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The U.S. Senate confirmed President Joe Biden’s 200th federal judge today, which is more judicial appointments than the past five presidents had at this point in their administrations.
A circuit court judge in Cook County, Illinois ruled that former President Donald Trump should be removed from the state’s primary election ballot for his role in the insurrection in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
In an unsigned order issued today, the U.S. Supreme Court scheduled oral argument for April 2024 to resolve the question of whether former President Donald Trump is absolutely immune from criminal prosecution for his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
The central question looming over the 2024 presidential election is whether or not former President Donald Trump should, legally, be allowed on ballots across the country.
On Monday, the nation’s most conservative appellate circuit court voided a decision that protected fair state supreme court representation for Black voters in Louisiana. The entire court will now rehear the case.
ouse Democrats sent a letter Thursday asking U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from any involvement in the case challenging former President Donald Trump’s eligibility on the Colorado primary ballot.
Eight House Democrats have asked Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from former President Donald Trump’s Washington, D.C. election subversion case after Special Counsel Jack Smith elevated the case to the nation’s highest court last week.
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a code of ethics earlier today following months of financial scandals tied to Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas.
This week, Senate Democrats confirmed President Joe Biden’s 150th federal judge, 100 of whom are women and people of color.
On Monday, Sept. 11, Tim Burns — a former liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate — filed a petition seeking to stop impeachment proceedings against Justice Janet Protasiewicz.