Supreme Court

Today’s Agenda: Judge Issues Blow To Trump’s Witness Gagging
By , and | November 26, 2019 8:31 a.m.
on August 23, 2018 in Washington, DC.

Happy Tuesday, November 26. A federal judge ruled Monday that President Donald Trump does not have the power to stop former White House counsel Don McGahn from obeying a House subpoena. Here’s more on that and the other stories we’re watching.

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UNITED STATES - AUGUST 31: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg participates in a discussion during the Library of Congress National Book Festival at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on Saturday, August 31, 2019. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
This Court Case Could Bring Chaos To The Electoral College
A federal court recently ruled that electors can vote for whoever they please, as opposed to the candidate chosen by the state's voters.
By Paul M. Smith | October 4, 2019 6:00 a.m.
on June 12, 2018 in McAllen, Texas.
SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO - MAY 2, 2019: A book containing the Mueller Report and related materials presented by The Washington Post is among books for sale in a Santa Fe, New Mexico, bookstore. (Photo by Robert Alexander/Getty Images)
CAPITOL HILL, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, UNITED STATES - 2013/06/01: Supreme Court Building, eastern facade. (Photo by John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, with son Nathan Davis, a deputy clerk, reads a statement to the press outside the Rowan County Courthouse on Sept. 14, 2015 in Morehead, Ky. Davis did not interfere with marriage licenses issued after she returned to work. (Pablo Alcala/Lexington Herald-Leader/TNS)
WWJPSD?
By | July 17, 2019 6:14 p.m.

One of his former clerks ponders how Justice John Paul Stevens would have approached the big Supreme Court cases of the Trump era.

U.S. President Barack Obama andÊVice President Joe Biden stand with Judge Merrick Garland, the president'sÊnominee to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, in the Rose Garden at the White House, March 16, 2016 in Washington, DC.ÊMerrick, 63, is chief judge ofÊthe United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and was confirmed to that position by a Senate vote of 76 to 23 in 1997.
The Supreme Court Won’t Stop Partisan Gerrymandering. Now What?
Despite the court’s antidemocratic ruling, there’s still a way forward.
By Zachary Roth | June 28, 2019 3:41 p.m.
A Mere Slap On The Wrist? Prime Badge
By | June 27, 2019 4:52 p.m.
UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 03: Shirley Connuck, right, holds up a sign representing a district in Texas, as the Supreme Court hears a case on partisan gerrymandering by state legislatures on October 3, 2017. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
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