Judiciary

Federal judiciary coverage including judicial nominations, circuit court decisions, and the judicial confirmation process. Stories address court packing debates, judicial independence, lifetime appointments, and the politicization of the federal court system.

256 posts

• Day 1864: "The politics are a lot better." Feb 26, 2026
• Day 1862: "Brink of disaster." Feb 24, 2026
• Day 1855: "Dissemble and disassemble historical truths." Feb 17, 2026
• Day 1849: "Not sustainable." Feb 11, 2026
• Day 1843: "Two things can be true." Feb 5, 2026
• Day 1819: "Well, I should have." Jan 12, 2026
• Day 1798: "Covering up things." Dec 22, 2025
• Day 1786: "Crushing it." Dec 10, 2025
• Day 1777: "Perfectly normal." Dec 1, 2025
• Day 1770: "Defective." Nov 24, 2025
• Day 1766: "Ignored." Nov 20, 2025
• Day 1765: "I’m going to fire your ass." Nov 19, 2025
• Day 1764: "Things happen." Nov 18, 2025
• Day 1759: "This is no way to run a country." Nov 13, 2025
• Day 1758: "Of course he knew about the girls." Nov 12, 2025
• Day 1749: "I don’t want to embarrass you." Nov 3, 2025
• Day 1743: "Whether people like that or not, that's what we're doing." Oct 28, 2025
• Day 1736: "It sort of looks bad." Oct 21, 2025
• Day 1735: "Built different." Oct 20, 2025
• Day 1731: "Profoundly concerned." Oct 16, 2025
• Day 1730: "It’s getting really ugly." Oct 15, 2025
• Day 1724: "Simply unreliable." Oct 9, 2025
• Day 1723: "The authoritarian march." Oct 8, 2025
• Day 1722: "Integrity." Oct 7, 2025
• Day 1721: "To cause chaos." Oct 6, 2025
• Day 1710: "Why is that such a big deal?" Sep 25, 2025
• Day 1707: "Based on what I feel." Sep 22, 2025
• Day 1703: "We're not done yet." Sep 18, 2025
• Day 1701: "Maybe they’ll have to go after you." Sep 16, 2025
• Day 1693: "A scared man." Sep 8, 2025
• Day 1679: "I’m not a dictator. I’m a man with great common sense and a smart person." Aug 25, 2025
• Day 1675: "Can we forget about this?" Aug 21, 2025
• Day 1674: "A diversion." Aug 20, 2025
• Day 1659: "Everything is on the table." Aug 5, 2025
• Day 1653: "Keep the door open." Jul 30, 2025
• Day 1652: "A dagger." Jul 29, 2025
• Day 1647: "Blood in the water." Jul 24, 2025
• Day 1646: "One step at a time." Jul 23, 2025
• Day 1645: "The constant nonsense and misinformation flowing out of this White House." Jul 22, 2025
• Day 1640: "A tyrant." Jul 17, 2025
• Day 1639: "Weaklings." Jul 16, 2025
• Day 1637: "It’s got to be action." Jul 14, 2025
• Day 1633: "Absolutely trash." Jul 10, 2025
• Day 1619: "Muddy the waters." Jun 26, 2025
• Day 1595: "We deserve better." Jun 2, 2025
• Day 1575: "A chance at greatness." May 13, 2025
• Day 1570: "Impeccable." May 8, 2025
• Day 1562: "Not afraid of you." Apr 30, 2025
• Day 1560: "They know me now." Apr 28, 2025
• Day 1549: "A matter of law." Apr 17, 2025
• Day 1548: "Do your job." Apr 16, 2025
• Day 1547: "No tolerance for gamesmanship or grandstanding." Apr 15, 2025
• Day 1546: "Charade of due process." Apr 14, 2025
• Day 1539: "He’s at the peak of just not giving a fuck anymore." Apr 7, 2025
• Day 1519: "This is just the beginning." Mar 18, 2025
• Day 1492: "Unrestricted power." Feb 19, 2025
• Day 1486: "How much democracy have they achieved lately?" Feb 13, 2025
• Day 1484: "Will end badly." Feb 11, 2025
• Day 1483: "The most serious constitutional crisis the country has faced since Watergate." Feb 10, 2025
• Day 1481: "The single greatest insider threat." Feb 8, 2025
• Day 1450: "Presumptuous." Jan 8, 2025
• Day 1444: "Violence, intimidation and defiance undermine our Republic." Jan 2, 2025
• Day 1435: "Mired itself in an ethical crisis of its own making." Dec 24, 2024
• Day 1428: "Logical and reasonable." Dec 17, 2024
• Day 1379: "Turn the page." Oct 29, 2024
• Day 1373: "What do the American people want?" Oct 23, 2024
• Day 1360: "Not the worst case scenario." Oct 10, 2024
• Day 1332: "Void for vagueness." Sep 12, 2024
• Day 1315: "Blatant political purposes." Aug 26, 2024
• Day 1310: "Do something." Aug 21, 2024
• Day 1290: "The American people deserve better." Aug 1, 2024
• Day 1252: "Combustible atmosphere." Jun 24, 2024
• Day 1248: "Blatantly unconstitutional." Jun 20, 2024
• Day 1240: "That’s what it is." Jun 12, 2024
• Day 1219: "Locked and loaded." May 22, 2024
• Day 1211: "It's cheating." May 14, 2024
• Day 1210: "Just do it." May 13, 2024
• Day 1198: "Absolutely calling it." May 1, 2024
• Day 1192: "A rule for the ages." Apr 25, 2024
• Day 1171: "There will be a change." Apr 4, 2024
• Day 1170: "Fundamentally flawed." Apr 3, 2024
• Day 1164: "The ideal must bend to the practical." Mar 28, 2024
• Day 1162: "Sufficient risk." Mar 26, 2024
• Day 1155: "Further chaos." Mar 19, 2024
• Day 1154: "A practical impossibility." Mar 18, 2024
• Day 1150: "Serious consideration." Mar 14, 2024
• Day 1148: "Requisite intent." Mar 12, 2024
• Day 1135: "Bait." Feb 28, 2024
• Day 1129: "That's unfortunate." Feb 22, 2024
• Day 1113: "Show some spine." Feb 6, 2024
• Day 1106: "That's absurd." Jan 30, 2024
• Day 1093: "Loudly saying things that are false." Jan 17, 2024
• Day 1085: "Trump doesn’t give a damn about people." Jan 9, 2024
• Day 1065: "Destroying the fabric of our country." Dec 20, 2023
• Day 1063: "They're all laughing at us." Dec 18, 2023
• Day 1058: "No one is declaring victory." Dec 13, 2023
• Day 1045: "Lead the way." Nov 30, 2023
• Day 1036: "Such absurd results." Nov 21, 2023
• Day 1035: "Not enough action." Nov 20, 2023
• Day 1031: "Cannot be trusted." Nov 16, 2023
• Day 1000: "Big mistake." Oct 16, 2023
• Day 967: "Step up." Sep 13, 2023
• Day 965: "Personal grievances." Sep 11, 2023
• Day 959: "Deeply troubled." Sep 5, 2023
• Day 945: "A tremendous courtesy." Aug 22, 2023
• Day 930: "Deranged." Aug 7, 2023
• Day 912: "Personal benefit." Jul 20, 2023
• Day 910: "Extraordinary circumstances." Jul 18, 2023
• Day 903: "Racism bad." Jul 11, 2023
• Day 876: "How far we have come." Jun 14, 2023
• Day 871: "Nothing more, nothing less." Jun 9, 2023
• Day 832: "Hardship to American families." May 1, 2023
• Day 827: "Mundane matters." Apr 26, 2023
• Day 825: "We thank him for his service." Apr 24, 2023
• Day 819: "Extremely unusual." Apr 18, 2023
• Day 818: "A ticking time bomb." Apr 17, 2023
• Day 814: "Continued complications." Apr 13, 2023
• Day 813: "Credibility problems." Apr 12, 2023
• Day 811: "Extraordinary and unprecedented." Apr 10, 2023
• Day 751: "Brazen." Feb 9, 2023
• Day 749: "It’s going to be bumpy." Feb 7, 2023
• Day 744: "An absolute fool." Feb 2, 2023
• Day 695: "Clear and convincing." Dec 15, 2022
• Day 692: "Chaos." Dec 12, 2022
• Day 687: "Big consequences." Dec 7, 2022
• Day 672: "Quickly approaching the end." Nov 22, 2022
• Day 664: "Simply by saying so." Nov 14, 2022
• Day 652: "The path to chaos." Nov 2, 2022
• Day 651: "Mega-MAGA." Nov 1, 2022
• Day 643: "Appalling and unacceptable." Oct 24, 2022
• Day 639: "Democracy is working well." Oct 20, 2022
• Day 625: "Historic fragility." Oct 6, 2022
• Day 608: "The pandemic is over?" Sep 19, 2022
• Day 597: "Until the job is done." Sep 8, 2022
• Day 576: "Brain fog." Aug 18, 2022
• Day 545: "We're all going to die." Jul 18, 2022
• Day 541: "We're gathering evidence." Jul 14, 2022
• Day 533: "Broken." Jul 6, 2022
• Day 471: "Appropriate next steps." May 5, 2022
• Day 352: "A perpetual state of emergency." Jan 6, 2022
• Day 344: "We must adapt." Dec 29, 2021
• Day 337: "It checks all the boxes." Dec 22, 2021
• Day 325: "No basis." Dec 10, 2021
• Day 316: "Survive the stench." Dec 1, 2021
• Day 314: "A cause for concern." Nov 29, 2021
• Day 265: "Failures." Oct 11, 2021
• Day 262: "Not in the best interests of the United States." Oct 8, 2021
• Day 251: "An unnecessary, avoidable disaster." Sep 27, 2021
• Day 239: "Democracy can be sloppy." Sep 15, 2021
• Day 234: "Your refusal has cost all of us." Sep 10, 2021
• Day 178: "I've got it covered." Jul 16, 2021
• Day 155: "Pursuit of truth." Jun 23, 2021
• Day 147: "Trust the plan." Jun 15, 2021
• Day 146: "Accountability." Jun 14, 2021
• Day 142: "Point of no return." Jun 10, 2021
• Day 140: "Planned in plain sight." Jun 8, 2021
• Day 136: "This is progress." Jun 4, 2021
• Day 126: "Appalling." May 25, 2021
• Day 113: "Ignoring the lie emboldens the liar." May 12, 2021
• Day 106: "Disingenuous." May 5, 2021
• Day 70: "Trailblazing." Mar 30, 2021
• Day 8: "It's time to act." Jan 27, 2021
• Day 1385: "Every vote must be counted." Nov 4, 2020
• Day 1377: "Decisive actions." Oct 27, 2020
• Day 1363: "A pawn." Oct 13, 2020
• Day 1362: Swamp things. Oct 12, 2020
• Day 1331: "Corrupt and politically motivated favor." Sep 11, 2020
• Day 1310: "Season of darkness." Aug 21, 2020
• Day 1252: "A massive outbreak." Jun 24, 2020
• Day 1225: "Big action." May 28, 2020
• Day 1211: "Not an acceptable answer." May 14, 2020
• Day 1180: "A lot of instincts." Apr 13, 2020
• Day 1159: "The pandemic is accelerating." Mar 23, 2020
• Day 1152: "This is bad." Mar 16, 2020
• Day 1141: Confusion. Mar 5, 2020
• Day 1085: Reckless. Jan 9, 2020
• Day 1072: Below average. Dec 27, 2019
• Day 1064: Counterpunch. Dec 19, 2019
• Day 1042: Dissenting opinions. Nov 27, 2019
• Day 1037: "Never took place." Nov 22, 2019
• Day 1029: Not even a little bit. Nov 14, 2019
• Day 1015: "Nobody comes to Congress to impeach a president." Oct 31, 2019
• Day 995: "Repugnant to the American Dream." Oct 11, 2019
• Day 967: Moral compass. Sep 13, 2019
• Day 959: The ultimate deal. Sep 5, 2019
• Day 952: "A troubling pattern of corruption." Aug 29, 2019
• Day 946: "Our bigger enemy." Aug 23, 2019
• Day 895: Moving forward. Jul 3, 2019
• Day 882: The best is yet to come. Jun 20, 2019
• Day 880: Let's see. Jun 18, 2019
• Day 875: The green light. Jun 13, 2019
• Day 812: "I know nothing about WikiLeaks." Apr 11, 2019
• Day 809: A way forward. Apr 8, 2019
• Day 803: "Incompetent or corrupt." Apr 2, 2019
• Day 799: Not playing games. Mar 29, 2019
• Day 795: No conclusion. Mar 25, 2019
• Day 789: A little longer. Mar 19, 2019
• Day 782: Deteriorating situation. Mar 12, 2019
• Day 776: Unusual. Mar 6, 2019
• Day 757: Didn't need to do this. Feb 15, 2019
• Day 732: So what. Jan 21, 2019
• Day 715: Contentious. Jan 4, 2019
• Day 699: Everybody out. Dec 19, 2018
• Day 677: Gone rogue. Nov 27, 2018
• Day 670: Steadfast. Nov 20, 2018
• Day 658: Above the law. Nov 8, 2018
• Day 651: Doing a service. Nov 1, 2018
• Day 631: Optics. Oct 12, 2018
• Day 629: Inevitable. Oct 10, 2018
• Day 575: A very good person. Aug 17, 2018
• Day 567: Space Force all the way. Aug 9, 2018
• Day 551: Concerned. Jul 24, 2018
• Day 550: Reality distortion field. Jul 23, 2018
• Day 470: Oh my goodness. May 4, 2018
• Day 455: Clean up the mess. Apr 19, 2018
• Day 449: Slime ball. Apr 13, 2018
• Day 448: Retroactive privilege. Apr 12, 2018
• Day 424: Brilliant and courageous. Mar 19, 2018
• Day 403: They're on our side. Feb 26, 2018
• Day 399: "ATTACKS WOULD END!" Feb 22, 2018
• Day 356: A flawed legal premise. Jan 10, 2018
• Day 341: Pile of garbage. Dec 26, 2017
• Day 334: "The single worst piece of legislation." Dec 19, 2017
• Day 330: Shame. Dec 15, 2017
• Day 328: "I was right." Dec 13, 2017
• Day 327: Sexist smear. Dec 12, 2017
• Day 319: Tatters. Dec 4, 2017
• Day 314: Wrong. Nov 29, 2017
• Day 302: What about yours? Nov 17, 2017
• Day 295: If true. Nov 10, 2017
• Day 293: Refreshed. Nov 8, 2017
• Day 284: "NO COLLUSION!" Oct 30, 2017
• Day 218: Must do better. Aug 25, 2017
• Day 209: Stunned and disheartened. Aug 16, 2017
• Day 182: Very unfair. Jul 20, 2017
• Day 110: Finger pointing. Fired. May 9, 2017
• Day 109: Warned. May 8, 2017
• Day 77: Filibustered. Apr 6, 2017
• Day 51: Abrupt. Mar 11, 2017
• Day 46: Revised. Mar 6, 2017
• Day 45: Troubling. Mar 5, 2017
• Day 42: Misleading. Recused. Mar 2, 2017
• Day 41: Tumultuous. Mar 1, 2017
• Day 26: Clusterfuck. Feb 14, 2017
• Day 22: Denials. Feb 10, 2017
• Day 21: Ethics. Blocked. Feb 9, 2017
• Day 20: Nevertheless, she persisted. Feb 8, 2017
• Day 19: Challenged. Feb 7, 2017
• Day 18: Stumbles Uninvited. Feb 6, 2017
• Day 17: Denied. Feb 5, 2017
• Day 16: Suspended. Feb 4, 2017
• Day 13: Supreme. Feb 1, 2017
• Day 12: Controversy. Jan 31, 2017
• Day 11: Dissent. Jan 30, 2017
• Day 10: Embarrassment. Jan 29, 2017
• Day 9: Unreal. Jan 28, 2017