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The media coverage leading up to today’s Supreme Court argument in United States v. Arizona has focused almost entirely on the issue of illegal immigration. But the most important issue in the case is not immigration policy or even the specifics of whether some or all of Arizona’s immigration law is preempted by federal law. The most profound impact of this case will likely be on the constitutional balance of power between the states and the federal government, an issue that

The Committee for Justice joined several other organizations and state legislatures in filing an amicus brief supporting the respondents (in

Today, the Committee for Justice submitted an amicus (friend of the court) brief in each of the two biggest cases before the Supreme Court t

The confirmation of President Obama's judicial nominees has been delayed. Judy Woodruff discusses the politics of confirming the nominees to the federal bench with Committee for Justice's Curt Levey and the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy's Caroline Fredrickson.

In Levey’s view, one substantive explanation for the administration’s relative lack of aggressiveness in pursuing the courts card was its wi

Curt Levey, who has worked to secure the placement of Republican nominees on the bench, said that it is almost impossible to filibuster a Su

Curt Levey, executive director of the conservative lobby Committee for Justice, said neither Obama nor Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has made a priority of filling judicial vacancies. "Republicans can't stop Reid from bringing things to a vote, but what they can do is make the majority leader pick his priorities," Levey said. He was referring to the option of invoking cloture, which allows the majority to call a vote but at the price of ceding the Senate floor f

When senators vote on Elena Kagan's Supreme Court confirmation in early August, they are likely to split roughly along party lines—a far cry from the 97-0 vote in favor of Justice Anthony Kennedy in 1988 or Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's 96-3 tally in 1993. Supreme Court confirmations are now part of the partisan battleground, with groups on both sides aggressively pressuring senators. Read more.