Supreme Court nominees Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas. (Bork was ultimately rejected by the Senate while Thomas was narrowly approved.) Biden also worked to preserve Delaware’s favorable corporate climate, legislated against domestic violence and crafted an anti-crime bill that provided for 100,...
Earlier this week, sources confirmed to CBS News that the president had interviewed three possible nominees to replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer: Jackson, Michelle Childs and Leondra Kruger. Jackson is a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. ...
"The more partisan the voting becomes, the less belief that the public is likely to have that Congress is making a merit-based or qualifications-based assessment of judicial nominees," the liberal justice said on the Senate confirmation process. Biden's nomination of Jackson for the Supreme Cou...
Trump ended up with three Supreme Court nominees and 54 federal appeals court judges, reshaping the courts for a generation. Democrats are now finally understanding the power of judges as a voting tool, and Biden has made judicial nominations a priority, appointin...
Biden Walks Back 1992 Blockade of Supreme Court NomineesVice President Joe Biden argued Monday that his objection to aSupreme Court nominee from...Gehrke, Joel
Establishment GOP operatives backed Trump because of his pledge to name as many judges to the bench as possible. Their gamble worked. Trump ended up with three Supreme Court nominees and 54 federal appeals court judges, reshaping the courts for a generation. ...
It would also mean that if Harris were elected to the presidency in November and reelected in 2028, she would not have an opportunity to alter the court. The court and political change Enabling change is a centerpiece of democracy. But in choosing the like-minded youthful nominees intended to...
citing Republican obstruction. McConnell and Republicans followed suit in 2017 by ending filibusters for Supreme Court justices. Biden, who’d once shepherded Kennedy’s nomination through seamlessly, voted against both of George W. Bush’s nominees: Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice S...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is seriously considering proposals to establish term limits for U.S. Supreme Court justices, and an ethics code that would be enforceable under law amid growing concerns that the justices are not held accountable, a
The intended nominees would put the first Muslim American on the federal bench and the first Asian American or Pacific Islander to serve in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and the first woman of color to serve as a federal judge for the District of M...