Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche began meeting with Republican senators Monday as he launches a monthlong confirmation process. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) was Blanche’s first stop as chair of ...

For all the drama generated every four years by Cabinet appointments, defeat of a nominee by a vote in the Senate is extremely rare. The only time a nominee by a new president was rejected by a Senate ...

New York Times reporter Carl Hulse recently noted that "the Republican manhandling of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson … was convincing evidence that the Senate's Supreme Court confirmation process is ...

When President Joe Biden selected Ketanji Brown Jackson as his nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, he was choosing among a pool of candidates whose qualifications provided an embarrassment of riches.

The decision by Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire will ignite a much-watched confirmation process in which President Joe Biden will attempt to place another liberal on the high court.

It is sad that every U.S. Supreme Court vacancy sets off a political feeding frenzy in Washington and throughout the country. It is as if any new appointee is expected to be a super legislator rather ...