Wisconsin Supreme Court rules RFK Jr. will remain on November ballot
In a ruling Friday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court rejected Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s effort to remove his name from the state's presidential ballot. The Supreme Court last week accepted Kennedy's appeal to the Wisconsin State Board of Elections, which said last month that the independent candidate would remain on the ballot. The Wisconsin Supreme Court […]
Supreme Court rejects RFK Jr’s appeal to be put back on New York election ballot
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s bid to have his name reinstated on the New York state election ballot. The appeal was dismissed by the country's highest court without comment or notable dissent. Kennedy has been trying to remove his name from ballots in key battleground states since […]
‘Not Over’: Texas Supreme Court Shoots Down Bid To Block State Fair Gun Ban
The Texas Supreme Court has rejected the state's final appeal of the Texas State Fair's verdict that the gun ban is constitutional, according to court documents released Thursday. The Texas Supreme Court has denied Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's final request for relief, saying the court cannot force the State Fair of Texas, a private […]
Dem Senator Introduces Bill That Would Add Six Supreme Court Seats, Expand Federal Judiciary
Democratic Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden has introduced legislation that would add six seats to the Supreme Court and fundamentally transform the federal judiciary, his office announced Thursday. Wyden’s Judiciary Modernization and Transparency activity The number of justices on the Supreme Court will be expanded to 15 over 12 years. The number of federal circuit courts […]
Missouri’s Supreme Court, governor reject calls to stop execution of man convicted for 1998 murder
The Missouri Supreme Court and the state's Republican governor, Mike Parson, on Monday separately rejected requests by inmates to avoid their scheduled executions. Marcellus Williams, 55, is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection at 6 p.m. Tuesday in connection with the murder of Lisha Gayle, a social worker and former newspaper reporter who was […]
Missouri Supreme Court, Gov. Mike Parson refuses to halt execution of Marcellus Williams, convicted in 1998 killing
The execution of a Missouri man convicted of killing a social worker in 1998 is set to go ahead as scheduled on Tuesday after the state Supreme Court and governor rejected repeated requests to halt the execution. Marcellus Williams, 55, is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection at 6 p.m. Tuesday for the stabbing […]
Arizona Supreme Court rules nearly 100K can receive full ballots without citizenship proof
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Friday that about 100,000 residents can receive ballots without proof of citizenship, quickly resolving a clerical gaffe that had left in doubt whether they would be able to vote in this November's election. Friday Verdict The announcement came days after election officials said they had found that about 98,000 state […]
The supreme crisis of Chief Justice John Roberts
Chief Justice John Roberts has always been a man “more guilty than guilty.” That line from Shakespeare's King Lear seems all the more fitting for the Chief Justice of our nation's highest court. Roberts took office nearly two decades ago and immediately found himself grappling with a series of controversies that rocked the institution of […]
Arizona Supreme Court rules 98,000 people whose citizenship is unconfirmed can vote in state races
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Friday that about 98,000 people whose U.S. citizenship has not been confirmed will be allowed to vote in upcoming state and local elections. The ruling came after a “coding oversight” in the state's software led the battleground state's Democratic secretary of state, Adrian Fontes, to argue that ballots would be […]
Wisconsin Supreme Court to rule on whether RFK Jr. will stay on ballot
The Wisconsin Supreme Court rule and whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an independent candidate backed by Trump, will remain on the ballot after he filed a lawsuit on September 3 seeking to have his name removed. Since suspending his campaign in August to endorse the Republican candidate, Kennedy has petitioned states across the country to […]