This Week the Supreme Court Will Decide If 21 Teens Can Sue the Government Over Climate Change
The plaintiffs in a landmark climate change lawsuit line up with their lawyers in July after a hearing in federal court in Oregon.Chris Pietsch/The Register-Guard via AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Less than three months ago, the Supreme Court allowed a landmark climate change lawsuit against the federal government to…
Senate Confirmation Appears Likely for Two More Judges Hostile Toward Abortion
Chad A. Readler, nominee to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, is sworn in to a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on judicial nominations on October 10, 2018.Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Two appeals court nominees with strong anti-choice histories are likely to become the…
A Bitterly Divided Senate Elevates Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court
Mother Jones illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Senate today voted 50 to 48 to confirm Brett Kavanaugh as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, replacing retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy. The closeness of his confirmation vote is unprecedented. Kavanaugh won even fewer ayes than Justice Clarence…
Joe Manchin’s Argument for Voting for Brett Kavanaugh Makes No Sense
Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Newscom via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Just seconds after Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins announced she would, in the end, support Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court—effectively assuring he will prevail in the final vote on Saturday—the last Democrat still on the fence, West…
A Red-State Senator Just Issued a Moving Statement On Why She’s Voting Against Kavanaugh
Tom Williams/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Embattled North Dakota Sen. Heidi Heitkamp announced Thursday that she will vote against the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, putting to rest weeks of speculation on how the conservative Democrat would vote amid a tight race against her Republican challenger, Rep. Kevin Cramer,…
The New Cover of Time Magazine Captures the Courage of Christine Blasey Ford in a Deeply Moving Way
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When Christine Blasey Ford testified before lawmakers last Thursday on her sexual assault allegation against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, she offered a heart-wrenching testimony, speaking of her fear of coming forward, a sense of civic duty, and the things she cannot forget from that night.…