During her confirmation hearings last week, Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett refused to say if she would recuse herself from any potential cases related to the 2020 election, remarking: “I certainly hope that all members of the committee have more confidence in my integrity to think I would allow myself to be used as […]
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) was supposed to participate in a debate with his Democratic challenger, Jaime Harrison, on Friday evening, but the debate was canceled at the last minute. Why? Because Graham flat-out refused to take a coronavirus test. According to The Post and Courier: “Republican incumbent Lindsey Graham and Democratic challenger Jaime Harrison will […]
If there’s one thing we’ve learned about Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) over the years, it’s that he has absolutely no sense of shame or guilt. He’s a hypocrite, but he doesn’t mind if you brand him as one and chastise him for his hypocrisy. Now, however, McConnell is facing one hell of a […]
Donald Trump and his Republican minions in the U.S. Senate are making it quite clear they intend to try and ram through a replacement for the late Supreme Court Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who passed away from metastatic pancreatic cancer on Friday. But their efforts could wind up costing Trump his dreams of a second term […]
With the Supreme Court ruling 7-2 last week that a sitting president can indeed be compelled to provide information relevant to an ongoing criminal investigation, Donald Trump may soon be turning over more than his tax returns, and that could wind up be an even bigger problem that what’s to be found in his finances. […]
One of the so-called “accomplishments” Donald Trump loves to point to when asked what exactly he’s done since taking office is the two men he appointed to the Supreme Court, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh. But with Kavanaugh joining a 7-2 majority on Thursday in the case of Vance v. Trump and affirming that the […]
With the stunning Supreme Court ruling on the matter of Donald Trump and his taxes, which have been subpoenaed by Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance, the president and the Trump Organization are now facing incredible legal challenges that could wind up destroying both, according to legal experts. The 7-2 ruling in the case of Vance […]
With each new poll showing that Donald Trump and his GOP allies in Congress are likely headed for an Election Day shellacking, there are now whispers that the president and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) may be cooking up a pre-election surprise that would involve encouraging one of the conservatives on the Supreme Court […]
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling that all but eliminated President Trump’s plan to pardon those who were charged and convicted as part of the Mueller investigation as a way of protecting himself. And that same decision virtually guarantees that Trump will eventually be charged in his home state of New York. […]
Something very strange is going on inside the Senate Judiciary Committee, and it could well sink the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to be the next associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. On Tuesday, the official Twitter account for the judiciary committee (which is controlled by Republicans), posted two tweets: As part of Judge Kavanaugh’s […]