Trump continues to insist that a vaccine is coming, while the Supreme Court let stand decisions in two battleground states allowing more absentee ballots to be counted. It’s Thursday, and this is your politics tip sheet. Sign up here to
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Illinois Supreme Court expands volunteer program to cut backlog of appeals in criminal cases
Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Anne Burke. | Rich Hein / Sun-Times file In January, a Chicago Sun-Times analysis found some people convicted of crimes in Cook County wait years for the courts to decide their appeals. The Illinois Supreme
Justice Clarence Thomas’ wife boosts unsupported claims against Joe Biden
Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife Virginia “Ginni” Thomas arrive for a state dinner at the White House in Washington in 2019. | AP Ginni Thomas, a longtime conservative activist, asked her more than 10,000 Facebook followers
An Early-Voting Cascade
As early voting surges well past 2016 levels, court rulings continue to make an impact on ballot access. It’s Wednesday, and this is your politics tip sheet. Sign up here to get On Politics in your inbox every weekday. Image
Kavanaugh’s Opinion in Wisconsin Voting Case Raises Alarms Among Democrats
The Supreme Court decision on Monday barring the counting of mail-in ballots in Wisconsin that arrive after Election Day was not a surprise for many Democrats, who had pressed for it but expected to lose. But a concurring opinion by
Time Is Short, Mail Is Slow and Courts Keep Changing the Rules. What Should Voters Do?
With just over a week left in the campaign, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday that election officials in Wisconsin cannot accept any ballots that arrive after the polls close on Nov. 3. While the ruling was largely expected, it
As Trump Declares Surrender to the Coronavirus, GOP-led Senate Punts on Pandemic Relief
With the hasty, hypocritical business of Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation to the Supreme Court completed, the Republican-led Senate has gone into recess for the next two weeks — meaning there will be no action on a new economic relief bill
LVMH and Tiffany renegotiating $16 billion union
LVMH and Tiffany & Co. are hoping to kiss and make up ahead of a dramatic court battle over their $16 billion proposed marriage, The Post has learned. The luxury conglomerate and the storied New York jeweler are renegotiating the
Judge Dismisses Case Against 47 Men Charged Under Nigeria’s Anti-Gay Law
LAGOS, Nigeria — A Nigerian court on Tuesday threw out a case against 47 men charged with public displays of affection with members of same sex because of what the judge called the failure of prosecutors to appear in court
Appeals court rejects immediate WeChat ban sought by Trump administration
A US appeals court has decided that the China-owned messaging app WeChat will live to see another day. A three-judge panel for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a Justice Department request to ban Apple and Google’s app stores
After high court ruling, DOJ wants census challenges stopped
Now that the Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to end the 2020 census count, the courts should not interfere with efforts to meet a year-end deadline for turning in numbers used for divvying up congressional seats by state,
Barrett Is Seated at a Pivotal Moment
Amy Coney Barrett joins the court as the conservative majority limits ballot-counting in Wisconsin. It’s Tuesday, and this is your politics tip sheet. Sign up here to get On Politics in your inbox every weekday. Image Where things stand Amy
Supreme Court Won’t Extend Wisconsin’s Deadline for Mailed Ballots
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court refused on Monday to revive a trial court ruling that would have extended Wisconsin’s deadline for receiving absentee ballots to six days after the election. The vote was 5 to 3, with the court’s more
Senate Confirms Barrett, Delivering for Trump and Reshaping the Court
WASHINGTON — Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a conservative appeals court judge and protégée of former Justice Antonin Scalia, was confirmed on Monday to the Supreme Court, capping a lightning-fast Senate approval that handed President Trump a victory ahead of the
Amy Coney Barrett confirmed to US Supreme Court
Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett departs the U.S. Capitol on October 21, 2020 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump nominated Barrett to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg after Ginsburg’s death. | Photo by Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images Barrett is
Senate Confirms Trump Nominee for Supreme Court, Amy Coney Barrett
On Monday Senate Republicans confirmed President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett in a 52-48 vote. The confirmation gives Trump his third appointment to the nation’s highest court in his first term in office. It’s official: Amy Coney
Gaza Court Convicts Peace Activists for Video Call With Israelis
JERUSALEM — A military court in the Gaza Strip convicted three Palestinian peace activists of “weakening revolutionary spirit” on Monday for their role in holding a video call with Israelis in April, but it ordered the authorities to release the
Over Democratic Fury, Republicans Push Barrett to Brink of Confirmation
WASHINGTON — A sharply divisive drive to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court before Election Day wound on Sunday toward its expected end, as Senate Republicans overcame Democratic protests to limit debate and set up a final
Despite rhetoric, GOP has supported packing state courts
Republican claims that Democrats would expand the U.S. Supreme Court to undercut the conservative majority if they win the presidency and control of Congress has a familiar ring. It’s a tactic the GOP already has employed in recent years with
Court orders Dorothy Brown to halt planned updates to ‘problematic’ new case management system
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County Dorothy Brown at a press conference March 15, 2018, announcing the implementation of a new case management system and integrated permissive eFiling system. | Erin Brown/Sun-Times file The Cook County Circuit Court
Appeals court rules against Uber, Lyft in California driver fight
A California appeals court said Uber and Lyft must treat their drivers there as employees, handing the ride-hailing giants another defeat in a legal battle that could upend their business. The Thursday ruling came as the Silicon Valley firms urged
California court says Uber, Lyft drivers are employees
A California appeals court on Thursday upheld an order requiring Uber and Lyft to treat their California drivers as employees instead of independent contractors, less than two weeks before voters will be asked to exempt the ride-hailing giants from the
Manafort Prosecution Barred by Double Jeopardy Rule, N.Y. Appeals Court Says
A New York appeals court on Thursday rebuffed the Manhattan district attorney’s efforts to charge Paul J. Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman, with mortgage fraud and other state felonies, saying that such a move would amount to double jeopardy
Court won’t revive state fraud charges against Manafort
A New York court on Thursday upheld a decision dismissing state mortgage fraud charges against Paul Manafort on double jeopardy grounds, affirming a lower court finding that they mirrored the federal charges that landed President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman
Men charged with performing illegal castration in Oklahoma
According to court documents, two men in southeast Oklahoma have been charged for allegedly performing an illegal gender reassignment surgery without a license and storing the body parts in a freezer ByThe Associated Press October 22, 2020, 6:44 PM •
GOP-led Senate panel advances Amy Coney Barrett despite Dems’ boycott
Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett departs the U.S. Capitol on October 21, 2020 in Washington, DC. | Photo by Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images Never has the Senate confirmed a Supreme Court nominee so close to a presidential election. WASHINGTON — The Senate
Supreme Court Bars Curbside Voting in Alabama
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday blocked a trial judge’s ruling that would have allowed, but not required, counties in Alabama to offer curbside voting. The vote was 5 to 3, with the court’s more conservative members in the
US surgeon general to be in court on Hawaii virus citation
The U.S. surgeon general is set to be arraigned Wednesday in a virtual court hearing in Hawaii on charges he illegally entered a public park that was closed because of the coronavirus. The criminal complaint against Jerome Adams, who was
Suit: Feds ignore risk of huge spills to endangered species
Environmental groups asked a federal court Wednesday to throw out the Trump administration’s assessment of oil and gas activity’s likely effects on endangered species in the Gulf of Mexico, saying it dismisses the chance of another disastrous blowout like the
What is a Militia? And Why Is the Word So Controversial These Days?
When F.B.I. Special Agent Richard J. Trask took the witness stand in federal court in Grand Rapids, Mich., last week to detail a plot to kidnap the governors of Michigan and Virginia, the prosecutor first asked him what the men