WASHINGTON, June 9 (UPI) -- The confirmation hearing for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor will begin July 13, Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, April 5 (UPI) -- Thomas Perez, a Maryland lawyer nominated to head the U.S. Justice Department's civil rights division, will be in for a tough confirmation fight, analysts say.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- Reformation of the judicial confirmation process was one topic U.S. President George Bush touched on during a speech to the Federalist Society in Washington.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr. has been warned to expect tough questioning at next week's confirmation hearing.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. Supreme Court nominee John Roberts completed a series of mock confirmation sessions designed to prepare him for tough questions from Democrats senators.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- The U.S. Senate has scheduled confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Chief Justice nominee John Roberts for next Monday.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- A little more insight into the mind of President Bush's Supreme Court nominee was shed Sunday on ABC News' "This Week with George Stephanopoulos."
WASHINGTON, July 20 (UPI) -- President Bush said Wednesday the nomination process to confirm U.S. Supreme Court nominee John Roberts was "off to a good start."
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- A liberal group praised Democrats for voting against Attorney General-nominee Al Gonzales, who was approved along party lines by a Senate panel Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, July 17 (UPI) -- Richard Carmona, president Bush's nominee for surgeon general, was approved unanimously by a Senate committee Wednesday and will now head before the full Senate for confirmation.
