WASHINGTON -- For all the drama generated every four years by Cabinet appointments, defeat of a nominee by a vote in the Senate is extremely rare. The only time a nominee by a new president was ...

I thank The Heritage Foundation for inviting me here today to give my observations on the state of the judicial confirmation process. Most of you are aware of the all-out effort to defeat Judge ...

WASHINGTON — Over the weekend President Donald Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the vacant seat on the Supreme Court. Many people online said they felt like the process is being rushed ...

Michael Delaney is a fine attorney, a fine man and an involved citizen. He is an exemplary family man. When he was nominated to be a judge on the First Circuit Court of Appeals, the first reaction of ...

Key parts of President Biden’s agenda are falling victim to arcane Senate rules, and not just the filibuster. Dysfunction is slowing the Senate confirmation process to a crawl too, producing a backlog ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s demand that the Senate go into recess to allow his top appointees to take office without a confirmation vote would be a complete abdication of the chamber’s ...