The justices issued six opinions, several of them unusually bitter, in upholding challenges from churches and synagogues to state pandemic restrictions on religious services.
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Tag Archives: Barrett, Amy Coney
Splitting 5 to 4, Supreme Court Backs Religious Challenge to Cuomo’s Virus Shutdown Order
In earlier rulings related to coronavirus restrictions in California and Nevada, the court had taken the opposite approach. But its membership has changed since then.
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Supreme Court to Hear Arguments on Fate of Affordable Care Act
A transformed court, with a six-justice conservative majority, will take a new look at the sprawling health care law.
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Justice Amy Coney Barrett Hears Her First Supreme Court Argument
But she did not take part in a pair of unsigned decisions in favor of a Black Lives Matter activist and a prisoner held in abusive conditions.
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As Election Day Arrives, Trump Shifts Between Combativeness and Grievance
The president is sounding notes of bravado and exasperation at the end of a divisive campaign. But he may have severed himself from the political realities of a country in crisis.
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Has the Court Learned Nothing From Bush v. Gore?
Apparently not.
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What if America Gets a Divorce? And Other Final Election Predictions
With just days left until Election Day, Michelle Goldberg and Ross Douthat are joined by the Time magazine columnist and senior editor of The Dispatch, David French.
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In Voting Cases, Chief Justice Roberts Is Alone but in Control
While the chief justice’s views have not been fully endorsed by any of his colleagues, they have so far prevailed in five recent disputes, delivering victories to both Democrats and Republicans.
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Supreme Court to Let PA, NC Accept Absentee Ballots After Election Day
The pair of decisions were welcomed by Democrats. Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who was expected to cast a deciding vote, did not participate in either decision.
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Er, Can I Ask a Few Questions About Abortion?
You know who really reduced abortion numbers in the U.S.? President Obama, with the Affordable Care Act.
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Supreme Court Won’t Speed a Do-Over on Pennsylvania’s Ballot Deadlines
The court deadlocked last week in the same case, but Justice Amy Coney Barrett did not participate in the second request for review.
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How Far Might Trump Go?
No one is quite sure.
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The Supreme Court Should Stay Out of State Election Law
Allowing federal courts to muck around with state election laws is dangerous and destabilizing.
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Trevor Noah: Replacing RBG With ACB Is Like Trading LeBron for Ben Carson
“Technically, yes, they’re swapping one Black man for another, but good luck on making the playoffs next season,” Noah joked on Tuesday’s “Daily Show.”
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How Mitch McConnell Delivered Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s Rapid Confirmation
Ignoring cries of blatant hypocrisy, the Senate leader pushed through pre-election approval, capping off his reshaping of the judiciary.
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How Amy Coney Barrett May Change the Court
Readers worry that the Supreme Court is becoming increasingly partisan rather than an independent body.
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Trump Mimics Coronavirus ‘Superspreader’ Event in Barrett Swearing In
Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed as the next Supreme Court justice only eight days before a presidential election.
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‘Fat and Happy’ With a Conservative Court, Are Republicans Losing a Winning Issue?
President Trump and his party pushed Justice Barrett’s confirmation through in record time. But they could find that satisfied voters, who no longer fear the specter of a liberal court, are also complacent.
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Amy Coney Barrett is Confirmed by Senate, Reshaping the Supreme Court
The vote capped a brazen feat for Republicans, who pushed through a Supreme Court nominee in little more than five weeks with the election looming.
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In Swearing In Barrett, Trump Defiantly Mimics ‘Superspreader’ Rose Garden Ceremony
Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed as the next Supreme Court justice only eight days before a presidential election.
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Amy Coney Barrett and the Republican Party’s Supreme Court
The quest to entrench political conservatism in the country’s highest court comes with a steep cost.
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Over Democratic Fury, Republicans Push Barrett to Brink of Confirmation
A near party-line vote on Sunday to cut off debate over Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination set up a final confirmation vote on Monday.
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We Were Clerks at the Supreme Court. Its Legitimacy Is Now in Question.
Brazen politics in Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation process threatens the court’s standing with the public.
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Murkowski, in a Turnabout, Says She Will Vote to Confirm Barrett
The iconoclastic Alaska Republican said she remained opposed to filling the Supreme Court seat so close to an election but could not hold that against a qualified nominee.
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The Last Temptation of NeverTrump
A voice in my head makes the case to re-elect the president.
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Amy Coney Barrett’s Rise Is a Threat to Gay Rights
Many of us thought gays and lesbians had won the marriage battle. Maybe not.
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Democrats Try to Shut Down Senate, Seeking to Stain Barrett Confirmation
Lacking the ability to block President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Democrats are using the final days of the debate to stoke outrage among voters about the rush to confirm her.
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Biden Punts on Expanding the Supreme Court, Calling for Bipartisan Review
The Democratic presidential nominee said he would appoint a bipartisan commission to examine whether an overhaul is needed to the judiciary and to make recommendations.
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Republicans Set to Advance Barrett Nomination Amid Democratic Boycott
The action by the Senate Judiciary Committee would set up a vote on Monday by the full chamber to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.
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What Does Amy Coney Barrett Mean for the Supreme Court?
We know who her allies are, and we know how to read what she’s written or signed.
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Amy Coney Barrett’s Originalism Threatens Our Freedoms
Do we really want out rights to be determined by the understandings of centuries ago?
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Deadlocked Supreme Court Allows Extra Time for Some Pennsylvania Ballots
A 4-to-4 tie let stand a ruling from Pennsylvania’s highest court that had extended the deadline for counting some mailed ballots by three days, citing the pandemic and postal delays.
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Has Trump Drawn the Water for a ‘Republican Blood Bath’?
And if he has, what should Biden do with his first term?
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A Question of Life and Death Looms for Amy Coney Barrett
If confirmed, she may soon have to reconcile her Catholic morality and the law over a death penalty case.
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The Supreme Court’s Test: Preserving Its Legitimacy
Joe Biden should be open to enlarging the number of justices. But first, he should see if the conservative majority overplays its hand.
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An Earthquake, an Orphanage, and New Beginnings for Haitian Children in America
After the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, 19 children from one orphanage were flown to the U.S. to be adopted by American families. One would later meet President Trump.
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Amy Coney Barrett Raised Her Haitian Adoptions. Other Families and Children Were Listening.
After the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, 19 children from one orphanage were flown to the U.S. to be adopted by American families. One would later meet President Trump.
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Federal Appeals Courts Emerge as Crucial for Trump in Voting Cases
Federal district courts have tended to rule for Democrats in litigation over how to run the election, but appeals courts, well stocked with the president’s nominees, are blocking them.
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Fearing a ‘Blood Bath,’ Republican Senators Begin to Edge Away From Trump
The statements offer an answer to the question of when Republicans might begin to repudiate the president after years of embracing him: the moment they believed he threatened their own political survival.
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Democrats’ Anger Over Barrett Could Have Big Consequences in the Senate
Republicans’ decision to push through a Supreme Court confirmation fuels the prospect for big changes to minority power should Democrats take the majority.
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What About the Rest of the Constitution?
Amy Coney Barrett’s originalism ignores the significance of the second American Revolution.
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The Dueling Biden-Trump Town Halls: Best and Worst Moments
How the competing events looked to Times Opinion writers.
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Packed Courts, Undecided Voters and ‘WAP’: You Asked, We Answered
Michelle and Ross respond to listener mail and debate court packing amid Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearing.
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By Calling Climate Change ‘Controversial,’ Barrett Created Controversy
Judge Amy Coney Barrett refused to answer numerous questions, but it was her avoidance of acknowledging climate change that particularly resonated.
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18 Hours of Questions, Few Answers: What We Learned About Amy Coney Barrett
The Supreme Court nominee would not say whether the president could pardon himself or delay the election, but she displayed a sure command of the law.
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Graham’s Star Turn as Confirmation M.C. Is Marred by Missteps
Facing a tough re-election fight, Senator Lindsey Graham has tried to leverage his role as the ringmaster of confirmation ceremonies. His stream-of-consciousness dialogue has gotten him into trouble.
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Republicans Close In on Barrett Confirmation to Supreme Court
The Senate Judiciary Committee lined up a vote for Oct. 22 on Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court, as Democrats warned Republicans would rue the day.
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Lindsey Graham Leads Jaime Harrison in South Carolina Race, Poll Shows
Mr. Graham, in a tough fight for re-election, is ahead by six percentage points, a Times/Siena College poll shows. President Trump leads Joseph R. Biden Jr. by eight points in a state he won by 14 in 2016.
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With Barrett Nomination, a D.C. Conservative Power Couple Nears Its Dream
Carrie Severino of the Judicial Crisis Network and Roger Severino, a senior health and human services official, have worked to reshape social policy and the courts they need to uphold it.
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What to Watch For in the Final Day of Amy Coney Barrett’s Hearing
Questioning is over and senators have one more opportunity to state their case. What lies ahead as the hearing enters its final day?
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