Having won the greatest landslide before or since (98.5% of the electoral votes, all but Vermont’s and Maine’s) and having carried the biggest congressional majorities ever, Franklin Roosevelt in 1937 […]
Tag: US Supreme Court
Loss of liberties is not immediate, but happens over time
If one can say the pandemic has had any positive side effect, it has been to help us focus on what the loss of liberties looks like. Such losses do […]
SCOTUS opened robocall floodgates
by Jon Healey Few things unite Americans like our shared hatred of robocalls, which have become a daily affliction for far too many of us. For example, my colleague Rob […]
Stop telling Stephen Breyer to retire
by Noah Feldman Friends, Romans, countrymen, law professors: Please stop telling Justice Stephen Breyer to retire. Yes, Breyer is a (healthy) 81. Yes, the Democratic Senate majority is wafer-thin, and […]
AG Morrisey joins other AGs to urge US SUPCO to overturn Pa. court ruling that usurps state election law
MORGANTOWN — State Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has joined with five other state attorneys general to urge the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling that extended […]
Manchin, Capito explain their votes on Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court confirmation
MORGANTOWN — Hours before the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito spoke separately with members […]
New state Supreme Court video explains how and why SCOTUS has 9 justices
MORGANTOWN — A good deal of political chatter these days is devoted to the U.S. Supreme Court. On the one hand, Senate Republicans are aiming to confirm conservative nominee Amy […]
Manchin meets with Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, expresses doubts about her Obamacare views
MORGANTOWN — Sen. Joe Manchin announced Friday that he met with Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on Thursday. He called the meeting pleasant but expressed doubts. “Despite her impressive […]
Sen. Capito meets with Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett
MORGANTOWN — Sen. Shelly Moore Capito, R-W.Va., met with U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett Wednesday afternoon and spoke with West Virginia reporters shortly after about the meeting and […]
U.S. Senate Republicans, Democrats, reverse roles from 2016 in naming, approving Ginsburg successor
MORGANTOWN — Shoes switch feet often in politics. The latest example is the U.S. Senate battle over the timing of approving a replacement for the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. […]
