Tag: Pat Leahy

Thursday’s nuclear option vote restores 200 years of Senate practice, going far beyond Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation to restore the proper constitutional balance for Supreme Court and federal court appointments.

During the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing on Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch on Monday, Senator Pat Leahy (D-VT) stated that Gorsuch is “a nominee selected by extreme interest groups, and nominated by a president who lost the popular vote

On Wednesday’s “MSNBC Live,” Senator Pat Leahy (D-VT) called for an independent commission to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 election in part because, “The American people see Hillary Clinton gained nearly 3 million more votes than Donald Trump. He’s getting

Sen. Pat Leahy (D-VT), who voted against cloture on Justice Samuel Alito’s nomination to the Supreme Court in 2006, stated that the Constitution says the Senate “shall advise and consent” on Supreme Court picks on Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell

Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), who voted against cloture for Samuel Alito’s Supreme Court nomination, stated that a filibuster of President Obama’s nominee to replace Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia would be “totally unprecedented” but that there have been “show filibusters”

Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), who voted against cloture for Justice Samuel Alito, argued that it “would be the height of irresponsibility for the Republican leadership not to have a vote on a nominee from the president” to replace recently deceased