Supreme Court - Page 686

February 7, 2017

Juan Williams: Why the battle over Trump's Supreme Court pick could ruin the Senate

Here’s the dangerous state of play on the political chessboard as the battle over President Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court intensifies.

February 6, 2017

Trump refugee order could be headed to Supreme Court

The intense national debate over President Trump’s refugee executive order could be headed for the Supreme Court, as the dispute quickly works its way up the judicial food chain – while adding another dimension to the confirmation fight over the president’s pick to fill the high court’s vacancy.

February 6, 2017

Graham 'will do whatever is necessary' to get Gorsuch confirmed to Supreme Court

Democrats who refuse to vote for Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch risk looking like “you lost your mind,” Sen. Lindsey Graham told Fox News in an interview to be broadcast on Sunday afternoon.

February 3, 2017

Senator Orrin Hatch: Supreme Court nominee Gorsuch deserves a smooth and speedy confirmation

I have long held that no nominee’s résumé alone—no matter how sterling—should be considered sufficient to merit confirmation to the Supreme Court. Rather, we must also consider a nominee’s judicial philosophy.

February 3, 2017

From one court to another: Chief Justice Roberts watched Gorsuch pick with Kentucky coach

When Neil Gorsuch was introduced as President Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court at the White House before a big prime-time television audience on Tuesday night, there was one man in Kentucky who knew all about the political pressure cooker the Colorado judge was about to enter.

February 2, 2017

Analysis: Scalia tribute may have boosted Gorsuch in search for court pick

Judge Neil Gorsuch, in a low-key speech last spring, paid tribute to the man he eventually would be tabbed to replace – going well beyond platitudes to an inspired, articulate defense of his own judicial mantra.

February 2, 2017

Grassley hopes high court pick will be confirmed by mid-April

Senate Judiciary Committee chair Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said Wednesday that he hoped to have Judge Neil Gorsuch sworn in on the Supreme Court by the middle of April after President Trump said he’d urge Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., to “go nuclear” if his Supreme Court nominee is held up.

February 2, 2017

The Gorsuch pick: High praise, even on the left, but also politics and payback

There is a surprisingly strong consensus that Neil Gorsuch is a smart, thoughtful and gifted Supreme Court nominee, but that’s not what the debate is going to be about.

February 1, 2017

Pelosi rips Trump's SCOTUS pick, as Republicans weigh 'nuclear option'

House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi launched into a blistering attack on President Trump’s Supreme Court pick Tuesday, accusing Judge Neil Gorsuch of being hostile to everything from clean air to children with autism – a hint of likely Democratic resistance, as some Republicans eye a potential “nuclear option.”

February 1, 2017

Celebrities, pundits react to Trump's Supreme Court nominee

President Donald Trump's announcement of Neil Gorsuch as his nominee to fill the ninth seat on the Supreme Court was met with a firestorm of reactions on social media from detractors and supporters alike.