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Ashley Baker
May 18, 2022
Obama's Judiciary at the Midterm: The confirmation drama continues
In Levey’s view, one substantive explanation for the administration’s relative lack of aggressiveness in pursuing the courts card was its wi
Ashley Baker
May 18, 2022
Demystifying the judicial nomination process: Insiders offer some views
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
Ashley Baker
May 18, 2022
Legal logjam leaving judges' seats empty in federal courts
Curt Levey, executive director of the conservative lobby Committee for Justice, said neither Obama nor Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid...
Ashley Baker
May 18, 2022
Supreme Court Nominations Join Partisan Battleground
When senators vote on Elena Kagan's Supreme Court confirmation in early August, they are likely to split roughly along party lines—a far...
Ashley Baker
May 18, 2022
Banning Guns: If At First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again
From Walter Olson: "[T]here are said to be internationally recognized rights to government-provided housing, day care, and even (at least...
Ashley Baker
May 18, 2022
Kagan's Precedents on Guns
When saying one with follow precedent doesn't mean a lot. From a piece that I had at Fox News: Alarm bells should have gone off during...
Ashley Baker
May 18, 2022
Obamacare and privacy rights
The first private lawsuit has been filed challenging the constitutionality of Obamacare. In addition to the general arguments against...
Ashley Baker
May 18, 2022
CFJ Files Brief in Gun Case Before High Court
Yesterday, the Committee for Justice submitted an amicus brief in McDonald v. Chicago, the landmark Second Amendment case in which the...
Ashley Baker
May 18, 2022
Amicus Brief Filed in McDonald v. City of Chicago
Amicus brief filed in McDonald v. City of Chicago in support of petitioners.
Ashley Baker
May 18, 2022
Free speech or an invasion of privacy?
On Wednesday, the New Hampshire Supreme Court heard arguments regarding a case that calls into question whether or not online...
Ashley Baker
May 18, 2022
Gun Case Tied to Looming High Court Vacancy
Yesterday, the Committee for Justice submitted an amicus (friend of the court) brief in McDonald v. Chicago, the landmark Second...
Ashley Baker
May 18, 2022
Battle Over Sotomayor Heats Up
Both parties braced for a summertime confirmation battle over Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, with the White House gathering a team t
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