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Robert Barnes formerly covered the Supreme Court for The Washington Post.
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BREAKING: Supreme Court without comment denies Trump request to keep tax records from Manhattan district attorney
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BREAKING: No remaining signs of cancer for Justice Ginsburg, and no additional treatment required, Supreme Court says. She'll miss next week's arguments but continue to participate in cases from home
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BREAKING: Supreme Court denies request to stop certification of Pennsylvania vote, with no noted dissents.
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BREAKING: Supreme Court denies Trump request on Mar-a-Lago documents. No noted dissents
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BREAKING: Supreme Court denies Republican requests to block court-approved congressional maps in North Carolina and Pennsylvania
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NEW: Supreme Court will announce decision on Trump financial records tomorrow, which will be the last day of the term
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BREAKING: By 5-4 vote, Supreme Court refuses to block Texas six-week abortion ban,
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BREAKING: Roberts denounces Schumer's remarks: 'Justices know that criticism comes with the territory, but threatening statements of this sort from the highest levels of government are not only inappropriate, they are dangerous. '
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Whoa. Retired Justice Stevens says Kavanaugh's hearing performance disqualifying, according to Palm Beach Post reporter
Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, a lifelong Republican, told a small crowd in Boca Raton that Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s performance at confirmation hearings should disqualify him. “The Senators should pay attention to this.”
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BREAKING: US Court of Appeals for 4th Circuit sends Census citizenship question case back to Maryland judge so he can reopen query into whether Trump administration had discriminatory intent
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MORE JUST IN on Maskgate, this time from the Chief Justice: “I did not request Justice Gorsuch or any other Justice to wear a mask on the bench.”
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BREAKING: Trump admin asks Supreme Court to stop release of secret grand jury testimony in Mueller investigation.
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Ginni Thomas apologizes to husband’s Supreme Court clerks for her role in discord after election, Capitol riot
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VIA
@NPT
: Just days before her death, as her strength waned, Ginsburg dictated this statement to her granddaughter Clara Spera: "My most fervent wish is that i I will not be replaced until a new president is installed."
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Justice Sotomayor went to the Capitol to pay respects to John Lewis. Public appearances have been rare (nonexistent?) for the justices since March
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BREAKING: Supreme Court rejects Trump and Texas effort to discard results in four states won by Biden
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Clarence Thomas says he worries respect for institutions is eroding - The Washington Post
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The Supreme Court’s approval rating is plummeting, its critics are louder and justices feel compelled to plead the case to the public that they are judicial philosophers, not politicians in robes. w/
@seungminkim
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BREAKING: Supreme Court won't expedite Republican request to stop extended deadline for receiving mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania. New Justice Barrett did not participate
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BREAKING:
#SCOTUS
rejectes request from Trump to block release of White House records sought by House Jan. 6 committee
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Just tried applying to Georgetown Law Center but they told me tuition would be $60,000 a year. WaPo subscription free for 6 months with Amazon Prime, $3.99 a month after that
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BREAKING: Supreme Court will begin holding oral arguments via teleconference, starting May 4. Trump financial records case among them
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BREAKING: Supreme Court blocks Louisiana abortion law that could have closed clinics from taking effect. Chief Justice Roberts joins liberals. Court could still review law at later time
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Sotomayor: "Presented with an application to enjoin a flagrantly unconstitutional law engineered to prohibit women from exercising their constitutional rights and evade judicial scrutiny, a majority of Justices have opted to bury their heads in the sand."
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BREAKING: On 6-3 vote,
#scotus
reinstates death sentence for Boston marathon bomber Tsarnaev
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ALERT: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died this evening, according to court
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Pence letter to Congress: My job is ceremonial, not to decide who wins presidency
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ALERT: Supreme Court says federal anti-discrimination law protects gay workers. Gorsuch writes opinion, and CJ Roberts and liberals join
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BREAKING: CJ Roberts in statement says Politico document is real, but doesn't represent final decision of the court. He's opening a leak investigation
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sounded familiar:
Schumer about Kavanaugh and Gorsuch: 'You have released the whirlwind, and you will pay the price.'
Kavanaugh to Senate Dems at confirmation hearing: 'You sowed the wind and the country will reap the whirlwind.'
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For the first time in more than four decades, there are no vacancies on the circuit court level, where approximately 30 percent of those on the bench have been nominated by Trump. via
@seungminkim
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Just in: Alito says he will not recuse himself in a case in which one of the lawyers interviewed him twice for the Wall Street Journal editorial page
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BREAKING: Kavanaugh will be sworn in today by Chief Justice Roberts and retired Justice Kennedy, who he is replacing
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NEW: DOJ says it will again ask Scotus to halt the texas abortion law, after 5th Circuit last night left it in place
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Supreme Court says Justice Ginsburg admitted yo Johns Hopkins for “chills”fever and possible infection. Could be released tomorrow
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BREAKING: Supreme Court on 5 to 4 vote sides with Wisconsin Republicans and says absentee voting cannot be extended
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NEW Ford letter to Grassley: "I have one motivation in coming forward – to tell the truth about what Mr. Kavanaugh and his friend Mark Judge did to me . . . my fear will not hold me back from testifying and you will be provided with answers to all of your questions."
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RBG at National Book Festival: "First, this audience can see I am alive." After cheers, adds: "And on my way to being very well."
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It's done: Ketanji Brown Jackson to be associate justice of the Supreme Court
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No, this is not what you heard from the White House: Trump’s Doral resort was a last-minute addition in search for G-7 site, newly released email shows, via
@fahrenthold
and
@jdawsey1
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BREAKING: Supreme Court denies Republican effort to stop extended period for returning ballots in Pennsylvania. Chief Justice Roberts sideswith the court's liberals and court ties on whether to stay decision of Pa Supreme Court.
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Actually, Roberts called Obama's criticism "very troubling," even though Obama's criticism was of the court's decision, not Alito
Chief Justice Roberts rebuked Trump for a comment he made abt judge’s decision on asylum I don’t recall the Chief attacking Obama when that Prez rebuked Alito during a State of the Union
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New low for
#scotus
among voters: negative 37 – 50 percent job approval rating, with 13 percent no opinion. "This is the worst job approval since Quinnipiac University began asking the question in 2004, and a steep drop from July 2020, when registered voters approved 52 – 37 %"
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National Archives says it can't complete review of even Grassley's request for Kavanaugh records until sometime in October. Looks like serious delay in this confirmation process.
#scotus
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BREAKING: Justice Ginsburg will NOT be on the bench today when the court hears oral argument, the first time she has missed a session. She underwent cancer surgery Dec. 21
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BREAKING: By 7-2 vote, Scotus says Trump can't block subpoena of NY district attorney
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Supreme Court will allow execution of Alabama inmate to move forward on 5-4 vote. Muslim inmate had wanted imam at his side, but state said no, although Christian chaplains are allowed in execution chamber. The court's four liberals say majority is "profoundly wrong"
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Flag-burning was the case Scalia loved to cite when saying justices can't ignore Constitution, weren't 'kings'
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ROBERTS: The Louisiana law imposes a burden on access to abortion just as severe as that imposed by the Texas law, for the same reasons.
Therefore Louisiana’s law cannot stand under our precedents.
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Curtis Flowers was prosecuted six times for murder by the same DA. But after the Supreme Court threw out last conviction on 7-2 vote, Mississippi AG has dropped charges
It's over. All charges against Curtis Flowers have been dropped.
The Mississippi man endured nearly 23 years behind bars, six trials, four death sentences and, most recently, months of house arrest for murders he always maintained that he didn't commit.
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Just in: Statement by Justice Sotomayor and Justice Gorsuch:
Reporting that Justice Sotomayor asked Justice Gorsuch to wear a mask surprised us. It is false. While we may sometimes disagree about the law, we are warm colleagues and friends.
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BREAKING Supreme Court sends congressional cases back to lower courts for more consideration of "significant separation of powers concerns implicated by congressional subpoenas for the President’s information." again, 7-2
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NEW: Justice Breyer informs White House he will retire at noon tomorrow, clearing the way for Ketanji Brown Jackson to be sworn in as his successor
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99 (!) candles today for retired Justice John Paul Stevens. His memoir comes out next month.
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BREAKING: Supreme Court conservatives grant Catholic, Jewish organization request to block Cuomo's Covid-related restrictions on houses of worship. CJ Roberts and liberal justices object. Shows impact of replacing Ginsburg with Barrett
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BREAKING: Supreme Court will not expedite briefing in Obamacare challenge, meaning it's unlikely to be considered this term
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This is the definition of a nightmare Senate confirmation hearing: Trump judicial nominee fumbles basic questions about the law
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Attn RBG-watchers. Court confirms she officiated this weekend at the wedding of a family friend. Outside. First photo I've seen since July announcement of cancer treatment
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And within hours, lawyers for a Pa. county ask Justice Barrett to recuse from a re-do request from Pa GOP to block an extension on the receipt of mail-in ballots
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NEW: Without comment, Justice Barrett denies request from group of students to stop Indiana University's requirement of Covid vaccinations
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in meeting with WaPo ed board, lowly volunteer Papadopoulos was 2nd person Trump mentioned on foreign policy team
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Breaking: Justice Ginsburg says she has recurrence of cancer. Plans to remain on court
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Just in: Justice Ginsburg home from hospital and doing well, Supreme Court PIO says
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BREAKING: Scotus won't take up Pennsylvania elections case that challenged state supreme court decisions to extend deadline for mail-in ballots. Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch disagree
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The Supreme Court begins what *might* be its final week with decisions at 10. You know what's left: religious cases, Trump financial records, faithless electors, etc. Will be the first opinions issued in July since 1996, if that matters to you
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Justice Kavanaugh will skip the traditional walk down the Supreme Court steps with Chief Justice Roberts at BMK's formal investiture next week. Security concerns, public information office says
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House tells Supreme Court that Trump investigation continues, Mueller grand jury material is needed now w
@amarimow
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In 8-to-2 ruling, DC Circuit denied Michael Flynn’s request, backed by the Justice Department, to shutdown Sullivan’s planned review and appointment of a retired federal judge to argue against the government’s position. via
@amarimow
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In major blow to organized labor, Supreme Court says public employee unions may not charge fees to nonmembers
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Some news: I'm retiring at the end of the year. So lucky to have done what I love for nearly 50 years, the last 37 for
@washingtonpost
Thanks for reading all this time. I'm delighted that my wonderful friend and colleague
@amarimow
takes over covering
#scotus
Follow her!
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Even the majority questions constitutionality of Texas law.
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Kennedy repeatedly denied during the Scotus consideration of his case that his move to Florida was permanent, and said he intended to move back to Bremerton should he get his job back
After winning the Supreme Court religious rights case, praying football coach Joe Kennedy appeared at one game -- at which no students prayed -- and then quit:
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BREAKING: Scotus 5 to 4 rejects California church's emergency appeal of state limits on worship. Chief Justice Roberts with liberals in the majority.
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Breaking: Supreme Court refuses to stop New York trial challenging the addition of a citizenship question to 2020 Census. Story soon
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A dual defeat for Trump at the Supreme Court, the body he once thought could be his last line of defense
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BREAKING: Scotus denies House Democrats immediate access to secret grand jury material from Mueller investigation. Wants briefs on whether to take case for full review by June 1.
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I'm sensing everyone might need a break. Here's the RBG statue that going to be unveiled in March in Brooklyn.
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via
@edatpost
Trump invited senior Dem senators to WH tonight to meet his Supreme Court pick, but they declined the invite.
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Ohio's Republican Secretary of State
We conducted a review 4 years ago in Ohio & already have a statewide review of 2016 election underway. Easy to vote, hard to cheat
#Ohio
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Supreme Court refuses to stop new congressional maps in Pennsylvania
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Breaking: Supreme Court rules that excessive fines clause applies to states and local governments and limits ability to impose fines and seize property. Ginsburg write for unanimous court. this was the case:
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BREAKING: 9TH Circuit says homeland secretary's decision to end DACA was arbitrary and capricious. Trump administration had asked
#scotus
to intervene even before decision was announced.
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Roberts, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett attending the inauguration. Missing: Thomas, Alito, Breyer. First time since 2001 not all justices attend
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BREAKING: Scotus says it can't identify leaker of draft opinion overturning Roe
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In case you missed breaking story last night: North Carolina’s gerrymandered map is unconstitutional, judges rule, and may have to be redrawn before midterms
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breaking:
#scotus
halts execution of Texas inmate unless state allows him Buddhist spiritual adviser
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A Supreme Court spokewoman says Justice Ginsburg is out of the hospital and is "at home and doing well."
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New photo from
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First time four of the nine justices are female Barrett, Sotomayor, Jackson, Kagan
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unanimous 2nd circuit panel today rules against Trump efforts to stop NY prosecutor's subpoena: "the President’s allegations of bad faith fail to raise a plausible inference that the subpoena was issued out of malice or an intent to harass." next stop
#scotus
?
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Chief Justice John Roberts was hospitalized last month after injuring his head in a fall
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71 candles today for Justice Clarence Thomas, the Supreme Court’s longest-serving member
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Sympathies for Chief Justice Roberts, who, per the Supreme Court's PIO office, lost his mother Rosemary on the 28th.
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BREAKING: Supreme Court says Trump administration can start enforcing new restrictions on asylum seekers while legal battles continue
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BREAKING: Supreme Court will consider partisan gerrymandering in cases from Maryland and North Carolina in March. Story to come soon
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