Supreme Court Justices Reportedly Can’t Figure Out How To Adopt Ethics Code Amid Controversies

Topline The Supreme Court has been actively discussing adopting a code of conduct for at least four years but so far can’t agree on how to do it—and it’s unclear when they will—the Washington Post rep...

Last-Minute Addition To Sweeping Defense Bill Will Shield Judges’ Families’ Information — Including Ginni Thomas’ Activism

Topline The House is set to pass a new set of protections for federal judges’ families Thursday that were added at the last-minute to the sweeping defense bill, including shielding the public from kno...

Bipartisan Senate Group Says It Has The Votes To Codify Same-Sex And Interracial Marriage

Topline A bipartisan group of Senators says it has enough votes to codify into law the rights to same sex and interracial marriage after many became worried about the protection of the right to marria...

Trump’s Lawyers Reportedly Wanted Clarence Thomas To Help Overturn 2020 Election, Emails Show

Topline Trump’s legal team wanted Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to rule on their lawsuits challenging the 2020 election because they believed he would be their “only chance” at a ruling that c...

Clarence Thomas Halts Order For Lindsey Graham To Testify In Georgia Election Case—For Now

Topline Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Monday temporarily halted a lower court ruling requiring Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) to testify in a Georgia grand jury investigation into the 2020 el...

Ginni Thomas Testifies To House Jan. 6 Committee

Topline Right-wing activist Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, testified to the House January 6 Committee for several hours on Thursday, reversing course after she initia...

Ginni Thomas Testifying To House Jan. 6 Committee Today

Topline Right-wing activist Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, will testify to the House January 6 Committee Thursday, multiple outlets report, reversing course after she ini...

Plan B and other contraception may be at risk following abortion ban

Since the Supreme Court in June overturned Roe v. Wade, the court case that gave Americans the right to an abortion, more women are turning to Plan B, the nation’s most recognized morning-after ...

With Just Five Words, Congress Can Rein In IRS And Other Federal Agents

Under the Inflation Reduction Act, the IRS will receive a staggering $45.6 billion to bolster “tax enforcement.” That means substantially more manpower for criminal prosecutions, civil judgments, and ...

Ginni Thomas—Wife Of Supreme Court Justice—Reportedly Pressured Wisconsin Lawmakers To Overturn 2020 Election

Topline Conservative activist Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, emailed lawmakers in Wisconsin urging them to challenge the state’s 2020 presidential election results, the W...

New Political PAC Launches To Take Down Anti-LGBTQ Candidates

Topline A new political group, called Agenda PAC, will aim to take down anti-LGBTQ candidates in upcoming midterm races, according to the political strategists and Democratic lawmakers behind the orga...

Trump-Appointed Judge Strikes Down Law Against Texas Teenagers Carrying Handguns

A Texas law prohibiting 18-20 year olds from obtaining licenses to carry handguns outside the house was struck down Friday by U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman. The decision could mark the beginning of...

Kagan Says Possible Loss Of Supreme Court Trust ‘Dangerous Thing For A Democracy,’ According To Report

Topline Justice Elena Kagan warned Thursday of the risk of the Supreme Court losing “all connection with the public and with public sentiment,” according to Reuters, as the high court struggles with p...

The Supreme Court’s Reliance On “historical Analysis” To End Abortion Rights And Curb Gun Control This Term Could Overturn Other Landmark Precedents, Perhaps Even Brown V. Board

Heading into oral arguments in Brown v. Board, Thurgood Marshall, the civil rights icon arguing for the integration of southern schools, feared the legislative history surrounding the case. Though he ...

Ginni Thomas Won’t Testify to Jan. 6 Committee, Lawyer Says — Here’s What We Know About Her Efforts To Overturn The Election

Topline Conservative activist Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, will not testify to the House January 6 Committee as of now, her lawyer told the committee in a letter Tuesda...

Medical Journals And Professional Groups Condemn Supreme Court Decision Overturning Roe

Topline Major medical journals and professional societies — including those for pediatricians and gynecological and obstetric doctors — condemned the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the nat...

Supreme Court Justice Thomas says gay rights rulings open to be tossed

Associate Justice Clarence Thomas poses during a group photo of the Justices at the Supreme Court in Washington, April 23, 2021. Erin Schaff | Pool | Reuters Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on F...

Ginni Thomas Will Testify to Jan. 6 Committee — Here’s What We Know About Her Efforts To Overturn The Election

Topline Conservative activist Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, will testify to the House January 6 Committee, she told the Daily Caller Thursday after chair Rep. Bennie Tho...

Ginni Thomas Urged 29 Arizona Lawmakers To Overturn Election Results—Dozens More Than Previously Known, Report Says

Topline Right-wing activist Ginni Thomas, the wife of conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, sent email messages to at least 29 Republican Arizona lawmakers in late 2020, pressing them to...

Ginni Thomas Reportedly Urged Arizona Lawmakers To Ignore Biden’s Victory And Adopt ‘Clean Slate Of Electors’

Topline Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, pressured two Arizona lawmakers in emails to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in the state in the 2020 presidential election by ask...

Pelosi Calls Ginni Thomas A ‘Proud Contributor To A Coup’ — Pushes For Supreme Court Code Of Ethics

Topline House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) stopped short Thursday of joining other Democratic House members who have called for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to resign, but she said his wif...

Justice Clarence Thomas Discharged From Hospital, Supreme Court Says

Topline Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been discharged from the hospital after a week-long stay, the court said Friday, ending days of speculation about the 73-year-old’s health after the c...

Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson Says She’ll Recuse From Harvard Affirmative Action Case

Topline Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson said Wednesday she’ll recuse herself from an upcoming case challenging Harvard University’s affirmative action policy if she’s confirmed to th...

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Hospitalized With ‘Flu-Like Symptoms’

Topline After experiencing flu-like symptoms, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, 73, was admitted to Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C. Friday, where he was diagnosed with an infect...

Supreme Court lets GOP Kentucky attorney general defend abortion law

The U.S. Supreme Court building is seen January 24, 2022 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer | Getty Images The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Kentucky’s Republican attorney general can step in t...

Supreme Court takes up clash over Colorado law’s protection for same-sex weddings

A person walks down the sidewalk near the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., February 16, 2022. Jon Cherry | Reuters The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a Christian website desig...

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s books get big bids in auction

Justice Ruth Ginsburg Joanne Rathe | The Boston Globe | Getty Images More than 1,000 books from late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s personal library are up for auction — and things ...

Supreme Court denies bid to send case back to federal judge

Pro-choice demonstrators rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court on November 01, 2021 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer | Getty Images The Supreme Court on Thursday denied a request from Texas abortion pro...

Supreme Court blocks Biden Covid vaccine mandate for businesses, allows health-care worker rule

A demonstrator holds a “Freedoms & Mandates Don’t Mix” sign outside the U.S. Supreme Court during arguments on two federal coronavirus vaccine mandate measures in Washington, D.C...

Supreme Court hears challenges to Biden vaccine mandates

A protester holds a banner at a rally against mandates for the vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outside the New York State Capitol in Albany, New York, U.S., January 5, 2022. Mike S...