Tag: Supreme Court

Former House Speaker John Boehner said he tried unsuccessfully to get Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia to be Sen. Bob Dole's running mate 20 years ago. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Boehner tried to draft Scalia as a VP nominee

Pete Kasperowicz · February 16, 2016 1:13 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., second from left, stands with fellow Republican senators. Senate Republicans say they will not confirm President Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court to replace Antonin Scalia until the next president is elected. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Stand firm against Obama’s court packing, GOP

Washington Examiner · February 16, 2016 5:01 am

Once President Obama nominates a justice, he'll run up against Senate Republicans, who have vowed they won't consider any pick by a lame-duck Democratic president in the hopes that one of their own can fill Scalia's spot next year. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama directs staff to work on Scalia replacement

Susan Crabtree, Paige Winfield · February 15, 2016 10:59 pm

David Axelrod: Scalia requested Kagan be nominated to the Supreme Court

David Axelrod: Scalia requested Kagan be nominated to the Supreme Court

Madeleine Morgenstern · February 15, 2016 7:29 pm

An American flag flies at half-staff in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, as the sun rises Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016, in honor of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Beltway Confidential

There’s precedent for rejecting Obama Supreme Court nominee

Michael Barone · February 15, 2016 6:31 pm

Cruz ‘Absolutely’ Will Filibuster Obama Nominee

Chris Deaton · February 15, 2016 5:08 pm

Ted Cruz argued that Donald Trump would be as likely as Democratic presidential contenders Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders to nominate a liberal to the Supreme Court to replace the late Antonin Scalia. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Cruz’s new Trump attack: He’d ruin the Supreme Court

Paige Winfield Cunningham · February 15, 2016 4:22 pm

The White House is insistent that President Obama will make an appointment, despite Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's pledge to thwart it, whoever it is. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

WH: Obama won’t make Supreme Ct. pick during current recess

Curt Mills · February 15, 2016 2:55 pm

Cruz vows to filibuster Obama SCOTUS picks

Paige Winfield Cunningham · February 15, 2016 10:41 am

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died of an apparent heart attack Saturday morning. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

National Security

Scalia’s death, GOP brawl, tough talk on Russia top weekend news

Dan Friedman · February 15, 2016 6:49 am

Schumer in 2007: Don’t confirm any Bush Supreme Court nominee

Schumer in 2007: Don’t confirm any Bush Supreme Court nominee

Curt Mills · February 14, 2016 11:29 pm

The Supreme Court has inserted itself into every manner of controversy over the past 30 years, from abortion to guns to marriage and now immigration. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

No hearings. No votes

Hugh Hewitt · February 14, 2016 10:00 pm