Confirmation Hearings

Mike Sacks

Two Justices Took Their Show To The Senate

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 12.05.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court Justices Stephen Breyer and Antonin Scalia took their constitutional law road show to Congress on Wednesday at the invitat...

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Senate Passes Measure To Speed Confirmation Process

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 08.29.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Senate is taking the rare step of curbing its own power. A measure approved 79-20 Wednesday and sent to the House would cross ...

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Stalling for Stalling's Sake

Andrea Lyon | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andrea Lyon

This "I'm going to take my toys and go home" attitude is injurious to our needs as a country -- we need to fill these vacancies so trial can be held, opinions written, and decisions made both on the bench and before it.

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Clarence and Ginni: Reach Out and Touch Someone?

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rick Horowitz

[Just another day inside the Thomas household...] "Morning, Ginni!" "Ah, the Great Man rises! How's my Supreme Love this morning? Slept in a bit,...

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Jumping Through Hoops

Lloyd Garver | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lloyd Garver

Are you tired of the way nominees are grilled by Senators before they get the job? Well, get used to it. Because of today's economy, an employer can subject prospective employees to just about any kind of interview.

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Hard of Hearings: The Senate Judiciary Committee's Intelligence Gap

Daniel Cluchey | Posted 05.25.2011

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Daniel Cluchey

Forget every other delusive sports comparison you may have heard: Elena Kagan's Senate confirmation hearings are an impeccable doppelganger to soccer's main event.

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Jason Linkins

Witnesses Against Kagan Include Head Of Conspiracy-Mad Law Firm

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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One witness of interest who will be testifying against Kagan is William J. Olson, Esq. of William J. Olson, P.C. -- a law firm that is heavily involved in all sorts of conservative cause celebres, from the standard-issue, to the totally bonkers.

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Con Games: GOP Playing Gay Card With Kagan

Michael Conniff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Conniff

In the case of Elena Kagan, the bloviators of the Grand Old Party are counting on a good old heterosexual haymaker to knock the Kagan nomination into next week.

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Kagan Confirmation Process: Confirming Your Worst Suspicions

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rick Horowitz

"Mr. Chairman, and my fellow members of this committee: I'll keep my statement brief today, so that we'll all have an opportunity to engage in the kind of detailed questioning of the nominee that has been this committee's trademark."

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Will Kagan Disappoint Progressives?

Adam Winkler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Adam Winkler

Some on the left are questioning whether Elena Kagan will be the type of progressive Justice they've been waiting for. The answer, I think, turns on what one means by progressive.

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Borking Barak: Why the Right's Newest Attack on Kagan Is Wrong

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 05.25.2011

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Aaron Zelinsky

This week, Republicans ramped up their newest attack on Elena Kagan: her praise in 2006 for Aharon Barak, Israel's former Chief Justice. This line of attack is as baseless as it is unsound.

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Elena Kagan: Bench the Judge-Umpire Analogy

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 05.25.2011

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Aaron Zelinsky

Chief Justice Roberts declared during his confirmation hearing that "Judges are like umpires... Umpires don't make the rules; they apply them." There are three strikes against this analogy.

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A Hearing to Define "Mainstream" Judicial Views

Thomas Goldstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Thomas Goldstein

The decades-long controversy over how broadly to read the Constitution's liberties will not be settled in today's hearing. But Goodwin Liu's fate before the Senate could render the debate practically moot.

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With Kagan, Traditional Confirmation Standards May Need to Be Ignored for the Sake of the Constitution

Tony Blankley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tony Blankley

If senators continue to honor the rules of confirmation with Kagan, then they are choosing to continue the march toward the end of constitutional, limited government and will deserve whatever demise the people have in store for them.

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Kagan Supreme Court Confirmation: Nominee Keeps Up Heavy Schedule Of Hill Visits

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan won praise from skeptical senators in both parties Thursday, building momentum toward what for no...

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Is Senator Jeff Sessions Qualified To Be on the Senate Judicary Committee?

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Judge H. Lee Sarokin

As Senators mull the qualifications for United States judges, should they not be required to display some minimal understanding of the process before undertaking this important task?

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Hell No on Bernanke!

Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.25.2011

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Cenk Uygur

Is Ben Bernanke the change we voted for? How can anyone believe that? What is the matter with Obama? Picking the same guy as Bush, and the same exact guy who was at the helm when the economy crashed.

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Shahien Nasiripour

Senator To Fed Chair Bernanke: 'You Are The Definition Of Moral Hazard'

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

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This report has been updated A few hours after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke began a spirited defense of his much-maligned tenure leading the...

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Obama Nominees Still Being Stalled By Republicans

The New York Times | Helene Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

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Almost every day, the news releases go up on the White House Web site and go out to reporters: "President Obama announces more key administration post...

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Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Activist?

Monica Youn | Posted 05.25.2011

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Monica Youn

In all the hullabaloo about so-called "judicial activism," wouldn't it be refreshing to hear some questions about "judicial passivism" as well?

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Sotomayor's Right-Wing Judicial Philosophy?

Mark Dorlester | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mark Dorlester

The framers of the Constitution were passionate about the fact that the document was never to be interpreted as a grant of rights.

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Judge Sotomayor's Suits: Which Did She Wear Best? (PHOTOS, POLL)

Huffington Post | Emily Singer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Judge Sonia Sotomayor has spent the last four days on Capitol Hill making the case for her Supreme Court suitability. But as the nation watched, the o...

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Women of Science

Lee Schneider | Posted 11.17.2011

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Lee Schneider

Intuition is at the core of the risk-taking nature of science. Guys like to call intuition "a hunch." But those making a career of intuition -- placing it center stage -- are more likely to be women.

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Reading the Pictures: Reaching the High Court on the Backs of White Heroes

Michael Shaw | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Shaw

2009-07-16-20090716NewHavenfirefightersSotomayorhearing.jpgThis line of primarily white "first responders" makes for a vivid non-verbal argument that Sonia is stepping up to the high court on the backs of these white heroes.

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I'm Against Sonia Sotomayor

Michael Wolff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Wolff

Why oh why do we persist in having these hearings? Or why do we persist in believing -- or hoping against hope -- that these hearings will be revelatory (or at least great theater and politics)?

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