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While the news of Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement is not entirely unexpected, it still comes as a thunderclap. This is even more true now than it would have been last June, when speculation also swirled around his possible departure.Since then...

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) said Wednesday that she would carefully examine any nominee President Trump chooses to replace Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy hours after he announced his retirement.In a statement, Murkowski called...

President Trump took aim at North Dakota Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D) on Wednesday, accusing her of conspiring with Senate Democrats to obstruct the confirmation of his eventual Supreme Court justice nominee.Speaking at a campaign rally in North...

President Trump has privately asked advisers for their thoughts on the possibility of nominating Utah Sen. Mike Lee (R) to the Supreme Court as Justice Anthony Kennedy's replacement, according to a Thursday report.Three sources familiar with...

President Trump on Friday said he has narrowed his list of potential Supreme Court nominees to about five, including two women, and plans to announce his pick on July 9.“I’ve got it narrowed to about five,” he told reporters on Air...

One of President Trump's evangelical advisers says America's evangelical Christians are more confident than ever that the landmark abortion case Roe V. Wade could be overturned under Trump's presidency.Johnnie Moore, a Southern Baptist minister and...

Hats off to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).His manipulation of Supreme Court nominations is proving to be a big winner for Republicans.It is also a big loser for Americans who still believe the nation’s highest court should be guided...

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) privately urged President Trump in a phone conversation to nominate Merrick Garland, former President Obama's Supreme Court nominee from 2016, to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy.A person...

President Trump is slated to announce his highly anticipated pick to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court on Monday night after narrowing down a list of potential nominees to just three likely names.As the president...

Talk of President Trump's highly anticipated nomination to the Supreme Court will take the main stage on the Sunday show circuit this week ahead of Trump's expected announcement of Justice Anthony Kennedy's potential replacement....

Justice Anthony M. Kennedy’s final term surprised some court watchers with votes and written opinions that “threw in the towel” on old fights, but in Pereira v. Sessions, one of the less-covered cases this term, he wrote a separate, concurring...

For decades, American conservatives have expressed frustration with the U.S. Supreme Court for its rulings legalizing abortion, same-sex marriage, and affirmative action.With President Trump poised to name his nominee to replace the retiring Justice...

President Trump’s new Supreme Court nominee could kick off their first week on the job hearing arguments on a death penalty case.The court’s public information office on Monday released the calendar for arguments in the first month of the court’s...

President Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh said during a speech last fall that former Chief Justice William Rehnquist made the right choice to dissent in the landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade, praising the justice's rejection of the...

President Donald Trump announced his nominee for Supreme Court, and now the eyes of the nation are upon Brett Kavanaugh.Among those are the defenders of religious liberty who have become all too accustomed to being flogged at the steps of the...

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh seems on track for confirmation, as moderate Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) have not signaled plans to oppose his confirmation despite strong lobbying over their votes.Neither...

Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court, faces the slimmest margin of support since 1987, according to a new survey.A Gallup poll released Tuesday found that 41 percent of Americans want to see Kavanaugh confirmed to the...

GOP Sens. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and Susan Collins (Maine), seen as potential swing votes on President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, are facing intense pressure from activists during their August recess.The two moderate GOP senators could make or...

GOP Sen. Susan Collins (Maine) said Tuesday that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh assured her during their meeting he believes the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling legalizing abortion is “settled law."“We talked about whether he considered Roe to be...

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