Ed Whelan’s Confirmation Tales

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Bob Dole Puts Judges At Center Of 1996 Presidential Campaign
And Bill Clinton undermines senatorial deference
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Ed Whelan
Bill Clinton Pressures Own Judicial Appointee To Reverse ‘Stupid’ Ruling For Drug Dealer
Re-election campaign has Clinton running scared on his judicial nominations
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Ed Whelan
Senate Republicans Learn to Use Their Majority Muscle
An interview with John Yoo
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Judicial Retirements and Judicial Vacancies
Exploring the Rule of 80
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Answers to Trivia Questions on Secretaries of Labor and Supreme Court Justices
How'd you do?
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Ed Whelan
August 2023
Labor Day Trivia Questions
On Secretaries of Labor and Supreme Court justices
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Orrin Hatch Becomes Judiciary Committee Chairman
And I realize it’s time to move on
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From Ginsburg and Breyer to the Present
A long view of how and why Supreme Court confirmation process has changed
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Bill Clinton Abandons Peter Edelman Twice
And Edelman resigns in protest of Clinton's welfare reform
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Ed Whelan
Peter Edelman Leaks the News of His Impending D.C. Circuit Nomination
And ignites a campaign against himself
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Ed Whelan
July 2023
New Republican Majority Dooms Nominee
And White House counsel Abner Mikva isn't happy with me
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Ed Whelan
1994 Republican Senate Candidates Fight on Judges
Unlearning the wrong lesson from Judge Bork's defeat
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