LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Judge Andrew Napolitano, Fox News senior judicial analyst, went on FOX Business Network on Monday to discuss allegations Senator Rand Paul and another senator were under surveillance by the Obama administration, reports Gateway Pundit. During the talk, the Judge made a statement regarding the late Justice Antonin Scalia. “Justice…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kevin Daley President Donald Trump’s abrupt dismissal of former FBI Director James Comey disrupted the political scene in ways that White House did not anticipate, and the fallout may stymie one of the administration’s top priorities. The prospect of future Supreme Court vacancies has kept the Republican party unified…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kevin Daley Conservative legal scholars lavished praise on President Donald Trump’s latest round of judicial nominations, calling the list a vindication of a central campaign pledge. The New York Times’ Adam Liptak reported late Sunday that the administration will submit ten nominees to judicial vacancies around the country early…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kevin Daley Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell triggered the so-called “nuclear option” Thursday morning, ensuring Judge Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation to succeed the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court. The procedural maneuvering necessary to break the Democratic filibuster started at 11:00 am Thursday morning, when a petition to…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield As many Americans find themselves watching the procedural hearings questioning President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court, Judge Neil Gorsuch, they may notice an oddity in the questioning and responses. It appears almost as if the two sides are speaking in different languages, or that Gorsuch is avoiding the question…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kevin Daley The state of play surrounding President Donald Trump’s first Supreme Court appointment remains in flux just hours before an official announcement regarding the nomination is expected, sources tell The Daily Caller News Foundation. A source involved in the judicial selection process told TheDCNF that the president is…
By: Elias J. Atienza Judge Andrew Napolitano met with President-elect Donald Trump about the Supreme Court vacancy following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia earlier this year. Napolitano spoke with Fox Business Network’s Stuart Varney on his meeting with Trump. “He was interested in a broad range of ideas and attitudes about the type of…
by Kevin Daley U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas gave the 2016 Joseph Story Lecture at the Heritage Foundation on Wednesday night, recounting a private conversation with the late Justice Antonin Scalia concerning a ruling his old friend and colleague deeply regretted. At the behest of John Malcolm, director of the Meese Center for Legal…
By JP Carroll Associate Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, 79, died Feb. 13, 2016, after serving on the court since 1986. The conservative jurist was known to be a great wit who loved his country dearly. On America’s birthday, here are some of his most notable remarks: 1. “If it was up to me, I would have thrown this…
You could not draw a better picture of what is wrong with the American legal system than Richard Posner did by asserting his opinion of the U.S. Constitution. Posner condemned the document he has sworn an other to defend, which is the basis of all U.S. law — a document of universally recognized historical importance. Posner,…