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 ...

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.

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 ...

WATCH: Senate Judiciary Committee postpones Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination to next week Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin has announced his intention to support the nomination of Ketanji Brown ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, whose failed Supreme Court nomination provoked a lasting partisan divide over judicial nominations, died Wednesday at age 85. A former federal judge and conservative legal theorist ...

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 ...