When the Supreme Court justices first shared an inaugural stage with Donald Trump, they heard the new president deliver a 16-minute declaration against the country and vow, “This American carnage stops right here and stops right now.
It’s hard to square Trump’s oath of office with his attitude toward a law regarding TikTok’s ownership.
It should unnerve us that so many Americans accepted the unacceptable, setting a precedent that is having an effect on states such as North Carolina.
JD Vance was sworn in as the 50th vice president, the culmination of a rapid political rise that propelled him to a heartbeat away from the presidency
For those who believe in honesty, truth, justice, the rule of law and caring for the least of our brothers, Trump's return is a dark day.
During his four years as president, Democrat Joe Biden experienced a sustained series of defeats at the U.S. Supreme Court, whose ascendant conservative majority blew holes in his agenda and dashed precedents long cherished by American liberals.
In the months after the Dobbs decision, as New Mexico became one of the most important reproductive health havens in the US, anti-abortion activists in Texas struck back by lobbying conservative communities in the state to pass local ordinances banning abortions within their jurisdictions.
In 1966, the Supreme Court ruled that police must inform suspects of their Miranda Rights before speaking about the incident, following the case of Miranda V. Arizona in 1963, in which a suspect was denied legal representation and his constitutional rights were violated.
At the Capitol, Vice President-elect JD Vance was sworn-in first, taking the oath read by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on a bible given to him by his great-grandmother.
Donald Trump, who overcame impeachments, criminal indictments and a pair of assassination attempts to win another term in the White House, is set to be sworn in as the 47th U.S. president