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22 Sep 2020, 10:59 am by Ilya Somin
While two GOP senators (Susan Collins and Linda Murkowski) have said the nomination and confirmation process should not go forward until after the election, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has secured the support of enough others to get a majority. [read post]
22 Sep 2020, 7:24 am by John Jascob
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) issued a statement in which he sought to distinguish his refusal to give President Barack Obama’s last Supreme Court nominee, Judge Merrick Garland, a Senate floor vote during an election year and his pledge that Justice Ginsburg’s replacement will get such a vote.Class actions. [read post]
22 Sep 2020, 7:14 am by Howard Bashman
“Romney supports holding a vote on next Supreme Court nominee; The announcement means Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has enough votes to move forward with Trump’s pick”: Burgess Everett of Politico has this report. [read post]
22 Sep 2020, 6:00 am by Guest Blogger
Gregory Elinson Hours after the Supreme Court announced Friday night that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had died, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) promised that President Donald Trump’s nominee to fill her seat would be assured a floor vote. [read post]
22 Sep 2020, 4:00 am by Comunicaciones_MJ
La tenacidad, organización y activismo de los senadores Ted Kennedy y Joe Biden ante este nombramiento despertó una contra ofensiva republicana que motivaría al senador Mitch McConnell a liderar un esfuerzo por mantener un Tribunal alineado al lado más conservador posible. [read post]
21 Sep 2020, 1:16 pm by David Pozen
 As President Trump remarkedto Bob Woodward, “You know what Mitch’s biggest thing is in the whole world? [read post]
21 Sep 2020, 7:21 am by Scott Bomboy
The Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, decides how to approach the voting process. [read post]
20 Sep 2020, 2:17 pm by Tom Smith
Less than two hours after the news of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death — and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s vow to try to replace her with a nominee picked by President Donald Trump — the progressive movement was activated. [read post]
20 Sep 2020, 10:22 am by Tom Smith
" Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said on a call with his caucus yesterday, after a moment of silence for Justice Ginsburg: If Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell "and Senate Republicans move forward with this, then nothing is off the table for next year. [read post]
20 Sep 2020, 4:11 am by SHG
Will Cocaine Mitch push through a new justice before the election? [read post]
19 Sep 2020, 12:45 pm by Tom Smith
The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg opens a complex partisan chessboard, with competing political calculations affecting the timeline of decision points by President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). [read post]
19 Sep 2020, 11:43 am by Howard Bashman
” Emily Cochrane of The New York Times has an article headlined “How Mitch McConnell Can Quickly Push Through Trump’s Supreme Court Nominee; The rules and partisan breakdown of the Senate make it possible for Republicans to swiftly confirm President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee; Here’s how. [read post]
19 Sep 2020, 11:19 am by John J. Donohue III
Having fallen short of this achievement, RBG has at once highlighted the abject hypocrisy of Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in seeking to her replace her so close to the election, but has also left it to her supporters and admirers to take the actions necessary to ensure that her decision to rebuff Obama will not be remembered as injurious to the goals she championed. [read post]
19 Sep 2020, 10:40 am by Sara Savat
With just 45 days until Election Day, will President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell rush to push through the third SCOTUS nominee of Trump’s administration If so, what challenges will they face? [read post]