Category: SCOTUS

[PREMIERING 7:30PM ET] Inside the SCOTUS Case on Affirmative Action and the Pernicious Threat of DEI Ideology: Kenny Xu

The Supreme Court is expected this month to make a major ruling on affirmative action. To understand the case, we sat down with Kenny Xu, an insider in the lawsuit and president of Color Us United. He is the author of “An Inconvenient Minority” and the upcoming book “School of Woke.” We also discuss his…


Justice Gorsuch Slams COVID Emergency Powers: ‘Greatest Intrusions on Civil Liberties’ in ‘Peacetime History’

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch on Thursday lamented what he calls an intrusion into civil liberties by pandemic emergency decrees since the start of COVID-19 as the high court dismissed a suit on Title 42 as moot. “Since March 2020, we may have experienced the greatest intrusions on civil liberties in the peacetime history of…


NTD Evening News (May 18): FBI Whistleblowers Allege Serious Abuses, Retaliation; Disney Scraps Plan for Office Complex in Florida

Three whistleblowers allege that the FBI is retaliating against those who allege that the bureau has been politically weaponized, but some Democrats say they aren’t credible. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis responds after Disney scraps their plan to build an office complex in Florida. The Supreme Court Thursday ruled unanimously that Twitter cannot be held liable for aiding terrorism,…


The Great Left-Wing Disinformation Operation Against the Supreme Court

Commentary The past five weeks has seen a flurry of media activity, clearly coordinated, against the right-of-center U.S. Supreme Court. First, the outlet ProPublica began publishing a series of pieces “exposing” the well-known fact of Justice Clarence Thomas’ long-running friendship with billionaire real estate tycoon Harlan Crow, and alleging ethical improprieties pertaining to the justice’s…


Instead of Smearing Justices, Senators Should Be Asking Them for Ethics Lessons

Commentary The concerted effort by the media and Democrats to delegitimize the Supreme Court is the most consequential attack on our institutions in memory. Make no mistake. The “Supreme Court Ethics Reform” hearing this week was meant to discredit the high court and slander justices with innuendo. Nothing else. Democrats are angry because the court…


Left’s Scheme to Bludgeon Supreme Court Exposed at Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing

Commentary The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing Tuesday on “Supreme Court Ethics Reform.” The title implies that Supreme Court ethics need reform and that Congress can do the reforming. The hearing failed to make that case. Everyone agrees on the critical importance of public confidence in the judiciary’s impartiality and integrity, and that that confidence is…


LIVE 6:30 PM ET: NTD Evening News (May 2): Biden Administration Sends 1,500 Troops to Border; Congress Debates Forcing SCOTUS Ethics Code

The Biden administration is sending 1,500 active-duty troops to the southern border. House Republicans, meanwhile, introduced their own plan to stem illegal immigration on Tuesday. Some senators are pushing for Congress to force Supreme Court justices to comply with a code of ethics. NTD hears from both sides. Nearly 300 suspects involved in illegal trafficking…


LIVE NOW: NTD Evening News (May 2): Biden Administration Sends 1,500 Troops to Border; Congress Debates Forcing SCOTUS Ethics Code

The Biden administration is sending 1,500 active-duty troops to the southern border. House Republicans, meanwhile, introduced their own plan to stem illegal immigration on Tuesday. Some senators are pushing for Congress to force Supreme Court justices to comply with a code of ethics. NTD hears from both sides. Nearly 300 suspects involved in illegal trafficking…


NTD Evening News (May 2): Biden Administration Sends 1,500 Troops to Border; Congress Debates Forcing SCOTUS Ethics Code

The Biden administration is sending 1,500 active-duty troops to the southern border. House Republicans, meanwhile, introduced their own plan to stem illegal immigration on Tuesday. Some senators are pushing for Congress to force Supreme Court justices to comply with a code of ethics. NTD hears from both sides. Nearly 300 suspects involved in illegal trafficking…


Media’s Gorsuch Hit Continues to Delegitimize SCOTUS

Commentary As with ProPublica’s recent smear of Clarence Thomas, there’s a lot of excitement across the left-wing Twittersphere over a Politico hit on Neil Gorsuch. But even as a transparent piece of partisan propaganda, it is poorly conceived. Politico kicks off the piece, “Law firm head bought Gorsuch-owned property,” with a purposefully deceptive claim: “For…