Day 2 of hearings finds nominee Kavanaugh in the hot seat
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh touted the importance of an independent judiciary as his confirmation hearings began with strident Democratic criticism that he would be President Donald Trump’s man on the high court.
Kavanaugh’s support for surveilling Americans raises concern
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has frequently supported giving the U.S. government wide latitude in the name of national security, including the secret collection of personal data from Americans.
Kavanaugh calls Roe v. Wade settled, but Dem critics unmoved
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Tuesday said he views Roe v. Wade as settled law, according to Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, but the answer did little to mollify Democrats who say he would restrict abortion access from the bench.
Appeals question life sentences for Mississippi juveniles
A Mississippi man resentenced to life in prison without parole for a murder committed while he was 17 appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, raising more questions about whether the state’s judges are obeying a ruling that lifetime sentences should be “rare” for crimes committed by juveniles.
Memo shows Kavanaugh resisted indicting a sitting president
Newly released documents from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s time on the Kenneth Starr team investigating Bill Clinton reveal his resistance to issuing an indictment of a sitting president.
Could hard-right Supreme Court haunt GOP? History says maybe
It’s of little worry for Republicans or solace for Democrats bracing for battle over Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to fill the Supreme Court vacancy. Yet history suggests that if President Donald Trump cements an assertively conservative court for a generation, the GOP may ultimately pay a political price.
No mystery to Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh’s gun views
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh says he recognizes that gun, drug and gang violence “has plagued all of us.” Still, he believes the Constitution limits how far government can go to restrict gun use to prevent crime.
Dems see Kavanaugh as Obamacare threat, but law likely safe
The heated debate over how Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh would vote on the Affordable Care Act might not matter.
Supreme Court could return abortion debate to the states
Anticipating renewed fights over abortion, some governors and state lawmakers already are searching for ways to enhance or dismantle the right in their constitutions and laws.
Emotions high as Kavanaugh begins fight for confirmation
Conservative Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh plunged into his confirmation battle Tuesday, meeting face-to-face with Senate leaders in what promises to be an intense debate over abortion rights, presidential power and other legal disputes that could reshape the court and roil this fall’s elections.
Trump picks Kavanaugh, a GOP favorite, for Supreme Court
President Donald Trump chose Brett Kavanaugh, a solidly conservative, politically connected judge, for the Supreme Court, setting up a ferocious confirmation battle with Democrats as he seeks to shift the nation’s highest court ever further to the right.
Networks covering Supreme Court pick move to battle stations
Television networks moved swiftly Monday from deciphering a mystery to setting up battle stations in their coverage of President Donald Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.
As Trump weighs options, Pence meets with court contenders
Vice President Mike Pence has met with some of the contenders for the Supreme Court vacancy created by Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement, The Associated Press has learned.
Trump interviews with possible Supreme Court nominees begin
President Donald Trump has interviewed four prospective Supreme Court justices and had plans to meet with a few more as his White House aggressively mobilizes to select a replacement for retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy.
Collins would oppose court pick with Roe v Wade ‘hostility’
Republican Sen. Susan Collins, a key vote on President Donald Trump’s pick for the Supreme Court, said Sunday she would oppose any nominee she believed would overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion.
Supreme Court rejects 2 Mississippi death row appeals
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected appeals from two Mississippi death row inmates.
Evangelical leaders downplay potential Roe v. Wade reversal
For evangelical Christian leaders like Jerry Falwell Jr., this is their political holy grail.
Kennedy retirement guaranteed to ratchet up midterm rhetoric
Nothing could have shifted the political landscape more than this.
Top court: Unions can’t force government workers to pay fees
The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that government workers can’t be forced to contribute to labor unions that represent them in collective bargaining, dealing a serious financial blow to Democratic-leaning organized labor.
Travel ban ruling stirs dismay among immigrants, advocates
Maryam Bahramipanah is torn between staying with her husband, who came to Michigan from their native Iran, and returning home to see her mother, who suffered a stroke.