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25 Nov 2019, 12:00 pm
” The city’s position was bolstered by a “friend of the court” brief by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and four other Democratic senators, who argued that the justices should refrain from ruling on the merits of the case to avoid the appearance of partisanship. [read post]
22 Nov 2019, 6:12 pm
Harris (D-CA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) on Friday sent a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to Attorney General William Barr seeking documents relevant to any attempt by President Trump to convince Barr to hold a news conference declaring Trump had broken no laws during his July 25, 2019 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.Read more here. [read post]
21 Nov 2019, 12:38 pm
19 Nov 2019, 10:00 am
While perhaps less riveting than the original question put to the court (though it did prompt an explosive amicus brief by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I.), this question is important to litigants across the country seeking to protect and vindicate their rights against the government. [read post]
18 Nov 2019, 1:25 pm
” The city’s position was bolstered by a “friend of the court” brief by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and four other Democratic senators, who argued that the justices should refrain from ruling on the merits of the case to avoid the appearance of partisanship. [read post]
18 Nov 2019, 1:24 pm
., Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., for introducing this important bill designed to bring our nation’s laws into alignment with the wishes of the majority of American consumers. [read post]
25 Oct 2019, 8:45 am
Circuit Court of Appeals after a bipartisan Senate Judiciary Committee vote advanced her nomination to the full chamber for final approval.Four Democratic senators -- Dianne Feinstein, Patrick Leahy, Sheldon Whitehouse and Chris Coons -- joined the committee's 12 Republicans to recommend Hunsaker's nomination by a comfortable 16-6 tally. [read post]
23 Oct 2019, 7:42 am
Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) submitted the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday.Read more here. [read post]
12 Sep 2019, 12:22 pm
Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) also explained they supported the work of the hearing. [read post]
12 Sep 2019, 12:22 pm
Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) also explained they supported the work of the hearing. [read post]
7 Sep 2019, 6:44 am
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) has this essay online at The Washington Post. [read post]
29 Aug 2019, 8:48 am
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., filed a friend-of-the-court brief for himself and four other Democratic senators. [read post]
Out Trumping Trump: Democrats Join the Attack on Courts but the United States Won’t Be Better for It
19 Aug 2019, 9:01 pm
These are the kind of accusations that Donald Trump regularly makes about the American judiciary.Democrats have vigorously denounced those accusations and offered impassioned defenses of the rule of law.Surprisingly, prominent Democrats now are abandoning their defense of the courts and are even echoing some of Trump’s most infamous claims.In a friend of the court brief filed last week with the Supreme Court, five Democratic senators, including one presidential candidate, (Sheldon… [read post]
19 Aug 2019, 4:02 am
Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and four other Democratic senators have ignited [controversy] with a filing that instructs the Supreme Court to either drop a New York gun case it has accepted for the coming term or face a public reckoning. [read post]
16 Aug 2019, 9:51 am
In a remarkable and threatening amicus brief, Sheldon Whitehouse, Mazie Hirono, Richard Blumenthal, Richard Durbin and Kirsten Gillibrand all but tell the Justices that they’ll retaliate politically if the Court doesn’t do what they say in a Second Amendment case. [read post]
16 Aug 2019, 9:33 am
In a remarkable and threatening amicus brief, Sheldon Whitehouse, Mazie Hirono, Richard Blumenthal, Richard Durbin and Kirsten Gillibrand all but tell the Justices that they'll retaliate politically if the Court doesn't do what they say in a Second Amendment case. [read post]
13 Aug 2019, 4:09 am
Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island filed a legal brief before the Supreme Court in a challenge to New York City’s gun transportation regulations, advancing a broad indictment of the Roberts Court itself as he urged the justices to turn away the NRA-backed case. [read post]
12 Jul 2019, 3:00 am
National/Federal 2020 Democrats Vow to Get Tough on Lobbyists The Hill – Alex Gangitano | Published: 7/7/2019 Democratic presidential hopefuls are taking aim at the lobbying world, vowing to enact sweeping reform proposals if they win election. [read post]
8 Jul 2019, 6:24 am
Sheldon Whitehouse followed on with more probing questions, asking Kavanaugh to explain references to “boofing” and “the devil’s triangle. [read post]
27 Jun 2019, 9:05 pm
.), Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.) alleged that Wehrum encouraged EPA to support the position of his former client DTE Energy in litigation before the Supreme Court. [read post]
