Tag: Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate confirms Michelle Childs to DC appeals court
By Meg Kinnard, Associated Press
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed the nomination of South Carolina jurist Michelle Childs — recently under consideration for a...
Son of Buffalo victim pushes Congress: ‘What are you doing?’
By Farnoush Amiri and Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press
The son of Ruth Whitfield, an 86-year old woman killed when a gunman opened fire in a...
Sen. Manchin Says He’ll Vote for Judge Jackson, Virtually Assuring the Historic Confirmation
Sen. Manchin declared his intention to vote in the affirmative after the country witnessed perhaps the most unprofessional confirmation hearings in history.
By Stacy M....
Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court hearing is a flashback to how race and crime...
By Margaret M. Russell, Santa Clara University
U.S. Sen. James Eastland posed a question to U.S. Supreme Court nominee Thurgood Marshall during his August 1967...
FACT FOCUS: Federal agents didn’t orchestrate Jan. 6
By Ali Swenson, Associated Press
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection poked another hole in the pro-Trump conspiracy theory that federal agents orchestrated...