Tag: Supreme Court

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia suffered from a number of health problems, according to a report. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Doctor: Scalia was in poor health

Anna Giaritelli · February 23, 2016 10:50 pm

"And every time that nominee comes to the Capitol I'm going to watch just to see if Sen. McConnell and Republicans run for cover for fear they are going to get photographs taken with the nominee that they rejected without even meeting," Dick Durbin promised. (AP Photo)

Senate Dems ready to rumble over Supreme Court snub

Susan Ferrechio · February 23, 2016 9:15 pm

‘No Hearing, No Votes Until the Next President’

Michael Warren · February 23, 2016 8:32 pm

The GOP has pounced on Biden's comments in 1992, when as a senator he argued against presidents making or senators considering Supreme Court nominees until "after the political campaign season is over." (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

White House to GOP: Do as Biden did, not as he said

Nicole Duran · February 23, 2016 8:16 pm

McConnell: Senate will ‘withhold’ consent of Obama’s Supreme Court nominee

McConnell: Senate will ‘withhold’ consent of Obama’s Supreme Court nominee

Susan Ferrechio · February 23, 2016 3:42 pm

President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama stop to look at a portrait of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia after paying their respects at Scalia's casket, Friday, Feb. 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Justice Scalia’s legacy of originalism

Ralph Rossum · February 23, 2016 5:02 am

Biden walks back 1992 blockade of Supreme Court nominees

Biden walks back 1992 blockade of Supreme Court nominees

Joel Gehrke · February 23, 2016 1:46 am

Not considering the nominee in the Senate, said Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., "runs contrary to two centuries of precedent." (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Reid: GOP wants to ‘hold hostage’ entire Judicial Branch

Susan Ferrechio · February 23, 2016 12:07 am

Justice Scalia's views -- passionately felt and pungently expressed though they were -- now seem like so many boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past," wrote Jeffrey Toobin. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

CNN analyst: Scalia dedicated his life to making America ‘less fair’

Becket Adams · February 22, 2016 11:00 pm

Mark Kirk backs revised package in effort to coax critical Republicans to back reform bill. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Kirk breaks with GOP, urges Scalia replacement

Kelly Cohen · February 22, 2016 9:02 pm

Obama calls senators to discuss high court pick

Obama calls senators to discuss high court pick

Susan Crabtree · February 22, 2016 8:23 pm

Biden in 1992: No hearings for GOP Supreme Court appointment

Biden in 1992: No hearings for GOP Supreme Court appointment

Joel Gehrke · February 22, 2016 7:16 pm