And with his nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to Supreme Court, Trump soon could install his second justice on the highest court, too.. But while Trump has already left imprint on the higher federal courts, he trails Obama, Bush and other recent presidents in the number of lower-court..…
In 2016, shortly before Obama nominated Merrick Garland to the court, slightly fewer (57%) said the selection of the next justice was very important. Just 40% expressed this view in 2010, after Justice John Paul Stevens announced his retirement from the court and before..…
We owe our twisted sense of justice and war surrounding Syria to President Obama. ..…
“Getting on the rolls and getting out to vote is the million dollar question,” Judge said. “What gets people out to vote if it’s not President Obama?” . . . . . ..…
Timothy Jost, professor emeritus at Washington and Lee University Virginia said Trump administration is trying to persuade the court to do what it was unable to achieve Congress last year — essentially, repeal key parts of Obama health law.. It's just one more part of the story of trying to..…
By requiring courts to presume the accuracy of the Obama, of which Kavanaugh was not part, further lowered the standard's evidence, subject to rebuttal, prompting dissenting judge David Tatel to ask what was left of Boumediene's requirement that federal court review of detentions at..…
And it's to movements on the ground that we must turn and consider, the problems and possibilities of building future of peace and love and justice. Obama campaign offered up paradigm, activated young people under thirty who have not heretofore exercised the franchise, and illustrated..…
Judge Cheryl Ann Krause was nominated by Barack Obama. . Judge Stephanos Bibas got his seat thanks to Donald Trump. . ..…
Last month, 56% of the public said Senate should hold hearings and vote on Obama's choice to replace Justice Antonin Scalia. ... That is little changed from last month, and much higher than April 2010, before Obama named Kagan as the replacement for Justice John Paul..…
federal judge Texas has blocked Obama administration guidelines to public schools that allow transgender students to use the bathrooms of their choice. ... Obama administration issued its transgender guidelines earlier this year after Justice Department sued North..…
As it happened, Savage tells us, nobody had informed the president about the Justice Department’s decision to maintain the Bush legal position, and Obama was furious. ... Furthermore, the Obama Justice Department prosecuted, in Savage’s words, “three times as many..…
The Obama administration’s failure to pursue charges follows a familiar pattern of the Department of Justice deciding not to bring federal civil rights charges against officers. ..…
Obama nominated Judge Davis on April 2 the nomination was heard by Senate Judiciary Committee on April 29 and approved, 16-3, on June 4. ... President Obama must nominate candidates for all the openings, and Senate must confirm them and Judge Davis.. ..…
President Barack Obama nominated Baltimore U.S. District Court Judge Andre M. ..…
Those organizations might qualify for the accommodation offered by the Obama administration involving self-certification — described by one lower court judge as a 'permission slip' — that allows the insurance companies to provide the coverage at no cost to the organization. . . 1 | 2 |..…
Tenet and Rice urged the Times to hold Risen's story because, it would compromise national security and endanger the life of CIA recruit ( The agent is referred to in Justice filing as. At the time, Obama to the draconian provisions of Espionage Act against Sterling was just one case in..…
(l-r: Kemba Smith, Judge Pamela Alexander) . . She went on to applaud President Obama and former attorney general Eric Holder for their continued efforts on the issue. ..…
If, once the evidence is in, you judge that Barack Obama isn’t a man and Denzel Washington isn’t an African-American, we will have lost our semantic bearings altogether: there can be clear answers to questions about the ascription of concepts with fuzzy edges. ..…
By solidarity activists around the world, Thanks to the international boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign--called for by Palestinians and mobilized--more and more people understand the reality that Israel is apartheid state, and the cause of Palestinian liberation is simple justice... By..…
As Obama administration lawyers in the Justice and State Departments frantically write classified legal opinions to provide legal protection for whatever action the President decides, others are calling for military officers to look to their constitutional responsibilities. . ..…
In October, the national gay-rights organization gave Justice Not Politics Action $100,000. . ... The point of contention in the Florida race is Obama’s health-care reform law. . ..…
The United States has been harboring Posada since 2005, with the Bush administration and now the Obama administration refusing to take action to ensure that Posada faces justice for these grave crimes. ... Still, Obama has shown no interest in seeking justice for the..…
In the hours after the 9/11 attacks, President Bush promised that America would bring Osama bin Laden to justice — and we did. I want to congratulate America’s armed forces and President Obama for a job well done. ..…
Positive job ratings also are relatively low for the Social Security Administration (36% excellent/good), Justice Department (38%) and IRS (40%). . Four-in-ten say that the Obama administration does an excellent (10%) or good (30%) job; a majority (58%) says it does only fair or poor. ..…
The Obama administration made a lot of noise about closing down Guantánamo. Yet in a series of briefs, the Justice Department has said that prisoners held in any base other than Guantánamo don't have habeas corpus rights--for example, prisoners being held in Bagram, Afghanistan. . ..…
He has called for judicial reform and a closer look at the country’s criminal justice system so that “we can do a better job of making decisions” about the death penalty. Compare McCain and Obama . Education While in the Senate, Dodd has repeatedly voted against measures advocating..…
In The Audacity of Hope, Obama added, “For my mother, organized religion too often dressed up closed-mindedness in the garb of piety, cruelty and oppression in the cloak of righteousness.” . Obama’s mother married Lolo Soetoro, an Indonesian businessman and non-practicing Muslim, and..…
Moonbeam — signed into law yesterday a bill (SB 282) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . on Judge Orders Quick Release of Million Documents Exposing ‘Obama, Clinton, Deep State Scandals’ . on Eric Holder’s Hypocrisy: Suspected Criminal Condemns President Trump Releasing FISA Documents . . ...…