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The Senate confirms Janice Rogers Brown, and it's about to get worse: William Pryor is next.
By Tim Grieve
June 9, 2005
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The Senate will begin debating Bush's nomination to the D.C. Circuit Monday. Is it time to say goodbye to the New Deal?
By Tim Grieve
June 3, 2005
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The White House prepares to send a slew of new judicial nominees to the Senate. Consultation with Democrats? Not yet, anyway.
By Tim Grieve
June 3, 2005
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In an interview with Rolling Stone, the Senate minority leader talks tough about the president and Bill Frist -- and about John Kerry, too.
By Tim Grieve
June 2, 2005
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Chief Justice William Rehnquist hasn't retired yet. Did somebody forget to tell the president?
By Tim Grieve
June 1, 2005
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With Memorial Day behind us, the chief justice could retire any day now. Where have we heard that one before?
By Tim Grieve
May 31, 2005
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Depression, the persistence of memory, and the fallout of a political showdown -- TTers share their thoughts this week.
May 27, 2005
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The Senate's compromise on the filibuster won't stop the president's quest for absolute power.
By Sidney Blumenthal
May 26, 2005
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Another look at Justice Priscilla Owen's profile casts a shadow on Dems' ability to invoke "extraordinary circumstances" in future confirmation fights.
By Mark Follman
May 26, 2005
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Activists from both the left and right say averting the nuclear option won't end their fight for the judges they want.
By Farhad Manjoo
May 25, 2005
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The Arizona moderate knocked out the Tennessee right-winger in the filibuster showdown. Does his victory foreshadow the 2008 primary?
By David Paul Kuhn
May 25, 2005
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The "Group of 14" moderates defuse the nuclear option, but who really wins and loses in the filibuster compromise? And how close are we to the next showdown?
By Tim Grieve
May 24, 2005
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The filibuster deal has been praised as a victory for all -- but it's kind of tough to have a big happy bunch of winners without any losers, especially when it comes to the business of Washington.
By Mark Follman
May 24, 2005
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A bipartisan group of moderate senators forges a deal to head off the nuclear option.
By Page Rockwell
May 23, 2005
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As lawmakers gear up for an all-night Senate session, Sen. Harry Reid says a deal to prevent the nuclear option seems increasingly unlikely.
By Page Rockwell
May 23, 2005
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While Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist took the stage with a preacher who equated liberal judges with the Ku Klux Klan, moderate senators worked around the clock to avert the nuclear option.
By Tim Grieve
May 20, 2005
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How I learned to stop worrying and love the nuclear option.
By Farhad Manjoo
May 20, 2005
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Sen. Arlen Specter thinks most senators want to back away from the filibuster showdown, but Bill Frist won't let them speak their minds.
By Tim Grieve
May 20, 2005
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Frist's press secretary tries to explain how the Senate majority leader's vote to filibuster a judge's nomination in 2000 wasn't really a filibuster.
By Tim Grieve
May 20, 2005
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Bill Frist fires the first shot as moderates scramble to avert "mutually assured destruction."
By Tim Grieve
May 19, 2005
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Senators fail to reach an agreement on judicial nominations but agree to meet again.
By Tim Grieve
May 19, 2005
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That's what the Bush White House wants to see happen -- but it'll have to do battle with Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist.
By Mark Follman
May 19, 2005
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Though most Americans are against the nuclear option, a mysterious crop of letters has popped up in newspapers across the country in support of the GOP.
By Page Rockwell
May 17, 2005
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Frist and Reid are done negotiating over the nuclear option. Can centrists senators avert a showdown over Bush's judicial nominees?
By Tim Grieve
May 17, 2005
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Bill Frist is still talking tough. But as another Republican seems to defect, will the Senate majority leader be the first to blink?
By Tim Grieve
May 16, 2005
Your new judge: Liberal democracy = slavery
Bush the despot
McCain vs. Frist
Done deal -- for now
Defusing Frist
Dump the filibuster!
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