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Woke ‘Anti-Racist’ Ibram Kendi Levels Racist Attack at Amy Coney Barrett
It’s remarkable how much the so-called ideology of “anti-racism” itself sounds racist. At one time, racism was generally defined as hatred or bigotry toward people of other races. Now, to hear the woke tell it, providing children of a different race and nationality a loving adoptive home is the real racism, and just another example… -
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Here’s How Liberal Groups Are Combating Amy Coney Barrett’s Upcoming Confirmation
Liberal groups are warning that Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett will severely restrict reproductive freedoms and strip health care access, arguing that the vacancy shouldn’t be filled until after the next inauguration. Planned Parenthood, Emily’s List, NARAL Pro-Choice America, and other liberal groups highlighted fears that Barrett will limit abortion access. Planned Parenthood’s action arm… -
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Trump Nominates Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court
President Donald Trump held to expectations Saturday evening by nominating U.S. Circuit Judge Amy Coney Barrett, known for her originalist approach as a jurist, to the Supreme Court. “Today it is my honor to nominate one of our nation’s most brilliant and gifted legal minds to the Supreme Court,” Trump told an audience in the Rose… -
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Dirty Attacks Against Amy Coney Barrett Begin Early
If you thought liberals scraped the bottom of the barrel with their attacks on Justice Brett Kavanaugh, I’m very sorry to inform you that you were wrong. Liberals have now gone even lower. As soon as various sources identified Amy Coney Barrett as President Donald Trump’s pick, the attacks began. Dana Houle, a self-described political consultant… -
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In Amy Coney Barrett, Trump Picks an Exacting Scholar for Supreme Court
President Donald Trump on Saturday evening nominated U.S. Circuit Judge Amy Coney Barrett for the vacancy created by the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Trump appointed Barrett to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit in October 2017 and, less than a month later, her name was added to those… -
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Amy Coney Barrett, in Her Own Words
Earlier this year, 7th Circuit Judge Amy Coney Barrett spoke to The Heritage Foundation’s “SCOTUS 101” podcast about what it was like clerking for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, teaching at Notre Dame Law School, and balancing her career with raising seven kids. Barrett, whose Catholic faith came under attack during her Senate confirmation hearing… -
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Liberals’ Bogus Concern for Supreme Court ‘Norms’
For those keeping track, here’s a list of Democratic Party “norms” for placing new justices on the Supreme Court of the United States, as they stand today: Norm No. 1: When Democrats are in charge of both the Senate and the White House, they are free to nominate and confirm any justice they please, as… -
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Supreme Court Fight Is About Life and Death
Chuck Schumer, Senate minority leader, says, “Our No. 1 goal must be to communicate the stakes of this Supreme Court fight to the American people.” He continued, “Nothing is off the table.” Nothing? Not even violence? After the confirmation hearings of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, members of the Trump administration were being assaulted in… -
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He’s a Friend of Supreme Court Prospect Amy Coney Barrett. Here’s What He Has to Say.
Professor Carter Snead is one of the world’s leading experts on public bioethics at the University of Notre Dame. He is also a colleague of Judge Amy Coney Barrett, one of President Donald Trump’s finalists to fill the Supreme Court seat vacated by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Snead joins The Daily Signal… -
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Help The Daily Signal Cover the New Supreme Court Nominee Fairly
We don’t know yet President Donald Trump’s pick for the next Supreme Court nominee, but we do know one thing for sure: The media won’t treat her fairly. Two years ago, during the Brett Kavanaugh hearings, the media exploded with stories of sexual harassment and abuse based on hearsay and misinformation. Their goal: to destroy… -
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Bipartisan Coalition Rejects Democrats’ Call to Pack Supreme Court
A bipartisan group dominated by former state attorneys general is pushing back against proposals from congressional Democrats and progressive activists to pack the Supreme Court by adding more justices. “We feel that court packing, adding or for that matter subtracting justices for political advantage, is wrong,” former Tennessee Attorney General Paul Summers, an independent, told… -
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This Lawyer Has Known Supreme Court Finalist Barbara Lagoa for 20 Years. Here’s What He Has to Say.
Justin Sayfie, a lawyer, government relations consultant, and digital entrepreneur, says he has known Judge Barbara Lagoa, one of President Donald Trump’s finalists for the Supreme Court, for 20 years. He joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to talk about their friendship, Lagoa’s career, and her potential as a Supreme Court justice. We also cover these… -
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Problematic Women: Ginsburg’s Legacy and the Supreme Court’s Future
Legal experts have described the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as “a lioness of the law.” Ginsburg died last Friday at 87 after serving on the Supreme Court for 27 years. President Donald Trump has said he will nominate her replacement this Saturday from a short list of five female candidates. Elizabeth Slattery,… -
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Injunction Against Postal Reforms Is Biased Judicial Overreach
U.S. District Court Judge Stanley Bastian last week issued a nationwide injunction preventing the U.S. Postal Service from implementing reforms to its inefficient and wasteful procedures, which will affect postal operations across the country. The Sept. 17 ruling is the latest in a string of factually challenged attacks on Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. Bastian (who… -
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Supreme Court Vacancy Opportunity for Conservatives
The passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg gives conservatives and Republicans what they claim to have wanted since judicial activism became the norm in the 1960s. From outlawing prayer and Bible reading in public schools, to the infamous Roe v. Wade decision, which legalized abortion, conservative Republicans have yearned for a time when… -
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7 Things to Know About Possible Supreme Court Nominee Barbara Lagoa
The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has set off intense political debate over who should get to name her successor. On the short list of President Donald Trump—who has announced he would nominate a woman to succeed Ginsburg on Sept. 26—is federal appeals court Judge Barbara Lagoa. When asked about Lagoa before… -
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6 Things to Know About Supreme Court Prospect Amy Coney Barrett
Amy Coney Barrett, a federal appeals judge for nearly three years, is a front-runner to fill the Supreme Court seat vacated by the death Friday of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. In an interview Monday morning with “Fox & Friends” on Fox News Channel and again Monday night in a speech in Ohio, President Donald Trump… -
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Meet the 11 Women on Trump’s Supreme Court List
President Donald Trump says his choice to fill Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Supreme Court seat is going to be a woman. “It will be a woman, a very talented, very brilliant woman,” Trump told reporters Saturday in Fayetteville, North Carolina. He reiterated that in a speech Monday evening in Vandalia, Ohio. It’s not known for sure… -
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7 Things to Know About Upcoming Supreme Court Process, Picks
With the unexpected death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Friday, Republicans face a tight timeline to get a new Supreme Court justice in place before the election. Even as the nation mourns the death of Ginsburg, who served on the court for twenty-seven years, lawmakers have begun to talk about next steps. Here’s what you… -
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Ginsburg Leaves Liberal Legacy After Decades on Supreme Court
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a champion of equal justice under the law who became only the second woman (and the first Jewish woman) to serve on the Supreme Court, died Friday evening after a long battle with cancer. She was 87. During her 27 years on the high court, Ginsburg became a liberal cultural icon…