In addition to foreign policy, Biden was an outspoken proponent of tougher crime laws. In 1987, Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork’s failure to receive confirmation was largely attributed to harsh questioning by Biden, who was then chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. In 1994, Biden sponso...
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Supreme Court nominee. Advice of Norman Ornstein, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise, for Biden on behaving in Judiciary Committee hearings for the nominees; Information on his handling of the nomination of then nominee Clarence Thomas in 1991; Significance of the hearings to the plan ...
How the race to be the Democratic Party nominee would unfold Can Joe Biden be replaced as the Democrats' presumptive candidate for November's US presidential election? Murmurs around his ability to defeat RepublicanDonald Trump, 77, in a rematch have only grow...
Biden's performance in a June 27, 2024 televised debate at CNN headquarters in Atlanta, in which the public was excluded, was an unmitigated disaster for the Democrat nominee and hopes for the party. CNN host Jake Tapper, one the moderators of the Trump-Biden debate, days later warned the...
Biden also came under fire as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee for his handling of the 1991 confirmation hearings forU.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas. Thomas had been accused by law professorAnita Hillof inappropriate sexual behavior, and Biden endured strong criticism for his ...
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Trump calls Biden 'worst president' in US history In a second post on X, he endorsed Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee: My fellow Democrats, I have decided not to accept the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as President for the remainder of my term. ...
and Congress, as well as the president’s campaign headquarters, much more than Trump’s travel schedule may be derailed. Face-to-face negotiations over another round of economic stimulus may be complicated, and the confirmation process for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett co...
Nearly 24 years have passed since the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas in which Hill, a respected law professor, was grilled under oath about alleged inappropriate sexual behavior by Thomas, her former boss. The graphic testimony gripped Washington and the country and ...