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Doug Kendall: The Constitution Doesn't Change with the Circumstances

"What we're seeing now is unprecedented.... The Democrats are denying the Senate its constitutional responsibility of advice/consent by systematically denying appellate court nominees an up-or-down vote. And we can't find anywhere in the Constitution ...

From DOUG KENDALL, Huffington Post,  9 Nov 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Congress,  George W. Bush

Obama's nominees to the bench are waiting too long.

It's still early in President Obama's first term, but not too soon to conclude that the president's effort to "put the confirmation wars [for judges] behind us" is not going well. Only three of his 22 lower court nominees have been confirmed so far. ...

From DOUG KENDALL, Slate,  26 Oct 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  Barack Obama,  George W. Bush,  U.S. Republican Party,  Harry Reid

Doug Kendall: Five Reasons Why Citizens United Is a Truly Momentous Case

You've probably heard by now that next week the Supreme Court will break up its summer recess to hear argument, for the second time, in Citizens United v. FEC. You may have the sense that this doesn't happen often and that something important is going ...

From DOUG KENDALL, Huffington Post,  1 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Federal Election Commission,  Chevron Corporation,  Cinema Advertising Council,  John McCain,  George W. Bush

Doug Kendall: Al Franken and the Sotomayor Hearings: A Senate Star Is Born

[T]his Supreme Court came close to overturning critical portions of the Voting Rights Act. The Court did this despite the powers that Congress was granted under the 15th Amendment to enact this law, and despite the fact that this body has ...

From DOUG KENDALL, Huffington Post,  30 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Al Franken,  Senate Judiciary Committee,  Sonia Sotomayor,  U.S. Congress,  Rush Limbaugh

Doug Kendall: Liveblogging the Sotomayor Confirmation Hearing (Day 4)

Note: This page needs to be refreshed to see updates. Updated 11:09: We've moved on to Sen. Specter (D-Pennsylvania). After briefly returning to her ruling in Entergy v. Riverkeeper, which the Supreme Court reversed this term, he's now asking her about ...

From DOUG KENDALL, Huffington Post,  16 Jul 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party

Doug Kendall: Liveblogging the Sotomayor Confirmation Hearing (Day 3)

Note: This page needs to be refreshed to see updates. Updated 11:24: Sen. Whitehouse and the next four questioning Senators are all Democrats. This is where the number advantage by Democrats really comes into play, and it is their real opportunity to ...

From DOUG KENDALL, Huffington Post,  15 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Sheldon Whitehouse,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Congress,  Barack Obama

Doug Kendall: Liveblogging the Sotomayor Confirmation Hearing (Day 2)

...the panel of judges considered itself bound by Second Circuit precedent, which was discussed at length by the district court, and issued a summary order pursuant to Second Circuit Rule 32.1 that adopted the district court's reasoning. That Rule ...

From DOUG KENDALL, Huffington Post,  14 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Sonia Sotomayor,  U.S. Republican Party,  Orrin Hatch,  Jeff Sessions,  Dianne Feinstein

Doug Kendall: Liveblogging the Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings

Each generation of Americans has sought to bend that arc a little further toward justice. We have improved upon the foundation of our Constitution through the Bill of Rights, the Civil War amendments, the 19th Amendment's expansion of the right to ...

From DOUG KENDALL, Huffington Post,  13 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Sonia Sotomayor,  George W. Bush,  Senate Judiciary Committee,  U.S. Republican Party

Doug Kendall: Key Moments to Watch at the Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings, Part II of a Live Blog Preview

...you must constantly step out of the role you are in and not just listen to your adversaries but learn to appreciate their perspectives. . . . To be fair, to seek truth is not easy. It is the hardest task you face. Justice asks you not only for a ...

From DOUG KENDALL, Huffington Post,  10 Jul 2009
Related Topics: John Roberts,  Patrick Leahy,  Anita Hill,  U.S. Republican Party,  White House

Doug Kendall: A Live Blog Primer for the Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings, Part I -- Defining Victory

Next week, I will have the privilege of live blogging the Sotomayor confirmation hearings for Huffington Post. In doing so, I will try to explain to Huff Post's diverse community of bloggers and readers why these hearings matter, and how to determine ...

From DOUG KENDALL, Huffington Post,  9 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Sonia Sotomayor,  Barack Obama,  Senate Judiciary Committee,  John Roberts,  U.S. Republican Party

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