As the nation mourns an icon, Democrats and Republicans fight over Supreme Court vacancy
4 years, 3 months ago

As the nation mourns an icon, Democrats and Republicans fight over Supreme Court vacancy

CNN  

CNN — Mourners of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg gathered quietly at the Supreme Court Saturday, laying rows of flowers and writing chalk messages to honor the gender equality icon. Trump said Saturday he will have a nominee “very soon” to fill the vacant seat on the Supreme Court and thinks he’ll make his choice next week, adding that “most likely it would be a woman.” “So, Article 2 of the Constitution says that the President shall nominate justices of the Supreme Court,” Trump said at a rally in North Carolina. But Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, who’s facing the closest reelection of her career and whose vote to confirm Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2018 turned off many Democrats and moderates, said Saturday that the Senate should not vote on a nominee from Trump before the election, saying, “we must act fairly and consistently—no matter which political party is in power.” She said she wouldn’t oppose the Judiciary Committee “beginning the process of reviewing his nominee’s credentials,” but that a Senate vote should wait “given the proximity of the presidential election.” As McConnell worked the phones this weekend, Trump made his own push to keep GOP senators in line with a tweet Saturday morning before he headed out for a campaign event in North Carolina: “. Republicans currently hold a 53-47 majority in the Senate, meaning that McConnell can only lose three GOP senators in order to confirm Trump’s Supreme Court nominee with a tie-breaking vote from Vice President Mike Pence. “People are no less excited about the Supreme Court in 2020.” That excitement could help Trump’s chances for reelection as well as many down-ballot GOP candidates around the country.

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Chuck Schumer let Senate leave without confirming 10 key judge positions — so Trump will
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1 week, 5 days ago

Chuck Schumer let Senate leave without confirming 10 key judge positions — so Trump will

Raw Story  

Just a few weeks ago, panic spread through the progressive movement about Democrats in the U.S. Senate confirming as many judicial nominees as possible before Republicans take over the new Congress. King noted that lawmakers' empty promises ultimately led to 10 judicial nominees that will go unfilled, thanks to Sen. Chuck Schumer letting the Senate break. “I wish we could …

Schumer reveals what he thinks could be Dems' 'strongest barrier' for Trump’s second term
1 week, 6 days ago

Schumer reveals what he thinks could be Dems' 'strongest barrier' for Trump’s second term

Raw Story  

Donald Trump’s sweeping electoral victory allowed him to consolidate power within his own party, but the Democratic resistance to the incoming president is starting to take shape and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer revealed a key strategy for how to handle the new administration. Schumer pushed an ambitious plan after President Joe Biden took office in 2020 to take advantage …

Senate approves 235th judge of Biden’s term, beating Trump’s tally
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Senate approves 235th judge of Biden’s term, beating Trump’s tally

LA Times  

Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and members of the Senate Judiciary Committee mark the confirmation of 235 federal judges nominated by President Biden. President Biden secured the 235th judicial confirmation of his presidency this month, an accomplishment that exceeds his predecessor’s total by one after Democrats put extra emphasis on the federal courts following Donald Trump’s far-reaching first term, …

Chuck Schumer Cuts Deal With GOP To Confirm Some Of Biden’s Final Judges, Drop Others
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Chuck Schumer Cuts Deal With GOP To Confirm Some Of Biden’s Final Judges, Drop Others

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer reached a late-night deal with Republicans on Wednesday to speed up the process for voting on some of President Joe Biden’s remaining judicial nominees, while agreeing not to hold votes on others. Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin, and some Republicans ― means Schumer is teeing up votes on nine of …

From champagne to speeches, would-be Trump Supreme Court justices draw conservative buzz
1 month, 2 weeks ago

From champagne to speeches, would-be Trump Supreme Court justices draw conservative buzz

CNN  

CNN — Donald Trump’s return to power is creating a reality television-like competition for attention among a group of black-robed candidates – some of whom may hope to one day wind up on the Supreme Court. US Circuit Judge Andrew Oldham drew attention recently for condemning “political” prosecutions days after Trump’s reelection. Oldham, who Trump named to the 5th US …

‘No excuse’: Dems have just weeks to get dozens of Biden’s judicial nominees confirmed
1 month, 3 weeks ago

‘No excuse’: Dems have just weeks to get dozens of Biden’s judicial nominees confirmed

Raw Story  

As Congress enters the lame duck session Tuesday with Republicans set to take the majority in both chambers and the White House next year, Senate Democrats have just a few weeks to get dozens of President Joe Biden's remaining judicial nominees confirmed. "Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer must use every minute of the end-of-year legislative session to confirm federal judges …

Supreme Court makeup in question as both parties consider pushing older justices to retire
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Supreme Court makeup in question as both parties consider pushing older justices to retire

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy With President Joe Biden on the way out and President-elect …

Expert reveals why this Trump-appointed justice could be liberals’ 'last best hope'
2 months ago

Expert reveals why this Trump-appointed justice could be liberals’ 'last best hope'

Raw Story  

With President-elect Donald Trump preparing to enter the White House for four more years, it's likely he'll get to make additional appointments to the Supreme Court. In a recent article for CNN, Supreme Court analyst Joan Biskupic explained that Justice Amy Coney Barrett — whom Trump appointed to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg after she died in 2020 …

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor faces fresh calls to retire after Trump's win as liberals panic
2 months ago

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor faces fresh calls to retire after Trump's win as liberals panic

Daily Mail  

A increasing number of Democrat intellectuals are calling for Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor to retire now that President-elect Donald Trump is returning to the White House. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor faces renewed calls to step down so President Joe Biden can replace her before he leaves office The idea was first proposed in the Spring, as left-leaning intellectuals …

Trump’s win may extend conservative control of the Supreme Court for decades
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2 months ago

Trump’s win may extend conservative control of the Supreme Court for decades

LA Times  

President-elect Donald Trump’s election victory, combined with the Republican takeover of the Senate, may extend conservative control of the Supreme Court for another two decades. But conservative analysts think it is quite likely Alito or Thomas or both will retire during Trump’s second term. Retirements by Alito or Thomas would allow Trump to appoint one or two far younger conservatives, …

What could happen at the Supreme Court under Harris and Trump
2 months, 1 week ago

What could happen at the Supreme Court under Harris and Trump

NPR  

What could happen at the Supreme Court under Harris and Trump toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images The upcoming election, less than a week away, could reshape the U.S. Supreme Court — or not, depending on retirements, deaths, or other unforeseen events. 'The Merrick Garland treatment' In recent years, Republicans have wielded their power in unprecedented ways to prevent …

Conservative Supermajority on the Supreme Court Could Be Threatened by Trump's Return
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Conservative Supermajority on the Supreme Court Could Be Threatened by Trump's Return

The Hindu  

A potential Trump win in the upcoming U.S. presidential election could see the conservatives retain control of the Supreme Court for the coming decades. The conservative supermajority on the court is due to Trump's first stint, and the two oldest justices, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, could potentially step down due to age considerations. This could lead to a generation …

Supreme Court Justice issues stern words on Biden's plans for huge overhaul
5 months ago

Supreme Court Justice issues stern words on Biden's plans for huge overhaul

Daily Mail  

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch sent a stern warning toward Joe Biden after the president recently laid out extreme reforms to the nation's highest court. Last week, Biden called for sweeping reforms to the Supreme Court, including term limits, a binding code of conduct for its nine justices and a constitutional amendment that would limit presidential immunity. Supreme Court Justice …

Biden set to propose major Supreme Court overhaul including term limits and code of ethics
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden set to propose major Supreme Court overhaul including term limits and code of ethics

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy President Joe Biden is set to propose a major overhaul …

Calls grow for Dems to 'pack the Court' after Supreme Court immunity ruling
6 months, 1 week ago

Calls grow for Dems to 'pack the Court' after Supreme Court immunity ruling

Raw Story  

The U.S. Supreme Court's anxiously awaited ruling on former President Donald Trump's absolute immunity claim came down on Monday morning, July 1 — with six GOP-appointed justices ruling that Trump enjoys immunity from prosecution for official acts as president and three Democrat-appointed justices dissenting. Justice Sonia Sotomayor was especially vehement in her dissent, warning that the Republican justices were giving …

'Fighting words': Amy Coney Barrett signals court rift with swipe at Clarence Thomas
6 months, 3 weeks ago

'Fighting words': Amy Coney Barrett signals court rift with swipe at Clarence Thomas

Raw Story  

The last of former President Donald Trump's three Supreme Court appointees appears to be on a collision course with far-right Justice Clarence Thomas — and it could have implications for some upcoming hot-button cases. According to Politico, the conservative Barrett, whose history of involvement with religious extremists was a huge point of controversy when she was nominated for the court …

Opinion: Voters, take note: Our judicial system is on the 2024 ballot
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Opinion: Voters, take note: Our judicial system is on the 2024 ballot

LA Times  

Democrats will be lucky to keep control of the U.S. Senate after November’s elections. Yet Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. lately has shown again why that’s imperative: A Republican-run Senate would confirm more far-right ideologues like him to the federal bench if Donald Trump is once again choosing the nominees, or block many of Joe Biden’s picks if …

Unhappy with the Supreme Court? Your vote for president could make it worse
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Unhappy with the Supreme Court? Your vote for president could make it worse

LA Times  

A reelected Biden likely wouldn’t be able to alter the ideological imbalance on the Supreme Court, but he could prevent it from getting worse. Foot-dragging — by the Supreme Court, where three Trump appointees sit, and at the Florida district court where a Trump-appointed judge presides — has all but assured that voters won’t get criminal verdicts before election day …

Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of effort to remove Trump from a state ballot
11 months ago

Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of effort to remove Trump from a state ballot

NPR  

Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of effort to remove Trump from a state ballot Enlarge this image toggle caption Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Justices on the U.S. Supreme Court appeared skeptical Thursday of the effort to disqualify Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump from a state primary ballot because he allegedly engaged in an insurrection to try to cling …

Trump's presidential bid hangs in the balance in a Supreme Court case that's broken new legal ground
11 months ago

Trump's presidential bid hangs in the balance in a Supreme Court case that's broken new legal ground

Hindustan Times  

On Thursday, the justices will hear arguments in Trump’s appeal of a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that he is not eligible to run again for president because he violated a provision in the 14th Amendment preventing those who “engaged in insurrection” from holding office. But it’s always tricky to try to predict a Supreme Court ruling, and the case against …

Trump’s presidential bid hangs in the balance in a Supreme Court case that’s broken new legal ground
11 months ago

Trump’s presidential bid hangs in the balance in a Supreme Court case that’s broken new legal ground

Associated Press  

Read the latest: Supreme Court restores Trump to ballot, rejecting state attempts to ban him over Capitol attack WASHINGTON — The fate of former President Donald Trump’s attempt to return to the White House is in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court. On Thursday, the justices will hear arguments in Trump’s appeal of a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that …

Trump’s presidential bid hangs in the balance at the Supreme Court. Here’s what to know
11 months ago

Trump’s presidential bid hangs in the balance at the Supreme Court. Here’s what to know

LA Times  

Supporters of then-President Trump rally on Jan. 6, 2021, before the attack on the U.S. Capitol. The justices are hearing arguments Thursday in Trump’s appeal of a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that he is not eligible to run for president because he violated a provision in the 14th Amendment that prevents those who “engaged in insurrection” from holding office. The …

Can Trump be on the ballot? It’s the Supreme Court’s biggest election test since Bush v. Gore
11 months ago

Can Trump be on the ballot? It’s the Supreme Court’s biggest election test since Bush v. Gore

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. WASHINGTON — A case with the potential to disrupt Donald Trump’s drive to return to the White House is putting the Supreme Court uncomfortably at the center of the 2024 presidential campaign. The case is the court’s most direct involvement in a presidential election since Bush v. Gore, a decision …

Trump is now 'MORE likely to beat Biden' after Colorado ruling: Top pollster says controversial state Supreme Court decision will lead to a huge surge
1 year ago

Trump is now 'MORE likely to beat Biden' after Colorado ruling: Top pollster says controversial state Supreme Court decision will lead to a huge surge

Daily Mail  

A bombshell ruling by Colorado to remove Donald Trump from the state's primary election ballot will be 'rocket fuel' for his chances of winning the White House in a 2024 rematch against Joe Biden, pollsters and pundits predict. The former president's son Eric Trump also claimed the Colorado Supreme Court's decision will increase his father's frontrunner status in the Republican …

Democrats eye Wisconsin high court’s new liberal majority to win abortion and redistricting rulings
1 year, 5 months ago

Democrats eye Wisconsin high court’s new liberal majority to win abortion and redistricting rulings

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s Supreme Court will flip from majority conservative to liberal control in August and Democrats have high hopes the change will lead to the state’s abortion ban being overturned and its maps redrawn to weaken GOP control of the Legislature and congressional districts. “It’s very concerning.” Some issues could take years to reach the court, said liberal …

Justice Kavanaugh seeks to dispel the notion that the Supreme Court is partisan
1 year, 5 months ago

Justice Kavanaugh seeks to dispel the notion that the Supreme Court is partisan

Associated Press  

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Justice Brett Kavanaugh pointed to the mixed U.S. Supreme Court decisions this term as he sought Thursday to dispel notions that it is partisan, even after conservatives brought about the end of affirmative action in college admissions and struck down President Joe Biden’s student loan debt relief program. Although Kavanaugh sided with the conservative majorities in the …

Column: Here’s what’s so frightening about the Supreme Court’s latest power trip
1 year, 5 months ago

Column: Here’s what’s so frightening about the Supreme Court’s latest power trip

LA Times  

Talk to the hand: Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has had little patience for concerns about his colleagues’ ethics. The public’s opinion of the justices remains at an all-time low, with less than a third of American voters having positive views of the Supreme Court, according to a recent NBC News poll. Next Thursday, the Democratic-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee …

Stymied by the Supreme Court, Biden wants voters to have the final say on his agenda
1 year, 5 months ago

Stymied by the Supreme Court, Biden wants voters to have the final say on his agenda

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — After major blows to his agenda by the Supreme Court, President Joe Biden is intent on making sure voters will have the final say. When the court’s conservative majority effectively killed his plan to cancel or reduce federal student loan debts for millions of people, Biden said, “Republicans snatched away the hope that they were given.” When the …

Stymied by the Supreme Court, Biden wants voters to have the final say on his agenda
1 year, 5 months ago

Stymied by the Supreme Court, Biden wants voters to have the final say on his agenda

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy After major blows to his agenda by the Supreme Court, …

The Next Republican President’s Supreme Court Picks Will Be Far Worse Than Trump’s
1 year, 6 months ago

The Next Republican President’s Supreme Court Picks Will Be Far Worse Than Trump’s

Slate  

This is part of Opinionpalooza, Slate’s coverage of the major decisions from the Supreme Court this June. Ron DeSantis has taken aim at Donald Trump’s most cherished achievement among establishment conservatives: his transformation of the Supreme Court through the appointment of three staunchly right-wing justices. I think they are the gold standard, and so my justices will be along the …

Kavanaugh touts 'great relations' among Court justices despite 'obvious departure from collegiality'
1 year, 11 months ago

Kavanaugh touts 'great relations' among Court justices despite 'obvious departure from collegiality'

Raw Story  

In the past, U.S. Supreme Court justices often had radically different views yet managed to disagree without being disagreeable. In an article published by NBC News’ website on January 27, Hurley explains, “Conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh said the Supreme Court is not as divided as members of the public might think, praising his liberal colleagues and highlighting rulings in which …

‘A disaster': Speaker fight exposes GOP leadership vacuum
2 years ago

‘A disaster': Speaker fight exposes GOP leadership vacuum

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — With House Republicans riven by infighting, unable to coalesce around a pick for speaker, former President Donald Trump had an emphatic message for the new GOP majority. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich warned that the anti-McCarthy Republicans were “playing with fire.” “This is the greatest danger we’ve had as a party since 1964,” Gingrich said in an …

'A disaster': Speaker fight exposes GOP leadership vacuum
2 years ago

'A disaster': Speaker fight exposes GOP leadership vacuum

Firstpost  

New York: With House Republicans riven by infighting, unable to coalesce around a pick for speaker, former President Donald Trump had an emphatic message for the new GOP majority. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich warned that the anti-McCarthy Republicans were “playing with fire.” “This is the greatest danger we’ve had as a party since 1964,” Gingrich said in an interview, …

Joe Biden can kiss future Supreme Court nominations goodbye if Republicans win the Senate
2 years, 2 months ago

Joe Biden can kiss future Supreme Court nominations goodbye if Republicans win the Senate

Raw Story  

Have you heard there’s a US Senate race in North Carolina? The race to replace retiring inside-trader Republican Richard Burr isn’t just the Democrats’ best chance this decade to pick up a Senate seat in purplish North Carolina, where Joe Biden lost by only 1.34 percent of the vote. Democrat Cheri Beasely, a former chief justice of North Carolina’s Supreme …

Progressive Groups Urge Biden To Fill Every Single Court Vacancy This Year
2 years, 6 months ago

Progressive Groups Urge Biden To Fill Every Single Court Vacancy This Year

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING More than two dozen national progressive groups are urging President Joe Biden and Senate Democratic leaders to fill every single judicial vacancy this year, before Republicans potentially take control of the Senate in November and make it much harder to confirm Biden’s lifetime federal judges. The progressive groups acknowledge that Biden’s pace of moving judges “is quite …

Trump’s lasting legacy grows as Supreme Court overturns Roe
2 years, 6 months ago

Trump’s lasting legacy grows as Supreme Court overturns Roe

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden rarely mentions his predecessor by name. “It was three justices named by one president — Donald Trump — who were the core of today’s decision to upend the scales of justice and eliminate a fundamental right for women in this country,” Biden said Friday after the Supreme Court’s conservative majority voted to overturn Roe v. …

'I Delivered...': Trump Takes Credit For US Court Abortion Ruling, Calls It 'God's Decision'
2 years, 6 months ago

'I Delivered...': Trump Takes Credit For US Court Abortion Ruling, Calls It 'God's Decision'

News 18  

Former US president Donald Trump on Friday said “God made the decision” to end the national right to abortion after the Supreme Court overturned nearly five decades of settled law. Asked if he felt he played a role in this outcome, having appointed three conservative justices to the court while in office, Trump said “God made the decision.” But a …

The US Senate’s path to a Supreme Court hostile to Roe v Wade
2 years, 7 months ago

The US Senate’s path to a Supreme Court hostile to Roe v Wade

Al Jazeera  

How Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans gamed the system to give Trump three Supreme Court picks. The US Constitution empowers the US president to nominate a person to fill a Supreme Court vacancy, and that the Senate provides “Advice and Consent” to confirm the nominee. “The next justice could fundamentally alter the direction of the Supreme Court and have a …

Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi: GOP Supreme Court Justices 'Lied' About Abortion
2 years, 8 months ago

Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi: GOP Supreme Court Justices 'Lied' About Abortion

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused “several” Republican-appointed Supreme Court justices of lying to the Senate about their views of Roe v. Wade. The top congressional Democrats issued the sharply worded statement castigating members of the high court after Politico published a shocking leaked draft opinion showing it is poised to overrule …

Donald Trump’s legacy will be overturning US abortion law, but Republicans may live to regret it
2 years, 8 months ago

Donald Trump’s legacy will be overturning US abortion law, but Republicans may live to regret it

The Telegraph  

When US Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died in September 2020, people took to the streets in huge numbers. They understood the significance of the moment as one that would likely set in motion the dismantling by the Supreme Court of one of the most significant pieces of legislation passed in the US in the last half-century. Roe v. …

An earth-shattering moment for a Supreme Court already on the brink
2 years, 8 months ago

An earth-shattering moment for a Supreme Court already on the brink

CNN  

CNN — The US Supreme Court’s legitimacy has been deeply pierced, and it may never recover its stature in the eyes of America. Conservative push to limit abortion rights Abortion rights in America date to 1973, when the high court by a 7-2 vote declared that a constitutional right to privacy, rooted in the Fourteenth Amendment, covered a woman’s right …

Senate confirms Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court
2 years, 9 months ago

Senate confirms Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court

LA Times  

Jackson shatters the glass ceiling with the Senate’s 53-47 confirmation vote, though she won’t be formally sworn in until this summer. The Senate on Thursday confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, promoting the appellate judge to a lifetime seat no Black woman has ever occupied. But in appointing the first Black female justice, Biden hopes to energize …

Analysis: 3 GOP senators buck party to back Biden court pick
2 years, 9 months ago

Analysis: 3 GOP senators buck party to back Biden court pick

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — By announcing they will vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman to the Supreme Court, three Republican senators are marking the historical moment by building legacies of their own. Voting for the “historic nomination,” Murkowski said it was not only worth the political risk, but a rejection of a Senate process that “is …

Analysis: 3 GOP senators buck party to back Biden court pick
2 years, 9 months ago

Analysis: 3 GOP senators buck party to back Biden court pick

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — By announcing they will vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman to the Supreme Court, three Republican senators are marking the historical moment by building legacies of their own. Voting for the “historic nomination,” Murkowski said it was not only worth the political risk, but a rejection of a Senate process that “is …

Democrats scramble to confirm Biden judicial nominees before November
2 years, 9 months ago

Democrats scramble to confirm Biden judicial nominees before November

CNN  

CNN — Voting to advance Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will be the main event when the Senate Judiciary Committee meets Monday. Since Justice Stephen Breyer announced his retirement in late January, the Senate has confirmed 16 lower court judges – all while Democrats were managing the high-stakes, resource-intensive Supreme Court nomination process. The general time crunch is …

Supreme Court nominee's 'empathy' is flashpoint for Senate
2 years, 9 months ago

Supreme Court nominee's 'empathy' is flashpoint for Senate

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “It seems as though you’re a very kind person, and that there’s …

Republicans Rushed Trump's Supreme Court Nominee; Now They Want To Delay Biden's Pick
2 years, 10 months ago

Republicans Rushed Trump's Supreme Court Nominee; Now They Want To Delay Biden's Pick

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Republicans are complaining that Democrats are rushing to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s nominee to the Supreme Court, despite having moved with lightning-quick speed themselves to confirm then-President Donald Trump’s high court pick, Amy Coney Barrett. The Court’s next term doesn’t begin until October, so there’s absolutely no need to rush,” Sen. Chuck Grassley, the …

Democrats set confirmation hearings for Supreme Court pick Ketanji Brown Jackson
2 years, 10 months ago

Democrats set confirmation hearings for Supreme Court pick Ketanji Brown Jackson

LA Times  

Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearings will begin March 21, a top Democrat announced Wednesday. The Senate Judiciary Committee “will undertake a fair and timely process to consider Judge Jackson’s nomination,” Chairman Richard J. Durbin, assistant majority leader, told colleagues in a letter. Schumer said he had described Jackson as “brilliant and beloved” before they met due …

Senators to watch as Supreme Court fight unfolds
2 years, 10 months ago

Senators to watch as Supreme Court fight unfolds

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats say they are hoping for a bipartisan vote to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. But he said earlier this month that if the nominee wasn’t Childs, whom he considers more moderate than Jackson, his vote would be more “problematic.” Graham said he was also pushing Childs because she had …

Graham becomes early player to watch in Supreme Court drama
2 years, 10 months ago

Graham becomes early player to watch in Supreme Court drama

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The list of Republicans willing to support President Joe Biden’s forthcoming nominee to the Supreme Court “is longer than you would initially imagine,” the Senate’s second-ranking Democrat recently teased to reporters. Graham wants the choice to be a fellow South Carolinian, U.S. District Judge Michelle Childs, and has said his vote will be “much more problematic” if it …

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