US Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a giant of jurisprudence with impeccable feminist credentials. Yet she upset some legal commentators this week with a statement about the Equal Rights Amendment, a proposed constitutional clause that was the subject of a vote in the House of Representatives today.
The US Supreme Court didn’t always stand on the land where it’s now situated, as the Architect of the Capitol website explains. What official accounts don’t reveal, however, is that the government took the property from the National Woman’s Party (NWP) and that a feminist jurist fought tooth and nail to get top dollar for it.
US president Donald Trump is not a lawyer and never played one on TV. What he’s always been, thanks to his family fortune, is a boss. And—as his catchphrase on the reality TV show The Apprentice demonstrated—the kind who relishes the power to say, “You’re fired!”
The heavens must be weeping in the aftermath of US president Donald Trump’s impeachment trial if Mark Twain, 19th century congressional correspondent, was right that the weather in Washington, DC is inextricably linked to politics.
The historic, third-ever presidential impeachment trial in the US Senate ended today like the two that preceded it in centuries past. The accused was acquitted—in this case, just as everyone predicted he’d be.
US Supreme Court chief justice John Roberts is one dutiful jurist.
US President Donald Trump delivered his third State of the Union address yesterday in the House where he was impeached. His Senate trial is expected to end in acquittal today, and Trump was clearly feeling besieged but victorious when he gave his speech about “the great American comeback.”
US president Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial is a grave affair to be sure. But it’s also given lawmakers a chance to show off their flair—a wink in the form of a bright pink tie or a dramatic black bow, an opportunity to peacock.
Yesterday, at Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, one of the president’s chief defenders—White House counsel Pat Cipollone—suddenly found himself exposed and all alone in the US Senate, naked as it were, before his fellow Americans.
Senators yesterday had an opportunity to question the prosecution and defense teams at US president Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. They seemed to be in high spirits when they entered the Senate chamber and there was more bipartisan mingling before the session began than previously.
Perhaps you recall Kenneth Starr, circa 1998, of Starr Report fame. He was the independent counsel who investigated Bill Clinton, publishing a salacious investigation that prompted presidential impeachment proceedings. Now he is defending president Donald Trump in his own Senate trial.
Today, US Supreme Court chief justice John Roberts will spend his 65th birthday in the Senate, presiding over president Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, and perhaps contemplating the “gifts” he’s being given.
US president Donald Trump’s impeachment defense team delivered opening statements in a two-hour Saturday session in the Senate yesterday. The brevity was strategic, serving multiple purposes.
“I believe the Prince of Darkness could start a branch of hell in the District of Columbia (if he has not already done it), and carry it on unimpeached by the Congress of the United States, even though the Constitution were bristling with articles forbidding hells in this country,” Mark Twain wrote in 1868 about the first-ever presidential impeachment of Andrew Johnson, commander-in-chief #17.
It’s noon on a cold, clear day when US president Donald Trump’s impeachment legal team pulls up to a Senate entrance in black SUVs. They drive blithely to a private doorway past a gaggle of chanting protestors from states near and far bearing signs condemning their client and demanding a full, fair trial.
It isn’t easy being John Roberts, chief justice of the US Supreme Court. And it was especially tough yesterday, when he had to preside over a contentious presidential impeachment trial in the Senate, following hearings on two cases at his usual location across the street.
Few topics arouse the passions of Americans like god and government and whether the twain shall meet.
US founding father Alexander Hamilton would probably counsel president Donald Trump to come up with a better defense than the one offered by Trump’s attorneys ahead of his looming Senate impeachment trial.
US president Donald Trump’s impeachment has understandably led to comparisons with l‘affaire Clinton, circa 1999. But the scandals, their implications, and the times, are different. It’s disingenuous to cite the precedent and gloss over key distinctions.
Today, the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the disconcerting case of Norris Babb, a longtime Department of Veterans Affairs clinical pharmacist who faced age discrimination after more than a decade of excellent performance reviews. The hearing gave chief justice John Roberts the opportunity to up his cultural credit with strategic use of the phrase “OK, boomer” in a hypothetical question.
The House votes today on transmitting articles of impeachment against US president Donald Trump to the Senate, for a trial to be presided over by Supreme Court chief justice John Roberts. It’s safe to bet the chief is not relishing this looming duty.
If you’re paying into a retirement fund—or just wish you were—you might think that its managers invest wisely, listen to advisers, and follow the law. And you’d probably expect that the fund managers would face the consequences if they’re shifty and put your benefits at risk.
The latest battle in an epic legal war that began in 2001 is being fought in the US Supreme Court today. The case, which could change the nature of civil litigation itself, stems from a long and unfortunate dispute over the short, trademarked phrase “get lucky.”
The George Washington Bridge connecting New York and New Jersey is the world’s busiest overpass and the subject of a 2013 scandal known as “Bridgegate.” Next week, the US Supreme Court will consider whether government officials convicted of crimes stemming from a scheme to reallocate lanes on the bridge acted criminally or just crookedly.
