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Justice Department defends decision not to release, unredact more Epstein files

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Justice Department defends decision not to release, unredact more Epstein files

The DOJ’s response came in the final hours of a court-ordered deadline to remove redactions in at least a dozen documents.

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Justice Department defends decision not to release, unredact more Epstein files

The Justice Department (DOJ) declined on Thursday to release additional unredacted records from its investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, telling a federal judge that it has already adequately complied with the law. The DOJ’s response came in the final hours of a court-ordered deadline to remove redactions in at least a dozen documents…

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Trump's 'hero' justice offers roadmap after Supreme Court rejects birthright order

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Trump's 'hero' justice offers roadmap after Supreme Court rejects birthright order

Justice Kavanaugh's concurrence outlines how Congress could legislatively restrict birthright citizenship, sparking immediate Republican action.

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In Tumultuous Term, Chief Justice Roberts Took Charge of Unruly Supreme Court

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In Tumultuous Term, Chief Justice Roberts Took Charge of Unruly Supreme Court

The chief justice faced down the president, forged unlikely coalitions and achieved long-sought goals.

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'MAGA backlash' against Justice Barrett reaching 'new level of vitriol': conservative

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'MAGA backlash' against Justice Barrett reaching 'new level of vitriol': conservative

Defenders of the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment breathed a major sigh of relief when the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling in Trump v. Barbara, invalidated President Donald Trump's executive order calling for an end to birthright citizenship. The decision found the High Court's three Democratic appointees (Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson) agreeing with Chief Justice John Roberts (who wrote the majority opinion) and Justice Amy Coney Barrett (a Trump appointee) that birthright citizenship enjoys constitutional protection. Many MAGA Republicans are furious with Barrett, and Never Trump conservative David French believes that MAGA hatred of her is growing increasingly "dangerous." As Barrett's critics on the far right see it, the arch-conservative justice betrayed Trump with her vote in Trump v. Slaughter.In an early July conversation with fellow New York Times opinion journalist Emily Bazelon, French warned, "The MAGA backlash against Barrett is out of control. The justices already face threats. She was apparently swatted at her home in May, but this new level of vitriol — including attacking her multiracial family (she has adopted children from Haiti) — is making me nervous. In a word, MAGA has focused its fury on Barrett — some people even call her Amy 'Commie' Barrett — and that can be very, very dangerous."Although Barrett — a self-described "originalist" and admirer of the late Justice Antonin Scalia — is far from a liberal and isn't a libertarian like retired Justice Anthony Kennedy (a Ronald Reagan appointee), she has, at times, showed a willingness to part company with MAGA. Bazelon told French, "Barrett is a staunch conservative, but she has her own ideas. In her own way, she is as resolute about sticking to them as Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who writes a lot of solo opinions." The conservative French and more liberal Bazelon agreed that Trump v. Slaughter was much closer than it should have been. French told Bazelon, "I'm both relieved at the outcome and worried that we won't move on from this debate. I'm concerned that the narrowness of the majority (there were only five justices who upheld birthright citizenship without reservations) will lead to a new Roe v. Wade-style litmus test for judges on the MAGA right. Will they try to nominate and confirm only those judges and justices who agree with Justice Clarence Thomas' lengthy dissent?"Bazelon responded, "That is a truly dismaying possibility. The United States has benefited from the open arms of birthright citizenship in so many ways. It's the Statue of Liberty come to life. It helps immigrants integrate. Once you are born here, you are an American. The successive generations are an amazing engine of social mobility and accomplishment, in a way that other countries don’t match, because we have this rule. It prevents isolated enclaves of guest workers."

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U.S. job market slows in June

Employers added 57,000 jobs in June, the Labor Department said on Friday, as jobs growth slowed from the previous two months, while the unemployment rate ticked down to 4.2%.

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'Nasty, nasty work': CNN panel recoils in disgust at MAGA attacks against SCOTUS justice

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'Nasty, nasty work': CNN panel recoils in disgust at MAGA attacks against SCOTUS justice

A panel of political analysts recoiled in disgust at MAGA attacks against a Supreme Court justice.CNN anchor Abby Phillip shared online comments about Amy Coney Barrett in the wake of the Supreme Court decision to block Trump's efforts to kill birthright citizenship."Amy Coney Barrett is the poster child for why we need to repeal the Nineteenth Amendment," wrote West Virginia congressional candidate and convicted January 6er Derrick Evans, referring to the amendment that gives women the right to vote, in a post shared by Phillip."If Amy Coney Barrett really votes against ending birthright citizenship, we should begin to look into how to deport her Haitian child back to Haiti," far-right internet personality Joey Mannarino wrote.Phillip also pointed out that Daily Wire podcaster Matt Walsh had changed his tune about Barrett compared to when he praised her appointment during the first Trump administration.She added, "The attacks on Amy Coney Barrett have been, let me just be clear, sexist."However, after Phillip finished by reading Mannarino's post, the panel reacted audibly. Prominent liberal political commentator and podcaster Adam Mockler could be heard making an "egh" sound. Democratic strategist Ashley Allison described it as "nasty, nasty work.""There is a lot of vitriol coming out," Mockler said. "A lot of vitriol coming out, a lot of hypocrisy from conservatives, and I'm not surprised. I'm not surprised this party is having sexist attacks against her."Mockler suggested it was a "top-down effort from Donald Trump to try to delegitimize the courts," and "spew bile and venom in politics."He also pointed out that Marjorie Taylor Greene "had to leave politics due to the death threats that she was getting, so women in the Republican Party aren't treated well."

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Democrats get their Supreme Court victory—and immediately demand more justices

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Democrats get their Supreme Court victory—and immediately demand more justices

A favorable ruling from the “hyper-partisan” Supreme Court didn’t stop the left from returning to their court-packing narrative with full-throated fearmongering. “In the party of socialists and […]

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