House Democrats sank a Republican-backed constitutional amendment that would have permanently capped the Supreme Court at nine seats, a vote GOP leaders staged to force every lawmaker on the record weeks before the midterm elections. The measure failed 212-206 on Wednesday, far short of the two-thirds supermajority the House requires to advance a constitutional amendment. […] The post House Democrats vote down amendment to cap Supreme Court at nine justices appeared first on American Almanac .
House Democrats sank a Republican-backed constitutional amendment that would have permanently capped the Supreme Court at nine seats, a vote GOP leaders staged to force every lawmaker on the record weeks before the midterm elections. The measure failed 212-206 on Wednesday, far short of the two-thirds supermajority the House requires to advance a constitutional amendment. Every Democrat who voted opposed it. Speaker Mike Johnson had fast-tracked the resolution under a procedure known as "suspension of the rules," which limits debate but raises the passage threshold from a simple majority to two-thirds, a bar Republicans knew they could not clear without significant Democratic support. The result was never really in doubt. Republicans…Open
While it tried to show otherwise, The Guardian was forced to admit there is no evidence suggesting Alito has financial conflicts in an upcoming SCOTUS case.
AI:The Guardian attempted a smear campaign against Supreme Court Justice Alito by alleging financial conflicts regarding an upcoming case, but the outlet ultimately failed to produce any evidence to support these claims of misconduct. This latest hit job follows a recurring pattern of media outlets targeting conservative jurists and officials with baseless allegations of corruption.Open
"What message is this sending?": One California mom, whose son was killed by an alleged repeat drunk driver, is speaking out after U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli's office hired a man with prior convictions for DUIs, according to court records. "How can we expect change if we do not have leaders who believe in change and demonstrate change?" Jennifer Levi asks.
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts said Wednesday that the nation’s highest court doesn’t feature “purely political actors,” comments that come after a notable decision affecting the Voting Rights Act. “I think, at a very basic level, people think we’re making policy decisions, we’re saying we think this is how things should be, as opposed to what the law provides,” Roberts told 3rd U.S. Circuit judges and lawyers at a conference, according to The Associated Press. #JohnRoberts #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #Trump #Tariffs
Federal judges appointed Robert Frazer to run New Jersey’s U.S. attorney’s office, which has been in disarray over the past year because of uncertainty about who was in charge.
“Judges around the country work very hard to get it right, and if they don’t, their opinions are subject to criticism,” Roberts said at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. “But personally directed hostility is dangerous, and it’s got to stop."
The ruling, which found that the three-person leadership team in New Jersey’s federal prosecutor’s office was illegal, will again throw the direction of the office into question.
