The judicial-confirmation wars have started again--sort of.The judicial-confirmation wars have started again--sort of. Employing the kind of tactics they perfected in earlier fights against Bush nominees, Democrats forced Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee The U.S. Senate established the Committee on the Judiciary on December 10, 1816, as one of the original 11 standing committees. It is also one of the most powerful committees in Congress; among its wide range of jurisdictions is investigation of federal judicial nominees and oversight of to hold a second hearing on appeals-court candidate Brett Kavanaugh. But the hearing produced nothing. Democratic senators wanted to know if Kavanaugh had anything to do with administration memos concerning torture torture, the intentional infliction of severe physical or mental pain or suffering in order to intimidate, coerce, obtain information or a confession, or punish. . He didn't. They wanted to know if he knew Jack Abramoff Jack Abramoff (born February 28, 1959) is a former American political lobbyist, a Republican political activist and businessman who was a central figure in a series of high-profile political scandals. . He didn't. They even wanted to know whether--horrors!--Karl Rove sometimes sat in on White House meetings about judicial nominees. Turns out Rove has, in fact, done that, although there is nothing at all improper
William Gerry Myers III (born July 13, 1955, Roanoke, Virginia) is an American lawyer. He graduated from the College of William & Mary in 1977 and the University of Denver law school in 1981. , and William Haynes--come up. Will Republicans fight for them? |
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