Threat of abrupt Alito and Thomas retirements has conservatives panicked over backlashRepublicans are weighing whether elderly Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito could announce their retirements right after next month’s midterm election, according to Politico, and whether that would help or hurt the party.On one hand, a departure could let President Donald Trump ...Raw Story1d agoWhole story →JusticeGovernmentSamuel AlitoClarence Thomassupreme court retirement speculation
GOP Senator Delivers Bonkers Take on Mitch McConnellThe lawmaker defended the frail Kentucky senator with a finger pointed at a different elderly American.The Daily Beast2d agoWhole story →GovernmentMitch McConnellmcconnell health and tenure
Sen. Mitch McConnell closed a loophole in a hemp law. Now $28 billion THC industry fights to surviveThe industry hopes to save itself by restricting impairing products to people 21 and older, limiting how much THC can be in a package, and banning imported cannabis compounds.Fortune5d agoWhole story →FoodGovernmentMitch McConnellhemp law loophole closure
Dan Lee on Senator Mitch McConnellSenator Mitch McConnell let partisan political considerations dictate what he said and did.Davenport Quad-City Times5d agoWhole story →GovernmentMitch McConnell
New term sees high court poised to push US to rightWASHINGTON -- The new U.S. Supreme Court term that begins on Monday presents opportunities for its two eldest and most conservative justices, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, to help push U.S. law further rightward on contentious issues such as gun rights, religion in public schools and voting restrictions.Arkansas Online5d agoWhole story →JusticeGovernmentsupreme court term begins
'SNL' cold open mocks Trump, Mitch McConnell ahead of midtermsIn the latest "SNL" cold open, President Donald Trump prepared to declare victory in the midterm elections, regardless of the actual outcome.USA TODAY5d agoWhole story →GovernmentMitch McConnellmidterm elections
Half-Dead Mitch McConnell Makes Terrifying ‘SNL’ DebutA veteran “Saturday Night Live” cast member has taken on the role of the aging Kentucky senator.The Daily Beast6d agoWhole story →GovernmentMitch McConnellsnl midterm election sketch
Clarence Thomas is in the hot seat for Supreme Court’s biggest climate case in yearsAs one of the Supreme Court’s most stalwart conservative and prolific justices, Clarence Thomas’ views on the biggest cases of the day — from guns to race to religion — are rarely in doubt.Cable News Network6d agoWhole story →PlanetClarence Thomassupreme court climate case
