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20 Apr 2021, 1:52 pm
“McConnell vents over ‘fake news'”: Alexander Bolton of The Hill has a report that begins, “Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday vented about his ‘frustration’ with media coverage of the Biden administration’s exploration of expanding the number of seats on the Supreme Court. [read post]
6 Dec 2017, 1:48 pm
"Pace of confirmations gives McConnell chance to bask in wins": Kevin Freking of The Associated Press has a report that begins, "The pace of confirmations for President Donald Trump's judicial nominees has quickly become a source of pride for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and fellow Republicans while Democrats are ruing the day they changed the rules to make it easier to fast-track court picks. [read post]
7 Dec 2020, 4:58 pm
“Covid-19 Liability Shield Is a Bad Idea; Mitch McConnell says he wants to protect businesses from pandemic lawsuits; Hasn’t he heard of moral hazard? [read post]
22 Sep 2020, 7:14 am
“Romney supports holding a vote on next Supreme Court nominee; The announcement means Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has enough votes to move forward with Trump’s pick”: Burgess Everett of Politico has this report. [read post]
29 Sep 2018, 6:18 pm
Mitch McConnell has made it clear: Dr Christine Blasey Ford does not matter; This is about shaping the judiciary for years to come. [read post]
22 Feb 2022, 6:44 pm
“Mitch McConnell Doesn’t Object to Biden’s Pledge to Pick Black Woman for Supreme Court; Some Republicans had criticized decision; president plans to make selection by end of month”: Siobhan Hughes will have this article in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal. [read post]
15 Sep 2021, 4:53 pm
“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]
18 Dec 2020, 8:03 am
“Mitch McConnell Is Cranking Out Lame-Duck Judges; His move to keep seating Trump’s appointees breaks a 125-year precedent”: Dahlia Lithwick and law professor Tobias Barrington Wolff have this jurisprudence essay online at Slate. [read post]
21 Sep 2019, 7:12 pm
Mitch McConnell on his high-stakes battles for the Supreme Court, his ways of cajoling reluctant colleagues, and the chamber’s future”: Fred Barnes has this new installment of The Weekend Interview in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal. [read post]
15 Jan 2020, 6:26 pm
As more evidence pours out, Mitch McConnell’s position becomes increasingly untenable. [read post]
12 Jul 2012, 6:40 am
"Reject the 'Thurmond Rule': Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell invokes the legacy of Strom Thurmond to hold up judicial confirmations; It's bad for judges and bad for justice. [read post]
13 Feb 2021, 6:18 pm
“Trump’s Second Impeachment Trial Sharpens Republican Divides; Seven Republicans voted to convict, and several more, including Mitch McConnell, criticized the ex-president, who still commands loyalty”: Lindsay Wise of The Wall Street Journal has this report. [read post]
14 Apr 2016, 12:05 pm
"Ken Starr Thinks Mitch McConnell Should Fill Scalia's Seat: Reagan appointee and Clinton prober says Merrick Garland deserves hearings and a vote as a matter of 'good government.'" Michael McAuliff of The Huffington Post has this report today. [read post]
28 Mar 2016, 6:00 am
"Conservatives to pounce if GOP relents on Supreme Court; The 'no hearings, no vote' stance has made Mitch McConnell an unlikely hero of the right, but that could change in an instant": Burgess Everett of Politico.com has this report today. [read post]
27 Jun 2022, 5:50 pm
“Mitch McConnell’s Court Delivers; While Democrats seethe, the Senate Republican leader sees the fruits of his efforts to install an aggressive conservative majority on the Supreme Court”: Carl Hulse of The New York Times has this new installment of his “On Washington” column. [read post]
13 Apr 2022, 11:59 am
CNN: In the weeks after he lost the 2020 election, then-President Donald Trump had a plan to stay in office — and he wanted Mitch McConnell to know about it.If Trump could successfully pressure Republican Gov. [read post]
18 Mar 2012, 12:15 pm
"Federal Judges Are, in Fact, 'Job Creators'; A comment made by Senator Mitch McConnell is a reminder of how some lawmakers plainly do not understand the role of the judiciary": Andrew Cohen has this essay online at The Atlantic. [read post]
18 Dec 2019, 5:36 pm
Mitch McConnell is a nihilist who is impossible to hold to account. [read post]
2 Aug 2019, 10:22 am
“Democrats Still Haven’t Learned Their Lesson About the Courts: Even after Gorsuch and Kavanaugh, the presidential candidates still don’t have a plan for Mitch McConnell. [read post]
19 May 2019, 6:18 am
“Mitch McConnell on Judges and the ‘Graveyard’: The Senate leader loves 2017’s tax reform, but it’s reversible; Confirming federal judges isn’t. [read post]
