The family of Archie Battersbee announced on Saturday (6 August) that the 12-year-old has died, shortly after his life support was switched off. Archie’s parents had been involved in a months-long legal battle with medical professionals who said they should stop treating the child as he was brain-stem dead. The family exhausted all legal options, taking their fight to keep … [Read more...]
WATCH: Sen. Josh Hawley questions Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., questioned Judge Amy Coney Barrett on Oct. 14, the third day of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing. Hawley asked about a plethora of federal cases and rulings and criticized what he described as Democrats’ attempt to equate Barrett with the late conservative Justice Antonin Scalia, whose judicial philosophy she said she … [Read more...]
WATCH: Sen. Josh Hawley’s opening statement in Jackson Supreme Court confirmation hearings
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo. gave opening remarks March 21 as the Senate Judiciary Committee kicked off its Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, citing a series of cases involving child pornography or sexual abuse of a child in which he says Jackson was the judge and had sentencing discretion. “What concerns me, and I've been very candid about this, … [Read more...]
WATCH: Sen. Josh Hawley questions Jackson on child pornography sentencing
Warning: This part of the hearing contains graphic depictions of abuse involving children. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., questioned Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the Senate Judiciary Committee continued its Supreme Court confirmation hearings March 23. As in his line of questioning in previous days, Hawley focused on some of the sentencing decisions Jackson made in child … [Read more...]
WATCH: Sen. Josh Hawley questions Jackson in Supreme Court confirmation hearings
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., questioned Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the Senate Judiciary Committee continued its Supreme Court confirmation hearings March 22. Hawley asked Jackson questions about her sentencing of an 18-year-old who, while still in high school, had possessed images depicting child abuse. Jackson had given the 18-year-old a sentence of three months, shorter than … [Read more...]
Professor Schools Sen. Josh Hawley During Abortion Hearing
This professor had the perfect comeback to Sen. Josh Hawley's transphobic line of questioning at a Senate hearing on abortion on Tuesday » Sign up for our newsletter KnowThis to get the biggest stories of the day delivered straight to your inbox: https://go.nowth.is/knowthis_youtube » Subscribe to NowThis: http://go.nowth.is/News_Subscribe For more abortion rights news, … [Read more...]
Supreme Court Justice Breyer is retiring. Here’s what happens next.
Here's what happens after Justice Stephen G. Breyer retires from the Supreme Court – and how President Biden will pick a successor. Read more: https://wapo.st/3ABZ8IF. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube: https://wapo.st/2QOdcqK Follow us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/washingtonpost Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/washingtonpost/ Facebook: … [Read more...]
Joe Biden and supreme court justice Stephen Breyer speak about justice retirement – watch live
Joe Biden is expected to speak about the retirement of supreme court justice Stephen Breyer who is expected to attend biden,biden justice,biden live,biden news,guardian,joe biden,stephen breyer,supreme court,supreme court news,the guardian,us,us politics,us supreme court … [Read more...]
Upholding Texas Abortion Ban Was ‘Very, Very Wrong’ Says Justice Stephen Breyer | NPR
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer described as "very, very, very wrong" the court's recent refusal to block a Texas law that has the effect of banning abortions in the state after about six weeks. "I wrote a dissent — and that's the way it works," he told NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg in an interview in Boston. • Read more at … [Read more...]
Progressives Want Justice Stephen Breyer To Retire. His Response? Not Yet | NPR
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has said he will retire on his own terms amid calls from progressives for him to step down from the court so President Biden can name a younger liberal to take his place. • Read more at https://n.pr/38Tye1Z ------------------------------------------------------ Follow NPR elsewhere, too: • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/npr/ • … [Read more...]