Ukraine aid vote pushed to next week amid Senate snarl - Roll Call Senators headed home for the weekend without clearing a $40.1 billion emergency spending package for Ukraine. Roll Call · May 12, 2022
Court set to rule on planned end to border expulsion policy - Roll Call A federal judge appears poised to step in as early as Friday to block the Biden administration from ending COVID-related asylum restrictions. Roll Call · May 12, 2022
Senate passes bill to give police protection to families of Supreme Court justices The bill follows a leak last week of a draft Supreme Court opinion that, if unchanged, would overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case that federally legalized abortions. WEKU · May 10, 2022
Senate passes bill to boost security for Supreme Court The Senate has passed legislation to beef up security for Supreme Court justices, ensuring they and their families are protected as the court deliberates abortion access and whether to overturn the landmark Roe v The Independent UK · May 10, 2022
Supreme Court gets defensive after abortion draft leak - Roll Call The leaked draft of a Supreme Court abortion decision marked a changing point for the historically cloistered institution. Roll Call · May 9, 2022
Inflation and worker shortage fuel push on immigration bills WASHINGTON — Rep. Dan Newhouse had a message for the grassroots organizers who gathered outside the Capitol to discuss what chances remain for bipartisan immigration legislation, such as his bill to address the labor shortages harming farmers in both red and blue states. Tribune News Service · May 9, 2022
Inflation and worker shortage fuel push on immigration bills - Roll Call Lawmakers are pointing to high inflation and critical labor shortages in a push for the Senate to take action soon on immigration bills. Roll Call · May 9, 2022
Texas Republicans Crow about ‘Roe’ Reversal, Lament Supreme Court Leak State GOP leaders have spun the leak as the rightful return of abortion regulation to the realm of red-state rights—and a crusade against the conservative Court. Texas Observer · May 5, 2022
Draft signals Supreme Court shift on civil rights, experts say WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s leaked draft opinion jolted some legal experts for how it would not only upend abortion rights, but move onto shakier ground other constitutional rights such as same-sex marriage, contraception and more. Tribune News Service · May 4, 2022
Draft signals Supreme Court shift on civil rights, experts say - Roll Call The Supreme Court’s leaked draft opinion jolted some legal experts for how it would upend more than just abortion rights. Roll Call · May 4, 2022
Senators relaunch bipartisan immigration discussions - Roll Call A bipartisan group of senators has resumed efforts to revise the U.S. immigration system. Roll Call · Apr 28, 2022
Kids used for covert ban on gay marriage Republicans signaled a way to gut Obergefell during KBJ's hearing — now red state legislators are heeding the call Salon · Apr 6, 2022
GOP Senator Cornyn dodges on whether Trump’s praise of Putin ‘unwise’ Trump’s praise has been talking point for Democrats eager to highlight former president’s warm relationship with Putin The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2022
Jackie Calmes: Republicans hope the justices will keep rolling back rights after striking down Roe v. Wade At a party of liberal activists to mark the end of the Senate confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, and her likely confirmation as the first Black female justice, the mood in the downtown Washington club this week was upbeat even before funk star Chaka Khan took… Los Angeles Times · Apr 1, 2022
Tribune News Service · Mar 31, 2022 Panel vote likely split on Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court The Senate Judiciary Committee appears on track for a tied, party-line vote Monday on whether to send to the Senate floor Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination for the Supreme Court, though that would not derail Democrats’ plan for a final confirmation vote later next week.
Roll Call · Mar 31, 2022 Biden faces political pressure over border expulsion order - Roll Call Most Democrats have pushed the administration to rescind the public health directive, but the CDC has yet to announce its call.
Roll Call · Mar 31, 2022 Panel vote likely split on Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court - Roll Call The Senate Judiciary Committee will likely split on party lines on the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson for the Supreme Court.
Salon · Mar 29, 2022 GOP won't stop at "don't say gay" bill Having conquered the Supreme Court, the GOP take aim at same-sex marriage, anti-discrimination laws, and even Pride
Tribune News Service · Mar 29, 2022 Ginni Thomas faces possible House interview over Jan. 6 texts WASHINGTON — The House panel investigating last year’s insurrection at the U.S. Capitol is likely to seek an interview with Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, concerning her text messages with a top White House official about overturning the 2020 election, officials familiar with the matter…
Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 25, 2022 6 takeaways from Ketanji Brown Jackson’s final Supreme Court confirmation hearing The Jackson hearing threw a spotlight on the national partisan divide and underscored how Republicans are trying to paint Democrats as soft on crime in the 2022 elections.
Salon · Mar 24, 2022 Republicans ready to roll back SCOTUS During Ketanji Brown Jackson's hearing, the GOP winked at plans to overturn Supreme Court precedents on marriage
The Conversation · Mar 24, 2022 Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court hearing is a flashback to how race and crime featured during Thurgood Marshall's 1967 hearings U.S. Sen. James Eastland posed a question to U.S. Supreme Court nominee Thurgood Marshall during his August 1967 confirmation hearings.
Tribune News Service · Mar 24, 2022 Editorial: Make her Justice Jackson: The Senate should approve Ketanji Brown Jackson on a bipartisan basis Give Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee credit for playing a clever double game. First, Ted Cruz, Lindsey Graham, John Cornyn, Josh Hawley, Marsha Blackburn and others looked Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson in the eyes and said that, unlike the way nasty Democrats (including former Sen. Joe Biden) savagely vilified…
Tribune News Service · Mar 23, 2022 Supreme Court hearing gets heated, as the end is in sight WASHINGTON — Ketanji Brown Jackson navigated cleanly through a second day of questioning at her confirmation hearing, despite several Republicans who ratcheted up their confrontations with the Supreme Court nominee.
Tribune News Service · Mar 23, 2022 John Cornyn digs in on claim that Judge Jackson called Bush and Rumsfeld ‘war criminals’ WASHINGTON — Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) defended his assertion that Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson called then-President George W. Bush and his Pentagon chief “war criminals,” rejecting Democrats’ contention Wednesday that he distorted her petitions on behalf of militants detained at Guantánamo Bay.