Headline Roundup March 19, 2017
Gorsuch Hearings to Start Monday
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When Judge Neil Gorsuch arrives on Capitol Hill on Monday morning to begin his confirmation hearings for the seat on the Supreme Court, he will give President Trump his first chance to make a lasting impression on the federal judiciary - and Republicans a fresh test to work their Will now control all of Washington's levers of power.
President Donald Trump escaped more than the chilly Washington weather when he decamped to the warm and welcoming confines of his private Florida club for the weekend.
Touching down just as the orange sun was setting,
This week, the Senate Judiciary Committee will question Neil Gorsuch about the judiciaryβs role. Herewith some pertinent questions: β Lincolnβs greatness began with his recoil from the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act, which empowered residents of those territories to decide whether to have slavery. The actβs premise was that βpopular sovereigntyβ β majoritiesβ rights β is the essence of the American project. Is it, or is liberty?
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