SCOTUS

WASHINGTON, D.C.—In a Judiciary subcommittee hearing today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, emphasized how the Supreme Court’s recent Louisiana v. Callais decision showcased a high degree of partisanship and disregard for Americans’ voting rights. Ranking Member Welch also highlighted how the Court’s ruling, which will make it…

WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais:   “Make no mistake: today, the conservative Supreme Court willfully disenfranchised Black and minority Americans. Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act was one of America’s last defenses against discriminatory voting…

BURLINGTON, VT—Today the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to effectively deport more than 500,000 immigrants from Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Haiti who fled war, political persecution, humanitarian crises, and failed economies to migrate lawfully to America through the humanitarian parole process. U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.)  released the…

Congress, the executive branch, all lower federal courts, and every state supreme court have ethics guardrails and a mechanism for enforcing ethics rules WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and U.S.…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) led Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) in introducing the High Court Gift Ban Act, legislation that would ban Supreme Court Justices from…