Trump slams NATO; Utah Sen. Mike Lee talks SCOTUS; why children have…

A new Deseret News special report looks at why children have the most to lose in the latest battle over LGBT and religious rights. Two sides will meet in a Michigan courtroom Thursday "to decide whether a faith-based adoption agency can refuse to work with same-sex couples," according to the Deseret News.

Grassley: ‘Guesstimate’ Puts Kavanaugh Hearing Dates by September

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley would only give a "rough guesstimate" Wednesday about when confirmation hearings would begin for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, while hitting back at Democrats' call to postpone the hearings until after the November midterms. "If you look at the last two or three, from the time they were nominated until the Senate voted on them, was about 65 to 70 days.

The SCOTUS Wars

As I write this column, President Trump has yet to announce his official nominee for the open position on the Supreme Court. The president has narrowed down his finalists and once announced, the war of words, doom and candidate character assassination will begin.

Scotus Interruptus: a Lifetime Political Appointment, Much Like Being Married To Bill Clinton

Another Supreme Court Justice, slightly right-of-center swing vote Anthony Kennedy, has decided to retire. In a contentious and closely watched Supreme Court vote, the justices decided 5 to 4 to get him an ice cream cake for his retirement party.

Trumka on SCOTUS Nominee

Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court of the United States: Judge Kavanaugh has a dangerous track record of protecting the privileges of the wealthy and powerful at the expense of working people. Any Supreme Court nominee must be fair, independent and committed to protecting the rights, freedoms and legal safeguards of all Americans.

Kavanaugh made a mark on drones and net neutrality. What’s next?

Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump's pick for the U.S. Supreme Court, will have a sweeping impact on American life if he's confirmed for the job. The growing power of technology and internet companies will be one of the issues where he may make his mark.

Pence: I want Roe v. Wade overturned, ‘but I haven’t been…

Vice President Mike Pence said Tuesday that while he would personally like to see the Supreme Court one day overturn its landmark 1973 ruling legalizing abortion, neither he nor President Donald Trump has discussed the issue with Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh. Asked by CNN's Dana Bash whether he wants to see Roe v.

Brett Kavanaugh is uncommonly partisan, research shows

During a visit to Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Vice President Mike Pence, right, spoke about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, center, as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell listened. Judges, particularly those on the Supreme Court, are expected to sit above the partisan fray.

Demonstrators force Fox crew from Supreme Court broadcast

Fox News' Shannon Bream said the network had to move a planned live broadcast indoors after she and her crew felt threatened by demonstrators outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday following President Donald Trump's nomination of Brett Kavanaugh. People shouted obscenities at Bream and her crew, crowded around and touched crew members as they prepared to air Fox's 11 p.m. Eastern hour from the location two hours after the nomination, she said.

The Latest: Grassley pledges thoroughness on Kavanaugh Source: AP

The Latest on President Donald Trump's nomination of Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court : Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley says speed isn't the goal when it comes to Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation. The Iowa Republican says the judicial record of President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee is about to be inspected "by every lawyer, at least on the committee."

Kavanaugh would be ‘worst nightmare’ for gun reform, California Democrats say

President Donald Trump nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh to replace Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy on Monday night. Born in Washington, D.C., Kavanaugh has served as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit since 2006.

Fiscal conservatives launch awareness campaign for public union

Public employees in New York could soon be hearing from a new initiative aimed at spreading awareness about funding for unions. New Choice NY , a project launched by the fiscally conservative Americans for Fair Treatment , will start reaching out to public union members over the coming weeks and months to alert them of new options in the wake of the Janus ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court, according to a press release.

On Supreme Court nominees, feminist fear-mongering is a time-honored tradition

The Women's March didn't even know the name of President Trump's Supreme Court nominee before they drafted and sent a press release on Monday claiming the nomination of "XX" marked a "death sentence for thousands of women in the United States." I, too, would fear elevating a person named XX to the high court, given that they sound like a science-fiction villain who would, in fact, be hellbent on slaughtering women en masse.