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Headline Roundup March 19th, 2017

Gorsuch Hearings to Start Monday

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Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch will begin his confirmation hearings Monday. It is expected to be a tough time, since Republicans blocked Obama's nominee Merrick Garland.

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Trump and Republicans face fresh test to shape Supreme Court, assert their power with Gorsuch hearings
Trump and Republicans face fresh test to shape Supreme Court, assert their power with Gorsuch hearings

Washington Post

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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.

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Trump hits pause between a tough week and a critically important one
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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,

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Questions for Judge Gorsuch
Opinion

This week, the Senate Judiciary Committee will question Neil Gorsuch about the judiciary’s role. Herewith some pertinent questions: – Lincoln’s greatness began with his recoil from the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act, which empowered residents of those territories to decide whether to have slavery. The act’s premise was that “popular sovereignty” — majorities’ rights — is the essence of the American project. Is it, or is liberty?

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