Similarly his nominations to the lower courts, rushed through by Republicans without many of the usual protocols and traditions, have insula

Blue slips are back in the news after Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley refused to turn in their blue slips for Ninth Circuit nominee Ryan

Trump has padded the Republican numbers on the 5th, 6th and 8th circuit courts, which were already Republican-dominated, and has closed the

One of Trump's most controversial picks — 6th Circuit Judge John Bush, who had penned a blog post under a pseudonym comparing abortion t

Expect to hear a lot about abortion rights, which Kennedy helped to protect in a 2016 case from Texas, and gay rights, three years after Ken

From early judgments in last year’s travel ban case to a gay rights lawsuit out of Arkansas, Justice Gorsuch has found himself part of a tri

Not everyone gives up on work during the wait. Judge Joan Larsen continued to hear cases on the Michigan Supreme Court while awaiting confir

Senate Republicans blocked many Obama nominees, but primarily while they were in the majority, said Curt Levey, president of Committee for J

While states are a source for judicial picks, the federal Justice Department remains the biggest proving ground, said Curt Levey, president