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27 Dec 2019, 7:00 am by Amy Howe
Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, who was then the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., both declared that the Senate should not act on any new nomination for a Supreme Court justice until after the presidential election in November 2016. [read post]
26 Dec 2019, 11:49 am by Tom Smith
Does the Constitution require Mitch McConnell to do anything with them except perhaps give the House a receipt? [read post]
23 Dec 2019, 1:49 pm
").In a banner year for judicial confirmations, senators in 2019 signed off on 20 circuit judges and 80 district judges as President Donald Trump clinched his 185th appointment — but in reaching that milestone, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell faced a number of heated battles along the way. [read post]
20 Dec 2019, 6:00 pm by Howard Bashman
Mitch McConnell, Master of the Blockade, Plots Impeachment Strategy; The Senate majority leader has earned the nickname the grim reaper for his iron-fisted grip on the chamber, but an impeachment trial is harder to control”: Carl Hulse of The New York Times has an article that begins, “Shattering convention, he held open a Supreme Court seat for 11 months. [read post]
20 Dec 2019, 4:23 am
“I admit, I am not sure what leverage there is in refraining from sending us something we do not want,” [Senate Majority Leader Mitch] McConnell said with a wry smile from the Senate floor. [read post]
20 Dec 2019, 3:56 am by SHG
And what would the House do if Mitch McConnell called Nancy and C.J. [read post]
19 Dec 2019, 2:16 pm by Joe Consumer
Seems like a good time to review the state of the federal judiciary, which Mitch McConnell is clearly trying to ruin. [read post]
19 Dec 2019, 11:36 am by Carissa Byrne Hessick
” Soon after, Senator Mitch McConnell said “I'm not an impartial juror . . . [read post]
18 Dec 2019, 3:05 am by SHG
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has announced that it’s dead in the Senate, and has rejected Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s attempt to have John Bolton and Mick Mulvaney called as witnesses. [read post]
17 Dec 2019, 5:20 pm by Steve Gottlieb
See https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/12/senate-impeachment-trial-john-roberts-mitch-mcconnell.html [read post]
17 Dec 2019, 3:36 pm by CAFE
In this clip from the CAFE Insider podcast, "Trial by Senate," co-hosts Preet Bharara and Anne Milgram discuss the scope and shape of the Senate trial, and Mitch McConnell's recent comments. [read post]
17 Dec 2019, 12:41 pm by David Super
     With Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell declaringthat there is no daylight between his and the White House’s plans for an impeachment trial, many Democrats have begun raising the specter of a sham trial that leaves the President’s conduct all but unexamined. [read post]
17 Dec 2019, 10:26 am by Gordon Ahl
On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said he would not agree to call the four witnesses that Democrats requested in a Senate impeachment trial, including acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and former national security adviser John Bolton, according to the New York Times. [read post]
17 Dec 2019, 8:13 am by Steve Lubet
Mitch McConnell was very wrong to declare that he would cooperate closely with the White House in the impending impeachment trial, but not because the Senate is a “jury. [read post]
17 Dec 2019, 7:00 am by Gordon Ahl
Schumer sent a letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Dec. 15 requesting several procedural rules for the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump. [read post]
16 Dec 2019, 11:02 am by Gordon Ahl
Schumer (D-N.Y.) sent a letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) that laid out his procedural demands for a Senate impeachment trial, according to the Post. [read post]
15 Dec 2019, 3:31 am by SHG
Garner (@BryanAGarner) December 14, 2019 Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has affirmatively stated that the Senate will not find Trump guilty of the Articles of Impeachment and will not remove him from office. [read post]