Stories tagged: "Ruth Bader Ginsburg"

Commentary Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., meets with Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court at the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, in Washington. (Bill Clark/Pool via AP)
Commentary Tillis, GOP Vote on US Supreme Court Isn’t About Hypocrisy. It’s About Healthcare.

Why Tillis' vote for Trump's US Supreme Court nominee would strip healthcare from millions of North Carolinians and Americans.

Billy Ball Billy Ball October 2, 2020 8:00 am EDT
Elections Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Elections Kamala Harris in NC: This Election Is About Health Care and Women’s Rights

Vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris spoke Monday from the oldest freedman college building in America at NC's Shaw University.

Jesse James DeConto Jesse James DeConto September 28, 2020 9:13 pm EDT
Commentary People gather at the Supreme Court in Washington, Saturday night, Sept. 19, 2020, to honor the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, one of the high court's liberal justices, and a champion of gender equality. Her death leaves a vacancy that could be filled with a more conservative justice by President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Commentary The ACA Saved My Life. We Can’t Let Trump Destroy It.

A NC cancer survivor explains why Trump and Sen. Tillis can’t be allowed to appoint a Supreme Court justice that will overturn the ACA.

DonnaMarie Woodson DonnaMarie Woodson September 24, 2020 5:00 pm EDT
Courts Chief Justice Cheri Beasley (center) of the NC Supreme Court.
Courts As Parties Battle Over Ginsburg Seat, NC Chief Justice Beasley Says Courts Should Be Above It

Cheri Beasley, the first Black woman to lead NC’s Supreme Court, shares Ginsburg memories, and talks the courts' role in racial justice.

Max Millington Max Millington September 24, 2020 8:00 am EDT
Courts Justice Ginsburg's passing on Friday has women activists thinking about how to best continue her legacy.
Courts Not Giving Up: Three Women Activists Share How the Fight Continues After RBG (Part I)

Women activists across the country working to prevent gun violence, sexual assault, and more share how they want Americans to keep Justice Ginsburg's legacy alive.

Sarah Amy Harvard Sarah Amy Harvard September 23, 2020 4:35 pm EDT

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Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Elections Kamala Harris in NC: This Election Is About Health Care and Women’s Rights
FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020, file photo, a forklift operator loads absentee ballots for mailing at the Wake County Board of Elections as preparations for the upcoming election are ongoing in Raleigh, N.C. Weeks from the election, three of North Carolina’s most populous counties are often taking two weeks or more to send absentee ballots out to voters who request them. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File) Elections In a Pandemic Election, What You Should and Shouldn’t Expect on Election Day in NC
FILE - In this Sept. 3, 2020, file photo, a worker prepares tabulators for the upcoming election at the Wake County Board of Elections in Raleigh, N.C. Early in-person voting starts Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, in all 100 counties in North Carolina, where the historically popular form of casting ballots has been upstaged this fall by people voting by mail during the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, file) Elections Early Voting is Underway in North Carolina. Here’s Everything You Need to Know.
In this May 2018, file photo, from left, Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper and House Speaker Tim Moore pause prior to a news conference in Raleigh, N.C. The legislature and Cooper have been bitterly at odds over Medicaid expansion, although this year's election has the potential to break the logjam. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File) Healthcare Cardinal Issues: Medicaid Expansion in Four Pivotal NC Races
Courts In this March 2, 2020, file photo Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., speaks during a campaign rally for President Donald Trump in Charlotte, N.C. Tillis, facing a competitive North Carolina reelection contest, will likely be challenged in Tuesday's debate with Cal Cunningham on his support for filling a US Supreme Court seat in an election year. (AP Photo/Mike McCarn, File)
Courts US Supreme Court Vacancy Raises Stakes for Second Tillis-Cunningham Debate

In second debate, expect Tillis to be challenged by Cunningham for a Supreme Court confirmation that could drastically impact health care.

Associated Press Associated Press September 22, 2020 11:35 am EDT
Health Kelli Midgley, center, an English teacher from Baltimore, joins people gathered at the Supreme Court to honor the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020. Ginsburg's death leaves a vacancy that could be filled by a more conservative justice by President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Health With RBG Gone, the Affordable Care Act Faces Its Greatest Threat Yet.

The healthcare law is in front of the Supreme Court once again in November, so COURIER decided to answer some of the most frequently asked questions about the ACA.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil September 21, 2020 3:22 pm EDT