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US Senate to vote on Oct 26 to confirm Trump nominee to Supreme Court

Barrett's nomination is expected to be voted out of the Judiciary Committee on Thursday, which will pave the way for McConnell to start lining up the procedural hurdles the next day, reports The Hill

US Supreme Court to hear Trump appeal of ruling against border wall funds

At issue is the legality of the president's decision, after Congress refused to appropriate money he sought for the wall, to shift other funds already provided by lawmakers for other purposes

Supreme Court to review Trump administration's 'Remain in Mexico' policy

The Supreme Court is agreeing to review a Trump administration policy that makes asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for U.S. court hearings. As is typical, the court did not comment Monday in announcing it would hear the case. Because the court's calendar is already full through the end of the year, the justices will not hear the case until 2021. If Joe Biden were to win the presidential election and rescind the policy, the case would become largely moot. Trump's Migrant Protection Protocols policy, known informally as Remain in Mexico, was introduced in January 2019. It became a key pillar of the administration's response to an unprecedented surge of asylum-seeking families at the border, drawing criticism for having people wait in highly dangerous Mexican cities. Lower courts found that the policy is probably illegal. But earlier this year the Supreme Court stepped in to allow the policy to remain in effect while a lawsuit challenging it plays out in the courts. More than 60,000 ...

Senate panel sets date to vote on Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee

The Republican-led Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled an October 22 vote on whether to approve US President Donald Trump's nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court

GOP pushes Barrett toward US Supreme Court as Democrats decry 'sham'

The Senate Judiciary Committee set Oct. 22 for its vote to recommened Barrett's nomination to the full Senat

Senate Judiciary sets October 22 vote on Amy Barrett's nomination

The Senate Judiciary Committee convened set an October 22 vote on Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court nomination as Republicans race to confirm President Donald Trump's pick before the Nov 3 election.

Trump says he made the right choice with Supreme Court nominee Amy Barrett

President Donald Trump says he doesn't mind running against former Vice President Joe Biden, but he wouldn't want to run against his Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett

SC nominee Barrett bats away tough Democratic confirmation probing

The 48-year-old appellate court judge declared her conservative views with often colloquial language, but refused many specifics

Trump's nominee Barrett says Supreme Court 'can't control' a president

Barrett sidestepped questions from senators on the ability of presidents to evade efforts to hold them accountable

Amy Coney Barrett cites 'Ginsburg rule' that Ginsburg didn't follow

It''s become a standard response by Republican high court nominees to recite Ginsburg''s words from her own confirmation hearing

Supreme Court nominee Barrett ducks questions on abortion, gay marriage

The Senate Judiciary Committee hearing also presented Barrett with a chance to respond to Democratic lawmakers who have been unified in opposing her

Coronavirus risks shadow Barrett's Supreme Court confirmation hearings

Republican President Donald Trump formally nominated Barrett at a packed Sept. 26 White House ceremony

Health care is focus as Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court hearing opens

Among Republicans, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, dismissed warnings Barrett will undo the Obama-era healthcare law as "outrageous.

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett faces Senate despite Covid crisis

Confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett are set to begin as a divided Senate charges ahead on President Donald Trump's pick to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Supreme Court nominee Barrett pledges fealty to law as Senate hearing looms

A four-day Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for the conservative appellate court judge is set to begin on Monday

Amy Coney Barrett to senators: Courts 'should not try' to make policy

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett will tell senators that courts should not try to make policy, leaving those decisions to the political branches of government

US Supreme Court divided over Google bid to end Oracle copyright suit

Google lawyer told the court that the disputed Java code should not receive copyright protection because it was the "the only way" to create new programs using the programming language

US Supreme Court hears Google bid to end Oracle copyright lawsuit

Oracle accused Google of copying thousands of lines of computer code from its popular Java programming language without a license in order to make Android

Coronavirus spreads on panel handling US Supreme Court nomination

Two Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee have tested positive for the coronavirus

Supreme Court nominee Barrett readies for meetings with senators this week

Barrett will meet Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham on Tuesday at the US Capitol