Senate Judiciary Committee

ACLU tweet suggests that the Nebraska senator is undecided but Sasse voted to advance the nominee out of committee.

Let us count the ways.

An ugly, dishonest and ever-changing attack on Brett Kavanaugh and the nomination process.

Jeff Flake called for such an inquiry before voting the nominee out of committee.

Calls for one-week FBI investigation into allegations against the SCOTUS nominee.

Vote is scheduled for Friday afternoon.

Christine Blasey Ford delivered sincere testimony and deserves respect and empathy. But the burden of proof was not met.

Everyone in America should be angry about what happened in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

SCOTUS nominee rails against ‘character assassination’ in letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

It’s almost like they would rather delay and disrupt the process for political reasons.

Senate Judiciary chairman has a strong hand to keep things on schedule.

And spikes one more argument against his nomination

Sorry, liberal activists

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Judiciary Committee chairman calls Democratic attacks on Kavanaugh a 'double standard.'

If the goal is to postpone the Supreme Court nominee's hearings, any argument will do.

The chairman of the Judiciary Committee is no longer Senator Bipartisan.

Three senators skipped Judiciary Committee meeting on Thursday, including Ted Cruz.

Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement triggered alarm among left-wing lawmakers and activists by giving Donald Trump his second Supreme Court nominee in less than two years. It also inspired some to revive the idea of "packing the court" with additional Democratic appointees as soon as circumstances…

Gaming out Congress's role in continuing the investigation—if it comes to that.

Two of the top Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee are calling on former Obama national security adviser Susan Rice to explain an “unusual email” she sent on the day of President Trump’s inauguration.

Earlier this week, Senator Dianne Feinstein released some 315 pages of closed-door testimony by Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Fusion GPS was the firm paid by Democrats to compile the dossier alleging ties between the Trump campaign and Russia.

There has been national attention to a local squabble in Minnesota over the appointment of state supreme court associate justice David Stras to a federal appeals court by President Donald Trump.

As the Senate investigates allegations that elements of the Trump campaign may have been colluding with Russia, an interesting angle has emerged. Fusion GPS is the shadowy research firm that was commissioned by interests aligned with the Democratic party to produce (possibly with the help of the…

The Senate Judiciary Committee tackles social and philosophical questions out on the edges of constitutionality. They process proposed constitutional amendments, and their subcommittee on the Constitution oversees constitutional rights’ protection and enforcement. It was only a matter of time,…

FBI director James Comey stood by his October decision to inform lawmakers that his agency had discovered new emails linked to the Hillary Clinton investigation, an event that Clinton and her allies continue to charge swayed the election at the last minute. Comey testified Wednesday before the…

Delaware's Chris Coons became the forty-first senator to pledge a no vote on ending debate of Judge Neil Gorsuch's nomination to the Supreme Court later this week, giving Democrats the minimum number needed to filibuster his confirmation.

Utah senator Mike Lee had a wish for Neil Gorsuch: "You are not a politician, which means that the acrimony, duplicity, and ruthlessness of today's politics are still foreign and unfamiliar to you. May that continue to be true."

The politics of Democratic opposition to Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito were twofold. One, 2006 was an election year, and senators in the minority were hearing about it from their base. Two, partisanship, a vessel for the Senate filibuster, had dropped anchor inside the confirmation process.…