Retro Report: Want to Know Where Supreme Court Nominees Stand? Don’t Bother Asking

March 19, 2017 Retro Report By CLYDE HABERMAN Over the last three decades, nominees to the United States Supreme Court have been made keenly aware that the moment the president taps them on the shoulder they are effectively Mirandized. Anything they say may be, and...

Grassley and Feinstein: The Pair Who Will Lead Gorsuch’s Senate Hearings

The senators will face pressure to vindicate their parties’ views both of Judge Neil M. Gorsuch’s worthiness to join the Supreme Court and of the process leading him there.

Democrats’ Quandary on Gorsuch: Appease the Base or Honor the Process

The Supreme Court nominee presents a challenge for moderate Democratic senators, who must negotiate the anger of liberal voters and an instinct for comity among lawmakers.

On Washington: In Neil Gorsuch’s Confirmations, Parsing the Meaning of ‘Yes’

Does opposition now contradict silence in the past? The parties warring over Judge Gorsuch’s Supreme Court nomination are framing the answer to their advantage.