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 […]
Dems condemn death threats against Supreme Court they’ve repeatedly disparaged
Following reports that a suspect had been arrested for making threats to injure and kill six of the nine Supreme Court justices and several of their families, the Democratic Party issued a comprehensive condemnation of political violence. “Threats and acts of violence are unacceptable. Period,” Sen. Dick Durbin, a Democrat from Illinois, told The Washington […]
ActBlue donor arrested for allegedly threatening to torture and slaughter 6 Supreme Court justices
On July 13th, an Act Blue donor shot President Donald Trump. ActBlue Donor There was an alleged attempt to assassinate him on Sunday. An Alaska man arrested Wednesday for allegedly threatening to torture and kill six U.S. Supreme Court justices and several of their families has also been identified as an ActBlue donor. Over 80 […]
Alaska Man Indicted For Threatening To Assassinate 6 Supreme Court Justices
(Photo by Al Drago/Getty Images) By James Myers, OAN StaffThursday, September 19, 2024 10:15 AM An Alaska man has been indicted on charges of making serious threats against six Supreme Court justices, including threats to assassinate them, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). advertisement Prosecutors allege Panos Anastasio, 76, sent an estimated 450 messages […]