supreme court nominee
GOP senators are barely confirming judicial nominees -- even their own.
Legislators are debating how to fight for Obama's nominee without becoming obstructionist.
The president defended his choice and said he has appointed more women, people of color and LGBT people to federal courts than his predecessors.
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said colleagues should meet the "well-informed, thoughtful, impressive, extraordinarily bright" nominee.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
A billboard truck will be rolling around as advocates from across the country come to Washington.
The high schooler points out that the Judiciary Committee chair would have to step down if he heeded his own logic.
When you've lost even Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran ...
Both were on the president's short list for the Supreme Court. Garland ultimately got the nod.
That's not what Republican leaders want to do.
It is not "fair-minded" to prevent Obama from filling a Supreme Court vacancy, says a former GOP state official.