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Senator Lindsey Graham’s recent death provides occasion to reflect on his remarkable impact on the Supreme Court.
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When Graham joined the Senate in 2003, he became a junior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Over the...
The role of abortion in the politics of Supreme Court confirmation battles changed dramatically over the decades, from the defeat of Robert Bork’s nomination in 1987 to the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination in 2020. Sonia Sotom...
In last week’s post, I counted down from #10 to #6 in my list of most-viewed posts. Let’s complete the countdown:
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5. The Supreme Court Nominee Who Would Abolish Mother’s Day: How I hid Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s incendiary posit...
I launched Confirmation Tales in February 2023 with this introductory post (“Not after I’ve driven all this way!”), and I have published (more or less) weekly posts ever since then. I’m going to use this brief end-of-Supreme-Court-term hiat...
Like many of you, I’m going to be paying extra attention to the Supreme Court in the coming weeks, as the Court issues rulings in the remaining cases on its docket for the October 2025 term. So as I take a brief break from new posts here, I...
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