Trump urges Senate to change rules, push through court pick
President Donald Trump urged Majority leader Mitch McConnell to change the rules of the Senate if necessary to swiftly push through his Supreme Court nominee.
Trump to reveal Supreme Court pick next Thursday
The court has had only eight justices since the death last year of Justice Antonin Scalia.
Chief Justice Roberts denies bid to force Senate action on Garland nomination
Chief Justice John Roberts has denied a lawyer's bid to get the Supreme Court to force the Senate to consider the high court nomination of Judge Merrick Garland.
Trump’s presidential pen could remake Supreme Court’s agenda
Even before Donald Trump chooses a Supreme Court nominee, the new president can take steps to make several contentious court cases go away.
In several cases, a Supreme Court justice switched sides to provide a needed fifth vote to preserve the status quo.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Wednesday that she thinks “cooler heads will prevail” in the Senate, where Republican leaders are refusing to consider Obama’s high court nominee.
Justice Antonin Scalia's sudden death transformed the Supreme Court's term, shifted power to its liberal wing and started a transition that will be greatly affected by who wins the presidency.
In our news wrap Wednesday, presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump worked on his conservative credentials by issuing a list of 11 prospective Supreme Court nominees — three women and eight men, all white. Also, National Intelligence Director James Clapper revealed…
Monday saw the evenly divided Supreme Court punt on two major cases, including a religious challenge to the Affordable Care Act’s contraception mandate. The no-decisions prompted President Obama to speculate the GOP’s refusal to consider Merrick Garland’s nomination might be…
