Sitemap - 2025 - Ed Whelan’s Confirmation Tales
Revisiting John Roberts's Path to Confirmation
Revisiting Stephen Breyer's Path to Confirmation
Revisiting Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Path to Confirmation
Why We Have So Many Former Federal Appellate Judges on the Supreme Court
Old Paths to the Supreme Court
Stepping Stone to the Supreme Court
First Appellate Nominations by Presidents
Friend of Hillary Clinton Tries to Stop Kavanaugh Confirmation to D.C. Circuit
Kavanaugh Navigates Obstacle Course to D.C. Circuit
Chuck Schumer's Filibuster Flop
Why Diane Sykes Didn't Get Filibustered
Was the Gang of 14 Agreement Better in the Long Run?
Senate Democrats Quickly Sour on Gang of 14 Agreement
Senators Highlight Scalia's Ancestry
Antonin Scalia on What Makes an American
Gang of 14 Agreement Preserves Senate Filibuster of Judicial Nominations
Bill Frist's Huge Task in 2005
Senate Democrats Intensify Filibuster Campaign
William Pryor's Gamble on Recess Appointment Pays Off
William Pryor Takes Tortuous Path to Eleventh Circuit
Teddy Roosevelt Quickly Regrets Appointing Justice Holmes
The Mystery of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.'s Recess Appointment