Tag: Supreme Court

"The president-elect deserves tremendous credit for the way he was able to connect with the electorate, but he did not do it by celebrating the Republican Party," Nikki Haley said. (AP Photo)

Haley: Trump didn’t win as a GOP champion

Ryan Lovelace · November 18, 2016 5:08 pm

Conservative group thanks Grassley for blocking Obama SCOTUS pick

Ryan Lovelace · November 18, 2016 4:16 pm

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas scolded the actions of the court on Thursday night in a speech saluting the late Justice Antonin Scalia. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Justice Thomas scolds Supreme Court while honoring Scalia

Ryan Lovelace · November 18, 2016 4:57 am

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito mourned the death of Justice Antonin Scalia but made no mention of the court's vacant seat. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Alito mourns Scalia: ‘He changed the way the court works’

Ryan Lovelace · November 17, 2016 4:49 pm

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