Battle over recess appointments
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High court may rule on the legality of President Bush&#39;s use of the controversial tactic to fill judicial vacancies. By Warren Richey | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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New secretary general challenged over 'secret appointment' to replace top prosecutor.
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Washington -- Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist urged Democrats on Thursday to stop blocking President Bush&#39;s federal court nominees and hinted that he may try to change Senate rules to thwart their delaying tactics.
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The House Judiciary Committee announced yesterday that it will press toward a constitutional showdown with the Bush administration over the U.S. attorney firings scandal, even as embattled Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales vowed to stay on and "fix the problems" that have damaged the reputation...
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Washington, DC-- Today, President Bush announced plans to resubmit 20 nominations for lifetime seats on federal courts that were not approved by the Senate, including several Court of Appeals nominations that were blocked by filibuster on the Senate floor
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President Bush did not violate the law when,  using his power to make recess appointments,  he named Sam Fox, a GOP fundraiser who helped bankroll a controversial ad campaign against Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) during the 2004 presidential campaign, as  ambassador to Belgium, government auditors...
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Some Republicans are upset that the White House has nominated only 25 people to fill the 47 vacancies now on the federal judiciary. Not to worry. If history is any guide, President Bush can nominate as many people as he wants, but most of them will not don the black robes anytime soon.
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Congress and the White House appear headed for a showdown over President Bush's decision to invoke executive privilege to deny documents to House and Senate committees and prevent former aides from testifying about the firing of U.S. attorneys.
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By BEN EVANS  WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats signaled on Wednesday that they might oppose President Bush's nominee to the Federal Election Commission over his views on voting rights and criticism that he politicized his office at the Justice Department.
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The Alaska Supreme Court has ordered back on the ballot an initiative to change how the state fills temporary U.S. Senate vacancies. The initiative, which would repeal the governor's ability to make a temporary appointment, was thrown out earlier this year by Lt. Gov. Loren Leman, a Republican who oversees the state elections division.
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Among nine cases the court selected today for the coming term is a dispute over Âpaycheck protectionÂ laws.
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It was just last week that UMass&#39; own Professor Sheldon Goldman of the Political Science Department gave his distinguished lecture on the process and importance of judicial appointments.
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President George W. Bush's pick to  lead the Food and Drug Administration won support from a U.S.  Senate panel on Wednesday, but still faces opposition from two  Republican senators blocking a full vote on the nomination.
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A dispute over when to hold an election to determine Republican Sen. Trent Lott's successor headed to court Wednesday.
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With the conservative maverick on the brink of a nomination, colleagues grapple with the prospect.
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Senators on Tuesday pressed Health and Human Services nominee Mike Leavitt for a permanent commissioner for the Food and Drug Administration, which has been without one for nearly a year amid rising concerns about the safety of drugs on the market.
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Description: Republicans are under pressure to deny Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) chairmanship of the committee that considers President Bush&#39;s judicial nominees, after Specter said Supreme Court nominees who