Tag Archives: Supreme Court

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 14:49 — 8.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreLast month, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that federal courts do not have a role in regulating partisan gerrymandering. In a five-four decision, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote that partisan gerrymandering is “beyond the reach of federal courts,” and that federal judges do not have the authority …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:07 — 2.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Supreme Court is preventing the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 census. The Supreme Court blocked the citizenship question on Thursday. Officials in the Trump administration confirmed Tuesday that the question would not be on the census. The Census Bureau says they are currently …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:32 — 20.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreSupreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is in the hospital today, after falling and fracturing three ribs; Progressive organizations are calling on supporters to turn out in the streets, this afternoon; On Tuesday, voters in Indiana elected the state’s first openly gay legislator; Several mistakes on Tuesday, in …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:24 — 24.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe cities of Bloomington and Columbus announced a multi-million dollar deal to encourage entrepreneurial startups; The Richland Bean Blossom Community School Board has agreed to offer the town of Stinesville its elementary school for one million dollars; The Bloomington Redevelopment Commission has approved a 29 point five million dollar …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:55 — 8.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreOne week after the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill wants the Supreme Court to review and potentially reverse a lower court’s decision on Indiana abortion law. In April, the Seventh Circuit court struck down two provisions of Indiana’s House Enrolled Act 1337. …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:01 — 1.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIndiana Attorney General Curtis Hill appealed to the Supreme Court, on Friday. Hill is asking the nation’s highest court to implement restrictions on abortion. Those increased restrictions were passed by the state legislature during then-Governor Mike Pence’s administration, in 2016. The abortion statutes, called House Enrolled Act …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 31:18 — 24.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIndiana Attorney General Curtis Hill appealed to the Supreme Court on Friday; Vice President Mike Pence was in Indianapolis over the weekend; Democrats were also campaigning this weekend; The Bloomington City Council unanimously approved the city’s 2019 budget last week, despite concerns over several controversial elements; Monroe County’s Solid Waste Management …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:53 — 1.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreVice President Mike Pence was in Indianapolis over the weekend. The former Indiana Governor-turned Vice President spoke during a campaign fundraiser for Indiana Republicans. Pence also spoke on the campaign trail for Indiana Republican Senate nominee Mike Braun. Braun is running against incumbent Democratic Senator Joe Donnelly, …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:18 — 22.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreAn anti-abortion group has filed charges against an Indiana University Bloomington student; Indiana University President Michael McRobbie will be giving the annual State of the University address on Tuesday; Indiana House Speaker Brian Bosma is the latest government official to be accused of sexual misconduct. WFHB Correspondent Gabe Donnelly …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:30 — 4.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreOn October 6, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to confirm President Donald Trump’s second Supreme Court nominee to the nation’s highest court. On this episode of Voices In The Street, Isaak Gonzalez asks listeners how they feel about Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation, in the wake of sexual …