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2 Aug 2019, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Ex-McConnell Staffers Lobbied on Russian-Backed Kentucky Project Politico – Natasha Bertrand and Theodoric Meyer | Published: 7/31/2019 Two former top staffers to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have lobbied Congress and the Treasury Department on the development of a new Kentucky aluminum mill backed by the Russian aluminum giant Rusal, according to a new lobbying disclosure. [read post]
11 Jul 2019, 8:43 am by David Super
  Although the Senate is scheduled to be in session several more days than the House, Majority Leader McConnell has jammed the calendar full of confirmations. [read post]
30 Jun 2019, 6:30 am by Sandy Levinson
Larry Lessig is clearly one of the most interesting and imaginative scholars within the legal academy, and he has written a book that fully vindicates the enthusiastic blurbs it receives (from myself, as well as others). [read post]
10 Jun 2019, 7:30 am by Sandy Levinson
 As many have noted, our own era is not an age where the proclivity to compromise is applauded, and it remains to be seen if a Democratic Congress can figure out a way to "check and balance" a President who has exhibited exemplary skills in bringing his political party to heel and making such figures as Lindsay Graham or Mitch McConnell "useful idiots" for his aggrandizing views of presidential power. [read post]
9 Jun 2019, 7:30 am by Sandy Levinson
  And even if Steve Calabresi is correct, as discussed in an earlier post, that at present Democrats control six of the twelve smallest states, it is also demonstrably true that these states are increasingly unrepresentative of the rich pluralism and multi-culturalism that typify the larger states. [read post]
24 May 2019, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
A Conservative Activist’s Behind-the-Scenes Campaign to Remake the Nation’s Courts Anchorage Daily News – Robert O’Harrow Jr. and Shawn Boburg (Washington Post) | Published: 5/21/2019 At a time when President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are reshaping federal courts by installing conservative judges and Supreme Court justices, few people outside government have more influence over judicial appointments now than Leonard Leo. [read post]
“Really the best day since he got elected,” said Kellyanne Conway, the president’s counselor, about a day on which 400 pages dropped into the public’s lap describing relentless presidential misconduct and serial engagements between his campaign and a foreign actor. [read post]
31 Mar 2019, 9:20 am by Ilya Somin
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s 2016 tactics did not even allow hearings. [read post]
31 Mar 2019, 9:20 am by Ilya Somin
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's 2016 tactics did not even allow hearings. [read post]
16 Feb 2019, 10:27 am by Bob Bauer
McConnell, quickly shifting from opposing the declaration to managing its rollout, snapped back, “Who cares? [read post]
31 Jan 2019, 1:51 pm by Lev Sugarman
Steve Stransky unpacked intelligence chiefs’ Tuesday testimony before the Select Intelligence Committee on the international security environment. [read post]
30 Jan 2019, 12:50 pm by Lev Sugarman
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell proposed an amendment to Middle East policy legislation that would explicitly recognize the continuing threat of terrorist groups remaining in Syria, contradicting President Trump’s rationale behind his planned withdrawal of U.S. forces from Syria, CNN details. [read post]
15 Jan 2019, 2:09 pm by Sara Amundson
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) also issued a statement condemning King’s words. [read post]
14 Dec 2018, 1:03 pm by Scott R. Anderson
Seven Republicans ultimately sided with them: Young, Susan Collins, Steve Daines, Jeff Flake, Mike Lee, Jerry Moran and Rand Paul. [read post]
Still, even if the FVRA is not at issue, there may be other legal concerns with the appointment, as Steve Vladeck noted on this evening’s Lawfare Podcast. [read post]
6 Oct 2018, 1:10 pm by Amy Howe
” He was followed by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who described a vote on a Supreme Court nomination as “one of the most consequential decisions a senator will ever make. [read post]