In meetings with US senators on Tuesday, US Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito said that the Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision guaranteeing women the right to an abortion was...
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Senate Democrats want January confirmation hearings on Alito nomination
Senate Democrats are calling for confirmation hearings for US Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito to be held in 2006. According to Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) , ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee,...
Reaction from Capitol Hill Monday to President Bush's nomination of Judge Samuel Alito of the US Third Circuit Court of Appeals to fill the US Supreme Court seat left vacant by retiring justice Sandra Day O'Connor has...
JURIST Contributing Editor William G. Ross, a specialist in constitutional history and the appointment of U.S. Supreme Court justices teaching at Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, says that the US Supreme Court nomination of Judge Samuel Alito will be...
Christian evangelist may testify to White House assurances on Miers
The US Senate Judiciary Committee will likely call Focus on the Family founder James Dobson , to testify at confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers , Committee chairman Arlen Specter said...
JURIST Guest Columnist Sherrilyn Ifill of the University of Maryland School of Law says that contrary to what some female politicians, commentators and even the First Lady of the United States have said, skepticism about the qualifications of Harriet Miers...
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) said Sunday that US Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers , a longtime friend and legal counsel to President Bush, lacks the requisite votes to be approved by the Senate. Schumer's comments...
Senators predicted Thursday that the confirmation hearings for US Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers , scheduled to begin November 7th , will probably not finish before Thanksgiving as hoped for by the White House. Senator Arlen...
The administration of Missouri Governor Matt Blunt will continue its legal defense of a state law prohibiting inmates from obtaining abortions unless a woman's life or health is endangered, despite the US Supreme Court's recent decision...
According to congressional aides, confirmation hearings for US Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee are set to begin on November 7. The aides have said that committee chairman...
