Wendy Long, counsel, Judicial Confirmation Network: "As chairman and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Specter deserves praise for recognizing the virtues of judicial restraint in voting to confirm Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito, as well as supporting appellate court nominees who practice judicial restraint. We hope he will continue to support judges in that mold."
August 6, 2010U.S. Senate Republicans have derailed President Obama's nomination of Hartford district judge Robert N. Chatigny to the federal appeals court, likely postponing the controversial appointment to...
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July 1, 2010Most of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan's statements to the Judiciary Committee during her Senate confirmation hearing this week have been variations on "what part of 'maybe' do you not...
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June 10, 2010During the time that Elena Kagan served as a top domestic policy advisor for President Bill Clinton (1997-1999), she played a key role in shaping and executing the President’s response to the...
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June 10, 2010Former President Bill Clinton's library, under pressure to quickly cough up reams of documents from Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan's past, is planning to release on Friday some 30,000 pages...
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June 10, 2010The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to commence its confirmation hearing on June 28 to consider the nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to replace Associate Justice John Paul Stevens on...
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June 10, 2010Two blocks from the White House, in the “war room’’ at the headquarters of the antiabortion group Americans United for Life, lawyers huddled yesterday around a box of frosted doughnuts as they...
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June 10, 2010Liberal activists and Democrats on Wednesday prodded supporters to push for changing the Senate's filibuster rule, saying it's the only way to ensure President Obama can move their agenda through...
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June 10, 2010President Obama poses a real and present danger to the Second Amendment, and he's working to pack the Supreme Court with justices who will undermine Americans' gun rights. Mr. Obama didn't fess up...
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June 10, 2010One night, at an intimate dinner, Elena Kagan lavished such praise on Justice Antonin Scalia that he almost teared up. The next afternoon, in front of a crowd of 500, she lauded him some more,...
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06/07/2010The First Amendment's "Scarcity Rationale": Elena Kagan and Media Regulation...
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