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Michael Bobelian, Supreme Court writer at Forbes.com, recalled President Lyndon Johnson’s failed nomination of Justice Abe Fortas to succeed retiring Chief Justice Earl Warren in 1968.

Carl Hulse talked about his book, Confirmation Bias: Inside Washington’s War Over the Supreme Court, From Scalia’s Death to Justice Kavanaugh, on recent Supreme Court confirmation battles.…

Telephone lines and social media were open for viewer comments on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) remarks that he would work to confirm a Supreme Court nominee in 2020 if a…

Brooklyn College Professor KC Johnson taught a class on Presidents Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon’s Supreme Court nominations. He described Johnson’s plan to fill the bench with liberal…

From an all-day conference on retired Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, law professors discussed the significance of Kennedy’s role as a deciding vote in major Supreme Court decisions.…

Georgia State University hosted this conference on retired Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. In this session, law professors discussed his views on the division of power between the…

Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) talked about the history of judicial confirmations. He also commented at length about the confirmation hearings of Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas.…

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan discussed pro bono and public service with American Bar Association President Bob Carlson at Georgetown University Law Center. The Supreme Court justice…

Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) was the featured speaker at a Georgetown University-hosted discussion on political discourse and the role of bipartisanship in American politics. Senator Rubio talked…

Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in as the 114th Supreme Court justice in a ceremony at the White House. In remarks before the swearing-in, President Trump apologized to Justice Kavanaugh and his family for the…

Telephone lines were open for viewer calls and social media comments on the state of U.S. politics following Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court.

Carolyn Shapiro, director of the Institute on the Supreme Court of the United States at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, talked about the history and evolution of Supreme Court…

Telephone lines and social media were open to get immediate viewer reaction to the public swearing-in ceremony of the newest Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

In this portion of the The Atlantic Festival, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) talked about his role during the Trump administration. Much of Senator Graham’s remarks were focused on Supreme Court nominee…

Majority Leader Mitch McConnelll (R-KY) held a press conference following the Senate’s vote to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.

The Senate took a confirmation vote on Judge Brett Kavanaugh nomination to the Supreme Court. He was a approved by a 50-48 margin.

Sights and sounds were shown of protests around the Capitol and Supreme Court in opposition to Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court. He was confirmed later in the day in…

Prior to taking the final confirmation vote on Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke on the Senate floor in opposition to Judge…

Prior to taking the final confirmation vote, Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-TX), Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and Senator Jon Kyl…

Telephone lines were open for viewer calls and social media comments on the impact on the 2018 midterm elections of Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court the previous day.