Dawn Johnsen

What finally brought Senate Democrats to a breaking point today – forcing them to change Senate rules to allow a simple majority to break a filibuster of most federal judicial nominees – was Senate Republicans’ blockade of President Obama’s three nominees to the Court of Appeals for the D.C.

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Ken Blackwell says Republicans must stop Dawn Johnsen from being confirmed to the Office of Legal Counsel in order to keep her from being nominated to the Supreme Court. Rick Santorum is not impressed with the Proposition 8 trial. Focus on the Family claims that more than 750,000 people have watch

Today, the Liberty Counsel released a "72-page report today detailing information on each of the nominations and appointments of President Barack Obama" with the aim of exposing just how "radical" this administration has been:     This report documents the beliefs, words, and actions