Tag: Dick Durbin
Senate committee approves legislation to impose stronger ethics standards on Supreme...
The Supreme Court would have to abide by stronger ethics standards under legislation approved on Thursday by the Senate Judiciary Committee, a...
Joe Biden outpacing Donald Trump, Barack Obama with diverse judicial nominees
For the Biden White House, a quartet of four female judges in Colorado encapsulates its mission when it comes to the federal...
Ketanji Brown Jackson on track for confirmation, but GOP votes in...
After more than 30 hours of hearings, the Senate is on track to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman...
Ketanji Brown Jackson seems headed for confirmation, says no ‘agendas’
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson faced a barrage of Republican questioning Wednesday about her sentencing of criminal defendants, as her history-making bid to...
Ketanji Brown Jackson pledges to decide cases ‘without fear or favor’
Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson pledged Monday to decide cases “without fear or favor” if the Senate confirms her historic nomination...
U.S. ends asylum restrictions for children traveling alone
Unaccompanied child migrants trying to enter the United States will no longer be denied a chance to seek asylum under new guidance...
GOP poised to block bipartisan probe of January 6 insurrection
Senate Republicans are poised to block the creation of a special commission to study the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, dashing hopes...
Mark Kelly joins other leaders to change sexual assault investigations in...
U.S. Senator Mark Kelly has joined a bipartisan group of senators to support a bill that will change the way the military conducts sexual...
Donald Trump, on tape, presses Ga. official to ‘find’ him votes
President Donald Trump pressured Georgia's Republican secretary of state to “find” enough votes to overturn Joe Biden's win in the state's presidential election, repeatedly...
