| 单词 | confirmation hearing |
| 例句 | There’s courtroom drama, and then there’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing drama. Essential Reading: 5 Books About Dramatic Supreme Court Nomination Hearings 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z Research also uncovered one priceless moment in Ginsburg’s confirmation hearing to the court. Film puts muscle, heart behind the ‘Notorious RBG’ image of Ruth Bader Ginsburg 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z There's the Obama administration's deportation policies, Biden's support for the 1994 crime bill, his handling of the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings, his position on mandatory busing in the 1970s, and so on. Joe Biden has been around politics for decades, and so has his biographer 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z Media coverage and Tillerson’s confirmation hearings have focused heavily on his relationship with Russia and touched on his attitude toward human rights and potential conflicts of interest when dealing with countries where ExxonMobil operates. Why read a 5-year-old book about ExxonMobil now? Two words: Rex Tillerson 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z “Late Night” host Seth Meyers traces this whole mess back to Attorney General Jeff Sessions confirmation hearing before the judiciary committee, when he provided a false answer to a question from Sen. Al Franken. Here’s how late-night TV reacted to Jeff Sessions’ testimony 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z But specific sticking points do remain, including the way Biden didn’t fight for Anita Hill, but rather allowed his Republican colleagues to attack her during the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court confirmation hearing. The Joe Biden wokeness paradox: Can black voters support him and also hold him accountable? 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z At his confirmation hearing, Roberts played down his highly ideological Justice Department work and famously insisted that he saw his role as judge to be like an umpire. The ‘Enigma’ Who Is the Chief Justice of the United States 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z They have two daughters, Melissa and Cynthia, seen only when they attended his 2001 confirmation hearing as head of the FBI. Robert Mueller is the most unknowable man in Washington 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z The Washington Post recounted Acosta’s role in Epstein’s crime and punishment in a lengthy story before Acosta’s confirmation hearing in March of that year. Jeffrey Epstein’s case was covered in the media. But one Miami reporter made it big news again. 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z At his confirmation hearing last year, he said that he wanted to state “in the strongest possible terms that these allegations are false.” Retired Col. Kathy Spletstoser wasn’t able to stop Joint Chiefs vice chairman Gen. John Hyten from being confirmed. But she’s not done with him. 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z At Monday’s confirmation hearings, Republican senators seemed to want to be congratulated for refraining to treat Jackson the same way that Kavanaugh was treated. Perspective | Indelible in the hippocampus is Brett Kavanaugh 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z Tom, a closet liberal, has spent his professional lifetime donating equally to Republicans and Democrats, and is untroubled by the prospect of lying during his confirmation hearings should he be nominated. Review: Uma Thurman, Trapped in Trumpland in ‘The Parisian Woman’ 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z Yes, that Anita Hill: the lawyer and academic whose testimony at the 1991 confirmation hearings of Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas became a flashpoint in politics and gender history. The Carpetbagger: Anita Hill, Sundance Star 2013-01-24T21:27:58Z The association with the recent Supreme Court confirmation hearings is unmistakable, and one of those instances where an action suddenly alters your frame of reference with breathtaking clarity. Review | When blood and guts aren’t enough, even for a pair of tragedies 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z He also spoke of the confirmation hearings for Rick Perry, who launched a failed presidential campaign in 2012 when he stated he would close the energy department. Late-night hosts on the inauguration: 'How is that a president?' 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z There’s nothing about his controversial role overseeing the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings in his 2007 memoir, “Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics.” Joe Biden still wants to be president. Can his family endure one last campaign? 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z The film, aptly titled Confirmation, is centered on the 1991 Senate confirmation hearings. Kerry Washington to Star as Anita Hill in HBO Movie 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z In the rare exception, his April visit to “The View,” he seemed off-balance and uneasy taking questions about his treatment of Anita Hill in Clarence Thomas’s confirmation hearing. In the Democratic Primary, the Media Hits Are the Message 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z “My confirmation hearing was, they threw me in the river to see if I float. And I did. I floated on top like a little water bug.” ‘S.N.L.’ Has Matt Damon Play Brett Kavanaugh in Season Premiere 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z Asked whether anything embarrassing might emerge during his Senate confirmation hearing, Goldsmith replied: “My former stepfather is the leading suspect in Jimmy Hoffa’s disappearance, and has long been associated with the Mafia.” ‘In Hoffa’s Shadow’ Details How a Famous Disappearance Hit Close to Home 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z Q: A lot of confirmation hearings have a kind of Kabuki quality to them. Ketanji Brown Jackson on being a ‘first’ and why she loves ‘Survivor’ 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z For most Americans, their first and only impression of Kavanaugh comes from his confirmation hearings. Brett Kavanaugh’s Washington: A smaller, colder world for a justice under a cloud 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z It suggests that, as Jeff Sessions argued earlier this week in his own confirmation hearing, these communities don’t experience discrimination. What Ben Carson doesn’t understand about “extra rights”: LGBT people aren’t asking for special privileges, just basic equality 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z But when Clinton was nominated for secretary of state, she was back at her side, cramming for the confirmation hearing, training speechwriters and traveling the globe. Hillary Clinton and Lissa Muscatine: From first lady and speechwriter to author and bookseller When he was asked at his confirmation hearings what he majored in, Thomas said, “English literature.” Clarence Thomas’s Radical Vision of Race 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z Even better for ratings purposes, as “Burden of Proof” amply demonstrates, the drama surrounding Kavanaugh's confirmation hearings is a reboot. Brett Kavanaugh gives “The Circus” what it desperately needs: cliffhangers and unpredictable... 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z I guess it’s technically possible that Barrett, at her confirmation hearings, might argue persuasively that her views on Roe v. Perspective | Amy Coney Barrett is a strong woman. That doesn’t make her a feminist icon. 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Breitbart was activated as a conservative for good by the 1991 Supreme Court confirmation hearings of Clarence Thomas, a process he believed was filled with politically motivated innuendo. The Life and Death of Andrew Breitbart 2012-04-13T23:02:42Z Presumably – and it was not dissimilar to Brett Kavanaugh’s tantrum at his confirmation hearing – he wanted us to see how he was being torn apart by women’s accusations. Why does TV give a pass to men accused of sex crimes? 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z That basically describes any day in 2018, but the period between September 18 and October 9, when the show debuted, coincided with the toxic confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. “Sorry for Your Loss,” an honest and real show about grief, actually uses Facebook for good 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z That sounds like a formidable obstacle, but in his confirmation hearing earlier this month, Jeff Sessions ducked the question of what he would do. Perspective | Could reporters be hunted down if Trump goes after leakers? 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z After meeting with the students, Jackson sat down with The Washington Post to discuss role models, the pressure of being the first Black female justice and tearing up during the confirmation hearing. Ketanji Brown Jackson on being a ‘first’ and why she loves ‘Survivor’ 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z In his confirmation hearings, Neil M.Gorsuch spoke of standing on the symbolic shoulders of his mom, one of her law school’s first female graduates. Perspective | What men are trying to say when they show off their Female Relationship Résumé 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z The confirmation hearings of Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson are historic, in that Jackson is the first Black woman to be nominated to serve on the highest court. Perspective | Indelible in the hippocampus is Brett Kavanaugh 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing offered another example of rich white male entitlement when he threw a public temper tantrum about the credible sexual accusations against him. Eve Ensler on Donald Trump, rape culture and the "unreckoned history" of America 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z At Thomas’s confirmation hearings, the Republican senator Arlen Specter pressed him on that claim, asking, “If you end segregation, doesn’t it necessarily mean that you are requiring school integration?” Clarence Thomas’s Radical Vision of Race 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z A year after the Thomas confirmation hearings, she told me, the number flipped: More Americans believed Hill than Thomas. Perspective | The Cosby verdict feels like a stunning breakthrough. But it was decades in the making. 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z In his confirmation hearings Kavanaugh bristled at his drinking being characterized as anything other than perfectly normal. ‘The Education of Brett Kavanaugh’ Takes a Hard Look at the Supreme Court Justice and His Accusers 2019-09-14T04:00:00Z Twenty-seven years after Clarence Thomas’s confirmation hearings, Anita Hill recalled that the most wrenching part of her testimony was not being asked by an all-white, all-male judiciary committee to repeat Thomas’s graphic and grotesque comments. One Year of #MeToo: The Legacy of Black Women’s Testimonies 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z During and after the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings — in which the judge denied Dr. Ford’s accusations against him — people shared images of the artworks with and without comment. Female Artists Delete Rape’s ‘Heroic’ Underpinnings 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z The story set in motion the drama of Kavanaugh’s contentious confirmation hearings. Ryan Grim helped push the Tara Reade story into the mainstream. What does he think of it now? 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z The Times’s chief Washington correspondent offers a shrewd, entertaining look at the machinations surrounding Brett Kavanaugh’s appointment to the Supreme Court and the ominous political divisions his confirmation hearings revealed. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z Trump’s attorney general, Jeff Sessions, refused to pledge during his Senate confirmation hearing that he wouldn’t pursue journalists for doing their job. Perspective | Trump’s wish to jail reporters is more than possible. Ask his international friends. 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z We first see him at Ginsburg’s confirmation hearings, where she talked passionately about the importance of legalised abortion, a subject of which Hatch is – to put it mildly – not a fan. Ruth Bader Ginsburg's late-life celebrity: ‘She changed the lives of American women’ 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z The Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee will hold confirmation hearings on McDonald’s nomination, and he will have to win approval by the full Senate. A sampling of editorials from around New York 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z Some even suggested that if Roberts struck down the mandate, it would prove he had been deceitful during his confirmation hearings, when he explained a philosophy of judicial restraint. The Supreme Court's John Roberts Changed His Obamacare Vote in May 2012-07-01T17:01:02Z They have since split and a bankruptcy judge has scheduled a June 28 confirmation hearing for The Philadelphia Orchestra's reorganization plan. Philly Pops seeks to end conductor's contract 2012-06-12T11:13:09Z During her confirmation hearings, she was accused of being a Communist — which was ironic, considering that as a judge Motley would regularly enforce the property rights of business owners. ‘Civil Rights Queen,’ the Story of a Brave and Brilliant Trailblazer 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z The woman named to replace Baird, Kimba Wood, never made it to the confirmation hearings because she, too, had hired an undocumented immigrant as her baby sitter. My Gen X Hillary problem: I know why we don’t “like” Clinton 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z I am reminded of a moment in Brett M. Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing, involving an accomplished Black woman who was not the nominee but a member of the committee. Perspective | Ketanji Brown Jackson did define ‘woman’ at her confirmation hearing 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z “You faced insults here that were shocking to me,” Booker said on the third day of Jackson’s confirmation hearings last Wednesday. Oscars slap sparks debate on the defense of Black women 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z Normally, Jackson would have heard the arguments herself, but she was busy this year — preparing for her confirmation hearing to become the first Black female justice on the Supreme Court, which she’ll join this summer. Ketanji Brown Jackson on being a ‘first’ and why she loves ‘Survivor’ 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z Over four days of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings, I saw the patience of a woman who knows that impatience is not an option. Perspective | Ketanji Brown Jackson did define ‘woman’ at her confirmation hearing 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Throughout Jackson's confirmation hearings, members of the GOP attacked her judicial history and diminished her expertise in an attempt to prohibit her eventual nomination. “The View” calls Lindsey Graham and Ben Sasse's hypocritical stance against KBJ "pathetic" 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z At her Senate confirmation hearing, Hayden pledged to address those shortcomings, especially at the Copyright Office. Songwriters say this federal bureaucrat championed their rights. Now she’s lost her job. 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z At her confirmation hearing before the Senate health committee last month, Bertagnolli said she wants to bring NIH’s innovations and clinical trials to diverse populations in the United States. U.S. Senate confirms Monica Bertagnolli as NIH director 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z The Senate Foreign Relations Committee announced that it would hold Lew's confirmation hearing on Oct. U.S. Senate moves quickly toward confirming Lew as ambassador to Israel 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z "We just simply need to solve this problem and figure out how to get it done," Whitaker said at the committee confirmation hearing, describing the crunch as "years in the making." FAA must address US air traffic staffing crunch, nominee says 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z But after the confirmation hearing concluded, Ms Feinstein congratulated her Republican counterpart, Senator Lindsey Graham, on a successful hearing, punctuated with a hug. Obituary: Dianne Feinstein, trailblazing senator who defied CIA and White House 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z The Senate is yet to hold confirmation hearings for Tinubu's picks. Nigeria central bank postpones next week's policy meeting 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z Gen. David Allvin, the nominee to become the next chief of the Air Force, told senators at his confirmation hearing Tuesday that, on average, the F-16 training will take six to nine months. Ukrainian pilots could be flying F-16s in three months, Air National Guard head says 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson were as ugly as usual but they didn't feature a lot of fireworks. Tuberville proves Republicans picks MAGA over the military 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z At a Senate confirmation hearing late last month for Tobin John Bradley, the U.S. ambassador nominee for Guatemala, Republican Sen. Bill Hagerty of Tennessee challenged U.S. policy. Biden administration warns Guatemala against rejecting democracy in presidential election 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z Hill, who worked for Thomas, accused him during televised confirmation hearings. Past donors to Reps. Adam Schiff, Katie Porter and Barbara Lee face a dilemma in Senate race 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z Brown, the outgoing Air Force chief of staff, made the remarks at his Senate confirmation hearing to become chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Biden's pick for top U.S. general warns on Republican's hold on promotions 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z Brown, will field questions at his confirmation hearing on Tuesday before the Senate Armed Services Committee. US Marine Corps in historic leadership limbo due to Republican block 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z During her confirmation hearings, to the surprise of some, Justice Jackson declared herself an originalist, meaning, she explained, that she interprets the Constitution based on how it was understood at the time it was adopted. In Her First Term, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson ‘Came to Play’ 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, Cooper served on Alito's "murder boards," which is what insiders call preparation sessions for Senate confirmation hearings. Alito’s career was boosted by founder of law firm arguing in “Moore v. Harper” 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z Senator Bernie Sanders, who chaired Su's confirmation hearing, said she is "prepared to take on powerful special interests and stand up for the needs of the working class of this country." Acting US Labor chief Su opponents undeterred after port worker deal 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Testifying at his Senate confirmation hearing, Gen. Smith told a friendly panel of lawmakers that a ready fleet of amphibious ships for the Marines isn’t a luxury, it’s a requirement. Marine Corps commandant nominee lays out case for more ships amid transition 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z At his confirmation hearing, Senator Phil Gramm, Republican of Texas, offered a tweak on a song lyric from the British rock band Hermit’s Hermits: “Harvey Pitt has seen it from both sides.” Harvey Pitt, S.E.C. Chair Who Resigned Amid Scandals, Dies at 78 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z The Senate Judiciary Committee failed to schedule a confirmation hearing or vote for Mr. Wamble, a Kansas-based lawyer who has more than a decade of experience working as a prosecutor. Two judicial nominees drop out; Biden still outpacing Trump in federal judges landing on bench 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z His wife, Lisa Fairfax, is one of Jackson’s best friends and former roommates and introduced her at her Senate confirmation hearing. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson tells law students ‘Survivor’ offers helpful lessons 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z During his confirmation hearing to be a Fed governor, he recalled that in his youth, “it was a place where the line between a future of success or struggle was thin.” White House Taps Two Economists for Top Fed Jobs 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z During her confirmation hearing, they grilled Sogan about her past tweets and a recent whistleblower letter alleging that she created an “abusive” work environment at one of her former posts. Biden’s National Archives nominee confirmed amid turmoil over Trump probe 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z “If affordable broadband gets deployed anywhere, then somehow more affordable broadband might get deployed everywhere,” Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., the chair of the Senate Commerce Committee, said at Sohn’s February confirmation hearing. Tanked Biden pick highlights escalation of dark-money forces 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z A ringing critique of the court’s casual approach to its ethical obligations came to the committee from former federal appeals Judge J. Michael Luttig, who helped prepare Thomas for his confirmation hearings in 1991. Column: The Supreme Court rejects ethics oversight. Can anything change that? 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z “In the short term there will be some additional legwork that will have to go into those processes, but it doesn’t mean we can’t do them,” Byrd said at his confirmation hearing in late March. The first arrests from DeSantis’s election police take extensive toll 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z Alito’s critics accuse him of withholding such views at his confirmation hearings nearly 30 years ago. Alito thinks he knows who Dobbs leaker is — and says it’s not a conservative 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Most politically aware Americans are probably familiar with the function of confirmation hearings in a Senate with a razor-thin Democratic majority: It’s where qualified nominations go to die. Column: Julie Su would be a perfect Labor secretary. That's why Big Business hates her 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z Sohn said she knew her nomination was dead at her February confirmation hearing. Tanked Biden pick highlights escalation of dark-money forces 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z At a confirmation hearing last month, Washington faced tough questions from GOP lawmakers who said they didn’t think he was qualified to lead the agency — criticisms that Washington’s supporters dismissed as partisan attacks. Acting FAA administrator Billy Nolen announces he is leaving agency 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z Julie Su, President Biden’s pick for labor secretary who has been in the role since March in an acting capacity, faces an uphill battle in her Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday. Fox Can Claim a Big Tax Break From Its Dominion Settlement 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z A handful of moderate Democrats have not publicly stated whether they will vote for Su’s nomination ahead of her confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Biden’s labor secretary nominee faces doubts in Senate 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z “As a judge, I’m no longer in the advocate role,” he said during his confirmation hearing. The controversial article Matthew Kacsmaryk did not disclose to the Senate 2023-04-15T04:00:00Z Senate Labor committee will hold an April 20 confirmation hearing on U.S. U.S. Senate panel to hold hearing on Biden's Labor nominee Su next week 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, Supreme Court confirmation hearings have turned into yet another political battleground where parties vote only for those who represent their own self-interest. Opinion | Justice Thomas owed Americans diligence in his filings 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z There was no discussion of Williams’ educational qualifications during her Senate confirmation hearing. Scientists challenge U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service director’s qualifications 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z Her absence has disrupted the work of the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee, which holds confirmation hearings for federal judges and advances its recommendations to the full Senate. Feinstein's continued Senate absence stalls judicial agenda, sparks call for resignation 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z In his confirmation hearing to parliament in February and Monday's inaugural news conference, Ueda vowed to sustain Kuroda's massive stimulus programme including YCC, which tempered market bets of an immediate policy shift. Analysis: Japan's upbeat wages may keep new BOJ chief on hook for policy tweak 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z He has been a top target of the left since his confirmation hearings in 1991. Senate Democrats demand Chief Justice John Roberts probe Clarence Thomas’ travel, gifts 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z In addition to these, newspaper and digital advertisements will start appearing with more frequency in these states as her confirmation hearing date set for April 20 approaches. Battle over Biden labor nominee Julie Su heats up 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z She said during her confirmation hearing that the grizzly bear population around Yellowstone National Park has recovered, putting her at odds with wildlife advocates. Scientists challenge U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service director’s qualifications 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z Liberals also renewed resignation calls for Justice Thomas, who has been a top target for the left since his confirmation hearings in 1991. Justice Thomas says vacations with GOP megadonor were cleared by judicial advisers 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z It also would make sense to change Senate rules to require that lawmakers guarantee confirmation hearings to presidential nominees within a short, fixed period after their nominations. Opinion | The government can’t operate efficiently with so many posts vacant 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z Werfel navigated some of that controversy during his February confirmation hearing. New IRS leader promises faster, easier tax filing process 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z During his confirmation hearing Monday, Butler said he was committed to moving the agency into a new era. Maryland Senate confirms Roland Butler head of state police 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z He said Taylor answered senators’ questions in a straightforward manner during a confirmation hearing, including about what he had written about Mississippi being racist. Rejection of Black educator angers some Mississippi senators 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z In his confirmation hearings, Mr. Washington admitted that he does not understand how the FAA identifies and tracks aircraft, and he does not know the FAA’s medical requirements for pilots. Team Biden puts crazed partisan ideology over travel safety 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z A Biden judicial nominee couldn’t answer a basic legal question during his confirmation hearing Wednesday, making him the second nominee to the federal courts stumped by GOP questioning this year. Sen. John Kennedy stumps another Biden judicial nominee in confirmation hearing 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z “After the first wave of reform, and with the benefit of experience and reflection, some refinements will undoubtedly be in order,” Mr. Quarles said at his confirmation hearing. A Big Question for the Fed: What Went Wrong With Bank Oversight? 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z Hirono said she was prepared to support him after his confirmation hearing but said she was now reviewing his written testimony and added: “So we shall see.” Biden’s appeals court nominee faces rare Democratic scrutiny 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z During his confirmation hearings, Kacsmaryk told lawmakers it would be “inappropriate” for a judge to allow their religious beliefs to impact a matter of law. Judge weighing abortion pill is favorite of conservatives 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z Her 2018 novel, “Those Who Knew,” in which a politician’s rise to power is jeopardized by a past encounter with a woman, appeared in the thick of the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearings. Idra Novey's new novel proves fiction can be worth a thousand think pieces 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z “Tell me what Article V of the Constitution does,” Mr. Kennedy asked during her confirmation hearing in January. Sen. John Kennedy stumps another Biden judicial nominee in confirmation hearing 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z Taking note of the potential impact of the funding, Werfel said during his confirmation hearing that “Americans rightfully expect a more modern and high-performing IRS.” IRS nominee Daniel Werfel confirmed by Senate vote 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Taking note of the potential impact of the funding, Werfel said during his confirmation hearing that “Americans rightfully expect a more modern and high-performing IRS.” IRS nominee Daniel Werfel confirmed by Senate vote 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z At his confirmation hearing last month, Mr. Werfel said he believed that the I.R.S. needed to become a modern and high-performing agency after years of neglect. Senate Confirms Daniel Werfel as I.R.S. Commissioner 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z After her third confirmation hearing, we are glad to see that she finally had the wherewithal to withdraw her name from consideration herself.” Biden’s embattled pick to lead FCC withdraws from nomination 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z In a statement during her 2013 Senate confirmation hearing for the Millennium Challenge CEO position, Hyde spoke of how U.S. government support had “transformed not only people’s lives but entire communities — even entire countries.” Former White House official dies of injuries after jet turbulence 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z In parliament confirmation hearings, Ueda stressed the need to support the economy with ultra-loose policy for now, saying a shift to tighter policy would only come when Japan's inflation trend accelerates significantly. BOJ to keep yield cap, ultra-low rates at Kuroda's last policy meeting 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z Mountain did not directly address the concerns about his nomination, but the Indian Affairs Department said he was looking forward to doing interviews following his confirmation hearing. New Mexico nomination spurs concerns among Native Americans 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z Jacobs has denied the allegations, and Garcetti testified at his confirmation hearing in December 2021 that he “never witnessed, nor was it brought to my attention, the behavior that’s been alleged.” Eric Garcetti's stalled nomination to ambassador's post sees slight progress 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z “There’s still some distance for Japan to see inflation sustainably and stably meet the BOJ’s 2% target,” he told an upper house confirmation hearing. Incoming BOJ head says jump in trend inflation needed to tighten policy 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z The yen was volatile on the day and swung between gains and losses against the dollar as investors parsed through the comments from Ueda, who was speaking at the lower house confirmation hearing. Dollar steady on higher-for-longer rates outlook; yen volatile 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z The upper house of parliament will hold the confirmation hearing for Ueda on Monday, and that for the two deputies on Tuesday. Incoming BOJ chief Ueda to speak in parliament as yield cap comes under attack 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z Figuring out what “woman” means became a political hot potato last year after now-Justice Jackson said at her confirmation hearing that she couldn’t provide a definition. Kansas kicks off push to define ‘woman,’ as red states seek to shield single-sex spaces 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z A vote on restructuring has been set for May 21, with a court confirmation hearing tentatively set for May 30. Cineworld shares dive on reports of no bidders for UK, U.S. assets 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z The upper house of parliament will hold its confirmation hearing for Ueda, the government's nominee for central bank governor, on Feb. 27, a ruling party lawmaker said on Tuesday. Incoming BOJ head to speak in Diet as markets renew attack on yield cap 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z Turkey has been so exasperating in so many ways in recent years that Mr. Blinken, in his confirmation hearing, referred to Ankara as a “so-called ally,” and in two years had not visited. On Blinken Visit, Quake Relief Soothes U.S.-Turkey Tensions 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z The parliament holds confirmation hearings on the nominees on Feb. 24 at the lower house, followed by the upper chamber at a later date. Japan fin min says BOJ nominees picked with eye on price goal 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z Anticipating questions ahead of his confirmation hearing Wednesday before the Senate Finance Committee, Werfel in prepared testimony makes several other commitments aimed at revamping the beleaguered agency. IRS nominee: No audit boost for households under $400,000 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z The confirmation hearing comes at a pivotal moment for the beleaguered agency, which is embarking on an $80 billion modernization project that newly empowered Republicans are giving intense scrutiny. Biden’s I.R.S. Nominee Will Be Grilled About $80 Billion Overhaul 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z After the confirmation hearings, many Democrats seethed at Ms. Feinstein’s congenial attitude and what they considered meek questioning of Justice Barrett. From a Parole Board to the Senate: 9 Key Moments in Dianne Feinstein’s Career 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z It was the third confirmation hearing for the progressive consumer advocate who once served as a senior counselor to Obama-era FCC Chair Tom Wheeler. Biden’s FCC nominee counting on Democratic Senate majority to advance languishing nomination 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z The 51-year-old, whose Senate confirmation hearing is set for Wednesday, has already held multiple thankless jobs in government, in both Republican and Democratic administrations. IRS nominee faces herculean challenge of modernizing agency 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z The governor and deputy governor nominees will testify at confirmation hearings to be held on Feb. 24 for the lower house, and Feb. 27 for the upper chamber, sources have told Reuters. Factbox: Key dates to watch out for on BOJ policy, leadership change 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z The governor and deputy governor nominees will testify at confirmation hearings to be held on Feb. 24 for the lower house, and Feb. 27 for the upper chamber. Japan set to name academic Ueda as next central bank governor 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z During his Senate confirmation hearing in 2021, Garland told lawmakers he had concerns “about the increasing almost randomness or arbitrariness” of the death penalty and its disparate impact on racial minorities. Justice Department standards on federal death penalty called confusing 2023-02-11T05:00:00Z At last month's confirmation hearing, Judiciary Committee members peppered LaSalle with pointed questions about his decisions that they said show bias toward prosecutors, employers and an anti-abortion group. New York state senator sues to force vote on blocked chief judge nominee 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z Senate committee on Tuesday set a third confirmation hearing for the Biden administration's nominee to a seat on the Federal Communications Commission that has been vacant for more than two years. White House says blog post on Nord Stream explosion 'is utterly false' 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z Senate committee on Tuesday set a third confirmation hearing for the Biden administration’s nominee to a seat on the Federal Communications Commission that has been vacant for more than two years. U.S. Senate panel sets new hearing for Biden telecom nominee 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z As his confirmation hearing began in July in Washington, a rubber dinghy carrying a warning appeared on the Danube River near the U.S. A U.S. Ambassador Finds Himself on Hostile Ground in Hungary 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z This indicates consciousness of guilt—and therefore evidence that he may have knowingly perjured himself in the confirmation hearings—and a potential conspiracy to obstruct and defraud the Senate by coordinating a false information campaign. "Disturbing new evidence" in Brett Kavanaugh documentary sparks call for DOJ probe 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z Mr. Washington was nominated last year but did not receive a Senate confirmation hearing. F.A.A. Outage Highlights Fragility of the Aviation System 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Her husband, Patrick Jackson, and her daughter Leila sat behind her on the first day of her Senate confirmation hearings in March: Pictures of the Year 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z Mr. Biden nominated Mr. Washington, the chief executive of Denver International Airport, in July, but he has not yet received a confirmation hearing in the Senate. Biden’s Pick to Lead F.A.A. Faces Murky Road to Confirmation 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z Garland had said during his confirmation hearing last year that he opposes the sentencing disparities, and legal experts said his memo to U.S. attorneys is an effort to formally align Justice Department policy. U.S. attorney general moves to end sentencing disparities on crack, powder cocaine 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z Did the protests in Senate buildings during the Kavanaugh Supreme Court confirmation hearings, which led to hundreds of arrests, corruptly obstruct congressional proceedings? Opinion | Two court cases show the civil liberties toll of Jan. 6 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z Last week in a statement, Allen defended the decision to forgo a confirmation hearing for Holmes, saying there is no requirement to do so. D.C. mayor launching nationwide search to replace 911 director 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z Ms. White, who had once described believing in global warming as “a kind of paganism,” stumbled at a confirmation hearing, and the White House withdrew her nomination. The Texas Group Waging a National Crusade Against Climate Action 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z During his Senate confirmation hearing, Garcetti insisted he never saw Jacobs behaving inappropriately and was never told about any problems with him. L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti, prominent Biden ally, implicated in harassment cover-up 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z On Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a confirmation hearing for one circuit court pick, DeAndrea Gist Benjamin for the 4th U.S. Democrats’ control of Senate green lights Biden’s judicial nominees 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z Magnus told senators in prepared testimony at his Senate confirmation hearing that he was a “pragmatic and bipartisan problem-solver” and that for him, immigration is also personal. CBP commissioner says he refused resignation request from homeland security secretary 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z No date has been set for Holmes’s confirmation hearing, though these issues with dispatching and her responses to them probably will be raised the next time she appears before lawmakers. Acting 911 director faces D.C. Council scrutiny over dispatch failures 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Shaw and the couple’s college-aged daughter, Kaden, were in attendance for Evans’ confirmation hearing along with an array of Evans’ other family members, who beamed with pride during the hourlong proceeding in San Francisco. Newsom's two appointees to California Supreme Court win approval, making history 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z She said during her confirmation hearing earlier this year that she planned to recuse herself because of her service on the school’s Board of Overseers. Supreme Court’s two Black justices diverge on affirmative action 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z She had said during her confirmation hearing that she would recuse herself from that case since she sat on Harvard’s Board of Overseers. Justices eye end of race-based preferences in school admissions 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z During his Senate confirmation hearing he noted that a majority of the young lawyers he’s hired as law clerks have been women and more than a quarter have been minorities. Justices’ past affirmative action views, in their own words 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z He passed his time at the confirmation hearings by doodling sailboats, and Thomas was confirmed. Review: Ted Kennedy, in a new biography, is better — and worse — than you thought 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z The state’s Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation, which assesses the qualifications of proposed justices, found Guerrero to be “exceptionally well qualified” to take over as chief during her confirmation hearing in August. Newsom's two appointees to California Supreme Court win approval, making history 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Murray was first elected during the “Year of the Woman,” motivated to run in part by the contentious Clarence Thomas Supreme Court confirmation hearings. Washington GOP hopeful slams Seattle, Seahawks and Starbucks 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z Consider what they said during their confirmation hearings about Roe v. These elections "are the most important in our lifetime": Democracy advocate on America's choice 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z During her confirmation hearings earlier this year the liberal justice pledged to sit out the Harvard case because she was a member of the school’s board. Justices’ past affirmative action views, in their own words 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z Justice Kagan discussed originalism at her own confirmation hearings, in 2010, saying that the framers of the Constitution had different goals in different parts of the document. Justice Jackson Joins the Supreme Court, and the Debate Over Originalism 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z Notably, it was former president George W. Bush, not then-President Trump, who decided what Bush administration records were available for Kavanaugh’s Senate confirmation hearing. Opinion | Trump filing offers the Supreme Court wide purview in executive power 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z “This is just like the smears they attempted against Brett Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas, and it will not work,” Mr. Scott said, referencing to the nasty Senate confirmation hearings for the conservative Supreme Court justices. Democrats go for the jugular in tight Senate races when GOP gains momentum 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z At her confirmation hearing last year, Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen pointed to rock-bottom borrowing costs as justification for ambitious spending proposals and stimulus measures. U.S. National Debt Tops $31 Trillion for First Time 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z The board also was ordered to file a debt-restructuring plan for the island’s Electric Power Authority by Dec. 1, with a confirmation hearing scheduled for mid-2023. Judge seeks Puerto Rico power company debt restructuring 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z GOP Sen. Rick Scott, a member of the panel vetting Shogan’s nomination, told Bloomberg he “absolutely will demand answers” about the FBI search as part of her confirmation hearing Wednesday. Trump FBI search puts unusual spotlight on Archives nominee 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Cannon’s confirmation hearing took place six months into the coronavirus pandemic, in July 2020, and she appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee by Zoom. In ruling for Trump, low-profile judge Aileen Cannon invites scrutiny 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z During her July 2020 confirmation hearing, the then-prosecutor noted that her mother “had to flee the repressive Castro regime in search of freedom and security,” leaving Cuba at the age of 7. Florida judge faces criticism following order in Trump case 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z A confirmation hearing this fall has not yet been scheduled but could end up being unusually contentious. How Archives went from ‘National Treasure’ to political prey 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z Think, for example, of all of those Trump nominated members of the Supreme Court who blatantly misled the public during their confirmation hearings about their position on Roe v. How Trump redefined shameless hypocrisy — and made it politically indispensable 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z “Perhaps the visibility of these confirmation hearings and the recent attention will help more Americans appreciate the role.” Trump FBI search puts unusual spotlight on Archives nominee 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z She spoke at her confirmation hearing about the lasting influence of her mother, who at age 7 “had to flee the repressive Castro regime in search of freedom and security.” In ruling for Trump, low-profile judge Aileen Cannon invites scrutiny 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z No wonder confirmation hearings have grown more contentious in the cases of highly visible nominees. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z The issues raised in Justice Thomas’s 1991 confirmation hearings are many of the same issues raised by the GWU students in their petition. Opinion | The GWU students were right about Clarence Thomas 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z The judge, who sat on Harvard’s Board of Overseers, had promised during her confirmation hearing to recuse herself from taking part in the case involving that school. Supreme Court’s first Black female justice expected to weigh in on affirmative action 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z The city council’s Transportation and Seattle Public Utilities Committee will hold confirmation hearings on Aug. 16 and Sept. 6. Seattle’s new transportation director will have to hit the ground running 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z From his hostile, history-making confirmation hearings in 1991 to a recent petition to cancel him from George Washington University’s law faculty, he has been liberal Americans’ favorite target for most of his public life. Opinion | Why Clarence Thomas shouldn’t have backed down 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z Instead, however, Senator Ted Cruz used the confirmation hearing to question the Vietnam War hero’s patriotism. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z Mr. Durbin and other Democrats said they were considering the idea of holding confirmation hearings even while the Senate was on break, since they could point to Republicans doing so in the past. Despite Biden’s Success on Judges, Progressives Demand a Faster Pace 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said during her confirmation hearing that she planned to recuse herself from the case since she sat on Harvard’s Board of Overseers. Harvard tells Supreme Court to uphold affirmative action in case over factoring race into admissions 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z District Court for D.C., had a confirmation hearing in June. Michelle Childs is confirmed to seat on D.C. Circuit 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z He had been California’s attorney general, and during his confirmation hearings he also was accused of suing the Little Sisters, a charity run by Catholic nuns that serves the elderly poor. Analysis | The misleading claim that a Democratic candidate ‘sued’ a group of nuns over contraception coverage 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z Every justice on the court said that Roe was "settled law" in their confirmation hearing and Alito's comment had Roberts and Kavanaugh, the two conservatives who pass for institutionalists, written all over it. No, same-sex marriage is not "settled": The GOP base demands more anti-LGBTQ extremism 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z She went into private practice "mainly for financial reasons," she told the Delaware Senate during her confirmation hearing, joining Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, one of the state's main firms for business litigation. Judge in Twitter v. Musk made rare ruling: ordering a deal to close 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z As attorney general, Garland has vowed to prioritize policing and civil rights and to combat racial discrimination, saying at his confirmation hearing that America doesn’t “yet have equal justice.” NAACP calls on Garland to probe killing of Jayland Walker 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z Speaking to a Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing, Shambaugh said there is competition between China's state-driven economic model and the U.S. model driven by rule of law, transparency and markets. U.S. Treasury diplomat nominee aims to curb China's lending influence 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z Democrats have pushed to hold confirmation hearings but have been ignored by Republican leaders. Amid fears of election subversion, DeSantis’ handpicked secretary of state will oversee his race 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z At his confirmation hearings, Roberts placed himself squarely in the tradition of nominees willing to utter whatever disingenuous tripe would ease confirmation. Op-Ed: How Chief Justice John Roberts laid the groundwork for the Trump court 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z As majority leader, he refused to hold confirmation hearings for President Barack Obama’s nominee Merrick Garland in 2016, on the grounds that a presidential election was eight months away. Opinion | The Supreme Court’s crisis of legitimacy During the confirmation hearing, Republicans cast doubt on Jefferson’s innocence, despite Labor’s reversal of the findings against him. Perspective | Top VA posts need filling as nominee fights refuted allegations 2022-07-02T04:00:00Z “Black women are always hit 10 times harder. It’s never as easy for us as it is for our counterparts,” said Lafond, referring to Republican senators’ lines of questioning during Jackson’s confirmation hearings. Black women celebrate Jackson’s swearing in: ‘We needed this happy’ 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z This happened after justices responsible for the change had denied any intentions of overturning the landmark decision during their confirmation hearings. I can't believe I pay taxes for this 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z President Ronald Reagan nominated him to the high court in 1987, and the left went crazy — officially putting an end to what, up to that point, had been civil nonpartisan confirmation hearings. Want to destroy democracy? Look to the left 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z Democrats made clear Tuesday that the confirmation hearing for Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, will not go quickly or smoothly, though the chances of blocking his appointment in the GOP-led Senate remain slim. Column: Brett Kavanaugh's Roe vote proved it again — he has a truth problem 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z At their confirmation hearings, Mr. Trump’s appointees claimed that stare decisis applied to Roe v. Opinion | Who will protect these mothers? 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z This history is worth recalling as some on the left now argue that members of the court’s conservative majority should be impeached for lying during their confirmation hearings about whether Roe v. Opinion | If Kavanaugh and Gorsuch lied in their confirmations, so did Kagan 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z But Gonzalez testified at his July 2021 confirmation hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee that he would uphold the “rule of law” and would not end the program, if confirmed. Biden’s nominee to run Immigration and Customs Enforcement withdraws 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z The list did not include some of the most ambitious items on the progressive wish list: enlarging the court or starting investigations into justices who suggested during confirmation hearings that Roe v. Democrats Press the White House for a More Assertive Response to Roe’s Fall 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z Jayapal said House Democrats will advance additional legislation in the coming months, and called for Judiciary Committee hearings into the conduct of Supreme Court justices who said at their confirmation hearings that Roe v. Rep. Pramila Jayapal floats national women’s strike in response to Supreme Court abortion decision 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z Perhaps this is not surprising from a panel of justices who dissembled over the abortion issue during their confirmation hearings. Opinion | The court’s abortion ruling pours gasoline on our culture-war fires 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z This is similar to what Kagan said during her July 2010 Supreme Court confirmation hearing, when she was asked whether she agreed that the court’s rulings in District of Columbia v. Opinion | If Kavanaugh and Gorsuch lied in their confirmations, so did Kagan 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z Performer Christina Hall reminded the crowd that all three of the justices appointed by former President Trump had promised at their confirmation hearings that they would not overturn precedents set by previous courts. L.A.’s Fountain Theatre responds to the fall of Roe with part obituary, part call to action 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z Their indignation was echoed across the Capitol by lawmakers who said the court’s decision on Friday helped drain what was left of any credibility Supreme Court nominees have in their confirmation hearings. Kavanaugh Gave Private Assurances. Collins Says He ‘Misled’ Her. 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z At his confirmation hearing in 2005, Chief Justice Roberts said the Supreme Court should be wary of overturning precedents, in part because doing so threatens the court’s legitimacy. June 24, 2022: The Day Chief Justice Roberts Lost His Court 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Kavanaugh largely echoed that sentiment in his own confirmation hearings the following year, saying that Roe "is settled as a precedent of the Supreme Court, entitled the respect under principles of stare decisis." Joe Manchin "alarmed" that right-wing Justices Kavanaugh and Gorsuch broke his trust on abortion 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z The senator in her statement took aim at Gorsuch and Kavanaugh for their about-face from what they told her privately and said in their confirmation hearings. After abortion ruling, critics renew blasts at Sen. Collins 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Manchin said that those justices, appointed by President Trump, had told Congress during their confirmation hearings that they believed Roe to be settled law not subject to being revoked. Sen. Joe Manchin: Trump-appointed Supreme Court justices lied on abortion in wake of Roe decision 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z “I have no respect left for some of the justices when you consider what they told us in their confirmation hearings,” said Mr. Blumenthal, a former Supreme Court clerk. Kavanaugh Gave Private Assurances. Collins Says He ‘Misled’ Her. 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z All three of the Trump-appointed justices voted to overturn Roe after stating on the record during their Senate confirmation hearings that Roe is settled precedent. In a 6-3 ruling, Supreme Court strikes down Roe v. Wade with Dobbs decision 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Correspondingly, there is a hollow ring to claims such as the one made by Brett M. Kavanaugh at his confirmation hearing that people “affected” by and “upset” with the U.S. Opinion | Think state supreme courts will save abortion rights? Think again. 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z She was targeted for the same reason Republicans turned the confirmation hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson into a circus of white resentment. The Big Lie was always about racism 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z Furthermore, the comportment of senators of both parties during televised confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominees indicates that many people now in Congress are incapable of disinterested inquiries. Opinion | Why the Jan. 6 hearings’ vital task is to show Americans what happened 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z In the most recent confirmation hearing this year, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson frustrated Republicans when she refused to provide a pat definition of her judicial philosophy, instead focusing on how she prepared for cases. Kavanaugh Gave Private Assurances. Collins Says He ‘Misled’ Her. 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Indeed, Schumer’s language was oddly reminiscent of Kavanaugh’s angry screed against Democrats at his confirmation hearings: “You sowed the wind, the country will reap the whirlwind.” Opinion | The Kavanaugh threat exposed weaknesses in judicial security — and our discourse 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z Mr. McCaul said that several issues were not addressed at Ms. Bennett’s confirmation hearing Tuesday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and asked to submit questions for the record before the confirmation proceeds. Lawmaker calls for more scrutiny of Biden’s nominee to run fed’s global media agency 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z Senate confirmation hearings, the nomination is politically sensitive and closely held. White House set to nominate next FAA administrator: Army vet and former city transit exec Phil Washington 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z Senate confirmation hearing before flashing back to her childhood in New Orleans. Comics feature U.S. Supreme Court's newest women appointees 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z At her confirmation hearing, Haspel pledged not to set up any similar interrogation programs. Gina Haspel observed waterboarding at CIA black site, psychologist testifies 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z As chairman of the Senate Energy Committee, Mr. Manchin will control the confirmation hearing. A vital climate fighter in Biden administration heads toward an uncertain Senate reconfirmation vote 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z Circuit, Judge J. Michelle Childs of South Carolina, had her confirmation hearing last month. Judge Florence Pan nominated to Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z She has already undergone two separate Senate confirmation hearings. Column: Big business musters more lies to smear a Biden nominee because she would do her job 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z American diplomats evacuated Kyiv when the war began three months ago, but Brink told senators during her confirmation hearing earlier this month that she would work to reopen the embassy. Live updates | Ukraine: ‘Do not offer us a ceasefire’ 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z Bridget Brink, nominated to be U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, testifies at her Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing at the U.S. U.S. Senate committee backs Biden nominee to be Ukraine ambassador 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z American diplomats evacuated Ukraine when the war began three months ago, but Brink told senators during her confirmation hearing earlier this month that she would work to reopen the embassy as soon as possible. Senate confirms Brink as new US ambassador to Ukraine 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z Pan was first nominated to the federal bench by President Barack Obama in 2016 but was blocked by Senate Republicans, who refused to hold confirmation hearings for his candidates. Judge Florence Pan nominated to Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z Speaking at her Senate confirmation hearing, Bagley said Brazil is a strong democracy. U.S. Brazil envoy nominee sees 'free and fair election' despite Bolsonaro allegations 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z Bridget Brink, nominatee to be U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, testifies at her Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing at the U.S. U.S. Senate committee backs Biden nominee to be Ukraine ambassador 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z At his 1991 confirmation hearings, Thomas proclaimed that judges must “shed the baggage of ideology.” Opinion | For Justice Thomas, the Roberts court is more feud than family 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z His confirmation hearing has been scheduled for Thursday. Opinion | Democrats have one last chance to have a big impact on financial regulation 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z At his confirmation hearings, however, he said, to the astonishment of many, that he had never discussed Roe, even though it was issued while he was a student at Yale Law School. Justice Thomas Says Leaked Opinion Destroyed Trust at the Supreme Court 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z While saying at his confirmation hearing that he had never considered the correctness of Roe, Thomas joined an opinion just months later saying the precedent should be overturned. Clarence Thomas says Supreme Court leak has eroded trust in institution 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z The committee held Brink's confirmation hearing on May 10, just two weeks after Biden sent her name to the Senate. U.S. Senate committee backs Biden nominee to be Ukraine ambassador 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z Their shocking dishonesty in lying to our elected officials in their confirmation hearings leaves one to wonder why they deserve any respect at all. Opinion | Privacy for thee, not for me 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Biden has also nominated Michael S. Barr as the new vice chair for supervision, and his confirmation hearing before the Senate Banking Committee is scheduled for next week. Fed Chair Says Bringing Inflation Down Will Take ‘Some Pain’ 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z In his memoir, he reconciled his 1992 vote with his statements at his confirmation hearings the previous year. Justice Thomas Says Leaked Opinion Destroyed Trust at the Supreme Court 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z Rounding out Biden’s nominees is Michael Barr, whose confirmation hearing to be the top banking cop at the Fed will take place on May 19. Senate confirms Jerome Powell to second term as Federal Reserve chair 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z “The spike in inflation we are seeing today threatens to heighten expectations of future inflation,” Mr. Jefferson said during his confirmation hearing. The Senate confirms Philip Jefferson as a Fed governor. 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z Michael S. Barr was put up for the job more recently, and he still awaits a confirmation hearing. Lisa Cook is confirmed as a new Fed governor. 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z Ms. Brainard and Mr. Powell have long been aligned on policy, and the Fed’s newest governors — Ms. Cook and Mr. Jefferson — indicated during their confirmation hearings that they, too, are focused on fighting inflation. Fed Chair Says Bringing Inflation Down Will Take ‘Some Pain’ 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z She also noted that each of their confirmation hearings drew backlash from Democrats and accused Republicans of rushing to confirm conservative justices. Supreme Court’s reputation battered after abortion opinion leak 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z The Senate Foreign Relations Committee scheduled Brink's confirmation hearing for Tuesday, just two weeks after Biden sent her nomination to the Senate. Smooth sailing seen for Biden Ukraine ambassador pick in U.S. Senate 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z We were lied to by those Republican-appointed Supreme Court justices who told us at their confirmation hearings how deeply they respected precedents such as Roe v. Opinion | Mitch McConnell is the biggest threat to abortion rights in America 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z Several of those nominated to executive branch positions by President Biden were challenged during their confirmation hearings with past comments offered online. Analysis | One of Madison Cawthorn’s liabilities: He’s too online for Congress 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z “High inflation is a grave threat to a long, sustained expansion, which we know raises the standard of living for all Americans and leads to broad-based, shared prosperity,” Ms. Cook said during her confirmation hearing. Fed Chair Says Bringing Inflation Down Will Take ‘Some Pain’ 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z For that matter, it now appears clear that the sworn testimony of several justices at their confirmation hearings was merely “said in passing.” Opinion | Alito’s rhetoric on Roe is a smokescreen obscuring true radicalism 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z Wade during his confirmation hearings but had made clear he thought it was “settled law.” Alito was ‘proud’ of fighting to overturn Roe v. Wade in 1985 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z In February, Republicans lobbed a series of baseless accusations against Jackson during her confirmation hearings. Right-wing media blames Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court leak 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z If she is as smart and skilled a jurist as she seemed during her confirmation hearings, she might even occasionally persuade one or more of them to agree with her analysis of an issue. Opinion | Ketanji Brown Jackson must wonder what she has gotten herself into 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z In their confirmation hearings, the Trump-nominated justices sent unmistakable signals about Roe as a strong precedent, though some critics say they were clearly giving senators just enough to enable a yes vote. Draft abortion opinion puts new spotlight on confirmation hearings 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z More concerning to them than a breach at the court, they said, was the fact that Trump-appointed Supreme Court justices appeared to have misled them during their confirmation hearings when they stated that Roe v. Democrats plan a bid to codify Roe, but lack the votes to succeed 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z Supreme Court confirmation hearings have become more partisan in the past few decades and have deepened the rift between the two parties. Leak of draft abortion ruling fuels politicization of Supreme Court 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z The chief justice’s confirmation hearings were a triumph. Once Close Allies, Roberts and Alito Have Taken Divergent Paths 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z Several nominees strongly hinted during their confirmation hearings that they were inclined to let precedent stand, especially if it had been affirmed, like Roe v. In draft abortion ruling, Democrats see a court at odds with democracy 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z Still, in a brief interview with The Washington Post, Collins said confirmation hearings “absolutely” still play a vital role. Draft abortion opinion puts new spotlight on confirmation hearings 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z But Gorsuch insisted at his Senate confirmation hearing that he was concerned about procedural issues, not the subject matter. Justices’ views on abortion in their own words and votes 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z She had previously reviewed his original confirmation hearing from 2009 — then pondered what the future would be like when a successor steps forward for consideration before a discerning congressional audience. The nation’s archivist has a say after 12 years on the job 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Justice Alito, by contrast, felt bruised by some of the questions at his own confirmation hearings. Once Close Allies, Roberts and Alito Have Taken Divergent Paths 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z The New York Democrat said that several of the justices publicly told Senate lawmakers during their confirmation hearings that they viewed the 1973 landmark abortion decision Roe v. Schumer accuses conservative Supreme Court justices of lying about their abortion stance 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z “It is important precedent of the Supreme Court that has been reaffirmed many times,” Kavanaugh said in response to one of a slew of questions on abortion during his confirmation hearings. Draft abortion opinion puts new spotlight on confirmation hearings 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z At his appeals court confirmation hearing, Kavanaugh dodged questions on his own personal beliefs on Roe v. Justices’ views on abortion in their own words and votes 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z On Capitol Hill, Republicans made stiffer criminal sentencing a main focus during the Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. Why Donald Trump is now undermining his greatest — and only — presidential achievement 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z Two months later, as the confirmation hearings were approaching, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist died. Once Close Allies, Roberts and Alito Have Taken Divergent Paths 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z The approach was crystallized in their attacks on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson during her Supreme Court confirmation hearings last month, as they accused her of leniency in sentencing. Drug Sentencing Bill Is in Limbo as Midterm Politics Paralyze Congress 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z The hiring process was short: Neptune talked with Villanova’s key decision makers — sounding less like a formal interview and more like a confirmation hearing — and was named just the program’s sixth coach since 1938. Neptune ready to keep Villanova elite as Wright’s successor 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z At his 2005 confirmation hearing, he said overturning precedent “is a jolt to the legal system,” which depends in part on stability and evenhandedness. Justices’ views on abortion in their own words and votes 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z He was one of the most aggressive questioners of Jackson during her contentious confirmation hearings in March, and voted against her elevation to the high court. Senate quizzes Biden’s judicial picks, including J. Michelle Childs 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z Hatch read aloud at the confirmation hearings from “The Exorcist,” and he suggested that Hill stole details from the book. Long-serving Utah Senator Orrin Hatch dies at age 88 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z Republicans are so excited by this troll that they even used it to smear Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson with similar insinuations during her Senate confirmation hearing. Libs of TikTok: The Twitter troll who took Trump's place 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z In his congressional confirmation hearing, William LaPlante, the latest nominee to head acquisition at the Pentagon, argued that America also needs more "hot production lines" for bombs, missiles and drones. The New Gold Rush: How Pentagon Contractors Are Cashing in on the Ukraine Crisis 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z Kwon, who will face a parliamentary confirmation hearing, said it would be "difficult to normalise" inter-Korean ties at a time when Pyongyang continues to develop its nuclear programme. South Korea official signals leaflet balloons might again float over the North 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z Cabinet nominees besides the prime minister are subject to parliamentary confirmation hearings but do not require approval. S.Korea's Yoon picks veteran lawmakers as foreign, unification ministers 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z Although she appeared for a confirmation hearing in September, her nomination remains stalled. U.S. Report Describes a Global Retreat on Human Rights and Democracy 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z Blackburn came under fire recently during the March confirmation hearings of Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Jackson Brown, the first Black woman and former public defender to sit on the bench. Marsha Blackburn mocked on Twitter for claiming "Tennesseans want a wall on our southern border" 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z “We will examine Mr. Dettelbach’s record and qualifications and listen carefully to his confirmation hearing testimony. From what we have seen of his record thus far we have concerns.” Biden Names Former Federal Prosecutor to Lead A.T.F. 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z He called for a swift confirmation hearing in the Senate. Biden announces new ghost gun restrictions, ATF nominee 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z It called for a swift confirmation hearing in the Senate. Biden’s ATF pick facing long odds for confirmation 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” mocked her in a brutal April 2 parody in which the senator, played by Cecily Strong, was asked, “Why is defining ‘woman’ even relevant to a confirmation hearing?” Pressure to define ‘woman’ puts Democrats in a political quandary 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z “Anyone watching that confirmation hearing can speak to that pain and that discomfort.” D.C. block party for Jackson celebrates a ‘historic moment’ 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Biden said on Friday that Judge Jackson had endured “verbal abuse” and “vile” personal attacks but had shown poise through more than 20 hours of questioning in confirmation hearings that at times turned bruising. ‘We’ve Made It’: Jackson Celebrates Supreme Court Confirmation 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z Her confirmation hearings were marked by attacks from Republican lawmakers on her sentencing record, religious beliefs and even the definition of “woman.” L.A. Unified student leaders inspired by Ketanji Brown Jackson's historic confirmation 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z Republican opposition also frustrated Mr. Trump, who pulled his nominee, Chuck Canterbury, after a disastrous confirmation hearing before the then-GOP-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee. Biden’s ATF pick facing long odds for confirmation 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z In Gary, Indiana, Roshaun Knowles, 42, a cosmetologist taking a break at the Billco Barber Shop, summed up how the confirmation hearings would play as she considered her vote this fall. Jackson confirmation aside, GOP sees an opening with Black voters 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z Jackson, 54, will speak during the ceremony on the South Lawn, making her first public comments since her contentious confirmation hearings, where she sat stoically through attacks by Republican lawmakers. Biden, Jackson to mark judge's historic Supreme Court confirmation 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z A confirmation hearing should be about learning how a person will judge, not how well she handles specious browbeating. Opinion | Anita Hill: The Senate Judiciary Committee mistreated Judge Jackson. I should know. 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z She endured hours of questions during her confirmation hearing and she listened to hours of grandstanding. Perspective | Ketanji Brown Jackson and a marathon of hope 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z Two Republican senators, Mike Lee of Utah, and John Kennedy of Louisiana, said at the 2019 confirmation hearing that Mr. Canterbury’s dodging would cost their votes. Biden’s ATF pick facing long odds for confirmation 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z During her Senate confirmation hearings, Jackson pledged to sit out the court’s consideration of Harvard’s admissions program, since she is a member of its board of overseers. Jackson will join more diverse and conservative high court 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z “I’ve never had a confirmation hearing that had these kinds of contested findings in them,” Silverstein said near the end of Thursday’s hearing. Opposing insurers challenge proposed BSA reorganization plan 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z “No one case can stand in for a judge’s entire record,” Judge Jackson told Republicans during her confirmation hearing. Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson, first Black female Supreme Court justice 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z The hostile questioning Jackson faced at her confirmation hearings was all too familiar, some women said, reminiscent of their own experiences in classrooms and workplaces. ‘We belong in these spaces’: Jackson’s Harvard successors reflect on her nomination 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z Read the highlights of Jackson’s confirmation hearings here: US Senate to vote on Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation today – live 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z With a bare Senate majority, Democrats didn’t want to risk waiting until the summer for confirmation hearings and a vote. Jackson will join more diverse and conservative high court 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z But as Jackson explained during her confirmation hearings last month, "federal public defenders do not get to pick their clients," noting that the right to representation is a "core constitutional value." "Little maggot-infested man": Tom Cotton slammed for saying Ketanji Brown Jackson would defend Nazis 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z The vote lacked drama, with Judge Jackson breezing through her confirmation hearing and the outcome apparent for weeks. Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson, first Black female Supreme Court justice 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z As a vice president for the Black Law Students Association, Thomas organized screenings of Jackson’s confirmation hearings. ‘We belong in these spaces’: Jackson’s Harvard successors reflect on her nomination 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z Judge Jackson was also asked to define “woman” during her confirmation hearings, but she said she couldn’t do so because she wasn’t a biologist. Marjorie Taylor Greene says lawmakers supporting Biden Supreme Court pick are ‘pro-pedophile’ 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z Between the age milestone and the career crossroads, she was in an introspective mood and had listened intently to Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Senate confirmation hearings. WNBA star, NBA analyst Chiney Ogwumike is on a tireless quest to have it all 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z That means justices try not to disavow earlier legal views, even ones that appeared in dissents, in opinions they wrote as appeals court judges, in academic work, at their confirmation hearings and elsewhere. The Problem of ‘Personal Precedents’ of Supreme Court Justices 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z After a bruising set of confirmation hearings, Democrats are united behind Judge Jackson. Two More Republicans Back Jackson as Senate Moves Toward Confirmation 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z The Senate quickly convened the first confirmation hearings. The first Jewish justice was also the first to face confirmation hearings 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z "Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was already held in favorable regard by the American public before the Supreme Court nominee sat for Senate confirmation hearings," Clift explains. Journalist warns "performative" attacks on Ketanji Brown Jackson may "come back to bite the GOP" 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z Motley’s name came up a dozen times in the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings, evoked by Jackson and friendly Democratic senators. Why Ketanji Brown Jackson and Kamala Harris idolize civil rights lawyers like Constance Baker Motley 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z During her confirmation hearings, Jackson, 51, pledged independence if confirmed and embraced a limited role for jurists. Biden's Supreme Court pick Jackson faces U.S. Senate panel vote 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z Collins’s vote can be read as a quiet rebuke to the scandalous smear campaign that extreme Republican members of the Judiciary Committee mounted against Jackson during her recent confirmation hearings and since. Opinion | Collins’s lonely voice on Jackson shows how extreme the GOP has become 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z The Senate hearings were contentious, like the recent confirmation hearings of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be the first Black woman on the Supreme Court. The first Jewish justice was also the first to face confirmation hearings 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson displayed equal character and bearing at her confirmation hearings, receiving far more hurtful arrows than those slung by the woman at the club. Opinion | Slinging barbs — at a private club and a public hearing 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z “I believe that the Constitution is fixed in its meaning,” Judge Jackson said in her confirmation hearings. Opinion | Republican excuses for rejecting Ketanji Brown Jackson are absurd 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z Griffith formally introduced Jackson at her confirmation hearing. Why Democrats hope Romney will support Ketanji Brown Jackson 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z I have observed, and written about for this newspaper, every Supreme Court confirmation hearing since Sandra Day O’Connor’s in 1981, the first to be televised live. Opinion | How Low Will Senate Republicans Go on Ketanji Brown Jackson? 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z Within 24 hours, the Senate took the unprecedented action of scheduling confirmation hearings by a Judiciary Committee subcommittee. The first Jewish justice was also the first to face confirmation hearings 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z There was so much to say about Senator Ted Cruz after his bizarre line of questions at the Senate confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson last week. Ted Cruz just handed Democrats a gift for the midterms — if they're willing to use it 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was asked this question on the second day of her confirmation hearings to the Supreme Court. When does “life” begin? When it comes to abortion, it depends on what you mean by "life" 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z “At the confirmation hearings on her nomination as a federal appellate judge, she declared her support for the freedom of religion, calling it a ‘foundational tenet of our entire government,’” the professors added. Why Democrats hope Romney will support Ketanji Brown Jackson 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z If you doubt that, replay the Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, and watch her amiable patience in the face of racist nonsense. Opinion | Will Smith didn’t slap just Chris Rock 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z I thought about that as I watched Republican after Republican try to break Ketanji Brown Jackson during her historic confirmation hearing. A person learns a lot while growing locs like Judge Jackson’s 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z Last week's Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson offered many such moments. Ted Cruz earns his "whiteness": The Republican attack on Ketanji Brown Jackson 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z Even for those who had no doubt that the GOP is a party of shameless liars and bullies, their behavior at Jackson's confirmation hearing was gross to the point of shocking. Madison Cawthorn’s cocaine-and-orgies brouhaha blows up the GOP's QAnon plan 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z Romney, however, has kept his thinking on Jackson tightly held, especially after the close of the confirmation hearings and his meeting with her. Why Democrats hope Romney will support Ketanji Brown Jackson 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z With the confirmation hearings complete, the Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to vote on Judge Jackson’s nomination on April 4. Jackson Vote Poses a Political Dilemma for Murkowski 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z "No matter where you fall on the ideological spectrum, anyone who has watched several of the last Supreme Court confirmation hearings would reach the conclusion that the process is broken," she said. Collins becomes first Republican to back U.S. Supreme Court pick Jackson 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z Like many previous such proceedings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings produced more political grandstanding than new and useful information. Opinion | The verdict on KBJ’s nomination hearings: Never again. 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z We watched it last week, the public, verbal, sanctioned abuse of Ketanji Brown Jackson during her confirmation hearings for a seat on the U.S. Perspective | D.C. is doing what it does best — taking sides. Team Will? Team Chris? How about Team Jada? 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z Durbin, at the committee meeting, praised Jackson’s poise at her confirmation hearing, and he applauded the “majority of members on both sides” for being fair and respectful. Ketanji Brown Jackson on track for confirmation by end of next week 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z Capitol in the morning ahead of confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. U.S. Capitol riot defendant in talks to settle case - filing 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z And this is why it was so meaningful to watch Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, not only skillfully navigate a bunch of bloviating Republican senators during her confirmation hearings for the U.S. Column: Will Smith's Oscars slap of Chris Rock settles it. We're done with Black hair jokes 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z It has been 31 years since I watched this scene, disgusted, when Anita Hill was questioned during confirmation hearings for Justice Clarence Thomas. Opinion | Real Justice: Justice Jackson 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z Gore litigation, and whose words at his confirmation hearing — “What goes around, comes around” — struck many observers as a promise of vengeance on his political enemies. Opinion | Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Confirmation Feels Both Pathbreaking and Hopeless 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Beneath the surface of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings this past week, another proceeding was underway. Perspective | The Ketanji Brown Jackson hearings put patriotism on trial 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z The confirmation hearings just concluded for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson represented the culmination of a sad trajectory. Opinion | Forget advise and consent. This is smear and degrade. 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z The dour Arkansas Republican announced with indignation at this week’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings that he doesn’t want a justice who follows the “views of the legal elite.” Opinion | Ivy League Republicans’ phony rebellion against the ‘elites’ 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z He admitted later those questions were out of bounds but said he was trying to make a point about how Democrats questioned Barrett’s Catholicism in her 2017 confirmation hearing to a circuit court seat. Analysis | Graham: Judicial confirmation process could get even more toxic 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z For all the notoriety he generated at his confirmation hearing, Justice Kavanaugh clearly shares some of these instincts. Opinion | Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Confirmation Feels Both Pathbreaking and Hopeless 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z In this light, the trial running alongside Jackson’s confirmation hearings begins to make more sense. Perspective | The Ketanji Brown Jackson hearings put patriotism on trial 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Her supporters include the lawyer Mark Paoletta, who was Mr. Thomas’s “sherpa,” introducing him to senators for his confirmation hearings. Ginni Thomas Texts Expose Rift in House Jan. 6 Panel 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z And judicial confirmation hearings have often devolved into political theater that has little to do with the law. How Black Women Saw Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Confirmation Hearing 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z At her Supreme Court confirmation hearings this week, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson said she would take recusal obligations seriously. Justice Thomas Ruled on Election Cases. Should His Wife’s Texts Have Stopped Him? 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z The lesson of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearings is as old as the republic itself, to wit: Elections matter. Opinion | Voters, remember your role in giving Judge Jackson the chance she deserves 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z During her confirmation hearing, Republicans singled out Hawkins’s sentence as one of her biggest deviations from federal guidelines. Wesley Hawkins, talk of the Jackson hearings, describes life after pornography sentence 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z After all, his confirmation hearings were one of the first to be televised in U.S. history. Why Republican cries about Robert Bork still ring hollow 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z She said she kept recalling the confirmation hearings for Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, whose anger was lampooned by the actor Matt Damon on “Saturday Night Live.” How Black Women Saw Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Confirmation Hearing 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Going into this week's Senate confirmation hearing of Ketanji Brown Jackson for a Supreme Court seat, one might have assumed that the GOP members of the Senate Judiciary Committee would act, well, poorly. A hearing overtaken by cranks: a dispiriting round-up of Republican criticisms of KBJ 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z However, Blackburn — and other Republican senators — injected race-baiting into Jackson's confirmation hearings. Ketanji Brown Jackson’s hearing is reminiscent of race and crime in Thurgood Marshall's 1967 hearing 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Still, the Hawkins case was thrust into the spotlight this week during Judge Jackson’s contentious confirmation hearings for the Supreme Court. A Judge’s Tough Call Meets the Politics of a Supreme Court Confirmation 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z The war spilled into the confirmation hearings of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court, who has served on Georgetown Day’s board of trustees since 2019. Caught in a Culture War, Georgetown Day School Holds Fast to Its Mission 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z Jordan Simpson, a 25-year-old aspiring lawyer in Valdosta, Ga., was excited to watch the Senate confirmation hearing for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, until Senator Ted Cruz’s line of questioning made her feel something else: discouraged. How Black Women Saw Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Confirmation Hearing 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z The tear that quietly trickled down Ketanji Brown Jackson’s unflinching face on day three of bruising Supreme Court confirmation hearings spoke loudly about the arc of her journey. Perspective | These were the tears of hope we all needed right now. 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z But Jackson's hearing was a flashback to Marshall's August 1967 confirmation hearing, when Sen. John McClellan questioned Marshall and suggested that he did not take crime seriously. Ketanji Brown Jackson’s hearing is reminiscent of race and crime in Thurgood Marshall's 1967 hearing 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z The confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson have been rife with racism, sexism, feigned outrage and general ugliness. Opinion | Cory Booker cut through the GOP’s ugliness to celebrate Judge Jackson 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z Jackson’s performance during her confirmation hearing this week has been impressive for its restraint and general grace. Opinion | The Jackson confirmation hearings show a Republican Party in decay 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z Months later at Sotomayor’s confirmation hearing, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, the conservative Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, warned of the slippery slope of confirming justices based on the empathy standard. Supreme Court nominee’s ’empathy’ is flashpoint for Senate 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z When Attorney General Merrick Garland finally had his confirmation hearing last year, it was remembering that journey that got him choked up recalling the shoulders he was standing on. Perspective | These were the tears of hope we all needed right now. 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's ongoing Supreme Court confirmation hearing has frequently veered in unpredictable directions. Republicans get the science behind sexual difference wrong during Supreme Court nominee hearing 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings on her nomination to the U.S. U.S. Senate majority leader says Senate on track to confirm Jackson to Supreme Court before April break 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z The committee held its final of four days of its confirmation hearing for Jackson, who President Joe Biden has nominated to become the first Black woman to serve on the nation's top judicial body. Senior Democrat decries Republican attacks on U.S. Supreme Court pick Jackson 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z Senate were draping themselves in unremitting racism at the confirmation hearing for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden’s pick for the Supreme Court. Column: In outbreaks of charity and good sense, GOP governors in Utah and Indiana veto anti-trans bills 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z This wasn’t the first time we saw someone cry in a congressional confirmation hearing. Perspective | These were the tears of hope we all needed right now. 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z Supreme Court confirmation hearings have long been criticized as empty rituals, or worse. Confirmation Hearings, Once Focused on Law, Are Now Mired in Politics 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z “That is my plan,” she told senators during her confirmation hearing. Judge Jackson says she would recuse herself from Harvard admissions case 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z “But I think the confirmation hearing is raising some serious concerns.” Democrats confident of Jackson confirmation, accuse GOP of ‘conspiracy theories’ in hearings 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Everyone expected Ketanji Brown Jackson to face tough questions during the Senate confirmation hearing on her nomination to the Supreme Court. Perspective | Ted Cruz gave the nation a lesson on misreading kids books 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee have zeroed in on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s service on the board of a wealthy D.C. private school during her Supreme Court confirmation hearing. The elite D.C. prep school at the center of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearing 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z The old complaint about confirmation hearings was that the nominees were insufficiently responsive. Confirmation Hearings, Once Focused on Law, Are Now Mired in Politics 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Throughout her Senate confirmation hearings, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has been a model of composure, which is made all the more impressive by the egregious behavior of some on the Republican side. Opinion | Republicans boast they have not pulled a Kavanaugh. In fact, they’ve treated Jackson worse. 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z When Sen. Tom Cotton gave his opening remarks Monday at Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing, the Arkansas Republican delivered the kind of slashing attacks on Democrats that have become his trademark. Analysis | In questioning Ketanji Brown Jackson, some GOP senators preview potential presidential campaigns 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z But as the first Black woman nominated to the high court, Jackson also bears certain burdens that have become evident during her confirmation hearings. Analysis | Jackson endures questioning with racial overtones from GOP senators 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Graham went on to question Jackson about her sentencing decisions and her view of how Democrats handled Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings, repeatedly cutting off Jackson before she had an opportunity to fully answer. Ketanji Brown Jackson defends sentencing decisions, says she would recuse from affirmative action case in final contentious day of Senate questions 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Partisanship in confirmation hearings can only hurt the Supreme Court’s authority and legitimacy, Chief Justice Roberts said in 2016. Confirmation Hearings, Once Focused on Law, Are Now Mired in Politics 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z She was asked during the second day of questioning at her confirmation hearing by Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas whether she intended to recuse herself from the case. High court nominee says she’d skip Harvard race case 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z It’s nothing new for ambitious politicians to use the klieg lights and gavel-to-gavel cable TV coverage of a Supreme Court confirmation hearing to elevate their national profiles. Analysis | In questioning Ketanji Brown Jackson, some GOP senators preview potential presidential campaigns 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Supreme Court confirmation hearings have become predictable, more performative politics than honest inquiry. Analysis | Jackson endures questioning with racial overtones from GOP senators 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z He noted that Republicans had not raised similar concerns about Jackson’s sentencing record during her appellate court confirmation hearing last year in which she received the support of three Republican senators. Ketanji Brown Jackson defends sentencing decisions, says she would recuse from affirmative action case in final contentious day of Senate questions 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Questioning at earlier confirmation hearings, by contrast, tended to focus on the nominee’s views on whether there is a constitutional right to abortion and about the other pressing legal issues of the day. Confirmation Hearings, Once Focused on Law, Are Now Mired in Politics 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Both the question of recusing from certain cases and questions about affirmative action are common topics at Supreme Court confirmation hearings. High court nominee says she’d skip Harvard race case 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z A look at some of the statements during three days of confirmation hearings: AP FACT CHECK: Senators misrepresent Jackson on abortion 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Jackson, President Joe Biden's nominee to become the first Black woman to serve on the high court, made the comment during the third day of her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing. U.S. Supreme Court pick Jackson to recuse from Harvard race case 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z “Your nomination turned out to be a testing ground for conspiracy theories and culture war theories,” Mr. Durbin, Illinois Democrat, said, kicking off the third day of confirmation hearings for the judge. Dems on defense, slam GOP for claims Judge Jackson is soft on crime, child porn 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Georgetown government professor Nadia Brown tossed out the syllabus Tuesday for her “Race, gender and American politics” class, and spent the afternoon watching clips from Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Senate confirmation hearing. 'Hard to watch:' For Black women, Ketanji Brown Jackson hearing feels all too familiar 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Braun made the comments Tuesday during a press call to discuss his evaluation of Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson as the Senate Judiciary Committee holds confirmation hearings for the judge. Indiana Sen. Braun walks back interracial marriage comments 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Jackson appeared for a third day before the Senate Judiciary Committee for grueling confirmation hearings that are providing a vivid portrait the promise, and enduring racial challenges, facing the country. Takeaways: Supreme Court hearings test senators on race 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Thomas’ absence from arguments comes as the Senate Judiciary Committee is holding confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. High court won’t say whether Thomas remains hospitalized 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Supreme Court, from Republican attacks painting her as a liberal activist in confirmation hearings that enter a third day on Wednesday. Democrats defend U.S. Supreme Court nominee Jackson from Republican charge of activism 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Democrats and civil rights advocates mobilize to defend Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson against expected GOP attacks at her Senate confirmation hearings. 'Hard to watch:' For Black women, Ketanji Brown Jackson hearing feels all too familiar 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z As the Senate Judiciary Committee began confirmation hearings, the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law released a report evaluating Jackson and recommending her confirmation. Progressives support Ketanji Brown Jackson in Supreme Court hearing 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Here are some takeaways from Day Three of the weeklong confirmation hearings. Takeaways: Supreme Court hearings test senators on race 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson dismissed claims she relied on critical race theory when handing down sentences during her confirmation hearing on Tuesday. Ketanji Brown Jackson denies relying on critical race theory in sentencing 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z Supreme Court — which is very much in the news as confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson continue. Poll shows some unexpected support for Trump 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z The statement was reminiscent of something Justice Clarence Thomas said at his confirmation hearing in 1991. By Turns Cautious and Confident, Judge Jackson Takes the Stage 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z William Faulkner was not writing about Supreme Court confirmation hearings when he observed that “the past is never dead,” but he might as well have been. Opinion | In the Jackson hearings, Republicans prefer to whine about history 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z As far as her work defending Guantánamo Bay detainees, she’s been asked in a previous confirmation hearing if she ever defended a terrorist. Analysis | Five takeaways from Day 2 of Judge Jackson’s confirmation hearing 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z The latest: Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson defended her record as a federal public defender and district court judge on her second day of confirmation hearings for a seat on the Supreme Court. Ketanji Brown Jackson declares herself a modest jurist, defends record against Republican criticism 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z When facing Senate confirmation hearings for a position on the U.S. Jackson invokes her Christian faith, stays mum on specifics 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z If judging were truly merely the process of clearing the decks and applying the law to the facts, confirmation hearings would not be the partisan battlegrounds they have become. By Turns Cautious and Confident, Judge Jackson Takes the Stage 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z Senate Judiciary Committee's confirmation hearing on her nomination to the U.S. Biden watched portions of Supreme Court nominee hearings -White House 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z Tuesday was the second day of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing, but it was the first day she had a chance to respond to senators’ questions — and accusations. Analysis | Five takeaways from Day 2 of Judge Jackson’s confirmation hearing 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z Blackburn joined Sen. Josh Hawley and other Republicans during the confirmation hearings in airing a line of conservative grievances that relied on a distortion of the judge’s record. AP FACT CHECK: Republicans skew Jackson’s record on crime 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z Judge Jackson delivered her opening statement for her confirmation hearing on Monday, and faces questions from senators on Tuesday and Wednesday. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson cites originalism as judicial philosophy 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z That was one of several vivid moments in which Judge Jackson broke from the usual conventions of confirmation hearings, which are generally sterile and bland. By Turns Cautious and Confident, Judge Jackson Takes the Stage 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on her nomination to the U.S. Senators poised to grill Biden's U.S. Supreme Court pick Jackson 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z During Judge Jackson’s confirmation hearing on Monday, and in social media posts before the hearing, several senators homed in on her judicial record on the issue. Attacks on Judge Jackson’s Record on Child Sexual Abuse Cases Are Misleading 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z The lawyer was John G. Roberts Jr., and he faithfully followed his advice at his own confirmation hearings in 2005. After Three Rounds, Judge Jackson Knows the Confirmation Playbook 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z On the first day of her confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Judge Jackson sat mostly in silence listening to 22 senators talk at length about what they wanted in a nominee. Jackson Vows to Be Independent on Supreme Court if Confirmed 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z Some takeaways from Monday’s session, the first day of Jackson’s confirmation hearing: Takeaways: Jackson makes history, GOP vows no ‘spectacle’ 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z Supreme Court, on Tuesday begins two days of questioning by senators at her confirmation hearing, with some Republicans signaling aggressive lines of attack. Senators poised to grill Biden's U.S. Supreme Court pick Jackson 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z When I watch Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson sitting before senators at her Supreme Court confirmation hearing, I think of my mother. Opinion | Confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson, for all the Black women whose talents went untapped 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z Last year, at her appeals court confirmation hearing, so did Judge Jackson. After Three Rounds, Judge Jackson Knows the Confirmation Playbook 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z There was a good reason for that: As the senators surely knew, the Jackson confirmation hearing is entirely closed to the public. Opinion | Republicans promised ‘no circus’ at Jackson’s hearing. Then the clown car rolled in. 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z Some takeaways from the first day of Jackson’s confirmation hearing before the Sente Judiciary Committee. Takeaways: Jackson makes history, GOP vows no ‘spectacle’ 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z Sentencing Commission from 2010 to 2014, but Democrats did not join the GOP in pushing for documents related to her work there ahead of the confirmation hearings this week. GOP: Dems ‘hiding’ documents on Ketanji Brown Jackson before hearing 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z The common wisdom in the Beltway media was that the confirmation hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden's first nominee to the Supreme Court, would be a relatively low drama affair. Republicans turn Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court confirmation hearings into a QAnon circus 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z Now, that path has taken her where no Black woman has ever gone in American history, to confirmation hearings for an appointment to the Supreme Court. At Harvard, Ketanji Brown Jackson Fought Injustices but Kept a Steely Academic Focus 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z With the klieg lights on him at Monday’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, he repeated the discredited allegation — even using as examples the same seven cases he cited before. Opinion | Republicans promised ‘no circus’ at Jackson’s hearing. Then the clown car rolled in. 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z But beginning Monday, the confirmation hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson can be instructive if she is asked: Opinion | Questions for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z The ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee said at the opening of the panel’s confirmation hearing that the Obama White House withheld 48,000 pages of requested information, citing the Presidential Records Act. GOP: Dems ‘hiding’ documents on Ketanji Brown Jackson before hearing 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z If past confirmation hearings are any guide, Judge Jackson will strive to say little, particularly about substantive issues that the court might consider. Opinion | Some Republicans are preparing to attack Jackson. Why not do something productive? 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z In her previous confirmation hearings, she has passed up the chance. Ahead of Supreme Court confirmation hearing, Ketanji Brown Jackson’s stances on key issues 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z It comes one day before the Senate begins confirmation hearings for court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson. Supreme Court’s Clarence Thomas hospitalised with infection 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Barrasso said Sunday that Republicans will treat Judge Jackson with more respect than Democrats have shown GOP nominees in confirmation hearings. Republicans to question Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s judicial philosophy 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to begin confirmation hearings on Monday. Durbin hits GOP criticism of Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z When Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson sits before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday to kick off her Supreme Court confirmation hearings, Democrats and civil rights advocates want her to know — and see — they’re behind her. Jackson supporters gear up to protect her historic Supreme Court bid from racist, sexist attacks 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z When it comes up at confirmation hearings, it’s often in reference to abortion rights and it’s usually a way of asking if a nominee will overturn certain decisions such as like Roe v. RBG, writs and recusals: Court nomination viewer’s guide 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z He said Judge Jackson has enjoyed getting to know senators and “looks forward to speaking with more after her confirmation hearing.” Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson has met with 44 senators ahead of confirmation hearings 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z The issue is also likely to get entangled in the confirmation hearings of the next FAA administrator. EXCLUSIVE Boeing in talks for landmark Delta MAX order - sources 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Durbin said Sunday the hearings will mark Judge Jackson’s fourth time before the committee and noted that she passed previous confirmation hearings with bipartisan support. Durbin hits GOP criticism of Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z The dynamic could change as public attention pivots to Jackson’s confirmation hearings beginning Monday, but so far, the landscape has altered little since President Biden announced Jackson as his pick on Feb. 25. Republicans struggle for an effective attack on Ketanji Brown Jackson 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z Judge Jackson, a former public defender, will begin her confirmation hearing on Monday before the Senate Judiciary Committee. McConnell chides Democrats for hailing Judge Jackson’s ‘empathy’ in criminal cases 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z “It is something that should be discussed during her confirmation hearing … if she has a particular animus against pro-life speakers — or does she feel they have less freedom under the First Amendment.” Supreme Court nominee Jackson’s record on abortion troubles pro-life advocates 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z Jackson’s confirmation hearings, scheduled to begin March 21, provide an opportunity, said law professor Susan Fortney, for the judge to “signal the type of justice she will be,” including on the issue of judicial ethics. Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Harvard ties raise recusal questions in Supreme Court’s affirmative action case 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z Still, Republicans are sure to question Jackson aggressively at her confirmation hearings, which begin March 21, and criticize her for any rulings that they see as too far to the left. All smiles, Jackson tries for Senate reset on Supreme Court 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z As Congress prepares to hold confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, Thomas recalled his 1991 confirmation process as a humiliating and embarrassing experience that taught him not to be overly prideful. Justice Thomas slams cancel culture, ‘packing’ Supreme Court 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z Shin said an early test could be the local government election in June, and confirmation hearings when Yoon nominates cabinet ministers after taking office. After S.Korea election loss, Moon's ruling party scrambles to regroup 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z Judge Jackson is set to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee next week for her confirmation hearings. Supreme Court nominee Jackson’s record on abortion troubles pro-life advocates 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z At his confirmation hearing, Lander apologized for some of his previous comments about other scientists. Whistleblower alleges bullying, ethical lapses at White House science office 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z Circuit, and they’re readying to link her to the progressive group again during her Supreme Court confirmation hearing later this month. Dark money groups cast deep shadows over Supreme Court confirmation battles 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z She said she would wait to make a final decision on whether to support Jackson after her confirmation hearings, which begin March 21. Sen. Collins, key vote on court, gives Jackson warm review 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z Democrats plan to hold Judge Jackson’s confirmation hearing during the week of March 21 and aim to confirm her before Easter next month. GOP warns that Democrats are rushing Supreme Court confirmation process 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z The accusation was lodged in court about two weeks after Sheriff Gonzalez sat for a confirmation hearing with the Homeland Security Committee last summer. EXCLUSIVE: Senator wants ICE vote delayed after domestic violence allegation against Biden nominee 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z But the sheriff drew complaints from immigrant-rights activists last year after his confirmation hearing for failing to be more critical of the agency. EXCLUSIVE: Biden’s pick to lead ICE was probed over domestic violence complaint 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z Judge Jackson was nominated to the high court last month and is expected to begin her confirmation hearings on March 21. Dark money groups cast deep shadows over Supreme Court confirmation battles 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z In confirmation hearings last year, Republican senators tore into both nominees’ old tweets and grilled them on past political positions. Democrats move a step closer to breaking deadlocks at FTC and FCC 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Mr. Grassley said the schedule was announced even before the committee sought records from the nominee to review before her confirmation hearings. GOP warns that Democrats are rushing Supreme Court confirmation process 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z Republicans are just beginning to delve into her record and may craft a more thorough strategy closer to the confirmation hearing. Republicans telegraph their attacks on Ketanji Brown Jackson 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Jackson's confirmation hearings have been set for March 21, according to the Senate Judiciary Committee, with Democrats aiming for a final vote by April 8. Tucker Carlson attacked for mocking Ketanji Brown Jackson's name, asking for her LSAT scores 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Her hearings are set to follow the typical four-day schedule for a Supreme Court confirmation hearing. Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings to begin March 21 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Just like that, Biden would preside over the first of five Supreme Court confirmation hearings. Biden’s past Supreme Court experience helped inform choice 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearings will begin March 21, a top Democrat announced Wednesday. Democrats set confirmation hearings for Supreme Court pick Ketanji Brown Jackson 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z It is customary for the high court nominee to meet with senators ahead of the confirmation hearing. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson meets with senators ahead of confirmation hearing 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z His confirmation hearings, presided over by Joe Biden, then the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, began with an attempt to determine his views on Roe v. The Long Crusade of Clarence and Ginni Thomas 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z Ultimately, the meetings are in part for show, in the sense that few senators delve into deep legal questions, generally saving those for the confirmation hearing itself. Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings to begin March 21 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Even though Jackson went through confirmation hearings last year when she was elevated to the D.C. For Black women, Jackson’s nomination is ‘magic on such a profound level’ 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z Circuit confirmation hearing last spring, Jackson committed to being a neutral, fair-minded judge in response to questions from Republicans. Biden nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z But senators in both parties often withhold their support until after they meet with the nominee and confirmation hearings are held. Senators to watch as Supreme Court fight unfolds 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z At the same time, she will begin setting up meetings with any senators who want to meet her for private conversations before confirmation hearings begin. EXPLAINER: What’s ahead for Biden’s Supreme Court nominee 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z McConnell said he did not get an answer from Jackson, noting that he expected it to surface in her confirmation hearings. Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings to begin March 21 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z It will be the first Supreme Court confirmation hearing for a Democratic president since Elana Kagan was nominated by Barack Obama twelve years ago. Biden confirms he will nominate Ketanji Brown Jackson to supreme court – live 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z At Jackson's confirmation hearing last year, Republicans questioned her on whether race plays a role in her approach to deciding cases. Biden to announce Jackson as historic U.S. Supreme Court pick, sources say 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z For most people, when they think about a Black woman in the Supreme Court confirmation hearings, they think of Anita Hill. CNN's Laura Coates dares the right to come after Joe Biden's Supreme Court pick 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z Her confirmation hearings, expected to last around four days, could begin as soon as mid-March. EXPLAINER: What’s ahead for Biden’s Supreme Court nominee 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Though Supreme Court confirmation hearings historically attract hundreds of interested onlookers, it was unclear whether Jackson’s hearing would be open to the public, as Capitol Hill continues to navigate out of the coronavirus pandemic. Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings to begin March 21 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z An adroit chronicler of political patronage, legislative horse-trading and the idiosyncratic personalities of U.S. senators, he covered major stories including the Iran-contra affair and the Supreme Court confirmation hearing of Clarence Thomas. Martin Tolchin, veteran political journalist who co-founded the Hill, dies at 93 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z At her confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee last fall, Grimm, who is 46, described herself as a “career public servant who rose through the ranks.” Senate confirms health care watchdog assailed by Trump 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z Her confirmation hearing lasted less than an hour and not a single critic spoke publicly. On the California Supreme Court, Leondra Kruger is known for her ‘persuasive powers’ among the justices 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z William S. Pocan, a trial court judge in Milwaukee County, was scheduled to testify Wednesday at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Opposition from GOP senator threatens Biden judicial pick 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z But Republicans showed at her confirmation hearing last year that they could cast her work defending indigent clients as a liability. Potential pick Ketanji Brown Jackson would make history as first federal public defender on Supreme Court 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z White Commerce Department nominees also received a confirmation hearing an average of 20 days faster than nonwhite nominees and were confirmed an average of 49 days faster than nonwhite nominees. Watchdog group: Biden’s nominees of color face tougher confirmations than white nominees 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z Senate for her confirmation hearing to lead the State Department’s office that aims to monitor and combat antisemitism. Texas rabbi taken hostage tells U.S. House panel: I’m haunted by my decision to open the door to the terrorist 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z At his confirmation hearing, he was grilled by Republicans who complained he had no medical background. Vacancies in Top Health and Science Jobs May Threaten Biden’s Agenda 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z She made it clear at her confirmation hearing that she would prioritize fighting the current inflation problem. Opinion | Republicans keep attacking a highly qualified Black female Fed nominee 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z “There is a direct line from my defender service to what I do on the bench, and I think it’s beneficial,” Jackson told senators at her confirmation hearing last year. Potential pick Ketanji Brown Jackson would make history as first federal public defender on Supreme Court 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z "I have respect for this committee, but I also look at the record of how the votes go on nominees," he said during a confirmation hearing for Jennifer Sung, another judicial nominee. Watchdog group: Biden’s nominees of color face tougher confirmations than white nominees 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z The proposal required 75 percent to proceed to a confirmation hearing. Victims’ attorneys back revised Boy Scouts settlement 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z During his Senate confirmation hearing, he acknowledged downplaying the contributions of two female scientists, who last year won a Nobel Prize for their work on gene-editing technology. Vacancies in Top Health and Science Jobs May Threaten Biden’s Agenda 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z “We spend approximately two-thirds of the time just flying there and getting back,” Gen. Kurilla told the Senate Armed Services Committee in his confirmation hearing this week. Raid that killed ISIS leader in Syria next to impossible in Afghanistan 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z Her confirmation hearing was postponed after the White House confirmed that Judge Childs was under consideration for the Supreme Court. A Product of Public Universities, Michelle Childs Would Be an Unconventional Court Pick 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z Prominent Holocaust scholar Deborah Lipstadt appeared Tuesday before the Senate for her confirmation hearing to lead the State Department’s office that aims to monitor and combat antisemitism. What counts as antisemitism? Biden nominee Deborah Lipstadt receives hearing on the topic. 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z Lander faced tough questions at his confirmation hearing from Democratic and Republican senators, who raised concerns about his past actions, and was eventually the last member of Biden’s Cabinet to be confirmed in May. Top White House scientist resigns after review finds he demeaned staff 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z At his confirmation hearing last year, Lander apologized for a 2016 article he wrote that downplayed the work of the female scientists. White House: Top scientist resigns over treatment of staff 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z During her confirmation hearing, Deb Haaland, the first Indigenous Secretary of the Interior, who is also a hunter, was questioned repeatedly about hunting opportunities on public lands. ‘An Environmentalist With a Gun’: Inside Steven Rinella’s Hunting Empire 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z At his confirmation hearing shortly before the FDA announcement, Califf said he trusted the staff to make the right decision based on the data. Biden administration moves to rev up support for nominee Califf to head FDA 2022-02-05T05:00:00Z Mr. Durbin, who will oversee the confirmation hearing, said this week that he was seeking a middle ground between moving too precipitously and unnecessarily extending the proceedings. One Illness Reminds Democrats They Have No Votes to Spare 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z During his Senate confirmation hearing in 2021, Lander acknowledged he had “understated” their contribution and called that a “mistake” he regretted. Top White House scientist resigns after review finds he demeaned staff 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z Mr. Emanuel, now the United States ambassador to Japan, faced questions about his handling of the case during his confirmation hearing last year. Chicago Officer Who Killed Laquan McDonald Leaves Prison Early 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z “It changed my entire life,” Chief Contee said at his confirmation hearing last year. Undermanned D.C. police look to high schools for next generation of officers 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z "Our most important task is tackling inflation," Michigan State University economics professor Lisa Cook, one of three Fed nominees up for a confirmation hearing at the U.S. Fed nominees say inflation fight is top priority 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z Under questioning at her confirmation hearing last month, Brainard said that analyzing data was different from telling banks how they should lend. Climate change a rising Fed concern as nominees face hearing 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z But the spectacle of partisan confirmation hearings in a 50-50 Senate, with abortion and other social issues at the forefront, is also expected to reverberate across the political landscape. Republican-led states rush to pass antiabortion bills before Supreme Court rules on Roe 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z Senator Michael Bennet, Democrat of Colorado, opposed the Supreme Court nomination of Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, a Colorado native, even though the senator introduced him at his confirmation hearing. Cloud of Supreme Court Confirmation Bitterness Hangs Over Coming Fight 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z Current Justice Elena Kagan, a former dean of Harvard Law School, was asked at her confirmation hearing if she recognized Brown’s name. Opinion | If the Supreme Court ever abolishes the death penalty, we must thank Justice Breyer 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z The three nominees will have a confirmation hearing before the Senate Banking committee next week on Feb. 3. U.S. Senator Brown says 'no question' Biden's Fed nominees qualified 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z If there are no glaring problems with the nominee, the confirmation hearings could proceed relatively drama-free, senators say. After bitter battles, Senate eyes less toxic court fight 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z At that confirmation hearing, former House Speaker and Republican vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan introduced her; Mr Ryan is a relative by marriage. US Supreme Court: The women in the running to replace Stephen Breyer 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z At her confirmation hearings, she said she was more than able to set aside her work in order to fairly serve as a judge. Who’s who among some possible top Supreme Court contenders 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z She received high marks for how she handled herself during a Senate confirmation hearing last year. Biden eyes long list of Black female candidates to fill Supreme Court vacancy 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z To be sure, this trio of nominees should still face tough questioning at their confirmation hearing. Opinion | Biden’s Federal Reserve nominees should be quickly confirmed 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z Mr. Burns told a Senate confirmation hearing in February 2021 that he would do everything he could “to help get to the bottom of who’s responsible for those attacks.” CIA: Most mysterious attacks on U.S. officials not linked to foreign power 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z Last week, she and others nominated for the board testified at Senate confirmation hearings. Column: Here’s what happens next for unsolved 'cold case' killings from the civil rights era 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z Powell and Brainard, who had their confirmation hearings last week before the Senate Banking Committee, are expected to be confirmed. With new nominees, Biden attempts to assemble most diverse Fed in history 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z And during his Senate confirmation hearing Monday, Chair Jerome Powell said the Fed will prevent higher prices from becoming entrenched. Stocks slump as rate-hike pressures drag down tech stocks 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z But at her confirmation hearing Thursday, lawmakers used Brainard’s appearance to press her on a range of increasingly politicized issues, including inflation, climate change and the Fed’s own independence. Brainard questioned on inflation, climate risk issues as part of nomination to become Fed’s second-in-command 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Testifying at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Banking Committee, Brainard noted that inflation is “too high, and working people around the country are concerned about how far their paychecks will go.” Fed nominee Brainard: Fighting inflation is top priority 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Brainard will face questioning from senators about how the Fed will rein in rising prices, as Powell did at his own Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday. Brainard vows to help combat inflation as No. 2 Fed official 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z He provided his latest thoughts on the Fed’s challenge during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Banking Committee. Jerome Powell says the Fed is prepared to raise rates to tame inflation. 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z When Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell testified before lawmakers Tuesday at a Senate confirmation hearing, there was little question he would win enough support to secure a second term as chair. Fed chair faces questions at confirmation hearing over rising inflation and how to respond 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z In a confirmation hearing for a second four-year term, Mr. Powell told the Senate Banking Committee that high inflation has become a “severe threat” to healthy employment levels. Powell calls inflation a severe threat, disputes White House claims of easing supply-chain woes 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z Investors will be keen to hear from Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell today, when he appears before the Senate banking committee for a confirmation hearing. Heathrow hit by 600,000 Omicron cancellations in December – business live 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z He is scheduled to appear on Tuesday at a confirmation hearing before the Senate Banking Committee. The Fed’s vice chair resigns as questions mount about his early-pandemic trades. 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z The Clinton White House told Ms. Guinier not to give any interviews before her Senate confirmation hearings, which allowed political opponents to portray her in harsh, sometimes nastily personal ways. Lani Guinier, law professor and embattled Justice Department nominee, dies at 71 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z Brainard’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Banking Committee will take place Thursday. Fed chair faces questions at confirmation hearing over rising inflation and how to respond 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z A raft of Fed officials will be out to offer their latest thinking this week, including Chair Jerome Powell and Governor Lael Brainard who face confirmation hearings. Asia shares subdued before U.S. inflation test 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z Investors will be keen to hear from Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell today, when he appears before the Senate banking committee for a confirmation hearing. Heathrow hit by 600,000 Omicron cancellations in December – business live 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z Jerome H. Powell, whom Mr. Biden has renominated as Fed chair, has a confirmation hearing on Tuesday before the Senate Banking Committee. Unemployment is falling fast, adding pressure for interest rate increases. 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z |
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