Tag: Justice

Gov. The 30-minute segment, titled “Perfect Storm,” aired on WVVA, an NBC affiliate based in Bluefield. It consisted of Bray Cary, an adviser to Justice and board member of publicly traded natural-gas driller EQT Corp., interviewing the governor about the potential goodness of Republicans if they swept Tuesday’s elections. The ad was paid for by West Virginians for Fair Courts, which is headed by Greg Thomas, a longtime GOP consultant in West Virginia and campaign manager to Blankenship for his Senate run in the Republican primary earlier this year. According to disclosures to the Federal Communications Commission, the group paid $5,000 to run the ad, which included campaign plugs for Republicans like Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and congressional candidate Carol Miller, and for nonpartisan judicial candidates like West Virginia Supreme Court Justices Tim Armstead and Evan Jenkins. Along with Cary interviewing Justice in a format reminiscent of a Charlie Rose interview, the segment features a video compilation of news clips generally focused on positive economic news in the state. When asked about the appearance of a state-made video that includes the governor and two state employees appearing in a political ad, he said the video compilation was not made for political purposes. “I see that point, but the video was made to document the then-current posture of the administration, in terms of what that political issue is,” he said. Abraham said he asked an attorney with the state Ethics Commission for an informal opinion, and that attorney agreed with him. Despite being technically nonpartisan candidates, Armstead and Jenkins both served as elected Republicans before Justice appointed them to the Supreme Court.

Chief Justice John Roberts defended the independence of the federal judiciary in the wake of a tense confirmation battle for Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. Roberts was at the University of Minnesota Tuesday as part of a lecture series with the law school, an appearance scheduled long before the hearings. But ahead of an interview with University of Minnesota law professor Robert Stein, the chief justice addressed what he called "the contentious events in Washington of recent weeks." He said the Supreme Court's role is clear — to be an independent arbiter of the U.S. Constitution. Asked if there was ever a chill in the room after a particularly divisive 5-4 decision, Roberts said no. And the way to do that is to get as many people on board as you can." Roberts said his bigger concern is ignorance about the court's role as an equal branch of government. "I think too many people think that when we reach a decision on a case, it's pretty much the same as Congress reaching a decision on a question of policy. Roberts said when he crafts opinions, he aims to write in a way that can be understood by people who are not lawyers or legal scholars. Even after the fight over Kavanaugh's confirmation, Roberts promised that the tradition of collegiality will continue, noting that all the justices shake hands ahead of every oral argument and before heading to the conference room to discuss the cases before them.

We live in a world of injustice. We believe that the Bible is our supreme authority for all things; the Bible has the ultimate answers for injustice that occurs in our world. First, the Bible teaches that all people are equally made in the image of God. Since God is holy and righteous, he requires that all people live righteously, and his perfect justice demands punishment for any violation of his law. Both of these realities are essential, foundational biblical truths for any discussion of injustice: All people are equally made in God's image, deserving of respect, and all people are equally sinners, deserving of God's just punishment. The Bible also provides the only solution to injustice: the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The Bible teaches that Jesus Christ, God's son, came to earth to satisfy the just demands of God's law and to pay the penalty that sin deserves. The Gospel message is that Christ died for our sins, was buried, was raised on the third day. This is why I appreciate what was written in the recently published Statement on Social Justice & the Gospel. I believe the statement well articulates that the best way for Christians to combat injustice in the world is through proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

It's hard, in a place like Alabama in the age of us against them and them against us, to cling to the belief that justice is blind as one of those cave fish. Those things are every bit as vision-impaired as justice herself. Lawmakers across the state went to jail for double dipping and no-show jobs. Governors went to jail. Politicians like Mike Hubbard and Del Marsh spoke of the cleaning up Montgomery, and the GOP took Alabama like Sherman took Georgia. And every time somebody is busted - Democrat or Republican - the cry is predictable. He beat up on Alabama's Sessions because criminal prosecutions of a couple of Republicans could threaten the party's hold on Congress. Two easy wins now in doubt because there is not enough time. What's important is that the president just suggested that prosecutions be determined by election dates, that guilt or innocence should be determined by party. It makes it hard to hold on to those beliefs that make us who we are.

Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court, reads his opening statement on the first day of his confirmation hearing in the Senate.

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Photographs of Trump's prepared remarks appear to show that Trump crossed out a line about bringing the election hackers to justice, and added a line denying collusion. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc About: MSNBC is the premier destination for in-depth…

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Boston Herald's Kimberly Atkins, fmr. FBI Asst. Dir. Frank Figliuzzi, AP's Jonathan Lemire & Evan McMullin on Brett Cavanaugh's prior arguments regarding impeachment, obstruction of justice. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc About: MSNBC is the premier destination for in-depth analysis…

Resistance is coming from the left over Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett's Catholic faith. FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated to delivering breaking news as well as political and business news. The number…