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10 Nov 2020, 9:34 am by Tom Smith
The 78-year-old lawmaker defied naysayers last week when he won his own race in Kentucky for the seventh time in a landslide, prevailing over Democratic opponent Amy McGrath, a well-funded military veteran who raised more than $80 million. [read post]
15 Sep 2021, 4:53 pm by Howard Bashman
“The Broader Problem With Amy Coney Barrett Promising the Court Isn’t Partisan: It was transparently absurd to do this at a celebration of Mitch McConnell; But the real issue goes deeper than that. [read post]
13 Sep 2021, 8:01 am by Tom Smith
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett told a crowd of more than 100 here that she doesn't believe the highest court in the land is politically driven. [read post]
29 Sep 2020, 11:17 am by Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court, Amy Coney Barrett, is on Capitol Hill on Tuesday for a day of meetings with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other pivotal Republican senators in preparation for her fast-track confirmation before the Nov. 3 election. [read post]
6 Jul 2013, 8:21 pm by Reproductive Rights
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh files suit over FOIA request, by Amy McConnell Schaarsmith: Federal health officials broke federal laws by stonewalling legal attempts to learn how they created new rules requiring employers to pay for insurance that covers... [read post]
22 Oct 2021, 10:32 am by Howard Bashman
” In commentary, online at MSNBC, Steve Benen has an essay titled “Why Mitch McConnell’s celebration of Clarence Thomas matters; Amy Coney Barrett recently said she doesn’t want people to see justices as ‘partisan hacks’; I hope she saw Clarence Thomas’ Heritage Foundation event. [read post]
27 Sep 2020, 5:40 am by David Oscar Markus
And I’m revolted by the hypocrisy of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s willingness to confirm Trump’s nominee after refusing to even allow a vote on Judge Merrick Garland.Yet these political judgments need to be distinguished from a separate question: what to think about Judge Amy Coney Barrett, whom Trump has told associates he plans to nominate. [read post]
President Donald Trump Saturday announced Amy Coney Barrett as his nominee to the Supreme Court seat left vacant by the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. [read post]
15 Apr 2015, 8:34 am
McConnell (McConnell) from an order of the Probate Court authorizing certain distributions to Kathleen Anne McConnell Hewitt and Amy McConnell Sheridan from the John E. [read post]
19 Sep 2021, 2:46 pm by Tom Smith
If Supreme Court justices don’t want to be seen as “partisan hacks,” they should not act like them.In a speech last week at the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville Law School, Justice Amy Coney Barrett said, “This court is not comprised of a bunch of partisan hacks. [read post]
10 Jul 2019, 5:50 pm by Howard Bashman
And Niels Lesniewski of Roll Call reports that “Amy McGrath walks back remarks on Kavanaugh confirmation; Kentucky Democrat is challenging Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in 2020. [read post]
27 Sep 2020, 4:31 am by Associated Press
Republicans are eyeing a vote in late October, though Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell hasn’t yet said ... [read post]
13 Sep 2021, 2:17 pm by Joe Patrice
How It’s Going: Amy Coney Barrett unironically plays “we’re not partisan hacks” card at McConnell event. [read post]
13 Apr 2022, 9:01 pm by Dennis Aftergut
The upcoming presidential election was too close for any nominee to be fairly considered.That was followed by the hypocrisy of McConnell’s ramming through the confirmation of Justice Amy Coney Barrett one week before the 2020 election.But for those two exercises of naked power, all three of the decisions described here would have gone the other way, with Chief Justice Roberts in the majority every time.In Louisiana v. [read post]
25 Nov 2020, 5:00 am by James Romoser
Here’s a round-up of Supreme Court-related news and commentary from around the web: On Night of Ginsburg’s Death, McConnell Pushed Trump to Nominate Amy Coney Barrett (Patrice Taddonio, Frontline) Indiana Asks the Supreme Court to Let It Strip Rights From Same-Sex Parents (Mark Joseph Stern, Slate) Texans still can’t buy liquor in Walmart, after U.S. [read post]
3 Dec 2020, 7:07 am by James Romoser
Here’s a round-up of Supreme Court-related news and commentary from around the web: Justices Consider Retroactivity for Decision Requiring Unanimous Juries for Criminal Convictions (Jess Bravin, The Wall Street Journal) The Supreme Court Was Right to Block Cuomo’s Religious Restrictions (Michael McConnell & Max Raskin, The New York Times) Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s Choice (Linda Greenhouse, The New York Times) Justices Divided on Making Jury Unanimity… [read post]