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12 Feb 2008, 2:59 pm
Democrats voting for the bill:Evan Bayh (D-IN), Tom Carper (D-DE), Robert Casey (D-PA), Kent Conrad (D-ND), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Mary Landrieu (D-LA) Joe Lieberman (ID-CT), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Bill Nelson (D-FL), Ben Nelson (D-NE), Mark Pryor (D-AR), Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Ken Salazar (D-CO), Jim Webb (D-VA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) All Republican senators voted for the bill, except for Lindsey Graham (South Carolina) who… [read post]
11 Jul 2024, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat
Congressional efforts to address those problems, like Senator Sheldon Whitehouse’s Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act, stand little chance of passage.Amidst all these efforts, frustration has been building with a Court that seems oblivious and imperious.On Wednesday, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez proposed another response to Alito’s and Thomas’s ethical transgressions when she introduced articles of impeachment in the House of… [read post]
30 May 2024, 9:01 pm by Dennis Aftergut
Justice Alito sent a letter saying so to Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin (D-IL) and committee member Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).Yesterday, for the first time, Chief Justice John Roberts took full ownership of his right-wing colleague’s abandonment of judicial ethics. [read post]
11 Sep 2022, 4:28 am by jonathanturley
Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) demanded that Kavanaugh promise to respect stare decisis on cases like Roe, but then called for overturning cases like Citizens United v. [read post]
12 Jun 2023, 3:17 am by SHG
Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Richard Blumenthal, along with other Democrats, have introduced the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal and Transparency Act. [read post]
6 Jul 2016, 9:30 pm by Brandi Lupo
Introduced by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) on 7/7/2011. [read post]
17 Nov 2009, 1:48 pm
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D - Rhode Island) left the panelists with several questions to ponder about the NSA, asking them to provide responses in writing at a later date "If, in fact, the NSA has technical capabilities beyond those of the providers, why should you be relying on the providers in areas where the NSA actually has greater capability? [read post]
25 Sep 2024, 7:35 am by jonathanturley
 Sheldon Whitehouse (D., R.I.) has already introduced ethics and term-limits legislation and said Ms. [read post]
12 Oct 2020, 5:40 pm by James Romoser
Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) said his constituents want him to “say no to this nominee mostly because they see her as a judicial torpedo aimed at their essential protections. [read post]
30 Mar 2011, 3:41 pm by Tony Mauro
Sheldon Whitehouse, (D-R.I.) who chaired the hearing, stating that "it is not the business of a solicitor general to relitigate" decisions made in the past, like the decision not to defend DOMA. [read post]
30 Mar 2017, 2:34 pm by John Elwood
Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and three groups of amici want it granted. [read post]
25 May 2010, 1:35 pm by WIMS
Witnesses included: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and sponsor of S. 3346; Associate Attorney General, U.S Department of Justice; Director, National Pollution Funds Center, United States Coast Guard; Deputy Secretary, the U.S. [read post]
Currently, there are 8 members of Congress who are former state AGs: Representative Charlie Crist (35th AG of Florida and also a prior Florida Governor) and Senators Richard Blumenthal (23rd AG of Connecticut), John Cornyn (49th AG of Texas), Catherine Cortez Masto (32nd AG of Nevada), Josh Hawley (42nd AG of Missouri), Dan Sullivan (27th AG of Alaska), and Sheldon Whitehouse (71st AG of Rhode Island). [read post]
22 Nov 2018, 9:30 pm by Bobby Chen
.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) sued to block Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker from taking his post. [read post]
1 Oct 2009, 1:55 pm
Democratic senators Benjamin Cardin (Maryland), Sheldon Whitehouse (Rhode Island) and Edward Kaufman (Delaware), also had their names attached to Thursday’s Leahy-Feinstein amendment. [read post]