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10 Apr 2013, 4:07 am by Benjamin Wittes
DHS’s McConnell did not have any easy answers for resolving this paradox, but he candidly acknowledged the problem. [read post]
22 Mar 2013, 1:04 pm
This course might appeal to centrist justices like Anthony Kennedy, John Roberts and Stephen Breyer — and perhaps could even command a unanimous court, which would have a welcome calming influence on the nation's culture wars. [read post]
5 Jan 2013, 9:20 pm by Hani Sarji
” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell [R-KY] and Vice President Joe Biden negotiated the current version of H.R. 8. [read post]
27 Dec 2012, 9:01 pm by John Dean
Needless to say, Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is fighting these modest rule-change efforts, which might hamper or remove some of his obstruction tactics. [read post]
27 Dec 2012, 7:29 am by Paul Horwitz
And when it does so apparently as much to secure a tradeoff with particular political leaders as for reasons related to the group's mission, that's worth noting too: Greenhouse reports that one reason the NRA scored the vote on Sotomayor was because it was asked to by Senator McConnell, in order to keep the Senate Republican caucus in line on the vote. [read post]
10 Sep 2012, 3:57 am by Prof. Akhil Reed Amar, guest-blogging
My book also features a slashing constitutional critique of the exclusionary rule, placing my views in line with — actually to the right of — Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Scalia, Thomas Alito, and opposed to the views typically championed by Justices Ginsburg and Breyer (and before them, Justices Stevens, Souter, Brennan, Marshall, et al.). [read post]
3 Aug 2012, 2:48 pm by sberkovits@acslaw.org
by Samantha Berkovits In an unprecedented act of obstructionism, the Senate fell short of the votes needed to force a vote on Robert Bacharach, a nominee to the 10th Circuit. [read post]
2 Aug 2012, 9:19 am by Charles Fried
©Charles Fried, 2012 Chief Justice Roberts, in his confirmation hearing, famously analogized the role of the judge to an umpire, calling balls and strikes. [read post]
30 Jul 2012, 5:24 am by David Oscar Markus
Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is forcing a vote Monday afternoon on Robert Bacharach, of Oklahoma, for the U.S. [read post]
27 Jul 2012, 3:01 pm by sberkovits@acslaw.org
by Samantha Berkovits Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) filed cloture Thursday on Robert Bacharach, a noncontroversial  nominee to the U.S. [read post]
27 Jul 2012, 1:43 pm by nflatow
But a month later, no votes have been scheduled on appeals court nominees, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has launched a challenge to McConnell’s pledge by filing a motion to invoke cloture on Tenth Circuit nominee Robert Bacharach. [read post]
27 Jul 2012, 1:10 pm by djackson
The kicker: the nominee, Robert Bacharach, nominated to an Oklahoma seat on the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, has the full support of his Republican home-state senators. [read post]
27 Jul 2012, 10:40 am by Todd Ruger
Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is forcing a vote Monday afternoon on Robert Bacharach, of Oklahoma, for the U.S. [read post]
13 Jul 2012, 2:41 pm by sberkovits@acslaw.org
Tenth Circuit nominee Robert Bacharach has been similarly held up, but his home-state senators have yet to speak out against the “Thurmond Rule” or call for a floor vote. [read post]
28 Jun 2012, 12:39 pm by Zoe Tillman
Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who led the fight against the health care law, said Congress must act to repeal the law and give Americans the kind of healthcare they actually want. [read post]