Justice Stephen G. Breyer could become the next “median justice” if President Barack Obama is able to get a liberal nominee confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Corrected: President Barack Obama should nominate former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor to the U.S. Supreme Court, according to an op-ed by two political science professors.
GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz should recuse himself in any future Senate Judiciary Committee vote on a nominee to replace Antonin Scalia, according to a law professor’s op-ed.
President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he will nominate “a very well-qualified candidate” to the U.S. Supreme Court in the next several weeks, but his nominee wouldn’t necessarily be a…
Updated: Who will President Barack Obama nominate to replace Justice Antonin Scalia on the U.S. Supreme Court? Predictions are being made, and some names are being mentioned more than others.
A crowd of several hundred people gathered in the auditorium of the National Archives building in Washington, D.C., last fall to hear a conversation with a member of the U.S.…
Supreme Court justices vote favorably for their appointing president about 65 percent of the time, providing evidence of the “loyalty effect,” according to a study by two legal scholars.
A U.S. Supreme Court vacancy in a GOP-controlled Senate could result in nomination gridlock and 4-4 decisions by an eight-member court, some court watchers contend.
The U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding Congress’ power to enact the health-care law isn’t President Obama’s favorite ruling by the court. Neither is the decision striking down the Defense of…
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