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Neal K. Katyal / New York Times:
Why Liberals Should Back Neil Gorsuch — I am hard-pressed to think of one thing President Trump has done right in the last 11 days since his inauguration. Until Tuesday, when he nominated an extraordinary judge and man, Neil Gorsuch, to be a justice on the Supreme Court.
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President Trump had the chance to select:
President Trump had the chance to select a consensus nominee to the Supreme Court. To the surprise of absolutely nobody, he failed that test. — Instead, he carried out his public promise to select a nominee from a list drawn up by far right activist groups that were financed by big business interests.
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Trump picks Colo. appeals court judge Neil Gorsuch for Supreme Court — President Trump selected Colorado federal appeals court judge Neil Gorsuch as his Supreme Court nominee on Tuesday, opting in the most important decision of his young presidency for a highly credentialed favorite …
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
How Trump kept Gorsuch nomination a secret until the clock struck 8 — Tuesday night's presidential announcement of a Supreme Court nomination had all the makings of a Donald J. Trump production — except for this: The secret held. — When President Trump strode down the red-carpeted hallway …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Make Republicans Nuke the Filibuster to Confirm Neil Gorsuch — Once Mitch McConnell blockaded Barack Obama's last Supreme Court nomination, and then Donald Trump carried the Electoral College, the chance that Republicans would fill the vacancy rose to 100 percent.
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Christina Cauterucci / Slate:
What Neil Gorsuch, Trump's SCOTUS Pick, Means for American Women — Neil Gorsuch, Donald Trump's nominee for the vacancy on the Supreme Court, is a consistently conservative judge who'd enter the court at a critical moment for reproductive rights. Though Gorsuch, a federal judge …
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Ted Cruz reportedly says nuclear option is on table in Supreme Court pick
Ted Cruz reportedly says nuclear option is on table in Supreme Court pick
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New York Times:
Neil Gorsuch, the Nominee for a Stolen Seat
Neil Gorsuch, the Nominee for a Stolen Seat
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Who is Neil Gorsuch?
Who is Neil Gorsuch?
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New York Times:
Trump Nominates Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court
Trump Nominates Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court
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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
President Trump nominates Neil Gorsuch for Supreme Court
President Trump nominates Neil Gorsuch for Supreme Court
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Eric Bradner / CNN:
Pelosi on Gorsuch: ‘A very hostile appointment’
Pelosi on Gorsuch: ‘A very hostile appointment’
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Ayotte to lead White House team shepherding Supreme Court nominee
Ayotte to lead White House team shepherding Supreme Court nominee
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Matt Vespa / Townhall.com:
War: Senate Democrats Prepare To Filibuster Trump's SCOTUS Pick No Matter What
War: Senate Democrats Prepare To Filibuster Trump's SCOTUS Pick No Matter What
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New York Times:
It's ‘The Apprentice, Supreme Court Edition,’ as Trump Summons Finalists to White House
It's ‘The Apprentice, Supreme Court Edition,’ as Trump Summons Finalists to White House
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
In Judge Neil Gorsuch, an Echo of Scalia in Philosophy and Style
In Judge Neil Gorsuch, an Echo of Scalia in Philosophy and Style
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Us Weekly:
First Lady Melania Trump May Stay in NYC Permanently and Never Move Into the White House — President Donald Trump may have 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue all to himself. — Though Donald, 70, and his wife Melania announced in November that the first lady would relocate from New York City …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
‘Idiots’ — Senate tensions boil over — The Senate has become embroiled in bitterness and name-calling less than two weeks after Inauguration Day. — The usually genteel chamber of Congress has been anything but recently amid controversial directives from the White House …
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Valerie Strauss / Washington Post:
Two Republican senators says they aren't committed to voting for Betsy DeVos on Senate floor
Two Republican senators says they aren't committed to voting for Betsy DeVos on Senate floor
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Amy Lange / WJBK-TV:
Detroit family caught in Iraq travel ban, mom dies waiting to come home — DETROIT (WJBK) - A local business owner flies to Iraq to bring his mother back home to the US for medical treatment. But under President Trump's ban on immigration and travel from seven predominately Muslim nations, he was forced to leave his family behind.
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KFYR-TV:
Hoeven, Cramer say Acting Secretary of the Army has directed Corps to issue final easement for DAPL — WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator John Hoeven issued the following statement after speaking today with Vice President Pence and Acting Secretary of the Army Robert Speer:
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Terray Sylvester / Reuters:
Clean-up begins at Dakota pipeline protest camp
Clean-up begins at Dakota pipeline protest camp
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
White House ices out CNN — The White House has refused to send its spokespeople or surrogates onto CNN shows, effectively icing out the network from on-air administration voices. — “We're sending surrogates to places where we think it makes sense to promote our agenda,” …
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Poll: 1-in-4 voters believe Trump's vote-fraud claims — One in four voters believe President Donald Trump's unsupported claim that millions of votes were illegally cast in the 2016 election, but more people believe that Trump benefited from any electoral malfeasance instead of Hillary Clinton.
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Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Trump security's use of force questioned — Donald Trump's private security lacked basic procedures and policies — including for the use of force — giving guards free rein during the campaign and transition to physically confront protesters and journalists they found objectionable …
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump trip canceled; Harley Davidson wasn't comfortable with likely protests — US President Donald Trump speaks to the staff at the Department of Homeland Security in Washington, DC, on January 25, 2017. Trump vowed to restore “control” of US frontiers as he moved Wednesday to fulfil his pledge to …
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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
How Trump Could Rearrange the U.S. House — Matt Cartwright, a personable Democratic attorney, hasn't faced a truly tough race since he was elected in 2012 to his U.S. House district in north-central Pennsylvania. The Republicans who controlled the last redistricting in Pennsylvania drew …
Jennifer Calfas / The Hill:
Sanders, Cruz to face off in debate over future of ObamaCare — (R-Texas) will go to battle next week in a debate over the future of ObamaCare. — Sanders and Cruz, who both ran for their party's nomination in the 2016 presidential race, will square off in a debate airing on CNN next Tuesday, Feb. 7 at 9 p.m.
Adriano Udani / Washington Post:
Who believes in voter fraud? Americans who are hostile to immigrants — Donald Trump has prominently promoted the idea that there are widespread conspiracies to commit voter fraud, and has recently called for a major investigation. That's despite the fact that peer-reviewed studies …
USA Today:
Steve Bannon at odds on Islam, China with decades of U.S. foreign policy doctrine — Steve Bannon, who has ascended in just months from relative obscurity to become one of President Trump's most influential advisors, has said that Islam is “the most radical” religion in the world and the U.S …