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The full D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals will review a ruling upholding President Trump's authority to use appropriated funding from Congress to build a wall to secure the southern border. The U.S. House, led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, is appealing a lower-court decision in its lawsuit against Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. The Democratic-led House alleges Trump's declaration of a national emergency to tap military funds for a border usurps Congress's constitutional authority to appropriate funds. The American Center for Law and Justice filed a brief in support of the president. Not only have Pelosi and her "extreme" colleagues "refused to...

The Trump administration asked a federal panel to revoke the exclusive right of a public sector union to represent immigration judges in collective bargaining Friday. The union, the National Association of Immigration Judges (NAIJ), has been at odds with the administration over substantive policy directives and the independence of the immigration courts.

The Senate today confirmed Brian Buescher, President Trump’s nominee to the U.S. District Court in Nebraska. Readers may recall that Senate Democrats attacked Buescher for his membership in the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic service organization. I wrote about this here. Sen. Kamala Harris was one of the Senators who led the charge against Buescher during his Committee hearing. His other main adversary was Sen. Mazie Hirono, one of the Senate’s dimmest members. Harris isn’t dim, but she’s a hard core leftist and an incorrigible opportunist. Thus, her suggestion that Buescher’s membership in the Knights of Columbus makes him unfit...

Obama Will Renominate Two Abortion Advocates for Judgeships Washington, DC -- With Senate Republicans blocking their nominations because of their pro-abortion views and other issues, two nominees for federal judgeships were never approved. With another session of Congress starting shortly, President Barack Obama will reportedly renominate Louis Butler Jr. and Edward Chen http://www.lifenews.com/nat5858

"Introducing Washington Post Reporter Terry Neal to Google, and the Dangers of Relying on Ralph Neas Talking Points." --- Yesterday the Washington Post's Terry Neal wrote about the looming showdown in the Senate in a column titled "Attitudes Toward Filibuster Are About Power, Not Partisanship." Neal's tale was straight from the Democrats' talking points, and began thus: "Both sides of the debate on the judicial filibuster issue will insist they're fighting over facts. But in reality the fight is over what it always is in Washington -- power. There is no consistent Democratic or Republican position on the Senate filibuster....

Remarks by Senator Harry Reid - March 15, 2005 Preserving Checks and Balances On a late September day in 1787, the Constitutional Convention finished its work. As Benjamin Franklin walked down the steps of Independence Hall, a Philadelphia woman named Elizabeth Powell stopped him and asked, "Well, Doctor, what have we got: a republic or a monarchy?" He responded, "A republic. If you can keep it." For more than two centuries, we have kept our republic because Americans have understood that our liberty is protected by our laws and by a government of limited powers. Our Constitution provides for checks...

Political operatives on both sides of the aisle are discussing the 2008 election as if it is only days away. But hardly a dismissal of the important issues facing President Bush in his second term, this talk of the next presidential race is representative of the pivotal changes in the political landscape that occurred last November. Unfortunately, the forces of “moderation” are still at work within the GOP, threatening to undermine the tremendous gains made by conservatives in the elections. Arnold Schwarzenegger contends that the Republican Party should move “to the center” (which means to the left) on social issues....

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 - President Bush plans to renominate 20 candidates for federal judgeships who have been unable to win confirmation in the Senate, the White House said today, in a signal that the president is ready for a showdown early next year. "An effective and efficient judicial system is vital to ensuring justice for all Americans," the White House said. "The president nominated highly qualified individuals to the federal courts during his first term, but the Senate failed to vote on many nominations." Senate Democrats have maintained for months that they have routinely confirmed nominees who are not right-wing...

Will GOP 'Go Nuclear' on Judges? By David Freddoso As Democrats continue to prevent up-or-down floor votes on two of President Bush’s appellate court nominees, GOP Senate sources indicate that Republicans will wait for a Supreme Court nomination before they seriously consider resorting to the so-called “nuclear option” to get a conservative confirmed. The “nuclear option” in Capitol Hill lingo these days means clarifying the rules of Senate debate to ensure that the filibuster cannot be used to block votes on judicial nominees. The moment for “going nuclear,” however, may come as early as this summer if rumors about the...