judicial nominations
Obviously, the Supreme Court today showed the reason why Democrats have needed to take the courts far more seriously than they have for many years. Luckily, enough are learning that.
I'm sure Chuck Grassley will support adding more court seats as soon as a Republican becomes president: I would like to spend a couple minutes discussing the D.C. Circuit. As.
I'm not quite as pessimistic as Ruth Bader Ginsburg is about the possibility of someone with her record being confirmed to the Supreme Court again. I do agree with Carmon and Millhiser that it's hard to imagine Ginsburg being confirmed under the same circumstances she...
The Broderite argument against politics in the United States Senate, at least when it comes to judicial confirmation hearings, has now been made by the man himself: Both these senators.
Readers of this blog will know that I approve of the primary objective of this group of scholars and litigators, which is calling for the kind of judicial term limits.
Jeffrey Rosen brings up an interesting point about the judicial options for the next Democratic president. The recent Republican dominance of the White House leaves the Democrats with a very small group within the most desirable target candidates (relatively young, female or Hispanic, significant appellate...