Tag: US Supreme Court

  • President Biden has made federal judge selection a top priority.

    President Biden has made federal judge selection a top priority.

    The US Supreme Court has confirmed US Vice President Joe Biden’s picks to the circuit court of appeals in Washington DC, with 11 Black women set to sit on the appeals courts, the highest number of Black women on any court since Barack Obama took office. This comes amid Biden’s announcement that he would seek…

  • The House Ways and Means Committee is expected to meet on Trump’s tax returns.

    The House Ways and Means Committee is expected to meet on Trump’s tax returns.

    The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected ex-President Donald Trump’s challenge to the release of his tax returns, allowing a Democratic-led House committee to decide what to do with them. The court dismissed Trump’s claim that it was unconstitutional to make the returns public. Last year, Trump had asked the Supreme Court to prohibit the…

  • Joe Biden knows how to use Donald Trump.

    Joe Biden knows how to use Donald Trump.

    The US Supreme Court on Tuesday turned down a request by President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen to release his tax returns. Cohen had sought permission to make the details public, alleging that he had “inappropriate contact” with former President Barack Obama during the 2016 presidential campaign. In September, Trump had told Cohen he…

  • The GOP should not have bet on Herschel Walker.

    The GOP should not have bet on Herschel Walker.

    Democratic US Senator Raphael Warnock and Republican Senator Scott Walker will contest a December 6 runoff for the Senate seat in Georgia. Warnock was elected to his second term in the US Senate after garnering 56% of the vote compared to Walker’s 49%. President Donald Trump is set to announce his nomination of Brett Kavanaugh…

  • We received death threats because we were trying to run a fair election.

    We received death threats because we were trying to run a fair election.

    Arizona’s Republican Governor candidate Mark Finchem will face Democratic nominee Kari Lake in the November 2020 election. Finchem had thrown out the results of the 2020 presidential election because he concluded that former US President Donald Trump had won more votes than Democrat Joe Biden. Notably, the US Supreme Court has ruled that absentee ballots…