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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama accused Senate Republicans on Wednesday of putting the Supreme Court's credibility at risk if they make good on their vow not to consider or vote on his pick to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia. He promised to nominate a candidate anyway. "
Massachusetts
With the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court facing several pending vacancies and more on the horizon, and with the late Justice Antonin Scalia's United States Supreme Court seat vacant and already creating a showdown between President Obama and the Senate, the topic of who should fill judicial vacancies, particularly
Joe Biden
On June 25, 1992, then-Delaware Sen. Joe Biden urged then-President George H.W. Bush to hold off on naming any candidates to the U.S. Supreme Court should a vacancy arise due to a retirement or otherwise.
Democrats
WASHINGTON (AP) — The history of Supreme Court nominations is dominated by tales of picks the Senate debated and approved with little angst. President Barack Obama's upcoming effort to fill the vacancy created by Antonin Scalia's death doesn't seem to be one of those stories.
Faith
(RNS) — Hindus around the world are wondering whether Sri Srinivasan — the name atop many a list of potential U.S. Supreme Court nominees — will be the first Hindu to serve on the high court.
nomination
(CNSNews.com) – Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is describing current GOP calls to let the next president make a Supreme Court nomination "obstructionism," but in 2007 Schumer said, "I will do everything in my power to prevent one more ideological ally from joining (Justices John) Roberts and
Supreme Court
The past two weeks have seen rock stars and movie stars dropping like flies. Since January 10, we have lost David Bowie at age 69, Alan Rickman at age 69, and Glen Frey at age 67. I mention their ages because advances in healthcare and lengthening average lifespans should not
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