New York Times columnist David Brooks stated Supreme Court nominee Judge Merrick Garland is “an excellent choice” and is someone that should be confirmed by the Senate on Friday’s “PBS NewsHour.” Brooks said of Garland, “I think it’s an excellent choice.
President Obama, who voted against cloture for Justice Samuel Alito during his nomination to the Supreme Court in 2006, stated that denying his Supreme Court appointee, Judge Merrick Garland, an up-or-down vote “would be an abdication of the Senate’s Constitutional
Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) argued that the Senate is “doing its job and fulfilling its constitutional obligation by deferring consent in order to let the people’s voice be heard” by refusing to vote on Supreme Court nominee Judge Merrick Garland
WASHINGTON—Ted Cruz released a statement through his campaign regarding President Barack Obama’s nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to take Justice Antonin Scalia’s seat on the Supreme Court of the United States: Merrick Garland is exactly the type of Supreme Court
Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) stated that some members of the Congressional Black Caucus were disappointed that President Obama did not nominate black woman to the Supreme Court because “the only black we have on the court is a black man
Columnist Charles Krauthammer argued that there’s “no question” Supreme Court nominee Judge Merrick Garland would be “on the liberal side” of all the “crucial issues” decided by “the Scalia majority” on Thursday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel. Krauthammer
Penny Nance, president of Concerned Women For America, warns on Breitbart News Daily that conservatives face the most important battle of their lives in opposing Obama’s liberal Supreme Court pick, Merrick Garland.
Several more GOP senators say they are willing to meet with President Barack Obama’s nominee to the Supreme Court seat left open by the sudden death of Justice Antonin Scalia.
American Urban Radio Networks White House Correspondent and Washington Bureau Chief April Ryan stated that the blocking of Supreme Court nominee Judge Merrick Garland is “blacklash” and “some on the Hill” don’t like that the first black president is in
Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards was spotted entering the White House several hours prior to a Women’s History Month reception following President Barack Obama’s announcement of his nominee to the Supreme Court, Judge Merrick Garland of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.
The Senate should “bury” President Obama’s judicial nomination and declare it “Dead on Arrival,” Gun Owners of America (GOA) urged the Senate.
A small group of U.S. senators say they will meet with President Barack Obama’s nominee to the Supreme Court, Merrick Garland.
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
Sen. Mike Lee reaffirms that the next nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court should be chosen only after a new president is elected and the American people have a voice in that choice.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama nominated Judge Merrick Garland to take Justice Antonin Scalia’s seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. But Republicans have already vowed that there will be no vote on his nomination through the end of 2016, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell citing the “Biden rule,” i.e. that nominations should not happen in a lame-duck, presidential election year.
CNN Senior Political Reporter Manu Raju stated that Supreme Court nominee Judge Merrick Garland “has a liberal, a more progressive bent in his background” on Wednesday’s “CNN Newsroom.” Raju said of the Garland pick, “I spoke to a number of
On Wednesday, President Barack Obama nominated Judge Merrick Garland to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court. Here are five quick facts you need to know about Garland.
President Barack Obama has called Republicans’ bluff in nominating Merrick Garland of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to fill the late Justice Antonin Scalia’s vacant seat on the Supreme Court.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional sources say President Barack Obama will nominate federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court.
President Barack Obama revealed his 2016 NCAA basketball tournament brackets hours before revealing his choice to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court.
Conservative heavyweights joined forces with establishment figures to form Our Principles PAC, a super-PAC focused on persuading Americans of why Donald Trump is a deadly threat to conservatism who should not be the Republican nominee.
WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama is quietly strategizing with Senate Democrats about how to push a Supreme Court nominee to confirmation this year, while Republicans show no sign of flinching in their promise to let the American people decide this issue in November.
Because of Puerto Rico’s ambiguous political status vis-à-vis the United States, a federal judge in Puerto Rico ruled Tuesday that the Supreme Court’s decision to impose gay marriage doesn’t apply on the island, which is a commonwealth with a unique
Former Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn discussed economic policy and the coming financial crisis with host Stephen K. Bannon on Breitbart News Daily Thursday morning. Coburn believes we have not passed the tipping point to disaster just yet, but warns that “a hard time is coming.”
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is asking people to sign a petition opposing President Barack Obama’s effort to replace Justice Antonin Scalia, who passed away last month. “There is not a snowball’s chance in hell that we will confirm
WASHINGTON—Today the Supreme Court held that Alabama courts failed to recognize an adoption by a same-sex couple from Georgia. But this unanimous decision was based purely on the Constitution’s requirement for one state to uphold court decrees from another state and had nothing to do with the LGBT agenda.
Actress Amy Brenneman says in a column in Cosmopolitan that Texas’ 2013 abortion safety law – which was challenged in a case brought before the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday – would block women from their constitutional right to an abortion – a right that she says she exercised in her junior year at Harvard.
Liberals will target Senator Rob Portman, Republican from Ohio, and pressure him to confirm President Obama’s forthcoming Supreme Court nomination. But prominent conservatives are rallying to defend Portman and the Court.
As much of America sorts out Super Tuesday results, the Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in a case that could be a defining moment for the safety and health of women in abortion clinics.
The House will vote on whether to file a brief in opposition to President Obama’s executive amnesty with the Supreme Court.
“If we nominate Donald, we end up electing Hillary [Clinton] as president,” 2016 Presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said, encouraging Georgia voters at Saturday’s rally in Atlanta to vote for him over Donald Trump in the pivotal Super Tuesday election.
HBO host Bill Maher joked that his show may have caused Justice Antonin Scalia to die and that Scalia “was put on earth to remind poor people that the law is not your friend” on Friday’s “Real Time.” Maher stated
WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama’s attempt this week to distract Republican senators from their decision to let the American people decide the future course of the Supreme Court has failed, as the trial balloon he floated on nominating a moderate Republican fell flat.
It is critical to recognize Obama’s Supreme Court bait-and-switch tactics for the ruse that they are.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Complying with a court order to help the FBI unlock an iPhone linked to one of the San Bernardino killers would be “bad for America” and set a legal precedent that would offend many U.S. residents, argued Apple’s chief executive officer Tim Cook on Wednesday.
Republican presidential candidate Florida Senator Marco Rubio stated that he has “a doubt” over whether fellow candidate Donald Trump would “replace Justice Scalia with someone just like Justice Scalia” during Thursday’s CNN Republican debate. Rubio said that while Trump said
Wednesday on Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer said it would be a mistake for Senate Republicans to entertain the thought of doing anything with President Barack Obama’s nomination to the Supreme Court to fill the
GOP presidential candidate and Texas Ted Cruz spoke to a packed house at the Harris County Lincoln-Reagan dinner. There were more than 1,200 Republicans gathered to hear their fellow Houstonian.
Rafael Cruz tells Breitbart News Executive Chairman Stephen K. Bannon the Supreme Court is one of the most important issues in this election.
Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump is slamming primary opponent Ted Cruz as a reason that Obamacare remains the law of the land.
