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Archive: Politics and the Court
R.I. Senate: Chafee Rolls Dice With 'No' on Alito
Moderate Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee (R.I.) announced today that he will vote against confirming Samuel A. Alito Jr. to the Supreme Court, the first -- and likely only -- GOPer to declare opposition to the nomination. "I am a...
By Chris Cillizza | January 30, 2006; 12:16 PM ET | Comments (21)
R.I. Senate: Does Chafee's Future Hinge on Alito Vote?
With the confirmation vote on Samuel A. Alito Jr. nearing, Rhode Island Sen. Lincoln Chafee (R) faces a Hobson's choice that could dramatically affect his reelection campaign this November. GOP Sen. Chafee is being challenged on the left and the...
By Chris Cillizza | January 26, 2006; 08:30 AM ET | Comments (60)
Pro-Alito Ads Target Two Senate Dems
Seeking to capitalize on what they believe was Democrats' poor performance during last week's confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr., a conservative soft-money group is launching television ads against South Dakota Sen. Tim Johnson and North...
By Chris Cillizza | January 19, 2006; 06:23 PM ET | Comments (9)
Watching the Alito Hearings: A Political Primer
All eyes in the nation's capital are on Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr.'s Supreme Court confirmation hearings this week, as it it widely believed Alito would swing the balance on the high court in a decidedly conservative direction. But Alito...
By Chris Cillizza | January 10, 2006; 12:15 PM ET | Comments (2)
Alito Nomination: Gang of 14 to Meet
The 14 senators whose compromise earlier this year defused a potential floor fight over the filibustering of federal judges is set to meet Thursday to discuss the nomination of Samuel A. Alito Jr. to the Supreme Court. The meeting will...
By Chris Cillizza | October 31, 2005; 04:50 PM ET | Comments (4)
RNC Rallies the Base for Alito
Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman sent out an e-mail to more than 10 million activists this morning, asking them to sign an online petition in favor of Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr.'s nomination to the Supreme Court. The RNC...
By Chris Cillizza | October 31, 2005; 01:35 PM ET | Comments (3)
Republicans Ready for a Fight
Even before President Bush introduced Samuel Alito as the next Supreme Court nominee this morning, Senate Judiciary Committee member Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) labeled Alito as a "nominee likely to divide America." Minutes later, Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman slapped...
By Chris Cillizza | October 31, 2005; 10:41 AM ET | Comments (21)
Alert: Supreme Court Justices on Capitol Hill
Washington Post reporters are covering every aspect of Miers's decision to step aside. Here's a slice of life from Capitol Hill today as written by The Post's Charles Babington: "While senators, aides and reporters continued to discuss the Miers withdrawal...
By Chris Cillizza | October 27, 2005; 02:28 PM ET | Comments (2)
Miers: The Political Fallout
The week went from bad to worse for the Bush White House this morning when Harriet Miers asked the president to withdraw her Supreme Court nomination. President Bush is in Florida today, but House and Senate Republican leaders met with...
By Chris Cillizza | October 27, 2005; 12:15 PM ET | Comments (9)
White House Pressures '08 Hopefuls on Miers
The White House is trying its best to get Republican senators considering a run for the presidency in 2008 to go on the record in support of Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers. Seems the goal is to put the heat...
By Chris Cillizza | October 13, 2005; 11:32 AM ET | Comments (9)
RNC Tries to Rally Bloggers Behind Miers
Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman held a conference call today with a group of Republican bloggers in yet another attempt to build grassroots support for the Supreme Court nomination of Harriet Miers. Mehlman's message, put simply: Harriet Miers does...
By Chris Cillizza | October 12, 2005; 03:57 PM ET | Comments (4)
Miers Through the 2008 Lens
With conservative unrest toward Harriet Miers's nomination to the Supreme Court showing no signs of abating, I wondered why we haven't seen any of the Republican senators mentioned as 2008 presidential candidates come out against her, a move that would...
By Chris Cillizza | October 12, 2005; 10:21 AM ET | Comments (34)
RNC Reassures the Roots
GOP leaders and close allies in the evangelical movement hosted a conference call today aimed at easing conservatives' concerns about the nomination of White House counsel Harriet Miers to the U.S. Supreme Court. Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman hosted...
By Chris Cillizza | October 6, 2005; 05:18 PM ET | Comments (15)
Audio: Cillizza on Miers Nomination
The Fix's Chris Cillizza was on WTOP radio this morning to discuss how the Harriet Miers Supreme Court nomination is playing in the Senate. Listen to his audio here. Also, Chris authored the Politics column in today's Post. Read it...
By Chris Cillizza | October 6, 2005; 08:30 AM ET | Comments (2)
Miers Nomination: The Gang Meets
The bipartisan group of 14 senators that averted a showdown over President Bush's judicial nominees earlier this year is set to meet today to discuss the nomination of White House counsel Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court. The "Gang of...
By Chris Cillizza | October 5, 2005; 12:29 PM ET | Comments (10)
Video: Cillizza on the Miers Nomination
Chris Cillizza was on Washington's News Channel 8 on Monday to discuss the Miers nomination. Watch the video here.
By Chris Cillizza | October 3, 2005; 05:30 PM ET | Comments (1)
Miers Donated to Democrats
Picking through the background of newly minted Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers, there are some political activities that may irritate the president's conservative base -- she donated campaign cash to a handful of Democrats, including Al Gore. In her defense,...
By Chris Cillizza | October 3, 2005; 10:20 AM ET | Comments (142)
