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Gorsuch is scheduled to speak to the right-wing Federalist Society. Americans find such speeches inappropriate.

Nathan T. Carrington and Logan Strother - February 4, 2022

Americans don’t approve of justices appearing with politicians, our research finds.

Supreme Court justices sounded suspicious of New York’s gun law. Here’s what might come next.

Jacob D. Charles - November 4, 2021

Will the court listen to empirical evidence about safety, or just strike down any regulations that didn’t exist in the 18th century?

Why do so few Black women serve in high-level federal posts?

Taneisha N. Means - June 23, 2021

My research finds that their confirmations take much longer than average, despite their excellent qualifications.

Will Breyer retire while Democrats hold the White House and Senate? Here’s what political science tells us.

Christine Nemacheck - April 21, 2021

Most federal judges retire for personal, rather than politically strategic, reasons. Supreme Court justices may be different.

Trump won’t cooperate with congressional oversight. Here are Congress’s options.

Liz Hempowicz and Anne Tindall - September 14, 2020

The legislature’s powers of inherent contempt might allow it to punish non-compliers.

It’s hard to find a federal judge more conservative than Brett Kavanaugh

Kevin Cope and Joshua Fischman - September 5, 2018

The Senate Judiciary Committee’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge

This is why the Senate should care about Brett Kavanaugh’s time as Bush’s staff secretary

Andrew Rudalevige - August 4, 2018

[caption id="attachment_76325" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), left, and

If the Iran deal had been a Senate-confirmed treaty, would Trump have been forced to stay in? Nope.

Andrew Rudalevige - May 9, 2018

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Will Republicans be able to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau?

Mallory SoRelle - February 13, 2018

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/the-battle-for-control-of-the-consumer-financial-protection-bureau/2017/11/27/acefba7e-d39f-11e7-9ad9-ca0619edfa05_video.html Since November, the Trump administration has taken steps to

It’s the Game of Vacancies at the CFPB. Watch out for the bureaucratic duel of conflicting statutes.

Andrew Rudalevige - November 29, 2017

It’s not exactly “Game of Thrones” — federal budget procedures