At The Washington Post, Dana Milbank notes that Republicans have taken to criticizing Justice Thurgood Marshall as a way of attacking Elena Kagan’s (apparent) judicial philosophy:
As confirmation hearings opened Monday afternoon, Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee took the unusual approach of attacking Kagan because she admired the
With just four days remaining until Solicitor General Elena Kagan’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings begin, a new poll showed a markedly low percentage of people know she is President Obama’s nominee.
A C-SPAN-commissioned poll released today shows just 19 percent of people surveyed could name Kagan as the More…
This will hardly come as a surprise to anyone who watched the confirmation hearings of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, in which her answers were careful to reveal as little as possible about her views on anything, but it’s still rare for a new justice to admit that More…
Addressing the annual conference of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit on Friday, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg made clear she was pleased with President Obama’s choice of Sonia Sotomayor to replace Justice David Souter, Tony Mauro at Legal Times reports. (Watch her on More…
Greg Sargent reports:
Uh oh. It looks like GOP Senators may make an issue out of the fact that they were kept out of the loop on today’s announcement of the date of the Sonia Sotomayor hearings. … We may be hearing GOP Senators complaining about this soon enough.
Office of Legal Counsel Director-nominee Dawn Johnsen confirmed today that the OLC does not have the authority to give the president a green light to ignore congressional statutes, such as a prohibition on torture. “It was absolutely wrong for the president to direct that the torture statute not be complied More…
If today’s confirmation hearing for Solicitor General-nominee Elena Kagan was a supposed “trial balloon” for the scrutiny of a possible Supreme Court appointment, expect smooth sailing.
Sometimes sorry seems to be the hardest word, but Treasury Secretary-nominee Timothy Geithner apologized profusely at his confirmation hearing today for underpaying $34,000 in taxes. And that seems to be enough to ensure he’ll get the job, the New York Times reports.
Today is Timothy Geithner’s turn in the spotlight, as his confirmation hearings to become treasury secretary begin. The New York Times asks economists and other experts for some questions lawmakers ought to shoot at Geithner. Some excerpts:
Ordinary taxpayers would like an answer to this question: Why have they
Shoring up Sen. Patrick Leahy’s (D-Vt.) claim that Eric Holder’s nomination for attorney general has “bipartisan support,” former Sen. John Warner (R-Va.) is speaking on behalf of Holder’s confirmation.
Anticipating the minority’s objections, Warner stressed Holder’s learned from past “misjudgments” and discussed his ample experience, mentioning his appointment by More…
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