US Constitution simply outlines Supreme Court nomination: president nominates, Senate confirms. The Senate Judiciary Committee does much of the heavy lifting, with a questionnaire and hearings. A ...

Republicans still support changing the process even after watching the most recent Supreme Court nominating process.

Nominating the first Black woman to the Supreme Court On Thursday, Biden said nominating a Black woman to the Supreme Court is "long overdue." “I will keep that commitment,” he said.

Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland is facing an uphill battle. — -- Last month, following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, President Obama nominated Judge Merrick Garland to replace ...

Essential Politics: Supreme Court nomination hearings — long awful — have gotten worse. Here’s why Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on Day 3 of her Senate Judiciary ...

On Monday night, President Donald Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy on the United ...

The Court’s balance of power changes one death at a time, as we’ve all been reminded by the passing of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. In recent times, Supreme Court justices have timed ...

A Supreme Court nomination, Obama said, is "supposed to be above politics, it has to be, and should stay that way." McConnell's comments came after a pledge he made last month that the Senate ...

Continuing coverage on the nomination process for the 113th Supreme Court justice. Advertisement Judge Garland is a centrist appeals court judge who is widely respected, even by Republicans. By ...

Among Republicans who have heard a lot about the nomination (about 17% of all Republicans), 58% say she should not be confirmed by the Senate. About three-in-ten Republicans who say they have heard a ...

Robert Bork, nominated by President Reagan to the Supreme Court, is sworn in before the Senate Judiciary Committee at his confirmation hearing, Sept. 15, 1987.