MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A judge on Tuesday rejected an attempt to salvage a proposed charter amendment on the future of policing in Minneapolis, ruling just days before early and absentee voting is due to begin in the city where George Floyd died in police custody that any votes on the question won’t count.
The Supreme Court cleared a New York prosecutor to obtain former President Donald Trump’s tax returns Monday and St. Thomas graduate Hannah Studee used a Tommie network to establish a fitness training business. Reporter Lauren Price has today’s News in :90.
Joe Biden carried Minnesota on Tuesday, dashing president Donald Trump’s hopes of becoming the first Republican to carry the state since Richard Nixon in 1972, as polling generally went smoothly across the state.
With a 52-48 vote, the Senate confirmed Amy Coney Barrett’s justice nomination, establishing a 6-3 Republican majority on the Supreme Court. Opinions Editor Maddie Peters argues it is Barrett’s job to act objectively as a judge, but time will tell if this impartiality remains.
Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed, Darnella Frazier will be honored for her role in reporting George Floyd’s death and COVID-19 cases dropped at St. Thomas for the fourth consecutive week. Reporter Josie Morss has today’s News in :90.
Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed to the Supreme Court late Monday by a deeply divided Senate, Republicans overpowering Democrats to install President Donald Trump’s nominee days before the election and secure a likely conservative court majority for years to come.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell insists on voting to fill the Supreme Court justice vacancy before the election. Opinions Editor Maddie Peters argues the American people’s input, through voting, should be considered before the justice position is filled.
Throughout her life, no matter her position at the time, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg fought for all people. Opinions Editor Maddie Peters recounts the life and career of Ginsburg and comments on the legacy she leaves behind.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a diminutive yet towering women’s rights champion who became the court’s second female justice, died Friday at her home in Washington. She was 87.
Mike Bloomberg suspended his presidential campaign, me too Movement creator Tarana Burke visited St. Thomas, and Supreme Court takes up the first major abortion case in the Trump era. Studio Producer Samantha HoangLong has today’s News in :90.
Former President Jimmy Carter is recovering from surgery Tuesday and the Dougherty Family College ushered its first group of students into St. Thomas this fall. Photojournalist Maxwell Collier has today’s News in :90.
The bitterly polarized U.S. Senate narrowly confirmed Brett Kavanaugh on Saturday to join the Supreme Court, delivering an election-season triumph to President Donald Trump that could swing the court rightward for a generation after a battle that rubbed raw the country’s cultural, gender and political divides.
Judges are those who keep order by ensuring laws are followed and in some cases are finders of fact. Opinions Editor Anna Hoffman argues that judges should be held to a higher moral standard as a role model for citizens of our country.
St. Thomas law professor Mark Osler is one of three former supporters of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh calling for an investigation into sexual misconduct allegations.
St. Thomas law professor Mark Osler is one of three former supporters of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh calling for an investigation into several sexual misconduct allegations.
