Crime, Law and Justice

The future of the Affordable Care Act in a Supreme Court without Ginsburg
The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg comes just as the Supreme Court was about to hear a case challenging the ACA. It could end Medicaid expansion and protections for preexisting conditions.
Family, work and opera filled Ginsburg's final summer
Those who had been in touch with Ginsburg or her staff recently said she seemed to be coping with treatment for cancer and also making plans for events months away. So the announcement of her death came as something of a surprise, even to some close friends.
2nd GOP senator a 'no' to filling court seat before election
Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska said in a statement that “for weeks, I have stated that I would not support taking up" a potential nomination as the presidential election neared. “Sadly, what was then a hypothetical is now our reality, but my position has not changed.”
GOP hopeful that Supreme Court battle will help shift election
Republicans are again looking to a Supreme Court nomination fight to unite a deeply fractured party as it faces the very real possibility of losing the White House and control of the Senate this fall.
Arizona Senate race could play crucial role in Supreme Court confirmation
If Arizona Democrat Mark Kelly wins a seat in the U.S. Senate, he could take office as early as Nov. 30, shrinking the GOP's Senate majority at a crucial moment and complicating the path to confirmation for President Trump's Supreme Court nominee.
Source: Envelope addressed to White House contained ricin
Federal officials intercepted an envelope addressed to the White House that contained the poison ricin, a law enforcement official told the Associated Press on Saturday.