Judicial Confirmation Process Review
The Senate Rules Committee met to discuss possible changes to Senate rules governing filibusters and extended debate. At issue was the requirement that a 2/3 majority vote was needed to limi…
166 viewsThe Senate Rules Committee met to discuss possible changes to Senate rules governing filibusters and extended debate. At issue was the requirement that a 2/3 majority vote was needed to limi…
166 viewsCommittee members heard testimony from other senators on greater enforcement of the Vacancies Act, which had last been amended in 1988. The act required temporary executive branch appointmen…
198 viewsThe College of William and Mary Law School hosted a conference previewing the Supreme Court’s 1997-98 term. The panel consisted of Supreme Court reporters and law school professors.
144 viewsThe First Amendment, election laws and the new term of the Supreme Court were examined by this panel of Court correspondents and law professors. This was part of the annual Supreme Court pre…
48 viewsIn the final panel of a two-day conference on the upcoming Supreme Court term, Supreme Court scholars and reporters discussed cases dealing with the relationship between the federal and loca…
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