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26 Feb 2020, 2:01 pm by Vishnu Kannan
On Tuesday, CBS News and the South Carolina-based Congressional Black Caucus Institute co-hosted the tenth debate of the 2020 Democratic primary campaign, moderated by Norah O’Donnell and Gayle King. [read post]
25 Feb 2020, 11:29 am by Patricia Hughes
A recent opinion piece in the National Post by Leonid Sarota and Asher Honickman explained how the rule of law functions: it constrains government and when people perceive it to overstep, they can challenge it; but it also requires individuals to restrain their actions and use the legal sysem and when they are unsuccessful, they must accept it. [read post]
19 Feb 2020, 12:01 pm by Robert Black
” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell would need to support moving the Senate version to a full floor vote. [read post]
18 Feb 2020, 3:40 am by Edith Roberts
” Veronica Stracqualursi reports at CNN that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell last week “reiterated his position that the GOP-led Senate would confirm a nominee to any Supreme Court vacancy that occurred this election year, despite leaving a seat vacant in 2016 and preventing President Barack Obama’s nominee from consideration. [read post]
14 Feb 2020, 7:34 am by Zoe Gujral
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has indicated that he will not support it. [read post]
12 Feb 2020, 9:05 pm by Kate Mancuso
The push to increase the tobacco sales age to 21 has enjoyed widespread bipartisan support, and the bill contained within the Appropriations Act was co-sponsored by Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.). [read post]
10 Feb 2020, 4:53 am by Jonathan H. Adler
As for confirmation, I don't think there's much doubt that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell would be happy to confirm a last-minute replacement in a lame-duck session of the Senate. [read post]
10 Feb 2020, 1:30 am
It's easier to get Mitch McConnell show up at Nancy Pelosi's birthday party then get the PDs and ASAs to agree on anything. [read post]
7 Feb 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
The outcome represented a political triumph for the White House and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who successfully held together nearly the entire GOP caucus in blocking witnesses or additional evidence from the proceedings. [read post]
5 Feb 2020, 8:29 am by Margaret Taylor
This episode includes the speeches of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), as well as Sens. [read post]
4 Feb 2020, 11:22 am by Howard Bashman
Mitch McConnell is terrible but John Roberts is actually the worst”: Whitney Ross Manzo has this essay online at The Hill. [read post]
1 Feb 2020, 8:33 pm by Sandy Levinson
 Does anyone have any doubt that Trump would immediately nominate a successor, quite likely Amy Comey Barrett and that Mitch McConnell would do whatever he could to force the nomination through by the New Year? [read post]
1 Feb 2020, 9:08 am by John Floyd
  Whether this will be the standard of proof employed in the Trump impeachment trial will be determined by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his Republican majority. [read post]
1 Feb 2020, 2:44 am by Marty Lederman
After Lisa Murkowski announced that she would capitulate to Mitch McConnell and vote "no" on compelling further evidence in the Senate trial, it became evident that there wouldn't be any tie votes that the Chief Justice might choose to break (or not). [read post]
30 Jan 2020, 1:00 am by CAFE
On this episode of Stay Tuned, “The Fate of the World in 2020,” Preet answers your questions about: What constitutes impeachable conduct The authorities that Chief Justice John Roberts can assert in Trump's impeachment trial Reports that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell doesn’t have the votes to block impeachment witnesses The guest this week is Ian Bremmer, the Founder and President of Eurasia Group, a leading global political risk and… [read post]
29 Jan 2020, 12:52 pm by Sandy Levinson
  To pretend that Donald Trump is Washington or that Mitch McConnell is entitled to even an iota of respect as a Publian legislator is the equivalent of accepting as true the ravings of huckster. [read post]
29 Jan 2020, 8:03 am by Elliot Setzer
Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell indicated on Tuesday that he does not yet have enough votes to defeat an expected effort to call additional witnesses in President Trump’s impeachment trial, according to The Washington Post. [read post]