Ian Eppler  //  4/16/17  //  Topic Update


Neil Gorsuch was sworn in as a Supreme Court Justice (NYT).

  • Watch a video of the swearing in here.
  • Jess Bravin argues that Neil Gorsuch’s appointment sets the high water mark for politicization.

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1/14/18  //  Daily Update

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments about whether Courts of Criminal Appeals judges can constitutionally sit on Court of Military Commission Review, including the court at Guantanamo Bay.

Updates | The Week of December 18, 2017

12/24/17  //  Daily Update

The recent withdrawal of three judicial nominees is an aberration from President Trump’s large success in nominating young conservation jurists to the federal bench over the last year.

Update | The Week of November 27, 2017

12/4/17  //  Daily Update

President Trump has signaled to friends his belief that a government shutdown would help him politically.

Jeffrey Stein

Columbia Law School