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March 20, 2017
Neil Gorsuch, Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, explained
He’s a solid conservative with strong intellectual chops.
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January 30, 2017
Why some conservatives fear Donald Trump is about to betray them on the Supreme Court
Is Thomas Hardiman another David Souter?
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January 30, 2017
A Senate Democrat just vowed to filibuster Donald Trump’s Supreme Court pick
"We will use every lever in our power to stop this," says Oregon Democrat Jeff Merkley.
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March 29, 2016
Public sector unions just avoided a huge defeat at the Supreme Court
If Antonin Scalia were alive, things could have turned out very differently.
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March 23, 2016
John Roberts before Scalia’s death: voting for justices on partisan lines “doesn’t make any sense”
He has been echoing this same sentiment for years now.
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March 16, 2016
Why Obama just nominated the oldest Supreme Court candidate in 45 years
Judge Merrick Garland is 63. Here's why that's so significant.
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March 16, 2016
President Obama: Supreme Court process “beyond repair” if GOP refuses hearing
Obama: "I simply ask Republicans in the Senate to give him a fair hearing."
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February 18, 2016
How Justice Antonin Scalia's funeral became political
Conservatives in the media called Obama's pending absence "shameful."
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February 18, 2016
Sandra Day O'Connor comes out against Republicans in the Supreme Court fight
A former Supreme Court justice just said Obama should be allowed to name Scalia’s replacement.
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February 17, 2016
Supreme Court terms have been getting longer. Here's why.
Who has longer terms: popes, presidents, or Supreme Court justices?
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February 16, 2016
Why nutty conspiracy theories on Antonin Scalia's death are already surfacing
Here’s why Justice Scalia’s death is causing so much confusion.
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February 15, 2016
The strongest Republican arguments for blocking President Obama's Supreme Court pick
Republicans vowed to reject any replacement nominated by President Barack Obama shortly after news surfaced of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's death.
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February 15, 2016
Democrats and Republicans are both making misleading arguments about Scalia's replacement
This year's Supreme Court really is unprecedented — but not for the reasons partisans on both side claim.
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February 15, 2016
Presidents have appointed Supreme Court justices in election years. This chart proves it.
President Obama's decision isn't unprecedented.
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February 15, 2016
Republicans might end up wishing they had compromised with Obama over Scalia’s replacement
The reason Mitch McConnell couldn't consider any Obama Supreme Court nominee, explained in three tweets.
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February 14, 2016
Read Justice Ginsburg’s moving tribute to her “best buddy” Justice Scalia
Why the friendship between the court's most outspoken liberal and its most outspoken conservative was so special.
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February 14, 2016
What Antonin Scalia's death means for Obama's big climate plans
Obama's plan to tackle global warming isn't totally safe — but it's in less legal jeopardy than it was a week ago.
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February 14, 2016
Elizabeth Warren: Republicans risk threatening "our democracy itself" over Supreme Court seat
In four paragraphs, the Massachusetts senator strikes back at Republicans who don't want President Barack Obama to nominate a successor to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
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February 13, 2016
Republican candidates really don't want President Obama to nominate a Supreme Court justice
None of the presidential candidates seemed to believe that an Obama nominee should ultimately wind up on the high court.
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February 13, 2016
At least 14 Supreme Court justices have been confirmed during election years
The death of Justice Antonin Scalia has forced partisans to become experts on Supreme Court history.
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February 13, 2016
Read: President Obama vows to nominate replacement to Justice Scalia
Republicans have said the Supreme Court seat should not be filled until after the upcoming presidential election.
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February 13, 2016
Antonin Scalia routinely ruled against gay rights. Those opinions explain his philosophy.
How Scalia's opinions on gay rights explain the late Supreme Court justice.
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February 13, 2016
The coming fight to replace Justice Scalia, explained
The fight over Obama's next Supreme Court nominee will be the most politicized and high-stakes nomination fight in decades.