Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R, KY) recently insisted that the open seat on the U.S. Supreme Court just filled by Justice Neil Gorsuch was a key factor in President Donald Trump’s White House victory last November.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) spoke on the Senate floor on March 9, 2016 to slam the Republicans for not allowing an up-or-down vote on Barack Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court, calling it an “all out effort to cripple” the president’s administration.
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) spoke with Breitbart News Daily SiriusXM host Alex Marlow on Friday about several topics, including Trump’s position on coal, his rally in West Virginia, the hyper-partisan state of play in American politics today, as well as the nomination of Judge Gorsuch to the Supreme Court.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Wolf,” Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) stated that Judge Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the Supreme Court is a “court-packing scheme.” And that if Gorsuch was principled, “he would have turned down this nomination, on the basis that
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hardball,” anchor Chris Matthews argued Democrats shouldn’t vote to confirm Judge Neil Gorsuch’s Supreme Court nomination “Because it’s not his turn. It’s Merrick Garland’s turn, and everyone knows it.” Matthews said, “A president nominates a
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
The Democratic Connecticut senator who once law clerked for Justice Harry A. Blackmun, the author of the Roe v. Wade decision, told Breitbart News GOP senators will not change the rules to confirm Judge Neil McGill Gorsuch on the Supreme Court.
When President Donald Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch to fill the vacant seat on the U.S. Supreme Court, Oregon Senator Ron Wyden was among the first to voice his opposition.
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) told Breitbart News Daily he was “excited” by President Donald Trump’s choice of Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court.
Wednesday on the “Tom Joyner Morning Show,” while discussing President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Neil Gorsuch, left-wing activist Al Sharpton quoted a James Brown song to urge Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to give the Republicans the “big payback,”
Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” while discussing President Donald Trump calling on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to “go nuclear” by ending the 60-vote requirement to confirm Supreme Court nominees for Judge Neil Gorsuch, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Pre-printed, fill-in-the-blank signs were distributed: “OPPOSE _______.” Markers would suffice to fill in the name. They did not need to know anything about Judge Neil Gorsuch. They just knew to oppose anyone Trump chose.
Democrats were seething Tuesday night over President Donald Trump’s decision to nominate Judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court, claiming that Trump “stole” the seat from President Barack Obama.
Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R.-Wis.) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R.-Ky.) told reporters Thursday at the Republicans’ policy retreat here that they are committed to a 200-day program to implement the agenda of President Donald J. Trump.
“We are not going to make it easy for them to pick a Supreme Court justice,” Schumer told MSNBC host Rachel Maddow. “It’s hard for me to imagine a nominee that Donald Trump would choose that would get Republican support that we [Democrats] could support.”
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Rumors whispered around Washington have it that Democrats are debating having President Barack Obama install Judge Merrick Garland on the Supreme Court by a recess appointment on Jan. 3.
The list includes everything from “exposing Hillary Clinton’s anti-gun agenda” to securing constitutional carry in various states to helping defeat President Obama’s gun-control Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland.
During Saturday’s Weekly Address Vice President Joe Biden, alongside retired federal judge Tim Lewis, argued that “saying nothing, seeing nothing, reading nothing, hearing nothing, and deciding in advance simply to turn your backs” on the nomination of Judge Merrick Gardland
Thursday’s Supreme Court decisions are a reminder of what is at stake in the November election — and mark a crisis, or moment of truth, for the #NeverTrump movement.
The United States Supreme Court issued two major decisions in Texas cases today. The first leaves in place a block of President Obama’s unlawful executive amnesty order, and the second ruling allows continuation of the affirmative action program in admissions at the University of Texas.
The lawyer who argued and lost U.S. v. Texas, the case for President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty at the U.S. Supreme Court called for “righteous anger” to be aimed at the U.S. Senate for refusing to confirm Judge Merrick Garland’s nomination.
Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) stated that the two possible reasons for Republicans to hold up Merrick Garland’s nomination to the Supreme Court are “a fundamental attack on the legitimacy of the president,” which is based at least in part on
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest spun the unanimous decision by the Supreme Court to punt the Zubik v. Burwell decision to lower courts as a victory for the administration. “We obviously were pleased with the announcement from the Supreme Court
During Saturday’s Weekly Address, President Obama argued that Republicans should treat “our democracy” with “respect” by giving Supreme Court nominee Judge Merrick Garland an up-or-down vote. Transcript as Follows: “Hi, everybody. It’s now been 45 days since I nominated Judge
Thursday on CNN’s “At This Hour,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) discussed a meeting he had with President Barack Obama’s nominee to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court, Merrick Garland. Graham said the meeting wasn’t awkward, but was very pessimistic
Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey has supported Democratic nominees to the Supreme Court in the past but announced he would oppose Judge Merrick Garland after he met with President Barack Obama’s nominee to fill the vacancy created by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia.
WASHINGTON—As President Barack Obama’s efforts to pressure Senate Republicans to confirm Merrick Garland’s nomination to the Supreme Court fail, liberal White House allies are floating a trial balloon of installing Garland on the Supreme Court without Senate confirmation.
Thursday on CNN’s “New Day,” Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) told co-host Chris Cuomo that President Barack Obama’s choice to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Judge Merrick Garland, deserves consideration
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Governor John Kasich’s hopes that he had overcome the anti-gun reputation he had earned for supporting the Clinton Gun Ban in 1993 may now be dashed, after he told two separate Sunday talk shows that he is considering nominating a Supreme Court justice who might abolish the Second Amendment.
Thursday at Georgetown Law School, Vice President Joe Biden said Republican senators blocking a vote on Judge Merrick Garland, President Obama’s nomination to the Supreme Court to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia, “can lead to a genuine constitutional crisis.”
President Barack Obama’s naming Judge Merrick Garland as his pick to replace Justice Antonin Scalia on the U.S. Supreme Court, has been front and center in the nation’s headlines. Not so high profile was his nomination of five lawyers to serve on federal district court benches in Texas.
Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said Republicans will lose Senate seats if they block President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Merrick Garland form getting a hearing and a vote. Reid said, “Their
WASHINGTON, DC—With remarks that may leave Republicans wondering which party’s nomination he is competing for, Ohio Governor John Kasich told CBS’s John Dickerson that if elected president, he would consider re-nominating Judge Merrick Garland, President Barack Obama’s pick for the Supreme Court.
Chicago Tribune Editorial Board member Clarence Page argued that using Joe Biden’s past statements on Supreme Court appointments is “the kind of silliness that [Senate Majority Leader Sen.] Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has been reduced to now on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Page said, “You’re
National and state-based pro-life organizations and other conservatives are mobilizing a grassroots campaign that intends to urge the GOP-led Senate to hold firm to its assurance it will not consider President Barack Obama’s nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Senator Robert Casey (D-PA) said the Constitution “directs the Senate to advise and consent” and requires the Senate to vote on nominees on Saturday’s “The Place for Politics” on MSNBC. Casey argued that the Constitution “directs” the president “to nominate
Seton Hall University Law Professor Mark Alexander argued Republicans in the Senate are acting like President Obama doesn’t have the power to appoint justices and “they don’t have to” give advice and consent on Saturday’s “The Place for Politics” on
The Root Politics Editor Dr. Jason Johnson stated that President Obama’s selection of Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court is “a smack in the face to African-American women, to Asian-Americans, to the entire coalition of people who have allowed
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
