SULLIVAN COUNTY, Ind. — Amy Word, an Evansville school board member and former owner of Lamasco Bar and Grill, was found guilty Friday of maintaining a common nuisance after a three-day trial in Sullivan, Indiana. Word, 48, took a gamble taking her case to trial because according to her attorney, prosecutors had offered to place […]
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Amy Coney Barrett Blasts SCOTUS for “Textual Backflips” on Jan. 6 Case
Justice Amy Coney Barrett broke ranks with the conservative majority on the Supreme Court Friday, leveraging strong words against her colleagues for their interpretation of Fischer v. United States. After the court ruled 6-3 that the Justice Department overstepped in charging hundreds of January 6 rioters with obstruction, the Trump-appointed conservative judge used her dissenting […]
Amy Coney Barrett Breaks Ranks on Supreme Court’s Dangerous EPA Ruling
The Supreme Court on Thursday halted the Environmental Protection Agency’s “good neighbor” rule intended to combat air pollution. In a 5–4 decision, the conservative majority of the court upheld a stay against an EPA regulation that requires states limit their emissions to offset the effects in states downwind of their pollution, claiming the rule would […]
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The invention — and reinvention — of Amy Coney Barrett
Mass adjourned with a rousing processional hymn and a reminder about the bake sale outside, but Amy Coney Barrett wasn’t ready to leave. Her husband, Jesse, dressed in a beige long-sleeved shirt and cream-colored pants, hustled toward the exit, ahead of the other parishioners. Barrett, however, remained in the maroon cushioned pew at St. James […]
The Supreme Court’s approach on ‘history and tradition’ is irking Amy Coney Barrett
On a Supreme Court where the conservative supermajority increasingly leans on history as a guide, a dispute may be simmering over how many modern cases can be resolved by looking to the nation’s past. Though Justice Clarence Thomas’ decision in a major trademark case last week was unanimous, it prompted a sharp debate led by […]
Amy Coney Barrett Sounds Fed Up With Clarence Thomas’ Sloppy Originalism
A minor dispute over a trademark registration erupted into a heated battle over originalism at the Supreme Court last week, splintering the justices into warring camps over the value and practicality of history in constitutional analysis. No surprise there—as the term accelerates toward a contentious finale, the tensions roiling major cases are bound to spill […]
Amy Coney Barrett’s Husband Has a New Client—and It’s Disturbing
According to an exclusive report from Rolling Stone, Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s husband, Jesse Barrett, is now repping Fox Corporation in a $3 million defamation suit, raising questions about conflicts of interest and personal enrichment enjoyed by conservative Supreme Court justices. As Rolling Stone points out, the case is notable because Fox Corporation—the […]
In a surprise, Minnesota Republicans back Royce White to run against Amy Klobuchar
Royce White, a former Black Lives Matter protester turned InfoWars magnate, won the state GOP Party’s endorsement Saturday to oppose Democratic incumbent Amy Klobuchar for her U.S. Senate seat. A former Mr. Basketball, White said he felt “providence” in St. Paul’s RiverCentre, after being introduced to the convention by former Trump advisor Steve Bannon. A […]
Amy Kremer helped organize the pro-Trump Jan. 6 rally. Now she is seeking a Georgia seat on the RNC
ATLANTA (AP) — Amy Kremer stood near the White House on Jan. 6, 2021, and told thousands of Donald Trump’s supporters that the 2020 presidential election was fraudulent. “Hello, deplorables,” she said, embracing a label Hillary Clinton once lobbed against Trump’s followers. Kremer, a conservative activist from suburban Atlanta, wasn’t part of the mob that […]
Amy Schumer says she feels ‘a lot better’ amid treatment for Cushing syndrome. Here’s what to know about the disorder.
Amy Schumer says she’s “feeling better” after being diagnosed with Cushing syndrome earlier this year. “I still have this Cushing syndrome, but you just have to wait for the steroids to work through your system,” the Unfrosted actress told ET at Variety’s Power of Women event on Thursday. “I feel a lot better. They’re not […]
Amy Schumer says she feels ‘a lot better’ amid treatment for Cushing syndrome. Here’s what to know about the disorder.
Amy Schumer says she’s “feeling better” after being diagnosed with Cushing syndrome earlier this year. “I still have this Cushing syndrome, but you just have to wait for the steroids to work through your system,” the Unfrosted actress told ET at Variety’s Power of Women event on Thursday. “I feel a lot better. They’re not […]