The Supreme Court listened to two challenges to Texas’ controversial abortion law Monday. The video shows clips from oral arguments. The Supreme Court hearings could be the final stop in weeks of challenges since the law took effect back in September. The challenges come in the form of cases Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson and United States…

Testifying in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday, Attorney General Merrick Garland was grilled on a memo aimed at combating threats against school board members across the country. The school board memo came out earlier this month. It also came out a week after the National School Board Association wrote the Biden administration about…

President Trump’s legal team has claimed executive privilege as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection seeks to obtain communications and other records related to that day’s events. But executive privilege isn’t a blanket term. It must be used narrowly and precisely, according to legal experts. “In modern days, executive privilege means…

The Supreme Court refused President Joe Biden’s request to block Texas’ controversial abortion law Friday. However, the court also agreed to hear arguments on the law. “The petition is granted limited to the following question: May the United States bring suit in federal court and obtain injunctive or declaratory relief against the State, state court…

On the same day a Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed an unarmed woman was sentenced to nearly five years in prison, a 25-year-old man was charged in last week’s murder of a British lawmaker. The video above shows clips from sentencing, as well as the announcement of the charges. Officer Mohamed Noor was…

In one of the first steps in the nationwide redistricting process following the release of the 2020 Census data, the Republican-led Texas state legislature approved redrawn maps for its U.S. House districts late Monday night. Gov. Greg Abbott is expected to sign off on the changes but may face legal battles first. In a lawsuit filed…

Jimmie’s picks for Monday, October 15 include: Elephants at the Oregon Zoo continue the annual “Squishing of the Squash” event. A tradition that has been going strong for 23 years. The Biden Administration is set to reinstate a Trump-era border policy next month. The Texas Abortion battle is heating up. The Justice Dept. will ask…

President Biden’s Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States is out with a draft of its findings on reforming the Supreme Court. The commission looked at several issues, including the shadow docket, term limits, and changing the number of justices.  “Court expansion is likely to undermine, rather than enhance, the Supreme Court’s…

More than two decades since the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, the alleged mastermind and four Al-Qaeda conspirators still await the formal start of any trial. The men are accused of aiding hijackers who killed 2,977 people at the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Since being captured, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed,…

UPDATE (10/18/21): The Biden administration’s Justice Department officially asked the Supreme Court to block the controversial Texas abortion law Monday, after a judge order pausing enforcement of the law only lasted 48 hours. In its plea to the court, the Department wrote the law defies past Supreme Court rulings “by banning abortion long before viability —…