Antonin Scalia

Gorsuch will fill the seat on the court left open by Justice Scalia.

Supreme Justice Clarence Thomas says government institutions are broken. He included the high court in his assessment.

With the recent death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, the nation is on the brink of what could turn out to be one of the most contentious appointments in history. Appointed by Ronald Reagan, Scalia was staunchly conservative and interpreted the constitution closely. He was also notoriously anti-abortion, pro-death penalty and anti-affirmative action. Just weeks before […]

President Obama will make history by becoming the first sitting president to visit Cuba in almost nine decades.

https://twitter.com/BBCWorld/status/698833098390298624 U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead Saturday morning in Texas. According to reports, Scalia arrived at a luxury resort Friday and attended a private party there. When he didn’t show up to a breakfast Saturday morning before a hunting trip, a resort employee found Scalia’s body in his room. He died in his […]

Perhaps it’s time for a Black female nominee since one has yet to serve on the Supreme Court in its 227-year history.

In an op-ed for NewsOne, Benjamin L. Crump, president of the National Bar Association and prominent civil rights attorney, condemns Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia‘s remarks that some African-Americans are hurt by being admitted to top universities and might be better served at “slower-track” ones. The comments, which generated a firestorm of controversy, came last week during […]

The Supreme Court will rule in the case of Abigail Fisher who believes affirmative action hindered her admittance into the University of TX