Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., likened the partisan attacks waged by Democrats on Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett to what took place during the confirmation hearing of former nominee Robert ...

“Borking” is a political term that has entered our discourse in recent years thanks to the right wing. It refers, derisively, to the process of challenging any presidential nominee, but particularly a ...

In this case the central figure in this newest frenzy (stay tuned: there will be more) is Trump adviser Steve Bannon, the chairman of the conservative website Breitbart News. Steve has been newly ...

It all began with Robert Bork. Nominated for the United States Supreme Court by President Reagan in 1987, Bork was superbly qualified for the job. In his career, he had been a professor at Yale Law ...

Supreme Court nomination hearings have gone from serene to savage, thanks largely to Joe Biden. As head of the Senate Judiciary Committee, he presided over the infamous Robert Bork hearings. His ...

“Borking,” for those of you under the age of thirty, refers to the tactic of publicizing negative information –sometimes private, sometimes unproven– about a person in order to stop him or her from ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Alito and the Haynsworth playbook. In 1969, the brilliant judge, Clement F. Haynsworth Jr., was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Richard M. Nixon. Instead of abortion, the issue then that ...

October 23 will mark 33 years since the U.S. Senate—led, in part, by then-Senator Joe Biden—defeated the nomination of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court of the United States. That same day in 2020, the ...

In the March 22 Voice reader Peter Block took issue with Abner Mikva’s position that judges ought to be appointed rather than elected. Mr. Block added that he is personally pleased that United States ...