Nov 26 Watch 7:02 Biden pushes to fill federal judicial vacancies before Trump takes over By Laura Barrón-López, Shrai Popat In the final weeks of this Congress, Democrats are making a push to confirm a number of President Joe Biden's judicial nominees. White House Correspondent Laura Barrón-López reports. Continue watching
Dec 05 WATCH: Harris vote breaks 32nd Senate tie, making history By Chris Megerian, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Vice President Kamala Harris has set the record for the most Senate tiebreaker votes, topping a nearly 200-year-old mark by casting her 32nd to help confirm a new federal judge in Washington, D.C. Continue reading
Jun 27 Watch 5:13 Supreme Court rejects legal theory that could have thrown 2024 election into disarray By Geoff Bennett, Saher Khan The Supreme Court rejected a legal theory that state legislatures have almost unlimited power to decide the rules for federal elections and draw partisan congressional maps without interference from state courts. Trump allies raised the theory as part of an… Continue watching
Jun 03 Federal judge rules Tennessee’s anti-drag law ‘unconstitutionally vague’ By Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press A Trump-appointed federal judge says Tennessee’s first-in-the-nation law designed to place strict limits on drag shows is unconstitutional. Continue reading
Apr 08 Abortion pill decision latest contentious ruling by Trump-appointed Texas judge By Lindsay Whitehurst, Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press A Texas judge who sparked a legal firestorm with an unprecedented ruling halting approval of the nation's most common method of abortion is a former attorney for a religious liberty legal group with a long history pushing conservative causes. Continue reading
Jan 20 Biden’s first 2 years in office, by the numbers By Associated Press President Joe Biden notches two years in office on Friday. That represents 730 days since his inauguration. The story of the first half of Biden's term — at least by the numbers — is a mixed bag. Continue reading
Feb 17 Watch 6:04 ‘Civil Rights Queen’ examines the legacy of Constance Baker Motley By Nicole Ellis, Saher Khan, Tyriana Evans As President Biden prepares to nominate the first Black woman to the Supreme Court, we revisit another historic first. Constance Baker Motley was the first Black woman appointed to the federal judiciary and the first to argue before the Supreme… Continue watching
Oct 25 Watch 5:10 How GOP efforts to reshape federal courts could affect the 2020 race By Lisa Desjardins President Trump has made plenty of headlines for his policies and personality. But in the background, he is cementing a long-lasting legacy through his judicial nominations to federal appeals courts. Lisa Desjardins reports on how this little-noticed effort could influence… Continue watching
Oct 25 Watch 14:08 Shields and Brooks on Trump’s judicial picks, Bill Taylor’s testimony Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the latest political news, including trends around the federal judges President Trump is appointing, the Department of Justice’s criminal probe of the Russia investigation,… Continue watching
May 14 Senate confirms Trump judicial pick who disparaged Obama By Associated Press Utah Sen. Mitt Romney was the only Republican to vote against lawyer Michael Truncale because of his 2011 comments in which he called then-President Barack Obama an "un-American imposter."… Continue reading