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The quiet, terrifying weaponization of state judicial conduct commissions
In recent years, state legislators, governors and other partisan actors have increasingly sought to exert control over state courts to get the outcomes they want.Politics - The Hill - November 1 -
Can Democrats fill judicial vacancies before January?
President-elect Donald Trump is urging Republicans to slow down President Biden's judicial nominations before January. There are currently 44 vacancies, and 14 of Mr. Biden's nominations await ...Top stories - CBS News - 3 days ago -
Senate reaches deal on stalled Biden judicial nominees
The Senate announced a deal Thursday to complete work on seven of President Biden’s nine stalled judicial nominees, who sparked an intense fight on the Senate floor this week. A Senate Democratic ...Politics - The Hill - 2 days ago -
Trump blasts federal judicial decision on Virginia election rolls
Former President Trump on Friday blasted a federal judge’s ruling that Virginia must restore more than 1,500 people to the state’s voter rolls, falsely claiming Vice President Harris was behind the ...Politics - The Hill - October 25 -
Mexico's High Court Fails to Block Controversial Judicial Overhaul
President Claudia Sheinbaum says she won’t comply with any ruling made by the Supreme Court over a judicial system shake-up.World - The Wall Street Journal - November 5 -
Mexico’s Top Court Dismisses Proposal to Invalidate Judicial Overhaul
The move spares the country’s new president from having to choose between recognizing a court decision to strike down the overhaul or aligning with her party’s leaders and ignoring it.World - The New York Times - November 6 -
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Mexico to pursue judicial elections plan after top court fails to block reform
Reform requires elections to be held in June 2025 to replace wide range of judicial positions, and reduce supreme court. The Mexican government will press ahead with a controversial reform to elect ...World - The Guardian - November 6 -
In reversals, Trump and Thune look to stop Biden's judicial nominees
Senate Democrats are expected to dedicate hours of floor time in coming weeks as a last-minute effort to confirm President Joe Biden's nominees to the federal judiciary.Top stories - ABC News - 4 days ago -
Trump urges Senate GOP to block Biden's last judicial nominees
President-elect Donald Trump urged Republican senators to stop Democrats from confirming any more of President Joe Biden's judicial nominees.Business - CNBC - 4 days ago -
Republicans fume as GOP absences help Democrats move judicial nominees
Senate Republicans aired frustrations Tuesday after Vice President-elect Vance and other party members skipped votes Monday, greasing the skids for Democratic-backed judicial nominees to be ...Politics - The Hill - 4 days ago -
As Biden nears Trump's number of judicial confirmations, GOP may slow the process
The Senate has confirmed 217 of Mr. Biden's selections to serve on the federal bench and are aiming to approve more before Republicans take control.Top stories - CBS News - 4 days ago -
Senate set for late night as battle over judicial nominees rages on
The Senate is set for a late night on Wednesday, as Democrats attempt to shepherd through a number of judicial nominees to fill vacancies weeks before they hand over control of the upper chamber to ...Politics - The Hill - 3 days ago -
8 of 11 members of Mexico's Supreme Court to resign in protest of controversial judicial overhaul
Eight justices of Mexico’s Supreme Court have said they will leave the court rather than stand for election as required by a controversial judicial overhaul passed last monthWorld - ABC News - October 31 -
8 of 11 members of Mexico's Supreme Court say they will resign in protest of controversial judicial overhaul
8 of 11 members of Mexico's Supreme Court say they will resign in protest of controversial judicial overhaulWorld - ABC News - October 31 -
Democrats look at late-night, weekend votes to confirm last Biden judicial nominees
Senate Democrats are expected to vote late into the night Monday in a frantic effort to confirm as many of President Biden’s nominees to the federal judiciary as possible before President-elect ...Politics - The Hill - 5 days ago -
The state of the 2024 race in two major battleground states
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump spent Thursday in battleground states Arizona and Nevada to try to court voters less than a week from Election Day. CBS News executive ...Top stories - CBS News - October 31 -
Ohio State wins 'crossroads' game at Penn State
Ohio State (7-1, 4-1) kept its hopes alive for a spot in the Big Ten championship game by beating the Nittany Lions (7-1, 4-1) for the eighth straight time.Sports - ESPN - November 2 -
The pressures on Britain’s state, in charts
Ageing population is a great policy achievement but the higher costs demand tax increases and improved growthWorld - Financial Times - October 30 -
Texas State of Mind
From the Chihuahuan Desert to the Pineywoods, what are voters across the Lone Star State thinking about as they cast their ballots?Top stories - CBS News - November 1 -
Donald Trump’s Trusted Overcoat Makes an Appearance
Temperatures fell this weekend, and Donald Trump reached for a familiar sartorial security blanket on the last leg of his campaign trail.Lifestyle - The New York Times - November 4 -
A Record Number of States Are in Drought
Little rain has fallen since Hurricane Helene dropped huge amounts across the Southeast.Science - The New York Times - November 5
