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22 Aug 2023, 6:06 am by Jeffrey Sonnenfeld
Another conservative legal critic, Stanford’s Michael McConnell, suggested it is dangerous to exercise the law as laid out in the Constitution as perhaps all political protests could suffer. [read post]
10 Aug 2023, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar
Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) swirling around the capital these days based on some of his recent awkward public appearances, attention has been focused on the statute in place in McConnell’s home state of Kentucky that deals with filling Senate vacancies. [read post]
10 Aug 2023, 9:59 am by Neil H. Buchanan
Although it makes sense for everyone to be focused on the raw political madness that continues to spew from Donald Trump and his supporters, there are other crazy things happening that barely raise an eyebrow. [read post]
9 Aug 2023, 2:44 pm by Ilya Somin
Indeed, GOP Senate leader Mitch McConnell held out the possibility of criminal prosecution as one justification for his vote to acquit Trump in the impeachment process: Impeachment, conviction, and removal are a specific intra-governmental safety valve. [read post]
9 Aug 2023, 6:02 am by Josh Blackman
"I said two years ago, when we had not one but two impeachments, that once we go down this path it incentivizes the other side to do the same thing," said Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky and the minority leader. [read post]
4 Aug 2023, 1:20 pm by Josh Blackman
Mitch McConnell, the longtime Senator from Kentucky, has had health issues. [read post]
28 Jul 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Senate GOP Leader McConnell Briefly Leaves News Conference After Freezing Up Midsentence Associated Press News – Mary Clare Jalonick | Published: 7/26/2023 Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell briefly left his own press conference after stopping his remarks midsentence and staring off into space for several seconds. [read post]
26 Jul 2023, 3:49 pm
BREAKING: Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell freezes and appears unwell at a press conferencepic.twitter.com/k98r8X7xzW— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) July 26, 2023 It says in the NYT that later, McConnell "returned to take a number of questions from the news media — more than usual — and answered them clearly. [read post]
21 Jul 2023, 4:42 am by SHG
While it may not have been unlawful for then-Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to game the Constitution by denying Garland his hearing, it flouted norms and the Senate’s responsibility. [read post]
19 Jul 2023, 6:00 am by Josh Blackman
Recently, Senator Mitch McConnell observed, "Those who have paid attention to his earlier career are familiar with [Kavanaugh's] restrained, case-by-case jurisprudence. [read post]
11 Jul 2023, 7:02 am by SCOTUSblog
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10 Jul 2023, 6:06 pm by Howard Bashman
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has this essay online at The Washington Post. [read post]
5 Jul 2023, 1:00 pm by Michael C. Dorf
Thus, I conclude that if anyone should have their name attached to this Court, it's Mitch McConnell, who effectively created it and whose values it promotes.I also have a new Verdict column. [read post]
5 Jul 2023, 3:30 am by Alan S. Kaplinsky
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell from 2019 to 2021. [read post]
27 Jun 2023, 7:26 am by Tom Smith
They include some of the most influential politicians in America: Republican senators Mitch McConnell, Lindsey Graham, Tom Cotton and James Lankford, and Democrats Elizabeth Warren, Tammy Duckworth, Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan. [read post]
18 Jun 2023, 9:00 am by Stacey Matthews
"The fact is simple: if Senator Feinstein resigns, Mitch McConnell gets to decide whether Democrats have a Senate Judiciary majority. [read post]
7 Jun 2023, 2:30 am by Seán Binder
  OTHER DOMESTIC DEVELOPMENTS Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has called for more defense spending, including support for Ukraine, one day after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) came out against exceeding the spending caps set by his debt-limit deal. [read post]
6 Jun 2023, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
Cooper was appointed to the Commission by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. [read post]