U.S. Supreme Court
Predictable: Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers 'Fake' and 'Dangerous'
Culture
June 27th, 2018 3:16 PM
It was a huge win for the First Amendment and for the pro-life movement. The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday in NIFLA v. Becarra that California cannot mandate that pro-life crisis pregnancy centers give out abortion information at their clinics. The two sides of the abortion debate had different reactions to this ruling. Guess which side the media went with?
SCOTUS Decision on Unions Rankles MSNBC’s Chris Hayes, Other Libs
Business
June 27th, 2018 12:58 PM
It’s clear from MSNBC anchor Chris Hayes’s twitter feed, he was unhappy with the Supreme Court decision that limited the power of public sector unions.
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in favor of Mark Janus, a public employee who took his union to court, in the Janus v. AFSCME case. Janus claimed being required to pay fees amounted to “compelled speech” because public sector unions are inherently…
NYT Front Seethes Over Gorsuch as Pivotal SC Decisions Lean Right
June 27th, 2018 9:02 AM
As two major Supreme Court decisions, on the travel ban and an abortion/free-speech question, were settled with 5-4 majorities, the New York Times devoted a front-page story to Trump’s selection of Supreme Court pick Neil Gorsuch, while anguishing over the Republican decision not to give then-President Obama’s nominee Merrick Garland a hearing in 2016, in “G.O.P. Tactics in 2016 Pay Off in…
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Media Dreaded This: Anthony Kennedy Retires From the Court
June 27th, 2018 6:45 AM
Once again, all eyes will be on the Supreme Court Wednesday morning to see if Justice Anthony Kennedy will retire. This is becoming an annual ritual of spring and summer as liberals in the press beg the swing vote not to give Donald Trump a chance to nominate his replacement. On April 29, 2018, The New York Times editorial pleaded: “How can we put this the right way? Please don’t go.”
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MUST SEE: Chris Matthews Suffers Epic Meltdown Over Travel Ban Ruling
June 26th, 2018 11:35 PM
This is what having an awful, no good, very bad day looks like. MSNBC’s Hardball host Chris Matthews unleashed two separate tirades on Tuesday against the U.S. Supreme Court and decisions of theirs he doesn’t like in light of their decision to give President Trump “[t]he Good Housekeeping seal on his campaign to divide the country and approving his travel ban crudely aimed at Muslims.”
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Fireworks: Jake Tapper Torches Keith Ellison Over Louis Farrakhan Ties
June 26th, 2018 8:01 PM
CNN’s The Lead spent almost six minutes on Tuesday discussing the Supreme Court’s ruling on President Trump’s travel ban with Minnesota Democratic Congressman Keith Ellison, but host Jake Tapper turned the tables on Ellison by grilling him for the remaining five minutes on his ties to anti-gay, anti-Semitic, and sexist Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.
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Schmidt: SCOTUS Ruling Fulfilled Osama Bin Laden's Vision for America
June 26th, 2018 5:22 PM
Former Republican and MSNBC political analyst Steve Schmidt has been suffering near daily meltdowns over the Trump administration for some time, but the last week saw a level of desperation. On Tuesday’s Deadline: White House, Schmidt vilely suggested that the Supreme Court’s travel ban ruling for the Trump administration “was a fantastic fulfillment of Osama bin Laden's vision” for America…
Celebs Rage at SCOTUS: Travel Ban ‘Un-American’ and ‘Islamophobic’
Culture
June 26th, 2018 5:04 PM
Hollywood has a unique way of overreacting and completely missing the point.
Comedians Slam SCOTUS Backing ‘Fake’ Clinics in Abortion Case
Culture
June 26th, 2018 4:39 PM
Comedians aren’t joking about the Supreme Court’s latest decision on abortion and free speech. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court decided that California can’t force pro-life pregnancy centers to advertise abortion. Justices voted 5 – 4 in the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA) v. Becerra case that challenged California’s 2015 FACT Act.
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MSNBC Features 10 Guests in 90 Minutes to Denounce Travel Ban Ruling
June 26th, 2018 4:00 PM
Within the first 90 minutes after the Supreme Court upheld President Trump’s travel ban on six countries, MSNBC brought on a total of 10 guests who condemned the high court’s decision and warned that it marked a dark day for America. One liberal pundit and politician after another were teed up to freak out over the ruling.
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Jon Meacham: Trump Rules on White 'Grievance, Nostalgia' for the Klan
June 26th, 2018 2:29 PM
Liberal presidential historian and former Newsweek editor Jon Meacham was the guest at the end of Tuesday’s The View, where he fulfilled his duty in bashing President Trump in hyperbolic terms, something the anti-Trump hosts could appreciate.
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Whoopi Denies 'View' Needs Balance, Peddles Election Conspiracy Theory
June 26th, 2018 1:31 PM
Just under an hour after the Supreme Court ruled to uphold the third iteration of President Trump’s “travel ban,” the liberal ladies of ABC’s The View had the chance to weigh in on the immigration order which adds more vetting to travelers from specific countries coming to the United States. While host Meghan McCain tried to bring balance to the table’s discussion, Whoopi shut her down, saying…
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MSNBC Meltdown: Court’s Ruling Due to Seat ‘Stolen’ From Obama
June 26th, 2018 11:57 AM
Journalists and analysts on MSNBC, Tuesday, suffered a meltdown after the President’s travel ban was upheld in the Supreme Court by a 5-4 margin. Reporters repeatedly brought up the fate of Barack Obama’s failed pick Merrick Garland and fantasized about what would have happened if his nomination hadn’t been “stolen.”
AP Deems Six Years 'A While' in Coverage of SCOTUS Case on Ohio Voting
June 11th, 2018 5:15 PM
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/16-980_f2q3.pdfMonday afternoon, the Associated Press covered the just-released Supreme Court decision on Ohio's voter-roll purging procedures. Both the APNews.com tease and reporter Mark Sherman's content misled readers by stating that the Court, in upholding those procedures, had declared that "States can target people who haven’t cast ballots in a…
