U.S. Supreme Court
Colbert's Supreme Court Straw Man Was So Bad Even Sotomayor Objected
On Tuesday, CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert became the latest stop on Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s book tour, but the eponymous host got more than he bargained for when his straw man portrayal of a recent decision involving ICE was so bad, even the dissenting liberal justice had to correct him on it.
Stewart Accuses SCOTUS Of Letting Trump 'Nullify The Fourth Amendment'
The Daily Show returned to Comedy Central on Monday after over a month off, with Jon Stewart wasting no time getting back into old form by hysterically warning that the Supreme Court just green-lit President Trump and ICE to “nullify the Fourth Amendment” with their immigration raids.
CNN Trashes Barrett's New Memoir For Defending Overturning Roe
As Justice Amy Coney Barrett releases her new memoir, CNN Supreme Court analyst Joan Biskupic couldn’t help but trash the part of the book where Barrett defends overturning Roe v. Wade. On Tuesday’s The Situation Room, Biskupic claimed that Barrett’s argument that Roe undermined the democratic process was bad because the Constitution is to be interpreted to protect…
Carville Demands Dems Add States, SCOTUS Seats 'To Save Democracy'
Former Clinton strategist James Carville does a podcast with former Clinton cheerleading journalist Al Hunt, and on their Wednesday recording of Politicon's Politics War Room, they reacted to the redistricting battle currently going on in Texas. While Hunt claimed Republicans are “fighting dirty,” Carville gave the game away and claimed that in order “to save democracy,” Democrats…
MSNBC Contributor: Trump A Threat To The 'Undocumented Community'
On Morning Joe, MSNBC contributor Maria Teresa Kumar describes Trump as a threat to the "undocumented community," using them as a canary in the coal mine to see how far he can push his powers.
Jennings Triggers Panelists After Claiming Trump Had Best Week Of Term
CNN NewsNight host Abby Phillip may have decided to try something new on Friday by taking her roundtable of panelists to the set of the Food Network, but one thing that remained the same was MRC Bulldog Award winner Scott Jennings triggering his liberal colleagues. This time, Jennings argued Trump had the “best week or two weeks” of his term, punctuated by the Supreme Court’s ruling…
CBS Mornings Revives Gay Rights Fear Mongering – After Saying Opposite
During Friday’s CBS Mornings Plus, hosts Tony Dokoupil and Adriana Diaz invited Kevin Jennings, CEO of the activist group Lambda Legal, to stoke fears that Obergefell v. Hodges might be in jeopardy. The segment unfolded as a slow‑burn panic session as the trio lamented over how anti-LGBTQ sentiment has supposedly grown since the Obergefell ruling was delivered by the…
MSNBC Panics Over SCOTUS Limiting National Injunctions By Lower Courts
Following the U.S. Supreme Court issuing its final set of rulings for the session on Friday, MSNBC’s Ana Cabrera took to her eponymous show to lead her left-wing legal panelists as they collectively panicked about the court limiting the ability for lower, regional courts from issuing nation-wide injunctions. Cabrera herself proclaimed: “This sounds like a giant win for the Trump administration…
Legacy Media Reluctantly Cover SCOTUS’ Defunding of Planned Parenthood
With the current Supreme Court term winding down there remain several big opinions on the docket, including on whether district courts will continue to be able to issue national injunctions. One of those opinions came down today, allowing states to ban Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood.
MSNBC: Letting States Dump Planned Parenthood Might Increase Cancer
On Thursday, the Supreme Court greenlit South Carolina’s efforts to remove abortion providers, such as Planned Parenthood, from the state’s Medicaid reimbursement program. Naturally, MSNBC’s Ana Cabrera Reports freaked out over the decision, with Law Prof. Leah Litman warning the move could lead to a rise in cancer.
MSNBC Declares It Is 'Bigoted' To Not Give Kids Gender-Changing Drugs
MSNBC’s Jonathan Capehart and Eugene Daniels welcomed Slate’s Mark Joseph Stern to Saturday’s installment of The Weekend to react to the Supreme Court upholding Tennessee’s law that bans so-called “gender-affirming care” for minors earlier in the week. As Stern would tell it, the Court refuses to block “bigoted” laws that are necessary for people to live.
Daily Show Spreads Fake News About SCOTUS, Labels It 'Snowflakes'
Leah Litman is a law professor, podcaster, author, and on Wednesday, a fake news-peddling guest on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show. During her appearance with Michael Kosta, Litman came across as a profoundly unserious person who took quotes from conservative Supreme Court justices wildly out of context and was more interested in name-calling.
Senator Kennedy Schools ABC Legal Analyst on SCOTUS Rhetoric
On Tuesday, Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) schooled ABC News legal analyst Kate Shaw during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing that included a brief spotlight on Shaw's previous remarks about Supreme Court Justices – calling some of the colleagues of Justice Elena Kagan “evil”. Shaw, also a law professor at the University of Pennsylvania and wife of MSNBC host Chris Hayes, was invited by Senate…
CBS Admits Trump’s Argument Against National Injunctions Has Merit
CBS News chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford delivered another stand out segment during Thursday’s edition of CBS Mornings. While highlighting how the U.S. Supreme Court was set to hear rare May oral arguments, in a case that challenged the circuit courts’ ability to issue national injunctions outside their districts, Crawford seemed to suggest that the argument did have merit…
