House Democrats block constitutional amendment to lock Supreme Court at 9 justices

The Republican-led resolution, which requires two-thirds support in the House and the Senate, is a response to increasing openness among Democrats to expand the court.

Democrats block proposed constitutional amendment to keep Supreme Court justices to nine 

A Republican proposal to amend the Constitution to prevent expanding the number of justices on the Supreme Court failed on the House floor. Like all constitutional amendments, the measure needed…

Senate tables hemp amendment at center of funding fight, allowing one-month delay of ban

A federal ban on most hemp-derived THC products is set to be delayed for a month after a last-minute effort to keep the original timeline failed.  The Senate voted 61-32…

Why did Anthony Fauci invoke the Fifth Amendment? Senate hearing explained

The former top US health official invoked the amendment as Republicans questioned him over COVID-19.

Dr. Fauci invokes his Fifth Amendment right not to testify at Senate hearing

During his opening statement, Dr. Anthony Fauci said he would invoke his Fifth Amendment right and will refrain from answering questions from Senators in their probe of his Covid pandemic…

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr’s war on the First Amendment

As the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr has authority over the nation’s TV, radio, and internet. But since Donald Trump was elected to his second term, Carr…

House rejects amendment banning transgender individuals from serving in military

The House on Tuesday rejected an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would codify President Trump’s executive order preventing transgender individuals from serving in the military. The…

House adopts Biggs’ amendment to slash defense budget if Pentagon fails audit

The House of Representatives adopted Rep. Andy Biggs’s (R-Ariz) amendment into the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would slash the defense budget by 0.5 percent if the Pentagon…

VFW defends First Amendment rights amid blowback over political cartoon

The nation’s largest combat veteran organization is fending off criticism over a political cartoon that depicts vets facing a firing squad for proposed changes to benefits in a sweeping reform…