by Shawn Meehan | Sep 4, 2021 | News
The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the Supreme Court’s use of the so-called “shadow docket” — a method of issuing brief late-night rulings on key cases like the Texas abortion law. “The Supreme Court must operate with the highest regard for judicial...
by Shawn Meehan | Sep 4, 2021 | News
President Joe Biden said Friday that though he respects Americans who believe life begins at conception, he does not agree with them. The president discussed Texas’ Heartbeat Act, which the Supreme Court declined to block earlier this week, Friday morning with...
by Shawn Meehan | Sep 3, 2021 | News
Afghan refugees are subject to security and health screening performed by Department of Homeland Security officials before they’re evacuated to the U.S. or a third country for additional processing, a Biden administration senior official said. The Department of...
by Shawn Meehan | Sep 3, 2021 | News
Democratic Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson announced Thursday that he would tap Rep. Liz Cheney as the vice chair on the committee tasked with investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a day after some GOP lawmakers called for the Wyoming Republican to be ousted from...
by Shawn Meehan | Sep 1, 2021 | News
Patricia Hill grew up in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood dreaming of one day owning a home. She and her husband accomplished that dream in 2003 when they moved to the suburb of Matteson to raise their two daughters. They bought a two-story home in a quiet...
