Justice
Senate Republicans Now Blockading Every Single Appeals Court Nominee
June 14, 2012
If history is any guide, the supposed ban on late term confirmations does not exist.
Rep. Judge Smith Blocks Pro-Planned Parenthood Order Just Hours After It Was Issued
May 1, 2012
If nothing else, today’s order highlights the foolishness of Smith’s partisan tantrum several weeks ago.
Texas Groups Intervene in Photo ID Case to Defend Voting Rights
March 27, 2012
Organizations are standing up for Texans' voting rights, and we at Progress Texas stand with them.
Reid Will File To End Seventeen GOP Filibusters Of President Obama’s Judicial Nominees
March 12, 2012
The average Obama nominee must wait nearly four times as long for a vote as the average nominee at this point in the Bush presidency.
U.S. Department of Justice Strikes Down Texas' Photo ID Law
March 12, 2012
After ignored objections by progressive lawmakers, the DOJ stepped in to bring clarity and reason to this unnecessary issue.
Good news on the quest to end judicial emergencies
March 7, 2012
There is no rational reason for nominations to have been stuck pending on the Senate floor for nearly 100 days.
TFJ: Senators Leahy, Blumenthal Fight to Fill Texas Emergency Judicial Districts
February 7, 2012
Justice delayed is justice denied.
President Obama Calls for Up-or-Down Vote on Judges
January 25, 2012
The time has come to put the qualified, nonpartisan judges on the bench.
Who Will Republicans Choose When It Comes to the Nation's Courts?
January 13, 2012
Republicans are calling for retaliation, indifferent to the needs of all Americans.
Supreme Court Denies Greg Abbott's Emergency Application
September 29, 2011
The district court’s decision to block portions of this new law, which is intrusive and unconstitutional, was well-supported.