Tag: u.s. supreme court
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PublishedJuly 17, 2018
Kathleen Parker: Never mind the conspiracy theories – Catholics are rocking the courthouse
The Catholic jurists on the Supreme Court are there because their education and experience equip them to be there.
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PublishedJuly 11, 2018
Commentary: Court nominee should be pressed to answer key set of questions on Trump
Democrats should demand that Brett Kavanaugh clarify his thinking on investigations of and pardons by presidents.
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PublishedJuly 9, 2018
Trump’s Supreme Court pick has sided with broad views of presidential powers
Brett Kavanaugh has taken conservative positions as a judge in cases involving gun rights, abortion and the separation of powers.
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PublishedJuly 9, 2018
Confirmation battle begins over Trump’s staunchly conservative Supreme Court pick
Republican leaders firmly believe that nominee Brett Kavanaugh could be instrumental in pitching the court to the right and leaving a conservative imprint on the law for a generation.
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PublishedJuly 8, 2018
Commentary: Trump’s true to his word
The president now has the ability to appoint a new judge who may view the 14th Amendment’s right to privacy through a very different lens.
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PublishedJuly 8, 2018
Another View: ‘Ginsburg Rule’ encourages judicial outliers to evade important queries
Liberal activists urging Sens. Collins and King to closely question President Trump’s Supreme Court pick may not realize what they’re asking for.
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PublishedJuly 8, 2018
Collins says justice’s respect for precedent will protect Roe v. Wade. Experts disagree.
Maine’s Republican senator pins her support of a Supreme Court nominee on ‘settled law,’ but her reasoning withers under scrutiny.
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PublishedJuly 6, 2018
Commentary: Democrats can’t block Trump; nobody to blame but themselves
President Trump will nominate a qualified candidate to fill the high court vacancy, and Senate Republicans will confirm his nominee.
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PublishedJuly 6, 2018
Maine Voices: Roe v. Wade in danger if Collins bases vote on respect for precedent
If the senator really wants to protect abortion rights, she should not rely on a candidate’s commitments, but instead insist on an independent-minded jurist with a centrist record.
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PublishedJuly 5, 2018
Commentary: Appeals court judge Kethledge is Trump’s best option for Supreme Court
The steadfast ‘originalist’ from the heartland has political upside that other nominee contenders don’t.
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