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By Marian Currinder House Leadership Matt Fuller, “Can Anyone Take Down Nancy Pelosi?” Huffington Post: “The California Democrat, the first and only woman to ever serve as Speaker… Read More

It was a home run for the White House. A senior Supreme Court justice — appointed by a Republican president but who joined the court’s liberal wing in the most controversial… Read More

Image source here By Marian Currinder Senate Jonathan S. Tobin, “The Centrality of Mitch McConnell,” National Review: “But as Trump unveiled Judge Brett Kavanaugh as his second pick for… Read More

During the 2016 campaign, then-candidate Donald Trump released a list of names that, if elected, he would use to nominate the next Supreme Court justice. The original list started with… Read More

Senate Matt Glassman, “The SCOTUS Nomination, Senate Procedure, and Democratic Strategy,” Notice & Comment: “With the announcement of Justice Kennedy’s retirement yesterday, many liberals have called on Senate Democrats… Read More

Justice Anthony Kennedy’s announcement Wednesday that he would be retiring from the Supreme Court led to justifiable hand-wringing about his crucial role as the swing vote in 5-4 decisions. Read More

In this age of unbridled administrative overreach, it is a rare thing for the executive branch to be willing to slim itself down. Yet on June 21, … Read More

Image source here By Marian Currinder Senate Niels Lesniewski, “Senators Keeping Hope — and ‘Regular Order’ — Alive,” Roll Call: “Does the Senate’s sudden appetite for “regular order” have… Read More

There is a crisis in the federal judiciary — 75 of them to be exact. That is the number of federal courts, according to the Judicial Conference (the… Read More

The Legislative Branch Capacity Working Group’s May meeting featured a panel of national security experts who discussed a wide range of vital topics including: Congress’ role in national security and… Read More