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Nominees Lie, Senators Close Eyes and America Pays Sep. 03, 2025
What's the point of Senate confirmation hearings? The testimony of nominees to judgeships and the ca... Read More
In Defending Hegseth Against Democratic Attacks, Senate Republicans Are Long on Outrage -- but Short on Memory Jan. 16, 2025
SAN DIEGO — There has been a lot of talk lately about the need to return respect and civility ... Read More
He's Trolling Us Nov. 21, 2024
What to make of Donald Trump's nominations of the Fox News team to the Trump Cabinet? Attorney Gener... Read More
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson and Alienable Rights Apr. 06, 2022
In a written response she presented to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson p... Read More
Reject Ketanji Brown Jackson Mar. 25, 2022
The issue with Ketanji Brown Jackson, the 51-year-old federal appellate judge who is our senile pres... Read More
Josh Hawley's Attack on Ketanji Brown Jackson Illustrates the Emotionalism She Criticized: The Senator Argues That Questioning Sex Offender Policies 'Endangers Our Children' Mar. 23, 2022
In a 1996 Harvard Law Review article, Ketanji Brown Jackson, then a law school student, noted the "c... Read More
Judging in the Judiciary Committee Mar. 23, 2022
When Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota questioned Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson at her Suprem... Read More
Reflections on Judge Jackson's Nomination to the Supreme Court Mar. 03, 2022
President Joe Biden's nomination of U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to fill the Su... Read More
Biden's Department of Homeland Sleaze Chief Feb. 02, 2021
Everything old is new again. The corruptocracy of the Obama administration is back with a vengeance ... Read More
Will the Real Attorney General Please Stand Up? Nov. 15, 2018
Last week's surprise forced resignation of Jeff Sessions as attorney general of the United States se... Read More
Breaking the Senate Silence: Women's Voices Oct. 10, 2018
Exactly a month before the Nov. 6 election, the Senate confirmed Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Cour... Read More
Pro-Abortion Left vs. Kavanaugh Oct. 03, 2018
I've been writing for years about the depth of the culture war taking place in America. I've done so... Read More
Guilty As Charged Sep. 29, 2018
Not for the first time, the criticism reads: "Why don't you admit it, Shields? You reflexively like ... Read More
Elections Have Consequences Sep. 06, 2018
Labor Day is past. Most schools have begun. And the mad dash to Election Day is here. This week's ne... Read More
The Democrats' Latest Ploy to Obstruct Kavanaugh's Confirmation Aug. 24, 2018
Democrats figure that if they can't yet get enough impeachment traction from the Michael Cohen and P... Read More
There Is Nothing 'Illegitimate' About the Brett Kavanaugh Nomination Aug. 24, 2018
Perhaps one day a court will find that Donald Trump conspired with his personal lawyer Michael Cohen... Read More
The Kavanaugh Confirmation Kabuki Jul. 13, 2018
Theater, much like Japan's Kabuki — that's all the Supreme Court confirmation process is. Dona... Read More
Spooking the Next Top Spook May. 05, 2018
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate faces a clear choice as it prepares to confirm — or reject ... Read More
Keeping the Export-Import Bank Honest Nov. 16, 2017
Last week, Boeing confirmed the purchase by China of 300 planes for the listed price of $37 billion.... Read More
End of Filibuster Not Good for Either Party Apr. 07, 2017
Back when I was a young staffer in the House of Representatives, we viewed the Senate with some disd... Read More
