Senate Republicans have altered chamber rules with a simple majority vote to expedite the confirmation process for President Donald Trump’s executive nominees, a move Democrats claim undermines ...

The two nominees tapped to fill upcoming vacancies on the Vermont Supreme Court answered questions from members of the state senate at a Tuesday hearing. Veteran attorneys Christina Nolan and Michael ...

WASHINGTON (Nexstar) — On Monday, the Senate Judiciary Committee began the confirmation process of President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett. Democrats, Republicans and ...

Thomas Jipping is a senior legal fellow in the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation. One of the Senate’s most important responsibilities is to provide ...