Tag: Supreme Court

California Sen. Dianne Feinstein is taking over as the Democratic Party's top ranking member on the Judiciary Committee as it prepares for a Supreme Court battle over the vacancy created by Justice Antonin Scalia's death. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Feinstein becomes top-ranking Democrat on Judiciary Committee

Ryan Lovelace · November 16, 2016 10:52 pm

A Trump administration will likely be the most welcoming to LGBT people in United States history. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s election is no blow to gay rights

Casey Given · November 16, 2016 8:22 pm

Trump, meeting with Federalist Society, indicates he won’t veer from Supreme Court shortlists

Ryan Lovelace · November 16, 2016 7:35 pm

Sotomayor Declines to Sound the Alarm about Trump

Chris Deaton · November 16, 2016 12:29 pm

Perhaps gradually expanding the number of justices on the Supreme Court would help ensure we don't end up in another election year where the Supreme Court is a political football. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

Congress should consider adding more Supreme Court justices

Jason Russell · November 16, 2016 6:09 am

President-elect Trump's decisive victory sets up a possible nuclear showdown in the Senate next year over his Supreme Court nominee. However, Senate Republicans may not have the firepower among their own members to drop that bomb. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Senate GOP may lack firepower for nuke option

Susan Crabtree · November 16, 2016 5:01 am

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor urged Americans frustrated by the election's outcome not to grow despondent, but to speak out. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Sotomayor on election: ‘We can’t afford to despair and we can’t afford to give up’

Ryan Lovelace · November 16, 2016 1:36 am

Graham wants Tillerson to support sanctions against Russian President Vladimir Putin. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Graham backs Trump on judges, will wait on immigration

Al Weaver · November 16, 2016 12:32 am

Voters want President-elect Trump's top agenda items to be scrapping Obamacare and filling the Supreme Court vacancy, according to a new poll. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Here’s what voters want Trump to tackle first

Ryan Lovelace · November 15, 2016 8:15 pm

Actress Barbra Streisand is seen in the crowd as she listens to President Barack Obama deliver remarks at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York, Wednesday, Sept., 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Babs to Obama: Scrap the Constitution and ‘appoint’ Garland to Supreme Court

Paul Bedard · November 15, 2016 3:07 pm

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks at the Jewish Federations of North America conference in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Ginsburg concedes: Trump will fill Supreme Court’s vacancy

Ryan Lovelace · November 15, 2016 2:22 pm

While the conservative legal community has been generally skeptical of Donald Trump throughout his presidential campaign, they are optimistic that he will adhere to his public SCOTUS shortlists. (AP Photo)

Legal conservatives cautiously optimistic on Trump SCOTUS pick

Ryan Lovelace · November 14, 2016 8:31 pm