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Noting the flood of anxious tweets and the creation of a tongue-in-cheek protective bubble by TV host Jimmy Kimmel, after Justice Ginsburg was hospitalized last week, BBC observed that “half of America panics when this woman falls ill.”
Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was released from the hospital Friday morning, a day after being admitted with fractured ribs suffered in a fall at her office. Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said she was ‘doing well’ and plans to work from home today.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized Thursday morning and released on Friday after fracturing three ribs during a fall in her office. Court watchers are keeping tabs on the health of the 85-year-old justice.
The Republican-led Senate Judiciary Committee issued a final report Saturday on its investigations into alleged sexual abuse by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, concluding that none of the incidents alleged during his confirmation hearing had any merit.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) says Judy Munro-Leighton of Louisville should face charges for accusing Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault. She was linked to an anonymous letter sent during Kavanaugh’s confirmation process.
The Court will soon decide whether to hear a case arguing that Florida’s ban on Prison Legal News is unconstitutional. One of the authors of a supporting brief explains why upholding the First Amendment for prisoners is in everyone’s interest.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) wants a federal investigation into whether lawyer Michael Avenatti and client Julie Swetnick made false statements during the sexual misconduct scandal that nearly derailed Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation. Avenatti found Swetnick “100 percent credible.”
A slight majority of Americans surveyed by the Washington Post and ABC News back continued investigation by Congress of Brett Kavanaugh even after his Supreme Court confirmation.
Brett Kavanaugh began his Supreme Court tenure by announcing the hiring of four female law clerks. But that doesn’t address the elitism which undermines how we pick the people who staff the nation’s highest court. TCR columnist James Doyle offers a different solution.
Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh may end up not agreeing on whether federal law requires authorities to detain — without a bond hearing — those legally in the U.S. who have committed certain crimes that make them eligible for deportation.