Tag: Supreme Court

Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn insisted the GOP's decision to enact the "nuclear option" to kill the filibuster of Supreme Court nominees was a return to the status quo. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

John Cornyn amid ‘nuclear option’ fallout: ‘We have restored the status quo’

Ryan Lovelace · April 6, 2017 5:28 pm

Senate Republicans have gone "nuclear" to overcome a Democratic filibuster against Judge Neil Gorsuch's nomination to the Supreme Court. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

No, the Senate won’t be a smaller version of the House without the filibuster — here are 4 reasons why

Jason Russell · April 6, 2017 5:16 pm

The Democratic Party has committed itself to total obstructionism under the Trump administration. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Senate GOP, McConnell made the right decision with ‘nuclear option’

Emily Jashinsky · April 6, 2017 4:54 pm

Revenge for Merrick Garland is the most intellectually respectable argument Democrats have for opposing Gorsuch. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Beltway Confidential

The Garland nomination, and why elections matter

David Freddoso · April 6, 2017 4:33 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell led the GOP majority to change Senate rules and lower the vote threshold for Supreme Court nominees from 60 votes to a simple majority in order to advance Neil Gorsuch to a confirmation vote. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans invoke ‘nuclear option’ to move Neil Gorsuch nomination

Susan Ferrechio · April 6, 2017 4:02 pm

Senate Democrats voted Thursday to block a vote on the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats block Neil Gorsuch, set up GOP’s ‘nuclear option’

Susan Ferrechio · April 6, 2017 3:19 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell delivered a final warning to Democrats who planned to block Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch in an 11 a.m. vote, and said if that happens, they'd be responsible for triggering a rule change in the Senate known as the "nuclear option." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McConnell issues final warning to Democrats on ‘nuclear option’

Susan Ferrechio · April 6, 2017 2:48 pm

Beltway Confidential

Trump Country senators opposing Gorsuch voted in lockstep with Obama on judicial nominations

Emily Jashinsky · April 6, 2017 12:32 pm

Supreme Court Justice nominee Neil Gorsuch's resume is second to none. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Neil Gorsuch will be an excellent Supreme Court justice

Mike Rounds · April 6, 2017 10:00 am

A Democratic senator held the Senate floor through the night and was still going Wednesday in an attention-grabbing talk-a-thon highlighting his party's opposition to President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Legislative filibuster likely to survive death of its judicial cousin

David M. Drucker · April 6, 2017 4:01 am

The opening shots in the judicial wars can be traced to shortly after Antonin Scalia's confirmation in 1986. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

How the Senate got to the brink of using the nuclear option on Supreme Court nominees

Ryan Lovelace · April 6, 2017 4:01 am

Once Upon a Time, Merkley Supported Nuclear Option Even if Republicans Were in Charge

Chris Deaton · April 5, 2017 7:45 pm