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Dr. Christine Blasey Ford wants Senate Judiciary members and not staffers to conduct her hearing with the Committee. Lawrence says that is because the staffers are too biased and partial to properly question her. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc About:…

President Trump is methodically putting a conservative imprint on the judiciary. FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated to delivering breaking news as well as political and business news. The number one network in cable, FNC…

Republicans who held their noses while voting for Trump because they didn’t want Hillary Clinton appointing federal judges are celebrating their own good sense, even though they despair over Trump’s behavior. Once there is a nominee there will be Judiciary Committee hearings at which senators from both parties will make long speeches, ask a few loaded questions, and vote on a strictly partisan basis. The Senate will then vote, again as partisans except for the few whose re-election might be at risk if they stick with their party. Such is the state of federal judicial selection. Politics are everything because judges have come to be viewed as political arbiters — and not without reason. It is not difficult to understand the challenge judges face in maintaining strict objectivity in the application of their interpretive approach. They wield awesome powers over the lives of those whose disputes they resolve, often in the context of compelling human dramas. In the just completed term of the Supreme Court we would not have 13 cases in which the two sides look to the public more like representatives of political parties than judges intent on the rule of law. Sen. Chuck Schumer’s call for a hold on the coming nomination until after the midterm elections is as disingenuous as was Sen. Mitch McConnell’s refusing to act on the Garland nomination so the voters could have a say in the presidential election. Had Schumer been the majority leader facing a Republican president’s nomination, he would have done exactly as McConnell did.

The path forward for a Georgia judicial pick now appears to be clear after a GOP senator dropped his hold on her nomination. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley indicated on Thursday morning that his panel would soon move to advance Britt Grant’s nomination for the powerful 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. “I have confidence she’ll make an excellent appellate judge.” Grassley’s comments came after U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., announced he was dropping his hold on President Donald Trump’s circuit court nominees. Grant’s nomination had been held up by Flake for the better part of two months as he sought a vote on tariff-related issues and travel restrictions to Cuba. His blockade infuriated Georgia U.S. Sens. Johnny Isakson and David Perdue, who vouched for Grant, a 40-year-old state Supreme Court justice, at her confirmation hearing. Isakson on Thursday said Grant would be "an excellent addition to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals." An Atlanta native, Grant worked for then-Congressman Nathan Deal and in the George W. Bush administration before rising to become Georgia’s solicitor general and eventually a state Supreme Court justice. Her credentials, however, have drawn criticism from some civil rights groups, which have cited her work on abortion-related issues and the Voting Rights Act while Georgia’s solicitor general. Read more: Trump packs influential Atlanta court with conservative judges Isakson, Perdue livid about blocked Georgia judicial pick

Fox News roaming correspondent-at-large discusses the immigration crisis and the search for a new Supreme Court nominee. FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated to delivering breaking news as well as political and business news. The…

Former Arkansas governor says Supreme Court justices should not be ideological. FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated to delivering breaking news as well as political and business news. The number one network in cable, FNC…

Harvard Law professor emeritus offers insight on the president's Supreme Court nomination process. FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated to delivering breaking news as well as political and business news. The number one network in…

On 'Fox & Friends,' the White House press secretary calls out the 'intolerance' of the left. FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated to delivering breaking news as well as political and business news. The number…

Fox News senior judicial analyst explains why President Trump's Supreme Court pick may not matter when it comes to the abortion issue. FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated to delivering breaking news as well as…

White House counselor to the president speaks out on 'Fox & Friends' on the president's criteria for the next high court justice. FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated to delivering breaking news as well as…