This change to the rules regarding presidential nominees will apply equally to both parties.
Today's calls are regarding (Cabinet nominee) Betsy DeVos".
"At this time, the Montgomery County Police Department has not received a request by any alleged victim nor a victim's attorney to initiate a police report or a criminal investigation regarding Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh," the statement said.
Certainly the president's history regarding appointees or nominees who proved to be less than competent makes the case for careful and cautious questioning now of any nominee he puts forward for any position.
But the betting is that the district will remain in Republican hands -- unless the Republicans battling for their party's nomination in Tuesday's primary self-destruct and the lightly regarded Democratic nominee, David Mendoza, ekes out a victory come the fall.
By Amy Davidson Sorkin May 27, 2009 This may be the best passage in the Times profile of Sonia Sotomayor, Obama's Supreme Court nominee, regarding her years as a lawyer in private practice: If the firm had a tip from the United States Customs Office about a suspicious shipment, Ms. Sotomayor would often be involved in the risky maneuver of going to the warehouse to have the merchandise seized.
The Advocate's Daughter addresses compelling issues regarding a Supreme Court nominee and the selection process.
We remain willing to engage in a constructive dialogue regarding the qualifications of our nominees and a mutually agreeable resolution on board composition.
The Academy, faced with an entirely justified barrage of anger regarding the lack of black nominees, put on a show to acknowledge, and to mock, its omissions while also publicly declaring that it has made concrete and practical changes in the hope of doing better next year and beyond.
Strom Thurmond of South Carolina quizzed the nominee on trivia regarding the 14th Amendment, on which Marshall was considered an expert, and when Marshall didn't know some information, Thurmond deemed him unfit.
