The battle is heating up on Capitol Hill as confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett will continue on Tuesday. They are set to go through the end of Thursday. California ...

At a pivotal hearing before the Executive Council Friday, New Hampshire Supreme Court judicial nominee Bryan Gould spent ...

Lawyer colleagues and other GOP lawmakers spoke fondly of Gould at Friday’s hearing. But environmental advocates opposed his ...

Gould has GOP credentials and is well-regarded by his peers in the state's legal community, but is expected to face scrutiny ...

What's the point of Senate confirmation hearings? The testimony of nominees to judgeships and the cabinet is too often ...

WASHINGTON -- Judge Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court nomination cleared a key hurdle Thursday as Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans powered past Democrats' objections in the drive to confirm ...

Here’s a look at Supreme Court nominations. Under Article II of the Constitution, the President nominates justices to the Supreme Court, with the “advice and consent of the Senate.” If a vacancy ...

WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) – When it comes to Merrick Garland’s Supreme Court nomination, Republican Sen. Susan Collins confidently states, “The next step, in my view, should be public hearings before ...

The Senate Judiciary Committee will begin meeting on March 21 to consider Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson. In a letter to the committee, Chairman Dick Durbin said the hearings will last ...

A nominee for the state's highest court is promising to recuse himself from cases involving Casella Waste Systems or the ...