Supreme Court

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to advance Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination to the full Senate.  Democrats on the committee boycotted the session in protest.

The Supreme Court has put on hold a lower court order that would have permitted curbside voting in Alabama in November.

The Supreme Court has agreed to take up President Donald Trump’s policy, blocked by a lower court, to exclude people living in the U.S. illegally from the census count that will be used to allocate seats in the House of Representatives

The Senate will vote on the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court on Oct. 22, 2020.

The California Supreme Court has ordered a second look at Scott Peterson’s conviction for killing his pregnant wife and unborn son, less than two months after overturning his death penalty

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett faces a final day of questioning before the Senate Judiciary Committee as Republicans set the stage for a final confirmation vote in two weeks.

Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett chose not to answer questions posed to her by Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., during Wednesday’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee.

When asked by Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D, Minn., Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett rejected the notion that she was nominated for her spot on the Supreme Court due to her work for the Republican party during the litigation of Bush v. Gore.

Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett chose not to answer multiple questions relevant to the 2020 election during her confirmation hearing this week in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., asked Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett for her view on if a president can pardon themself. Judge Barrett refused to offer an opinion on the matter, but did agree with Leahy’s assertion that “no one is above the law.”

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett was pressed by Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., about how she would rule on a potential voter intimidation case if it came before her while serving on the court. Judge Barrett refused to forecast how she would rule even though Sen. Klobuchar was able to provide the exact statute making voter intimidation illegal.

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., asks Judge Amy Coney Barrett about how seeing the George Floyd video impacted her family and her thoughts on race in America.

Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett says she has given no pre-commitment on any ruling she may make to the White House or Senate.

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett refused to answer questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee’s top Democrat, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, about whether she would rule that Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that established the right to abortion, should be overturned. Barrett told Feinstein it would be wrong for her to “pre-commit” to a decision or join the court with...

People for and against Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation demonstrated outside the Supreme Court Monday. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing has begun as the Republican-led Senate is charging ahead to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg with President Donald Trump’s pick before Election Day.

Confirmation hearings begin Monday for President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett. If confirmed, the 48-year-old appeals court judge would fill the seat of liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died last month. Ginsburg’s replacement by Barrett, a conservative, would shift the balance on the court significantly right, from 5-4 in favor of conservatives to 6-3. Read...

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett made her case Monday on why she should fill the seat once held by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Both sides braved the rain as Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearings began Monday.

Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., used his opening remarks to affirm the fundamental right to religious liberty and claimed that Democratic members of the committee have attacked Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s faith. However, Democratic senators made clear in advance of the hearing that they didn’t plan to question the judge on the specifics of her religious faith.