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27 Oct 2016, 5:38 pm
"Eight Is Not Enough: Senate Republicans believe the Supreme Court will be just fine permanently operating one justice down; Here's how John Roberts can talk sense into them. [read post]
6 Oct 2018, 8:54 pm by Howard Bashman
“A GOP ‘disaster’ averted: The final harrowing hours of Kavanaugh’s confirmation; How Republicans pushed through a damaged nominee with a relentless focus on three undecided senators. [read post]
24 Mar 2022, 5:52 pm by Howard Bashman
Senate Democrats Are Never Prepared For the Fight; Two unnamed Democratic lawmakers apparently think Ketanji Brown Jackson wasn’t ‘adequately prepared’ for Republican smears they did nothing to stop”: Jay Willis has this post at Balls and Strikes. [read post]
5 Oct 2018, 6:52 am by Howard Bashman
“Undecided senators stoke suspense ahead of Kavanaugh vote: Grassley says Republicans ‘don’t really know’ how a critical procedural vote will play out on Friday”: Burgess Everett, Elana Schor, and Andrew Restuccia of Politico have this report. [read post]
3 Mar 2022, 10:05 am by Howard Bashman
“Judge Jackson Begins Making Her Own Case for High Court Seat; Democrats hope meeting the nominee will persuade some Republicans senators to support her historic nomination to the Supreme Court”: Carl Hulse has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times. [read post]
30 Sep 2018, 7:54 am by Howard Bashman
“Jeff Flake Explains Himself: The Arizona Republican’s dramatic call for further FBI review came because he felt the Senate was ‘coming apart at the seams.'” McKay Coppins of The Atlantic has this report. [read post]
31 Jul 2010, 6:50 pm
"Senate stalling on judges is like an old family feud; Obama has been able to fill only 36 of 134 seats that have opened on his watch; For some Republicans, it's simple payback": David G. [read post]
14 Dec 2008, 1:14 am
"Senate Republicans seek to delay hearings on Holder as attorney general; Obama's Justice Department nominee was initially met with bipartisan praise; Now the GOP is raising concerns about pardons and more": This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times. [read post]
14 Oct 2020, 6:55 pm by Howard Bashman
“Amy Coney Barrett Closes Out Testimony, on Track for Senate Approval; Republicans line up behind Supreme Court nominee while Democrats suggest she is a threat to widely accepted rights”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report. [read post]
21 Oct 2020, 6:19 pm by Howard Bashman
“GOP senators push to ban Supreme Court packing: ‘We’re sticking with 9’; Republicans filed a constitutional amendment to limit the number of Supreme Court justices to nine. [read post]
29 Jun 2018, 7:16 pm by Howard Bashman
Republicans Can Confirm Kennedy’s Successor Without Democratic Votes; Democrats are on losing end of long power struggle over Senate filibuster rules”: Joshua Jamerson will have this article in Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal. [read post]
22 Feb 2021, 7:22 pm by Howard Bashman
Republicans’ New Strategy Is to Pretend Trump Never Happened; At Merrick Garland’s confirmation hearing, GOP senators remembered to be very upset about the Obama years”: Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate. [read post]
28 Nov 2016, 11:00 am
"Judicial Nominations: The Constitution Project held a discussion on Senate Republicans' successful efforts to block President Obama's Supreme Court nominee D.C. [read post]
5 Dec 2021, 4:14 pm by Howard Bashman
“After Success in Seating Federal Judges, Biden Hits Resistance; Senate Democrats vow to keep pressing forward with nominees, but they may face obstacles in states represented by Republicans”: Carl Hulse of The New York Times has this report. [read post]
16 Dec 2020, 11:05 am by Howard Bashman
“Progressive Groups Urge Biden to Move Quickly on Diverse Slate of Judges; The president-elect faces pressure to install a diverse group of progressives in the courts, but the prospect of a Republican-controlled Senate looms as an obstacle”: Carl Hulse had this article in Saturday’s edition of The New York Times. [read post]
25 Apr 2022, 12:37 pm by Howard Bashman
“Orrin Hatch, Seven-Term Senator and a Republican Force, Dies at 88; Overcoming poverty and representing Utah, he became a powerful figure in Washington, helping to build a conservative majority on the Supreme Court”: This obituary, written by Robert D. [read post]
14 Jun 2021, 10:40 am by Howard Bashman
“McConnell says he’ll block Biden’s Supreme Court nominee in 2024 if GOP controls Senate; Republicans blocked Garland nomination in 2016, backed Barrett in 2020”: Tyler Olson of Fox News has this report. [read post]
1 Oct 2016, 11:30 am
"GOP Admits Obama Judge Count Is More Important Than Fixing Judicial Crises; Republican senators are damaging an entire branch of government, and hiding behind a bogus statistic": Michael McAuliff and Jennifer Bendery of The Huffington Post have this report. [read post]