Federal Judge Schools MAGA-Friendly Supreme Court Justices on the Importance of Taking Trump’s Words Seriously

Justice Barrett Defects on Mail Ballot Ruling – And Rightfully So

Justice Amy Coney Barrett is usually considered one of the Supreme Court’s reliable conservative voices. That is why many conservatives were stunned when she joined Chief Justice John Roberts and the court’s three liberal justices in a 5 to 4 ruling that upheld Mississippi’s law allowing certain mail-in ballots to be counted after Election Day. [] The post Justice Barrett Defects on Mail Ballot Ruling – And Rightfully So appeared first on The Punching Bag Post.

After SCOTUS Fails to Act, States Must Step Up to Save Election Day

DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The current conservative Supreme Court rarely gets it wrong when it comes to election administration. But in this week’s ruling in Watson v. RNC, that reliable majority flipped on its head with Justices John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett siding with the liberals by holding that, despite plain language in federal law dictating...

Liberal Justice Makes Dire Prediction about Trump Ruling

Jonathan Ernst / REUTERSThe three liberal-leaning justices on the Supreme Court are sounding the alarm about the latest ruling from the high court that vastly expanded executive power. The high court in a 5-4 ruling Monday blocked Trump’s attempt to fire Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook, deciding that “Congress, not the courts,” must change federal law on removing members of independent agencies, as the ruling said Fed governors are explicitly protected by “for cause” statutes.But justices handed Trump an expansion of presidential authority as, in a 6-3 ruling, it said that he could fire members of independent regulatory agencies at will, overturning a 91-year-old precedent. Read more at The Daily Beast.

One big win and three defeats for Trump in dramatic day at Supreme Court

On the second-to-last day of Supreme Court decisions for this term, the justices delivered a big win for Donald Trump. But beneath the headline-generating ruling on expansive presidential power, the court gave some indications that this particular president may not always get what he wants – and the three liberal justices may have a few unexpected allies amongst the six conservative justices on the high court.

5 takeaways on divided day for Trump at Supreme Court 

It was a mixed bag for President Trump at the Supreme Court on Monday. The justices tightened the president’s grip on executive power in ruling independent agency leaders may be fired, while rejecting a key pillar of Trump's political agenda aimed at restricting mail-in voting. They ruled he must give a Federal Reserve governor due...