john kyl

Under intense grilling from Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) this afternoon, Judge Sonia Sotomayor was forced to confront directly her words in various speeches to minority law students over the past two decades in which she said that gender and ethnicity can affect how a judge views a case, and may in some situations affect the [...]

Party strategists hope to harness voter anger at unemployment with anti-spending rhetoric.

Credit to Michael Goldfarb at The Weekly Standard for breaking this: Five GOP senators joined with Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) to oppose Chris Hill’s nomination as ambassador to Iraq. Sens. Sam Brownback — we knew about him already — John Ensign (N.V.), James Inhofe (Okla.), Kit Bond (Mo.) and John Kyl [...]

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.