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Connecticut

Sen. Blumenthal: ‘Great dangers’ posed by Scalia vacancy

(CNSNews.com) — Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said Tuesday that the U.S. Supreme Court should warn the nation of the "great dangers" of leaving the seat vacated by the recent death of Justice Antonin Scalia open until after the 2016 presidential election. "Maybe it's time

Maryland

Maine’s Collins ‘convinced’ Garland should get hearing

(CNSNews.com) – Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said Tuesday that she met with President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee Judge Merrick Garland, and she is "more convinced than ever that the process should proceed" despite the GOP leadership's assertion that the next president should nominate

Massachusetts

Superior Court nominee knocked for lack of criminal law experience

STATE HOUSE — A civil litigator nominated for a seat on the Superior Court faced questions Wednesday about how he would determine criminal sentences, his understanding of addiction and whether representing clients on behalf of insurance firms would prepare him for the position. "I don't know if you

Barack Obama

Obama nominates Garland to Supreme Court; McConnell doesn’t budge

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Wednesday he would nominate appeals court judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, challenging Republicans to reject a long-time jurist and former prosecutor known he called "one of America's sharpest legal minds."

nominee

Obama narrowing list of possible Supreme Court candidates

WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite calls to select a Supreme Court nominee from outside the judicial monastery, President Barack Obama doesn't appear to be ready to leave the faith. In his search for a replacement for the late Justice Antonin Scalia, President Barack Obama is zeroing in on a small

GOP

Obama to meet with GOP leaders

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is due to meet face-to-face Tuesday with the Senate Republican leaders vowing to block his Supreme Court nominee — no matter who it is — with the hope of keeping the seat open for a Republican president to fill next year. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.

congress

Filling the Supreme Court vacancy: Lessons from 1968

United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia's death this month has created something of a dilemma – to put it politely – for the president and Congress.

governor

Nevada governor withdraws name from high court consideration

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval said Thursday he is not interested in being considered for the Supreme Court vacancy — a decision that foils one route President Barack Obama might have had to breach Senate Republicans' planned blockade of any election-year confirmation. Sandoval, a Republican and the state&