Trump names Amy Coney Barrett as his SCOTUS nominee
Senate Judiciary chair Lindsey Graham announced late Saturday that confirmation hearings would begin on October 12.
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Senate Judiciary chair Lindsey Graham announced late Saturday that confirmation hearings would begin on October 12.
President Trump on Saturday announced Judge Amy Coney Barrett as his nominee for the Supreme Court
President Trump has nominated Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Ilya Shapiro, director of the Robert A. Levy Center for constitutional studies at the Cato Institute, joined CBSN with how she could change the Supreme Court in the years to come.
The first blind woman to be a law clerk with the Supreme Court of the United States credits her success to Judge Amy Coney Barrett, her mentor. Lana Zak spoke with Laura Wolk about being mentored by President Trump's judicial nominee.
President Trump's potential nominee to fill the vacant Supreme Court justice seat could affect abortion rights in the United States. Lana Zak spoke with CBS News reporter Kate Smith about the impact Judge Amy Coney Barrett could make.
He is expected to announce Judge Amy Coney Barrett as his Supreme Court nominee at 5 p.m. Saturday.
"The Takeout" podcast this week focuses on the conservative and liberal arguments surrounding the filling of the Supreme Court seat left vacant by Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death.
Today, the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg became the first woman to lie in state in the U.S. Capitol. One of Ginsburg's former law clerks, Lisa Frelinghuysen, talks with CBSN's Tanya Rivero about the justice's life and legacy.
The late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg became the first woman in history to lie in state at the U.S. Capitol, following her death last week at age 87. CBSN anchors Vladimir Duthiers and Anne-Marie Green anchored live coverage as a ceremony was held to honor Ginsburg in Statuary Hall of the Capitol.
Democrats are furious that Republicans may confirm a Supreme Court nominee ahead of the election.
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump visited the Supreme Court, where the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is lying in repose. People outside could be heard booing and chanting, "Vote him out!" CBSN's Anne-Marie Green has more.
In an interview with CBSN in 2016, when she was a law professor at Notre Dame, Amy Coney Barrett talked about the political battles over filing a Supreme Court seat in a presidential election year. Barrett is now a federal judge and one of President Trump's leading contenders to fill a vacancy on the high court. "Red and Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano and CBS News political correspondent Ed O'Keefe have more on her comments.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is lying in repose at the Supreme Court through Thursday, after her death at age 87. Fatima Goss Graves, the president and CEO of the National Women's Law Center and co-founder of the Time's Up movement, joined CBSN with a look back on her life and legacy.
Mr. Trump said there are four or five candidates on his short list to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Judges Amy Coney Barrett and Barbara Lagoa are considered the frontrunners as Mr. Trump considers who will succeed the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the high court.
Including Ginsburg, there have been 16 vacancies on the Supreme Court that have occurred during an election year.
The Senate minority leader said that "we can't have business as usual when Republicans are destroying the institution."
Polling shows former Vice President Joe Biden is leading President Trump slightly in the state.
Romney's support for moving forward with the confirmation process provides crucial backing to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
The vice president told Norah O'Donnell that confirming a new justice to the Supreme Court during an election year is not without precedent.
The late justice will also lie in state in the U.S. Capitol on Friday.
Vice President Mike Pence defended President Trump's push to confirm a new justice to the Supreme Court before Election Day, telling "CBS Evening News" anchor Norah O'Donnell that moving forward with a confirmation during an election year is not without precedent and the president has an "obligation" to put forth a nominee. Watch more of the exclusive interview on the "CBS Evening News" on Monday at 6:30 p.m. ET.
Senator Klobuchar urged her Republican colleagues to "look in their own souls" and make their own decision.
RBG, who died on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is being honored and remembered in many ways.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died Friday, and the nation suffered one more loss in a year replete with them. Bill Whitaker ends the broadcast with a note about the woman's rights pioneer.