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All Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee promised Tuesday to block any candidate nominated by President Barack Obama to fill the Supreme Court seat… Read More
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Feb. 19 marked the final date that drone owners can register with the federal government to avoid being branded a felon by the Federal Aviation… Read More
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Months before the 1992 presidential election, Joe Biden urged fellow U.S. senators to shut down the nomination process and block President George H.W. Bush’s judicial… Read More
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Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval, a Republican, has risen as a rumored Supreme Court successor to the late Justice Antonin Scalia, but conservative lawyers say the… Read More
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The fight over the makeup of the U.S. Supreme Court is spilling over into a second week, with most Senate Republicans uniting around the idea… Read More
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If President Barack Obama or a future Democratic successor were to replace late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia with a liberal, a host of prior… Read More
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Kim Holmes wrote earlier this week on the Supreme Court. The stakes are high—very high. Finding a replacement for deceased Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin… Read More
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A Supreme Court justice nominee appointed by President Barack Obama could do much to shift the ideological weight of a bench split now evenly among… Read More
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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s death will likely help the Obama administration implement its landmark climate change plan regulating coal emissions. The shift in momentum… Read More
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Standing outside the U.S. Supreme Court with the American flag flying at half-staff, Sen. Ben Sasse challenges President Obama to nominate a justice who will… Read More
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What a shock. Now that he’s at the White House—and facing GOP opposition to appointing a new Supreme Court justice in the mere months before… Read More
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California teacher Rebecca Friedrichs had her day before the Supreme Court to challenge public-sector unions once. Now, following the unexpected passing of Justice Antonin Scalia,… Read More
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If Senate Democrats get their way, Republicans won’t follow their example. That is, Senate Republicans in 2016 won’t act as Democrats did when they blocked court… Read More
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President Barack Obama said he isn’t looking to nominate a moderate to the Supreme Court. At a press conference Tuesday following the U.S.-ASEAN summit in California, reporter Jeff… Read More
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With three of the surviving Supreme Court justices in or near their 80s, successors named by the next president could shift the ideological makeup of… Read More
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A state lawmaker is moving to close a bizarre regulatory loophole that prohibits residents from holding potlucks in their own home or church. Arizona state Rep. Kelly… Read More
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Look beyond the contentious political rhetoric over confirming his replacement, and it’s clear that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s death during a presidential election cycle… Read More
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His eight colleagues on the Supreme Court reveal their affection and admiration for Antonin Scalia in the statements they released within 48 hours of the… Read More
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The stakes are high—very high. Finding a replacement for deceased Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia will be a battle royale. But why should one… Read More
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Americans were divided over Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia at the same time many didn’t know who he was, according to a historical review by the Gallup polling… Read More
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The unfortunate passing of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has opened a vacancy on our nation’s highest court. Whoever fills that vacancy, the American people… Read More
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Lawmakers from both parties exchanged salvos Sunday over who should fill the Supreme Court seat vacated Saturday by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. After… Read More
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The fight over who should fill Antonin Scalia’s seat on the Supreme Court broke out quickly after the justice’s death Saturday. Both parties wasted little… Read More
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Justice Antonin Scalia, who died Saturday during his 29th year on the Supreme Court, was known for a sharp wit as well as a brilliant legal mind,… Read More
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Antonin Gregory Scalia has died. For some, it is the painful loss of a husband or father. For those who knew him, it is the… Read More
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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died from natural causes while visiting friends in West Texas on Saturday morning. He was 79. News of the conservative… Read More
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In yet another egregious case of civil asset forfeiture abuse, Michigander John Gutowski was forced to spend years fighting the government to reclaim over $250,000… Read More
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Running his business, Gregory Bone says he did “everything we could” to avoid a conflict. His industry—payday lending—is overseen by state and federal officials. But… Read More
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The Justice Department’s inspector general, Michael Horowitz, has released a second report on Operation Fast and Furious that questions whether other law enforcement agencies within… Read More
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A bipartisan agreement reached in December to advance five of President Barack Obama’s judicial nominees was fulfilled Thursday when the Senate voted unanimously, 93-0, to… Read More
