In a 6-3 decision representing the Trump administration’s first major Supreme Court defeat in months, the Court blocks President Trump’s attempt to deploy federalized National Guard troops to Chicago without gubernatorial consent. The ruling turns on a critical statutory interpretation: …
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The Supreme Court agreed to hear a rush appeal deciding whether President Trump acted lawfully in firing board members leading independent federal agencies, setting up oral arguments for December 2025. The case will reconsider the landmark 1935 precedent Humphrey’s Executor v. United States, …
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On October 6, 2018, the Senate confirmed Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court by a vote of 50-48, making him the first justice in modern history confirmed with credible sexual assault allegations pending and despite obvious temperament problems that raised serious questions about his fitness for the …
On September 27, 2018, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her at a house party in 1982 when she was 15 and he was 17. Ford delivered four hours of credible, detailed, emotionally raw testimony …
During the 2016 campaign, Donald Trump made a pivotal strategic commitment to outsource Supreme Court nominee selection entirely to the Federalist Society, a move that would fundamentally reshape the federal judiciary. In March 2016, Trump, campaign lawyer Don McGahn, and Federalist Society …
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On November 22, 2000, a mob of Republican operatives and staffers violently disrupted the Miami-Dade County canvassing board’s recount of votes from the disputed 2000 presidential election, successfully forcing officials to shut down the recount early. Roger Stone, Richard Nixon’s …
Comprehensive organizational analysis reveals the Federalist Society as the most successful judicial capture mechanism in American history, systematically placing conservative judges throughout the federal judiciary through a three-division structure spanning law schools, practicing attorneys, and …
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