Tag: Law

Sen. Orrin Hatch: I will lift heaven and Earth to get Judge Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court

Orrin Hatch · July 10, 2018 1:19 am

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Judge Brett Kavanaugh his Supreme Court nominee, in the East Room of the White House, Monday, July 9, 2018, in Washington.

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Why Trump picked Judge Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court nominee

Gabriel Malor · July 10, 2018 1:06 am

"See something, say something. That's what the government asks of its citizens. But the government must also follow through when vigilant Americans speak up," Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said in a letter to the FBI and Google. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Chuck Grassley divulges ‘inappropriate’ questions to ask Trump’s Supreme Court nominee during confirmation process

William Nardi · July 9, 2018 11:55 pm

Former Education Secretary John King Jr. speaks on a panel to college-bound students.

Obama education secretary: Trump administration’s rollback of race guidelines in college admissions is ‘dangerous’

Brooke Conrad · July 9, 2018 9:53 pm

The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court at the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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A ‘balanced’ Supreme Court isn’t the point

Erin Hawley, Heather Higgins · July 9, 2018 9:34 pm

Sens. Joe Donnelly, Heidi Heitkamp, and Joe Manchin.

Key red-state Senate Democrats turn down invites to Trump’s Supreme Court reveal

Al Weaver · July 9, 2018 9:05 pm

Amy Coney Barrett sits during a hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Orrin Hatch: It would be ‘wonderful’ if Trump nominates Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court

Melissa Quinn · July 9, 2018 8:23 pm

A Justice Department filing hours before a hearing Friday in San Diego says the administration needs more time to reunite all children with their parents by July 26 - and July 10 for children under 5.

Judge gives Trump administration more time to reunite separated families

Anna Giaritelli · July 9, 2018 8:22 pm

FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2017, file photo, four of President Donald Trumpâs nominees to be district court judges are sworn in to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee, from left, Claria Horn Boom, John Broomes, Rebecca Grady Jennings, and Robert Earl Wier, are sworn in to testify during a Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. If confirmed, the nominees are invited to attend a new judge training affectionately called Baby Judges School.

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Other than the Supreme Court, Senate Democrats have brought Trump nominations to a crawl

Philip Wegmann · July 9, 2018 7:16 pm

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., arrives for a vote in Washington.

Senate Dem: No more ‘ordinary deference’ for Trump’s Supreme Court pick

Pete Kasperowicz · July 9, 2018 6:50 pm

Senator Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., questions Senator Richard Durbin, D-Ill., about a proposed amendment to the immigration bill in Washington, D.C, Monday, March 27, 2006.

Former Sen. Jon Kyl to sherpa Trump’s Supreme Court pick through the Senate

Melissa Quinn · July 9, 2018 6:07 pm

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, right, speaks as Attorney General Bob Ferguson looks on at a news conference announcing a lawsuit against the Trump administration over a policy of separating immigrant families illegally entering the United States, in front of the Federal Detention Center Thursday, June 21, 2018, in SeaTac, Wash. Ferguson made the announcement outside the federal prison south of Seattle, where about 200 immigration detainees have been transferred â including dozens of women separated from their children under the administration's "zero tolerance" policy.

Gov. Jay Inslee: Children separated at border are ‘pawns’ sacrificed to make Trump look ‘tough’

Melissa Quinn · July 9, 2018 5:35 pm