising a bounty of $50 for anyone who shares a 'confirmed sighting' and a further $200 if they are still in that location half an hour later
* The tweet specifically targets Justices Kavanaugh, Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch, Coney Barrett or Roberts
* Twitter forbids users encouraging others to harass individuals or groups
* Earlier this week Brett Kavanaugh was eating dinner when activists showed up at the steakhouse where he was forcing him to leave via the back door
* Incident comes less than a month after a man was charged with turning up at his home and threatening to kill him
A left-wing activist group is encouraging users on social media to tweet the location of any of the conservative Supreme Court Justices in exchange for money.
The justices were the majority who voted to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision last month.
Since then, pro-abortion activists have repeatedly protested outside the justices' homes and, in some cases, confronted them in public.
* The Supreme Court confirmed to DailyMail.com that an armed man was arrested outside of Justice Brett Kavanaugh's home after making threats against him
* Maryland police identified him as 26-year-old CA native Nicholas John Roske
* It comes amid heightened tensions over the Supreme Court poised to make a decision on whether or not to curb federal abortion protections
* The case sparked a wave of protests nationwide, including outside jurists' homes
* Republicans in Congress blasted the White House for not condemning them
* Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell demanded that House Democrats pass his chamber's bill on increasing security for Justices after the incident
* Attorney General Merrick Garland vowed to 'do everything we can to prevent' attacks against Justices during a Wednesday news conference
A heavily armed 26-year-old man who was detained on Wednesday near Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's house allegedly told authorities he wanted to kill the conservative jurist and then himself.
He was identified as Nicholas John Roske of Simi Valley, California in a news release from the United States Attorney for the District of Maryland.
* Press secretary Jen Psaki refused to condemn on Thursday plans for protests to take place outside of conservative Supreme Court justices' homes
* Psaki said there was a lot of 'passion, a lot of fear, a lot of sadness from many, many people across this country about what they saw in that leaked document'
* She added to the query, asked by Fox News Channel's Peter Doocy, 'I don't have an official U.S. Government position on where people protest'
* Doocy was citing a Fox News report that said pro-choice activists published what are likely the home addresses the six GOP-appointed justices
* 'Is that the kind of thing this president wants to help your side make their point?' Doocy asked
* Psaki also told reporters that the leak and the content of the draft are 'not at the same level'
White House press secretary Jen Psaki refused to condemn on Thursday plans for protests to take place outside of conservative Supreme Court justices' homes over the leaked draft opinion that suggests they plan to overturn Roe v. Wade.
'Look, I think the president's view is that there's a lot of passion, a lot of fear, a lot of sadness from many, many people across this country about what they saw in that leaked document,' Psaki said.
'We obviously want people's privacy to be respected.'
She added to the query, asked by Fox News Channel's Peter Doocy, 'I don't have an official U.S. Government position on where people protest.'
* 'We have over 100,000 children, which we've never had before, in serious condition, and many on ventilators,' Sotomayor said on Friday
* Walensky contradicted Sotomayor's claims during a Fox News Sunday segment
* 'The number is not 100,000 It's roughly 3500 in hospitals now?' asked Bret Baier
* 'Yes. In fact...they're still about 15 fold less than hospitalizations of our older age or age demographic,' Walinsky answered, adding they were vastly unvaccinated
* As of January 8, the number of hospitalization in children in the US is roughly 5,000, while the CDC has reported 84,000 cumulative since August, 2020
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky contradicted Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor's incorrect claim that there are 100,000 pediatric COVID hospitalizations on Sunday.
Justice Sotomayor, a liberal Associate Justice appointed by former president Obama, exaggerated the number of severe COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations among children as she attempted to convince conservative Supreme Court justices that President Joe Biden's vaccine mandate for businesses should be enforced.
'We have over 100,000 children, which we've never had before, in serious condition, and many on ventilators,' Sotomayor said on Friday.
WNU Editor: CDC Director Rochelle Walensky wants the mandates enforced, but her admission that US Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor's Covid-19 claims are false is definitely not helping to message the White House's vaccine policies.
* Sotomayor, appointed by former President Obama, also claimed that Omicron is 'just as deadly' as the Delta variant for the unvaccinated.
* The Supreme Court heard arguments on Friday morning against the Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccine mandates
* But two state lawyers had to appear remotely after testing positive
* They say the administration has overstepped its powers in imposing mandates
* The White House says the policies are more important than ever as the Omicron variant grips the nation
Liberal Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor incorrectly claimed during a hearing on President Biden's vaccine mandate that 100,000 children in the U.S. with Covid-19 are in 'serious condition.'
The justice, appointed by former President Obama, also claimed that Omicron is 'just as deadly' as the Delta variant for the unvaccinated.
Studies have shown the Omicron variant to be more infectious but less virulent than past strains of Covid-19.
The Constitution allows Congress to set the number of Supreme Court justices.
Congressional Democrats plan to unveil legislation expanding the size of the Supreme Court on Thursday, according to three congressional sources familiar with the closely held measure.
The bill would add four seats to the high court, bringing the total to 13 from the current nine. The bill is led by House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerry Nadler, subcommittee Chair Hank Johnson, and first-term Rep. Mondaire Jones. In the Senate, the bill is being championed by Ed Markey of Massachusetts.
Joe Biden has started setting up a commission that would look at Supreme Court and federal judiciary reforms, which could lead the way toward 'court-packing'
* Joe Biden has started setting up a commission that would look at Supreme Court and federal judiciary reforms, which could lead the way toward 'court-packing'
* The commission would include conservative Jack Goldsmith, who advocated for Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation in 2018
* This appointment of Kavanaugh ultimately led to progressive Democrats to call for adding more seats to the Supreme Court
* Another person Biden has tapped for his commission has said she sees validity in the idea of expanding the highest U.S. court
Joe Biden is looking at creating a commission to study reforms to the Supreme Court, a new report revealed Wednesday, which could pave the way for 'court packing'.
Multiple people familiar with the matter told Politico that the bipartisan commission would fall under the White House Counsel's office and would look at recommending changes to the federal judiciary overall, not just the Supreme Court.
There will be somewhere between 9 and 15 members appointed to the commission, a source familiar with discussions outlined.
WNU Editor: This is an ominous sign. The executive branch of the U.S. Federal government laying the groundwork to radically change the judiciary to reflect their own point of view.
* President Trump nominated Amy Comey Barrett to the Supreme Court on Saturday evening
* Barrett has repeatedly emphasized that she is an impartial judge
* However, her 'originalist' interpretation of the Constitution often leads her to come to decisions that jibe more with conservative policies and viewpoints
* Democrats are strongly contesting her confirmation to the Court
* Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer delivered an overwrought speech slamming her nomination
* Schumer claimed health care, women's reproductive rights, environmental rights and LGBTQ rights could all be stripped away
* He was widely mocked for his 'hysterical' display, with many saying he was overestimating her power to single-handedly reshape American life
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has been mocked for delivering a melodramatic speech following President Trump's nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.
The Democrat was accused of 'fear-mongering' and being 'hysterical' as he held an impromptu press conference on Saturday night in which he proclaimed that Barrett's confirmation would 'hurt every single American'.
In his hyperbolic address, Schumer attacked Barrett by claiming she 'stands against' 'just about everything America believes and stands for.'
* President Donald Trump officially nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to serve on the United States Supreme Court
* President Trump made the announcement in the White House Rose Garden on Saturday afternoon
* Barrett has been a judge since 2017, when Trump nominated her to the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
* A longtime University of Notre Dame law professor, she had already established herself as a reliable conservative in the mold of Antonin Scalia, for whom she clerked in the late 1990s
* Conservatives heralded the pick of Barrett as heir-apparent of Justice Antonin Scalia who died in Feb 2016
* Barrett clerked for conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia in 1998 and 1999
* Like Scalia, Barrett considers herself an 'originalist' and interprets the Constitution as she believes the authors had intended it during their own lives
* Barrett was accompanied by her husband Jesse and her seven kids
* The president has the votes in the Senate to push his Supreme Court pick through, but the move is controversial because of the closeness of the 2020 election
President Donald Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court on Saturday, capping a dramatic reshaping of the federal judiciary that will resonate for a generation and that he hopes will provide a needed boost to his reelection effort.
Barrett, a judge on the Chicago-based 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals and a devout Roman Catholic, has been hailed by religious conservatives and others on the right as an ideological heir to conservative stalwart Antonin Scalia, the late Supreme Court justice for whom she clerked.
Barrett said she was 'truly humbled' by the nomination and quickly aligned herself with Scalia's conservative approach to the law, saying his 'judicial philosophy is mine, too.'
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WNU Editor: She says that she will base her rulings on what the framers of the US constitution wanted. We shall see.
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(CNN)President Donald Trump intends to choose Amy Coney Barrett to be the new Supreme Court justice, according to multiple senior Republican sources with knowledge of the process.
In conversations with some senior Republican allies on the Hill, the White House is indicating that Barrett is the intended nominee, multiple sources said.
All sources cautioned that until it is announced by the President, there is always the possibility that Trump makes a last-minute change but the expectation is Barrett is the choice. He is scheduled to make the announcement on Saturday afternoon.
Barrett has been the leading choice throughout the week, since Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died. She is the only potential nominee known to have met with the President in person, according to two of the sources. One source said Trump was familiar with Barrett already and he met with her since she was a top contender the last time there was a Supreme Court vacancy, when the President chose Justice Brett Kavanaugh instead.
* President Donald Trump said he will announce his nominee to the Supreme Court on Saturday at the White House
* Trump has enough Republican support to get his pick confirmed this year
* Senator Mitt Romney - the last remaining Republican holdout - said he would back the president and vote for a Supreme Court nominee in an election year
* South Carolina Sen Lindsey Graham expressed confidence in Trump's chances of rushing through a Supreme Court pick in an interview Monday
* It came after Iowa Sen Chuck Grassley and Colorado Sen Cory Gardner confirmed that they will back a hearing for Trump's nominee
* Trump has said he is 'strongly considering' four or five women to take over Ruth Bader Ginsburg's seat following her death last week
* Amy Coney Barrett is said to be the frontrunner after she met with the president at the White House on Monday
* Sources say Barbara Lagoa is a 'distant second' but Trump plans to meet with her
President Donald Trump said he will announce his nominee to the Supreme Court on Saturday at the White House after securing enough Republican votes in the Senate to confirm his pick this year.
'I will be announcing my Supreme Court Nominee on Saturday, at the White House! Exact time TBA,' Trump tweeted on Tuesday morning.
His announcement came as Senator Mitt Romney - the last remaining Republican holdout - said he would back the president and vote for a nominee in an election year.
'I intend to follow the Constitution and precedent in considering the president's nominee. If the nominee reaches the Senate floor, I intend to vote based upon their qualifications,' Romney said in a statement.
"Well, we have our options," Pelosi told ABC's "This Week." "We have arrows in our quiver that I’m not about to discuss right now."
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Sunday would not rule out impeaching President Donald Trump or Attorney General William Barr if the Senate seeks to push through a Supreme Court nomination during the lame-duck session should Joe Biden win the November election.
Speaking with ABC's "This Week," host George Stephanopoulos asked Pelosi about suggestions some have made that if Democrats win this fall and Republicans move forward on a Supreme Court nominee to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the House could move to impeach Trump or Barr in an effort to stall the nomination.
"Well, we have our options," Pelosi said. "We have arrows in our quiver that I’m not about to discuss right now, but the fact is we have a big challenge in our country. This president has threatened to not even accept the results of the election with statements that he and his henchmen have made."
WNU Editor: Why wait Madam speaker? Do it now. President Trump is going to forward his SCOTUS nominee next week.
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President Donald Trump on Saturday announced that his Supreme Court nominee to fill the vacancy caused by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death will be a 'very talented, very brilliant woman' as 'I like women more than I like men'.
During a campaign rally in North Carolina on Saturday night that Trump branded a 'protest', he declared 'I will be putting forth a nominee this week, it will be a woman'.
Before he left the White House for the rally, Trump had named two conservative women who he has elevated to federal appeals courts as contenders, a move that would tip the court further to the right.
WNU Editor: It looks like we are going to be seeing US Democrat senators attacking a US Supreme Court Justice nominee who also happens to be a woman in the next few weeks. The optics are going to be interesting. Here are the favourites right now for the position .... Sources: Trump Considers Barrett, Lagoa, Rushing For Supreme Court Spot (NPR).
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WASHINGTON – Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died Friday evening, giving President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans a rare opportunity to solidify conservative control of the court, perhaps for decades to come.
Ginsburg, 87 and in failing health, had overcome four bouts with pancreatic, lung and colon cancer dating back to 1999 but apparently could not beat the most recent spread to her liver. She had announced her latest recurrence in July, again vowing to stay on the court "as long as I can do the job full steam."
The diminutive New York native leaves behind an enormous influence on the law as the nation’s preeminent litigator for women’s rights, a federal appeals court judge, a Supreme Court justice for 27 years and, most recently, as the leader of the high court’s liberal bloc, where she served as a bulwark against an increasingly conservative majority.
WNU Editor: For progressives she was always the dependable vote on the Supreme Court. Her passing away is a huge loss for them. What is going to happen next is easy to predict. President Trump is going to do what President Obama tried to do 4 years ago, and what Democrat Presidential candidate Joe Biden would do today if he was President .... put forward his nomination to replace the vacancy in the Supreme Court. It is here that the situation gets interesting. The Republicans have a slim majority in the US Senate. In a normal situation it would not be an issue to accept the nomination, have hearings, and then have a vote. But we are not living in normal times. A few Republican senators openly despise President Trump, and they may take it upon themselves to deny President Trump the opportunity to have his nominee put forward. Alaska Senator Murkowski has already voiced her opinion .... Alaska Senator Murkowski said Friday she would not vote for a justice ahead of election (Alaska Public Media). And then there are Senators like Mitt Romney, the only Republican who voted for President Trump's impeachment thereby signalling to everyone that he sees the President as illegitimate. I do not see him supporting President Trump on this issue. There are also Republican senators who are in tight races who may see this as an opportunity to distance themselves from President Trump thinking it would benefit them electorally .... Senator Susan Collins comes to my mind (but IMHO she would lose who base if she decides to go against President Trump). On the flip side Democrat Presidential candidate Joe Biden will be forced to provide his list of Supreme Court nominations, something that he refused to do only two days ago .... Biden under pressure to unveil list of potential court picks (AP). And if not, President Trump will be hammering Joe Biden in the debates to provide one (if there is a debate). Bottom line. This is a battle that both sides cannot afford to lose, especially for Democrats who view the courts as a vital institution to implement their agenda and to show to their progressive that they are the political party that can forward their policies. My prediction. After Covid-19, the economy, and riots, the next Supreme Court justice will be the fourth most important issue in the election. This nominee may even become the deciding Supreme Court vote in the 2020 election if it does go to the courts. This election is already one of the most polarized that I have ever seen .... the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg has made it even more so. So who will come out on top? This is an environment that President Trump thrives in. He is going to suck up all the media oxygen in the room, and everyone will be focused on him. This is also where we are going to see Democrat Presidential candidate Joe Biden's weaknesses. He does not appear to have the energy to run a full blown campaign, and he will need to if he wants to make sure that President Trump does not succeed in nominating and having his third Supreme Court Justice approved.
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Earlier this month, Trump added 20 names to his list of potential Supreme Court justices, including three Republican senators.
President Donald Trump has added 20 names to his existing list of 25 potential picks to fill a future Supreme Court vacancy, including Republican Sens. Ted Cruz, Tom Cotton and Josh Hawley.
By doing so, Trump reprised a strategy that many credit with bringing skeptical social conservatives into the fold in 2016 and paving the way for his upset victory over Hillary Clinton.
Calling the appointment of Supreme Court justices “the most important decision a president can make,” the president cast the decision to release his potential picks up front as an obligation White House hopefuls have to their voters, though he was the first candidate to do so, in 2016.
WNU Editor: I predict President Trump will choose Amy Coney Barrett. The death of Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg may now force Democrat Presidential candidate Joe Biden to release his list of Supreme Court Justice picks .... something that he refused to do only last week.
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'The voters should pick the president and the president should pick the justice'
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden says the winner of November's presidential election should be the person to nominate a successor to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on Friday.
“There is no doubt, let me be clear, that the voters should pick the president and the president should pick the justice for the Senate to consider,” Biden emphasized as he spoke to reporters Friday night.
* The Supreme Court justice died Friday at the age of 87
* The Bill Clinton nominee served for 27 years
* News set off a political bombshell 45 days before a presidential election
* President Trump has already installed two conservative justices and has spoke about installing several more if he gets reelected
* Ginsburg dictated to her granddaughter a 'most fervent wish' not to be replaced until a new president is installed
* She declined to retire under President Barack Obama
* Senate Leader Mitch McConnell refused to allow a hearing on Barack Obama nominee Merrick Garland for nearly a year before the 2016 elections
* Obama nominated Garland March 16, 2016
* McConnell said at the time: 'The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court justice. Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president'
* Democratic leader Sen. Charles Schumer quoted McConnell word-for-word in his own statement Friday
* Trump talked up Sen. Ted Cruz as potential nominee at Friday night rally, presumably not knowing the news
* Immediate push by Democrats to vow to expand the size of the court should Republicans jam through a nominee
* Trump already warned this week that the results of the election could be contested
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death at 87 sets in motion a monumental political fight in the final weeks before the elections – amid her dying wish that President Donald Trump not nominate her successor.
Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell left no doubt Friday night that Trump would act – but did not say when. 'President Trump’s nominee will receive a vote on the floor of the United States Senate,' McConnell said.
News of Ginsburg's death broke Friday night while Trump, who she has sparred with publicly and ruled against repeatedly, was in the midst of a typical campaign rally where he blasted immigration from Somalia, attacked Joe Biden, and heralded the National Guard imposing order on Minneapolis.
* The president appeared to learn of the death of Ginsburg from reporters after his Minnesota rally Friday
* 'She just died? Wow. I didn't know that, you're telling me now for the first time,' he said
* On stage - moments after the Supreme Court announced her death - he reeled off his list of potential Supreme Court nominees for if and when a seat became available
* Joe Biden called Ginsburg 'not only a giant in the legal profession but a beloved figure' in an interview on CNN
* Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died aged 87 after a battle with metastatic pancreas cancer at her D.C .home
* The New Yorker was the second woman to serve as a Supreme Court Justice and championed women's rights
* Her death paves the way for Donald Trump to expand his conservative majority on the Supreme Court
* Days earlier she said her 'most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed'
* Tributes poured in from political leaders including ex-presidents George Bush, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton
* Hillary Clinton tweeted that Ginsburg 'paved the way for so many women, including me'
* Former president George Bush said 'she inspired more than one generation of women and girls'
* Jimmy Carter also paid tribute to the 'powerful legal mind and a staunch advocate for gender equality'
* Nancy Pelosi said the flags would be flown at half staff over the capitol in her honor
Donald Trump apparently learned of the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg from reporters, after leaving a rally in Minnesota.
The president told reporters that he didn't know Ginsburg had died when a reporter asked him for comment after his Minnesota rally Friday evening.
'She just died? Wow. I didn't know that, you're telling me now for the first time,' he said.
'She led an amazing life. She was an amazing woman.'
Ginsburg died aged 87 after a battle with metastatic pancreas cancer at her D.C .home.
* Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died aged 87 after a battle with metastatic pancreas cancer
* She passed away surrounded by her family at her home in Washington D.C., the Supreme Court announced
* Ginsburg leaves behind two children, four grandchildren, two step-grandchildren and one great-grandchild
* She battled cancer many times after being diagnosed in 2009 and said in July she was having chemotherapy
* The New Yorker was the second woman to serve as a Supreme Court Justice and championed women's rights
* The Democrat was appointed by President Clinton in 1993 and served for 27 years on the highest court
* Her death paves the way for Donald Trump to expand his conservative majority on the Supreme Court
* Days earlier she said her 'most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed'
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died aged 87 after a battle with metastatic pancreas cancer, the Supreme Court has announced.
The Democrat judge, only the second woman to serve as a Supreme Court Justice, passed away Friday evening surrounded by her family at her home in Washington D.C. following complications with her illness.
Ginsburg, who served for 27 years on the highest court of the land, had battled several bouts of cancer after first being diagnosed back in 2009.
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the eastern half of Oklahoma can be considered Native American territory, a decision the state previously warned could create "civil, criminal and regulatory turmoil."
The 5-4 decision was written by Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch and joined by the court's four liberal justices. The justices were considering the issue for the second time after failing to decide a different case last year, when Gorsuch was recused and the court likely deadlocked.
The case concerned an appeal from Jimcy McGirt, a Native American, who claimed his state rape conviction from 1997 should be overturned because Oklahoma lacked jurisdiction. Congress, his lawyer Ian Gershengorn said, never properly terminated the reservation.
WNU Editor: This case revolves around the conviction of a native American who was convicted for sexual assault of a four year old over 20 years ago. His lawyers contested that the state did not have the jurisdiction to try and convict him. Unfortunately, this ruling has now created a massive criminal and regulatory mess in the state of Oklahoma.
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