The U.S. Senate on April 7 voted to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, capping off weeks of tough scrutiny and heated debates over the nominee’s qualifications. The 53–47 vote, presided over by Vice President Kamala Harris, included the support of all 50 Democrats in addition to three Republicans—Sens. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), […]
The Senate on March 30 narrowly voted to advance President Joe Biden’s nomination for Federal Trade Commissioner, Alvaro Bedoya, bringing him one step closer to being confirmed. Biden nominated Bedoya, a Georgetown University law professor, in September to join the board of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which deals primarily with antitrust and consumer protection law. If confirmed, […]
California Senator Dianne Feinstein and a group of Democrats are formally calling for a delay in the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. They say it should wait until the presidential inauguration is over. Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, wrote to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, objecting to the […]
WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump hit an important milestone Dec. 11 as the U.S. Senate confirmed his 50th judicial nominee for the nation’s federal courts of appeal, an event that will resonate for years to come as the judicial branch and American jurisprudence become more ideologically conservative. “FIFTY CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES!” Carrie Severino, chief counsel and policy […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate confirmed Neil Gorsuch to become the newest associate justice on the Supreme Court Friday, elevating Donald Trump’s nominee following a partisan confrontation that could have lasting impacts for the Senate and the court. Vice President Mike Pence was presiding as the Senate voted 54-45 in favor of Gorsuch, a 49-year-old […]
WASHINGTON (AP)—Republicans invoked the “nuclear option” in the Senate Thursday, unilaterally rewriting the chamber’s rules to allow President Donald Trump’s nominee to ascend to the Supreme Court. Furious Democrats objected until the end, but their efforts to block Judge Neil Gorsuch failed as expected. Lawmakers of both parties bemoaned the long-term implications for the Senate, […]
Donald Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee arrives at the Senate Judiciary Committee Monday (March 20) where he will face tough scrutiny at a Senate confirmation hearing, with Democrats seeking to make the case that Neil Gorsuch is a pro-business, social conservative insufficiently independent of the Republican president. Gorsuch, a cool-headed and amiable conservative federal appeals […]
