20 People That Could Fill RGB's Supreme Court Seat

The US Supreme Court has declined to hear the big ‘Stairway To Heaven’ copyright case, meaning that the most recent ruling in the Ninth Circuit appeals court – in Led Zeppelin’s favour – stands.It was the estate of the late Randy Wolfe, aka Randy California, who sued Led Zeppelin in 2014 claiming that the band’s 1971 track ‘Stairway To Heaven’ ripped off an earlier song called ‘Taurus’, which Wolfe had written for his band Spirit.The case went before a jury in 2016 who ruled that, while it may

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom announced Monday he nominated Martin J. Jenkins as the first openly gay and third Black man to serve as a justice on the California Supreme Court.“Anyone who knows me knows my identity has been as a gay man, perhaps the greatest challenge of my life,” said Jenkins.

conservative 7th Circuit appeals judge from Indiana who has been a federal judge for three years. Early in her career she also served on George W.

Ted Johnson President Donald Trump formally announced Amy Coney Barrett as his nominee to fill the Supreme Court vacancy following the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a move that will solidify the high court’s turn to the right.An appellate judge since 2017, Barrett appeared at a White House ceremony on Saturday along with her husband Jesse and her seven children.

The people mourning the loss of Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the steps of the Supreme Court made sure that Donald Trump knew how they felt about him when he showed up to pay his respects.

President Donald Trump‘s visit to the Supreme Court, where the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is lying in repose following her September 19 death, was cut short when he was confronted by angry protesters. Trump, accompanied by First Lady Melania Trump, was met with a chorus of boos from Justice Ginsburg’s mourners during their brief visit, and a crowd chanting “vote him out” as he stood silently.

Harvard Law Review, the second woman appointed to the highest court in the United States, advocating for gender equality through landmark cases such as and , advocating for same-sex marriage in , and for opposing Texas' strict abortion laws in the 2016 case . Before images of late actors , , Jerry Stiller, Regis Philbin, John Witherspoon, Diana Figg, and Diahann Carroll moved across the screen during the in memoriam segment, Jimmy Kimmel honored Justice Ginsburg.

President Donald Trump is already discussing a replacement to fill the seat of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsKate McKinnon reflected on the significance and inspiring power of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Saturday Night Live cast member Kate McKinnon has been portraying Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as one gutsy, tough and funny cookie since 2015. Sadly, a running joke was the lengths that the 87-year-old jurist needed to go to so she could stay alive and healthy enough to make it through Donald Trump‘s presidency.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a diminutive yet towering women's rights champion who became the court's second female justice, died Friday at her home in Washington. She was 87.

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsOpera houses across the United States are mourning the loss of Supreme Court Justice and opera lover Ruth Bader Ginsburg.Ginsburg, who died on Friday at 87 years old, adored the opera scene after her aunt took her to a high school performance of La Gioconda, she said in a Sirus XM interview.

said in 2016 to “use my words against me” if he were to advocate the nomination of a Supreme Court justice in any President’s final year of their term, feels very differently in 2020.Following the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday, Graham retweeted President Trump’s comment that the GOP has an “obligation, without delay” to appoint a new justice to the Supreme Court, adding that, “I fully understand where President @realDonaldTrump is coming from.”In 2016, Graham used the election year as

Iconic Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away Friday at age 87, and the actress who portrayed her on film is paying tribute.

A number of Hollywood stars are speaking out in defense of late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's reported last wish to not be replaced until after the 2020 presidential election. Ginsburg died Friday at the age of 87 from complications surrounding metastatic cancer of the pancreas.

How is a Supreme Court Justice selected? According to the Supreme Court's , “The President nominates someone for a vacancy on the Court and the Senate votes to confirm the nominee, which requires a simple majority.” (FYI, the Republicans currently have the majority in the Senate, though some for the election to vote.)In 2016, the GOP, led by Senator Mitch McConnell, on nominee after the death of . That was eight months before the 2016 election.

that Ruth Bader Ginsburg had died.Shortly after the announcement of the death of RBG, President Trump held a rally in Bemidji, Minnesota, where he spoke about the importance of the Supreme Court and the Justices on its bench in the matters of abortion rights and gun rights.Moments later, as “Tiny Dancer” played in the background, Trump was standing under a wing of Air Force One speaking with the press when he seemed surprised to find out Ginsburg had passed, saying, “She just died? Wow, I didn’t

Ruth Bader Ginsburg born Joan Ruth Bader has passed away from pancreatic cancer at 87 years old. The associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States was a leader, hero, and crusader for women‘s rights.

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg left a remarkable legacy in law and justice after passing away from Stage 4 pancreatic cancer on Sept. 18, 2020. Before her appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1993, she had already made a name for herself by spearheading important litigation to prevent sex discrimination in the country.