…of substance on legal issues at all. Apparently, he’s decided to hand not only his fiscal-policy proposals but also his judicial nominations to the, um, Heritage Foundation. Literally. The Heritage…

…on, e.g., Muslim and Latino immigratiion proposed by Trump’s bureaucracy (true), while a Democratic Senate will refuse to confirm Trump’s anti-gay and anti-abortion Judicial nominations, including any vacancies that may…

…groups, and the unfit Mitch McConnell. For all three, their very nominations depended on the chicanery of McConnell. So much for what’s right; for what is best for the Nation….

…much is going to happen in Congress in the next 2 years, but the debt limit ceiling, and judicial nominations, will be major crises should the GOP squeak out a…

…(D-Ill.) held votes on two of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees without allowing debate on them, saying he was simply following the “new precedent” established by Republicans when they did…

…to explain today’s outpouring of praise, not merely for the decision but for the man himself, for his statesmanship and judicial modesty? All these years, it now appears, we’ve held…

…“procedural,” “jurisdictional” or “standard-of-judicial-review” questions, which sometimes involve constitutional questions, often under the guise of statutory-interpretation ones. Often, the court treats these cases as though they present only issues of…

Dahlia Lithwick writes about the masterful attention Republicans have given to the judicial system in The Washington Monthly: For anyone considering the 2012 election’s importance to the future of the…

…The case-or-controversy requirement comes from Art. III, which is the Article that creates the judicial branch and specifies its authority. The case-or-controversy part says: The judicial Power shall extend to…

…or substantive handling of civil cases during the pendency of the case in state court. The doctrine does have a few eye-of-the-judicial-beholder exceptions, which are rarely invoked. The companion court-created…