The US Supreme Court could seal the fate of former President Donald Trump if his staying on the ballot is decided by more Democrat-controlled states following Colorado and Maine as he would ultimately need to carry the eight swing states plus the electoral college votes.
The Court this week ruled to outlaw race-based admissions to Harvard University and the University of North Carolina, saying these policies violate the Constitution's equal protection clause.
US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order on abortion access, as the issue continues to divide the society.
The verdict takes away a woman's legal right to abortion generally borne out of a decision to terminate pregnancy on grounds of rape, incest or deformities of the embryo in the womb.
Codifying the abortion rights through a legislation by congress is the only option now and that is only possible with more Democrats in both chambers.
The nomination is historic for more than one reason. If she is confirmed, four women will sit together on the nine-member court for the first time. “For too long, our government, our court hasn't looked like America,” Mr Biden said on Friday. “I believe it’s time that we have a court that reflects the full talent and greatness of our nation.”
Migrant shelters on the Mexican side of the border became overwhelmed and migrants themselves faced extortion or were kidnapped by criminal gangs.
Texas had taken the plea that changes made by the four states in voting procedures to expand the scope of mail-in voting during the coronavirus epidemic were illegal. It had asked the court to stop the states from using the results to appoint presidential electors to the Electoral College, which will formally pick – and announce – the winner this week.
Samuel Alito ordered Pennsylvania in the meantime to continue keeping the late-arriving ballots separate, affirming a decision already made by the state's top elections official.
Without providing any evidence and despite millions of votes yet to be counted, the President said: "This is a fraud on the American public. This is an embarrassment to our country.Frankly we did win this election." Trump added that he would go to the US Supreme Court and wanted "all voting to stop".
