President Trump jokingly thanked predecessor Barack Obama on Thursday for leaving more than 100 federal judicial vacancies for him to fill.

“I don’t know why Obama left that. It was like a big, beautiful present to all of us. Why the hell did he leave that?” Mr. Trump said while giving a ...

The consideration of Andrew J. McDonald to become Connecticut’s chief justice put the confirmation process on trial.

The U.S Constitution offers scarce criteria for the vetting process of judges, other than a mandate for “good Behaviour.”

If we could add an amendment, it would also ...

Is Andrew McDonald, the governor’s chief justice pick, the next Merrick Garland?

Several top Republicans say that the state Supreme Court vacancy should not be decided by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy because the Democrat is leaving office at the end of the year and is a “lame duck.”

That’s ...

To the Republicans who claim rhetoric on the left triggered the shooter (“Rifle-wielding attacker wounds GOP leader, killed by police,” June 15), I’d like to answer: Why is Merrick Garland not our Supreme Court justice? What are you doing to our immigrant neighbors? What are you doing to our ...

The days of our republic are numbered. We are on a fast track to dissolution.

Who knows when it began. Was it when the Supreme Court incorrectly bestowed personhood on corporations? Was it when the Supreme Court ruled money is free speech? Or was it when Senate Majority Leader Mitch ...

The White House has signed off on the renomination of Idaho Judge David Nye to fill the state’s long-vacant federal district judgeship, Idaho Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch said Thursday.

“The White House has told me that Judge Nye will be included in the very first group of district ...

Democrats are more energized now than they have been since the Vietnam War. Democrats have a chance to make real inroads in the Republican control of Congress and statehouses throughout the country in the 2018 election.

But if Democratic leaders fail to fight with every ounce of strength ...

Judge Neil Gorsuch would never have been appointed to the Supreme Court by Hillary Clinton. He’s way too conservative.

But unfortunately for those of us who would prefer a more liberal choice - such as Merrick Garland, who never got a confirmation vote - Hillary Clinton didn’t win the ...

WASHINGTON - If you think there isn’t enough extremism in American politics, this week’s for you.

If all goes as expected, the week will conclude with the confirmation of Neil Gorsuch as a Supreme Court justice. This outcome is lamentable. The seat was President Barack Obama’s to fill, and ...

A Senate showdown is at hand over President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, and it could change the Senate and the court for years to come.

Democrats escalated their attacks against Judge Neil Gorsuch ahead of key votes set for Thursday, portraying him as an ally of the powerful and ...

As the U.S. Senate clashes over the confirmation of President Donald Trump’s pick for the Supreme Court, New Mexico’s senior senator says he is still open to an improbable compromise.

Democratic Sen. Tom Udall told reporters Tuesday that he opposes confirming a lifetime appointee by Trump ...

What a disgrace! By any rational standard Judge Neil Gorsuch — who was unanimously confirmed for his appeals court post — is a first-rate choice for the U.S. Supreme Court. He is a man well-suited by virtue of his experience and his temperament to sit on the nation’s highest court.

And yet ...

The nomination process of Neil Gorsuch to serve a lifetime appointment on the U.S. Supreme Court is coming to its conclusion.

On Monday, a committee in the U.S. Senate voted 11-9 to confirm Gorsuch, with the decision split along party lines. Now, the nomination goes to the entire Senate ...

Democrats are threatening to filibuster Judge Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation as a U.S. Supreme Court justice. They shouldn’t.

We understand; Senate Republicans unjustly blocked President Barack Obama’s nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to the vacancy created by the death of Justice Antonin ...

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans and Democrats are waging competing public relations wars surrounding efforts to confirm Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court.

For the GOP, in the lead-up to next week’s floor debate and ultimate confirmation vote, there might be no better spokesman than ...

Note to Democrats: Spare us the lectures about doing the right thing. And while you’re at it, don’t bother finger-wagging at us about some faux concerns you have. And don’t even think of uttering the name Merrick Garland.

On Thursday, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., ...

Democrats just can’t get out of their own way on the pending nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court.

They desperately need a reason to oppose him — because, well, just because.

He’s a brilliant legal scholar — Columbia, Harvard Law, Oxford — with more than a ...

I’m not sure who decided that the Democratic critique of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch would be that he doesn’t side with the little guy.

It’s a truly terrible idea. Like other liberals, I’m still shocked and upset that Judge Merrick Garland never got the vote he deserved ...

In regard to Russell Fagg’s column in the March 3 Gazette endorsing Neil Gorsuch, it’s important to note that although his entry is entitled, “Ask the judge” it should be made very clear that Fagg’s submissions are simply opinions. It’s so incredibly interesting to me that Russell Fagg drones on ...

Fact-check, pleaseRe: “For success, Texas must elevate education,” Greg Abbott, Other Views, Feb. 7:Would you please fact-check Gov. Abbott’s article? I have been unable to find evidence that Texas has superior education.Thank you.Daniel ScrogginsWidening the divideRe: “A dis to the office,” ...

It gets downright depressing to see conservatives and liberals, Republicans and Democrats, oiling their guns, sharpening their knives and starting to circle each other in a modern-day version of the legendary gunfight at the OK Corral.

It is the latest iteration of that age-old fight that ...