Mar 22 Ketanji Brown Jackson faces pointed questions on Day 2 of Senate hearing By Mark Sherman, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Jackson forcefully defended her record as a federal judge Tuesday, pushing back on Republican assertions that she would be soft on crime and declaring she would rule as an “independent jurist” if confirmed as the first Black woman on the… Continue reading
Mar 21 Read the full text of Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson’s opening remarks By Associated Press Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson pledged on Monday to decide cases “without fear or favor” if the Senate confirms her historic nomination as the first Black woman on the high court. Continue reading
Mar 21 WATCH: Senate Democrats speak after first day of Jackson Supreme Court nomination hearings By News Desk and Associated Press History was made Monday the instant Jackson appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee, the first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court. Continue reading
Oct 21 WATCH: GOP-led Senate panel advances Barrett By Associated Press The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to advance Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court nomination to the full Senate as Republicans powered past Democrats' boycott of the session. Continue reading
Oct 15 WATCH: Amy Coney Barrett deflects Sen. Harris’s questions on climate change By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett refused to say whether she accepts the science of climate change, saying she lacks the expertise to know for sure and calling it a topic too controversial to get into. Continue reading
Oct 15 Senate Judiciary sets Oct. 22 vote on Barrett’s nomination By Mark Sherman, Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday set an Oct. 22 vote on Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court nomination as Republicans race to confirm President Donald Trump's pick before the Nov. 3 election. Continue reading
Oct 14 WATCH: Judge Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court confirmation hearings – Day 4 By Mark Sherman, Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Barrett's confirmation to the Supreme Court to take the seat of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg seems inevitable, as even some Senate Democrats acknowledged in Senate hearings on Tuesday and Wednesday. Continue reading
Oct 14 WATCH: Sen. Kamala Harris questions Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on voter suppression By Associated Press The Supreme Court nominee has refused in two days of testimony in her confirmation hearing to opine on many topics, including whether a president can unilaterally delay the election. Continue reading
Oct 14 WATCH: Sen. Cory Booker questions Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett By Associated Press Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett would not say that the Trump administration’s practice of separating children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border was wrong. Continue reading
Oct 14 WATCH: Sen. Mazie Hirono questions Amy Coney Barrett about potential election case By Associated Press Amy Coney Barrett has been asked if there’s a potential conflict in having three Supreme Court justices who were part of the 2000 Bush v. Gore challenge being called on to decide a disputed 2020 presidential election. Continue reading