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"Confirmation Bias" Book Cover

New Book Traces How Partisanship Has Reshaped The Supreme Court

Thursday, July 11, 2019
Chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times, Hulse has covered legislative and judicial events for more than three decades. His important new book is a deeply reported account of the struggle over the Supreme Court seat left vacant by Antonin Scalia’s death in February 2016. Drawing on...

Chairman of judicial nominating committee resigns, accuses Gov. DeSantis of 'invading autonomy' of nominating process

Friday, July 5, 2019
TALLAHASSEE -- The chairman of a judicial nominating committee has resigned because he believes Gov. Ron DeSantis and officials in his office have "invaded the autonomy" of the process of selecting judges in Florida. Alan Landman, a Melbourne attorney who chaired the Judicial Nominating Commission...