Tag: Amy Coney Barrett
U.S. Supreme Court to take up major abortion rights challenge
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to a showdown over abortion in a case that could dramatically alter nearly 50 years of rulings...
Alabama to allow spiritual advisor at inmate’s execution
Alabama is amending its lethal injection procedures to allow a condemned inmate to have his spiritual advisor in the execution chamber, state...
Religion and the death penalty collide at the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is sending a message to states that want to continue to carry out the death penalty: Inmates must be...
Joe Biden to name judge Merrick Garland as attorney general
President-elect Joe Biden has selected Merrick Garland, a federal appeals court judge who in 2016 was snubbed by Republicans for a seat...
Steve Flowers: Donald Trump has a profound legacy in presidential history,...
Presidential historians and most astute national political observers and chroniclers have concluded that the most profound legacy a president can achieve is...
Bradley Byrne: A timely victory for the right to freely exercise...
On the Wednesday night before Thanksgiving, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling, which is a very positive signal for the rights...
Donald Trump’s election night party adds to virus scrutiny
It was supposed to be a scene of celebration.
Instead, Donald Trump's campaign election night watch party in the White House East Room...
Presidency hinges on tight races in battleground states
The fate of the United States presidency hung in the balance Wednesday morning, as President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden...
Republicans try to reclaim Alabama Senate seat from Doug Jones
Republicans in Alabama are attempting to reclaim a U.S. Senate seat that the Democrats won three years ago in the reliably red...
Amy Coney Barrett confirmation rises as issue in Kentucky Senate race
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell took a victory lap Wednesday for shepherding Amy Coney Barrett onto the U.S. Supreme Court, while his...