The Constitution mandates the president “shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint . . . Judges of the supreme Court.”
President Obama sent the Senate his...
Quentin Misiag, quentin-misiag@uiowa.edu
• February 19, 2016
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, is still in agreement with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., that the next president should select a new nominee to the Supreme Court, but he has gone back and...
Jack Dugan
John-dugan@uiowa.edu
On Feb. 13, conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died at the age of 79 after suffering a heart attack on vacation at a Texas resort. He was nominated by...
