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McConnell: ‘I’ll file cloture on the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch’ (Updated)

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on April 04, 2017 29 Comments

"The last time a Republican president nominated someone to the Supreme Court, Democrats tried to filibuster him too."

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First Gorsuch Supreme Court decision: McConnell v. Schumer

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on April 02, 2017 28 Comments

Only one can win . . .

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Dem base not yet woke to approaching Tsunami of Trump lower court nominations

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 29, 2017 18 Comments

Republicans don't need to go nuclear on lower federal court nominations -- the Democrats already did that.

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Dems threaten Gorsuch filibuster

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 24, 2017 18 Comments

Gorsuch nomination requires a futile and stupid gesture on someone's part, and Democrats are just the people to do it.

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Are Senate Democrats Wanting to Cut a Deal Over the Gorsuch Nomination?

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on March 22, 2017 29 Comments

Wheelin' and dealin'

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Chris Matthews: Dems who vote for Gorsuch “will have to answer” for it for 30 years

Posted by Mark Finkelstein on January 31, 2017 47 Comments

He will "be on that court for 30 years ... they will have to answer for this guy"

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TRUMP NOMINATES NEIL GORSUCH for Supreme Court Scalia Seat

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 31, 2017 54 Comments

Conservative judicial superstar

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Liberals desperately fight demoralization

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 25, 2017 29 Comments

The Women’s March was more a mass group therapy than the launch of a new “resistance” movement.

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Liberal nightmare: Trump could appoint half federal judiciary

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 18, 2017 21 Comments

Ballotpedia analysis on federal judicial vacancies should scare liberals

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Farewell 2016 Week at Legal Insurrection

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 01, 2017 0 Comments

The end of another year...

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Analysis: The Senate Majority Is Up for Grabs

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on October 23, 2016 61 Comments

The Senate majority rests in six, maybe seven, states

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Analysis: Dems unlikely to retake House even if Trump polling collapses further

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 14, 2016 32 Comments

There are varying levels of horrible results for conservatives in the upcoming election. Based on current polling, it certainly looks like Hillary will be the next president. You can argue whether that is better or worse than the alternative for conservatives, but there is no...

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Trump ally invokes Bill Ayers’ 1969 Days of Rage to protect claim to nomination

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 02, 2016 104 Comments

Irony: Ayers participated in protests to shut down Trump's Chicago event

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Harry Reid’s obstructionism used against GOP candidates

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on April 12, 2015 8 Comments

What could Cruz, Paul and Rubio "accomplish" legislatively when Reid shut down the Senate?

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Book Review: “Dumbing Down the Courts,” By Dr. John Lott, Jr.

Posted by Andrew Branca on December 06, 2013 9 Comments

“Dumbing Down the Courts: How Politics Keeps the Smartest Judges Off the Bench” (2013) is the most recent of Dr. John Lott Jr.’s excellent books applying economics to better understand the societal dynamics around controversial issues. Gun owners will be most familiar with his past...

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Hypocrisy from the NY Times on filibusters

Posted by Mandy Nagy on November 22, 2013 3 Comments

It turns out that after the recent news that Democrats went the nuclear option route on the judicial filibuster, the hypocrisy isn’t limited to politicians. Patterico dug up some interesting snippets yesterday from the NY Times (though at the time of this writing, the wording...

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Naked Emperor

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 22, 2013 56 Comments

The real Obama is coming into sight for the American people for the first time, and they don't like what they see.

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