Supreme Court

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In the wake of the Alabama State Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos created during the IVF process are “children” under state law, support continues to grow for legislation introduced by Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and cosponsored by Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) to protect access to…

WASHINGTON, D.C.–Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today released the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court’s adoption of a Code of Conduct, following years of reporting exposing alleged ethical lapses of Supreme Court Justices: “The integrity of the U.S. Supreme Court matters–and that integrity has continuously been…

WASHINGTON—Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued a statement today in response to recent decisions handed down by the Supreme Court to dismantle affirmative action, roll back LGBTQ+ anti-discrimination protections, and overturn the Biden-Harris Administration’s student debt relief program:  “The Supreme…

WASHINGTON — One year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and stripped women of a fundamental constitutional right, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) called for the restoration of abortion rights and joined legislation to protect and expand access to reproductive health care, including the…

BURLINGTON, VT - Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) held a press conference in Burlington calling for a stronger code of ethics of U.S. Supreme Court Justices. Senator Welch, a member of the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, was joined by Marilyn Skoglund,…