Senate Judiciary Committee

Facebook, Twitter CEOs ordered to testify by GOP senators

October 22, 2020 The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The GOP push against Facebook and Twitter accelerated Thursday after Republican senators threatened the CEOs of the social media companies with subpoenas to force them to address accusations of censorship in the […]

GOP-led Senate panel advances Barrett despite Dems’ boycott

October 22, 2020 Lisa Mascaro and Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to advance Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination to the full Senate as Republicans powered past Democrats’ boycott of the session. Democratic senators refused to show […]

GOP pushes Barrett toward Supreme Court

October 16, 2020 Lisa Mascaro, Mark Sherman and Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Republicans powered Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett closer to confirmation Thursday, pushing past Democratic objections in the process to seat President Donald Trump’s pick before the Nov. 3 election. The Senate […]

Barrett vows to interpret laws ‘as they are written’

October 12, 2020 Mark Sherman, Lisa Mascaro and Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett declared Monday that Americans “deserve an independent Supreme Court that interprets our Constitution and laws as they are written,” encapsulating her approach to the law that […]

Graham: GOP has votes to confirm Trump court pick by Nov. 3

September 22, 2020 The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Republicans have the votes to confirm President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court pick before the Nov. 3 presidential election, according to the Senate Judiciary chairman who will shepherd the nomination through the chamber. […]

Kavanaugh says he won’t let ‘false accusations’ push him out

September 26, 2018 North State Journal Staff

WASHINGTON, D.C.— On Tuesday, the White House indicated that President Trump could support hearing testimony from a second accuser of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said on morning […]

Trump push for conservative judges intensifies

May 9, 2018 North State Journal Staff

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Some of President Donald Trump’s key U.S. Appeals Court nominations go under review by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary Wednesday morning, as Trump pursues his goal of making the federal judiciary […]