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14 May 2023, 7:39 am by Steve Lubet
My own view is that Speaker McCarthy and his colleagues are recklessly endangering the U.S. and world economies -- they only care about the debt ceiling, or deficits for that matter, when there is a Democrat in the White House -- but McConnell sees it differently: But the House Republicans’ insistence on negotiations and compromise... [read post]
21 Sep 2020, 1:16 pm by David Pozen
  But if one concentrates on deeds rather than words, an alternative picture comes into focus: namely, that McConnell has always honored a straightforward principle when it comes to these matters, and the principle is to block as many Democratic nominees and confirm as many Republican nominees as is politically feasible. [read post]
27 Nov 2012, 12:50 pm by jleaming@acslaw.org
One of McConnell’s greatest tools is the threat of a filibuster, essentially requiring 60 senators to allow floor action on a whole range of matters. [read post]
17 Jun 2012, 7:17 pm by Glenn Reynolds
THE ASSAULT ON FREE SPEECH: McConnell warns of attempts by Obama, Media Matters to silence critics. [read post]
10 May 2018, 1:35 pm by Howard Bashman
“Stalled judicial nominees will be confirmed ‘no matter what tactics’ employed, McConnell says”: Doug McKelway of Fox News has this report. [read post]
19 Dec 2022, 5:01 am by Eugene Volokh
McConnell noted this, and I'm delighted to be able to pass it along: In the course of researching an unrelated matter, I stumbled on this speech by Charles Pinckney—a prominent delegate to the Constitutional Convention, from South Carolina. [read post]
12 Aug 2020, 11:06 am by Andrew Koppelman
(A disclosure:  I’ve known McConnell for years. [read post]
31 Mar 2011, 2:52 pm by Carter Wood
Whether the Motley Rice trial attorney and Democratic contributor ever gets a final confirmation vote on the Senate floor is another matter. [read post]
4 Jul 2022, 5:30 am by Lawrence Solum
McConnell (Stanford Law School) has posted Impeachment And Trial After Officials Leave Office (Missouri Law Review, Forthcoming) on SSRN. [read post]
27 Jul 2019, 4:39 pm by David Super
  I very much doubt, however, that Chief Justice Roberts would have any inclination to challenge Senator McConnell, least of all on such an overtly political matter. [read post]
27 Apr 2015, 11:25 am by Benjamin Wittes
But it’s not a short-term stopgap extension measure, meant to give Congress more time to consider the matter, either. [read post]
8 May 2022, 5:00 am by jonathanturley
For decades, Republicans have insisted that this issue is a state, not a federal, matter. [read post]
3 Sep 2018, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
Michael McConnell, the esteemed Stanford law professor, writing in The Hill: There is plenty of controversy over the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, but almost none of it is about him. [read post]
8 Aug 2007, 9:30 am
Congress must remember that whomever they are dealing with from the Bush Administration, no matter how respected, represents the BUSH ADMINISTRATION. [read post]
27 Dec 2021, 5:17 pm by Eugene Volokh
It is "not clear" enough whether Weiss's October 2, 2018 message was a true threat to be resolvable "as a matter of law. [read post]