WASHINGTON – Chevron deference is not a household phrase. But this 33-year-old legal doctrine, which discourages judges from overruling government regulations, rose to the status of abortion and ...

The Senate's vote Thursday to pave the way for a simple majority vote on President Donald Trump's nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the position of associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court is ...

OPINION: Merrick Garland would have made a great U.S. Supreme Court justice, but it's time to move forward. On Jan. 3, after a record-setting 293 days lying essentially untouched, Judge Merrick ...

Sen. Patrick Leahy questions Judge Neil Gorsuch before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. Credit: Ron Sachs / CNP via AP U.S. Supreme Court nomination hearings are a tightly choreographed ...

WASHINGTON -- Republicans invoked the "nuclear option" in the Senate Thursday, unilaterally rewriting the chamber's rules to allow President Donald Trump's nominee to ascend to the Supreme Court.

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday approved the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, setting up a filibuster showdown with Democrats that’s likely to end with a rules change so ...

It’s bad enough that Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine has decided to oppose the nomination of Neil Gorsuch, a superbly qualified candidate for the Supreme Court. But it’s even worse to smear the man in the ...

McCaskill, who is up for re-election in 2018 in a state President Trump won in November, fretted about her upcoming decision on whether to vote for Gorsuch. In audio provided to the Washington ...

As Democrats and Republicans spar over the nomination of Neil Gorsuch as the next Supreme Court justice, we look at the court’s structure. One expert says having just nine justices does not ensure a ...

As the Bay Area Reporter went to press this week, a Democratic filibuster was expected as the Senate considered President Donald Trump's nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court. In a ...

Of the three judges President Donald Trump was said to be considering for the current vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court, he chose the one who is the most conservative and least likely to be concerned ...

Justice Neil Gorsuch said Thursday he will co-author a children’s book next year focused on the Declaration of Independence, ...