LawNews
Conservative Leaders Back Mike Pompeo as ‘Change Agent’ at State Department
CIA Director Mike Pompeo would be a “positive agent for change” as secretary of state, more than 100 conservative leaders say in a memo supporting… Read More
PoliticsNews
Here Are 6 of the 146 Key Trump Nominees Stalled by Senate Democrats
Senate Democrats have slowed President Donald Trump’s efforts to build his administration by pushing the maximum 30 hours of debate for nearly every one of… Read More
LawNews
Democrat Obstruction Leads to More Court Vacancies Than When Trump Took Office
President Donald Trump had a successful year in seating appeals court judges, but it is lower-level federal courts that have blocked much of his policy… Read More
LawNews
Judicial Picks Key to Deregulation, Reining in Bureaucracy, White House Counsel Says
Selecting federal judges and limiting government are the “flip side of the same coin,” White House counsel Don McGahn told conservative activists gathered outside Washington…. Read More
LawAnalysis
Podcast: The Move That Will Get Judicial Nominees Confirmed Faster
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, announced he won’t hold up two judicial nominees any more because of “blue slips.” We explain. Plus: drama at the Consumer… Read More
LawCommentary
CFPB Deputy Director Is Challenging the President’s Authority. Here’s Why Her Arguments Are Flawed.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been a political hot potato since the day it was created as part of the legislative response to the… Read More
PoliticsNews
Sen. Tom Cotton: Here’s How to End Democrats’ Obstruction of Trump’s Nominees
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., says Democrats have forced the Senate into 47 cloture votes this year alone on President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees, compared with… Read More
LawCommentary
Group That Rates Trump’s Judicial Nominees Has History of Liberal Advocacy
The consideration of federal judges with lifetime appointments is perhaps the most important and long-lasting work the Senate will do between now and the end… Read More
LawCommentary
Democrats Berate Conservative Judicial Nominee for Politically Incorrect Tweets
This week, two nominees to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee, facing fierce opposition from Democrats. President Donald… Read More
LawCommentary
Louisiana’s Kyle Duncan, Trump’s Superb Choice for the 5th Circuit
A legal powerhouse from Louisiana with a history of championing religious freedom is among President Donald Trump’s outstanding nominees for federal judgeships. Kyle Duncan is… Read More
