Nation Sep 05 WATCH LIVE: Day 3 of Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court confirmation hearings Pressured by Democrats with Donald Trump on their minds, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh rejected repeated efforts at Wednesday's Senate confirmation hearing to reveal his views about a president pardoning himself or being forced to testify in a criminal case.
Politics Sep 05 WATCH: The first quality of a good judge is independence, Kavanaugh says Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh said in his first day of questioning from senators that being a good judge also requires paying attention to the words of the Constitution and the words of laws, "not doing what I want to…
Politics Aug 06 Former Clarence Thomas clerks are a big presence in Trump administration Twenty-two Thomas clerks, roughly 20 percent of the people who have snagged coveted jobs in his Supreme Court office since 1991, either hold political appointments in the Trump administration or have been nominated to judgeships by Trump.
Nation Mar 28 In Supreme Court deportation case, justices weigh immigrants’ legal rights WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court tried to figure out Tuesday whether immigrants should get a second chance in court when bad legal advice leads to a guilty plea and certain deportation. The justices seemed divided during an argument about what…
Nation Jan 31 Watch Live: President Trump announces his Supreme Court nominee Two finalists for the high court slot — Neil Gorsuch and Thomas Hardiman — were both summoned to Washington ahead of Tuesday's announcement, adding a dash of drama to the announcement from the reality television star turned president. Their travel…
Politics May 10 Garland submits questionnaire as Judiciary Committee stonewalls The questionnaire is a standard early step in the vetting of any judicial nominee. The lengthy survey typically is drafted by the committee, completed by the nominee, and then reviewed and made public by the committee in advance of committee…
Politics Apr 30 How the Supreme Court is functioning following Scalia’s death Two months, 31 arguments and 18 decisions since the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, is the Supreme Court hopelessly deadlocked or coping as a party of eight?…
Politics Feb 22 Chief justice remembers Scalia’s ‘irrepressible spirit’ WASHINGTON -- Antonin Scalia's colleagues honored the late Supreme Court justice Monday in a manner he would surely have approved, in sharp exchanges and aggressive questions during the court's first session since Scalia's death.
Nation Feb 19 Thousands pay respects to late Justice Scalia WASHINGTON -- Bidding farewell to their longtime colleague, the eight remaining Supreme Court justices joined family members, former law clerks and members of the public Friday in paying their respects to Antonin Scalia in a tradition-laden, solemn day at the…
Politics Nov 13 Justices agree to hear first abortion case since 2007 WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court is taking on its first abortion case in eight years, a dispute over state regulation of abortion clinics.