NEW: The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing tomorrow on Biden's nomination of Elizabeth Prelogar to be solicitor general, the federal government's top lawyer at the Supreme Court.
In separate remarks on Sunday, two justices argued that SCOTUS is not a political body.
Justice Barrett did so in a speech in Kentucky, after being introduced by Mitch McConnell:
Justice Breyer did so in an interview on Fox News: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/supreme-court-justice-stephen-breyer-political-reforms
Barrett concerned about public perception of Supreme Court
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett expressed concerns Sunday that the public may incre...
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SCOTUS provides instructions to the parties in the case of John Ramirez, the death-row inmate who has requested that his pastor be permitted to lay hands on him and pray out loud in the death chamber.
#SCOTUS issued a Friday-night order outlining specific questions for inmate John Ramirez & Texas to address in their briefing in his case, which is scheduled for argument in November. The Court put Ramirez's execution on hold earlier this week: https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/091021zr_ap6c.pdf
#SCOTUS issues routine (& uneventful) summer order list. Unlike last month's summer order list, no new grants today: https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/091021zor_6537.pdf
After postponing the execution of John Ramirez last night, SCOTUS now says it will hear argument in Ramirez's case on Nov. 1. The question is whether Texas must allow Ramirez's pastor to pray out loud & lay hands on Ramirez in the death chamber. More here: https://www.scotusblog.com/2021/09/court-blocks-execution-will-weigh-in-on-inmates-religious-liberty-claims/
Ramirez's case has now been set for oral argument on Monday, November 1: https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/21-5592.html https://twitter.com/AHoweBlogger/status/1435786640530755589
The Breyer book tour continues. The justice recently granted interviews to @adamliptak and @scotusreporter (and, of course, earlier this summer he spoke with @JoanBiskupic), but this looks to be his first TV interview of the tour.
Justice Stephen Breyer will be interviewed by Fox News's Chris Wallace this Sunday, per release.
