Abstract: Those who argue for merit selection know that it gives them their best chance to get judges on the bench who share their political and policy views. Advocates of elections are willing to take their chances openly… Read more
Abstract: The assault against elected judges has entered a new and more dangerous phase: Millions of dollars are being poured into efforts to promote “merit” selection of state judges, a system in which unelected, unaccountable experts and special interests recommend for appointment—and in some cases select—judges as a… Read more
Over the past 10 years, special interests have engaged in a highly coordinated, well-funded campaign to fundamentally alter the composition of America’s state courts. The campaign’s goal: to exclude conservative, rule-of-law judges from the bench. This campaign has been bankrolled by George Soros, a hedge fund operator with a net… Read more
Testimony before the Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate July 1, 2010 Hearing on the Nomination of Elena Kagan To be an Associate… Read more
Senators will vote soon on whether to confirm Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court. Her record is unusually slim for a Supreme Court nominee, and her confirmation hearings revealed little more about her approach to the law. Yet there are red flags in her record. Kagan has… Read more
Cully Stimson discusses the confirmation hearings of soon-to-be Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan with radio host Scott Hennen. … Read more
Cully Stimson discusses Elena Kagan's confirmation hearings with radio host Mark Carbonaro. … Read more
Before being confirmed to the United States Supreme Court, Elena Kagan must first be confirmed by the U.S. Senate. But before Kagan can be confirmed to this lifetime appointment, she has to answer questions before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Kagan comes to the committee with one… Read more
Abstract: What are Elena Kagan’s views on foreign policy? What does she think about America’s role in the world? At one time, such questions would have seemed irrelevant, if not impudent, for a Supreme Court nominee. Not anymore. Recent Supreme Court decisions, and commonly… Read more
As the Senate considers President Obama’s appointment of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court, it should reflect on the Court’s increasing role in shaping national security. Specifically, Senators should consider President Obama’s authority as commander-in-chief to use military commissions, Predator drone strikes, prolonged detention, and… Read more
All presidents aim to leave a legacy through the judges they appoint to lifetime seats on federal appeals courts. That's why senators should be especially concerned about David Hamilton, an Indiana judge nominated to fill a vacancy on the Seventh Circuit. When he announced the nomination, President Obama said that… Read more
The Senate hearing for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan starts on Monday, June 28. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), the...… Read more
Many who advocate for the appointment of originalist judges believe that the Court will not be worse off when Justice...… Read more
The Heritage Foundation released the following statement yesterday by former U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese III...… Read more
President Barack Obama outlined his criteria for appointing a replacement for retiring-Justice David Souter today. In...… Read more
Following the news that Justice Souter will be retiring this summer after the Supreme Court’s present term ends,...… Read more
Though certainly no originalist, Justice David Souter is not a complete judicial activist, either. On a number of cases...… Read more
The news that Justice David Souter will be resigning from the Supreme Court has left some conservatives momentarily...… Read more
Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, the longest serving Senator in Pennsylvania history, has made some history...… Read more
In light of Obama’s appointment of Judge David Hamilton to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday, Quin...… Read more
Those who remember the Warren Court recall imaginative renderings of the constitution to expand criminal’s rights...… Read more