Page 26 - Shadow Docket News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

0 get here today are some of the key answers. we have seen in hearings past nominees refuse to weigh in on what can come before the court, to the concern and consternation of members on this committee. expect some moments of contentiousness between republicans and this nominee. we'll see how she responds to pointed and direct questions. will she get tripped up and will anything change and will she win over any republicans to ultimately support her? one republican who could break ranks lindsey graham who voted for her for the d.c. circuit told me yesterday it is a different game when it comes t...

0 first of two long and intense days of questioning from members of the senate judiciary committee began this morning with democrats using their questions to allow jackson to issue a rebuttal to republican accusations that she has been soft on crime and republicans pressing her on her record as a judge and public defender and bringing up a whole host of conservative hobby horses. things like critical race theory. jackson has tried to stay above the fray in her responses. early on in the hearing, she told democratic senator, dick durbin, quote, i tried to stay in my lane. along with me are clai...

>> well i think now we're in something quite reactionary. you know, this is the most conservative court that we could i think could have imagined in the last, you know, 50 or 60 years. there's no question about it. and there are lots of elements of the way in which this court operates that should concern us and that concerns me as a lawyer. and so it's not just the outcome of the cases. but it's also the process. and if you actually believe in the legal process, which i do. i'm kind of nerdy about this stuff. then you are alarmed about, you know, the conduct of the court with the shadow docket...

Terms of the timing, and how the pace of this has been handled so far? obviously, at the end of the road the documents are either going to be handed over or not. what do you make of the potential timeline, if and when he appeals to the supreme court? >> it could be that it goes in its normal course and it takes many months for this to shake out. the law is really quite clear here. that's why we saw such strong language from the district judge, as well as strong language from the appellate course. it really wouldn't surprise me to decide on what is known is a shadow docket. that is where makes ...

Of weeks like this really is lightning fast. >> now, the appeals court did say while it issued this very blunt ruling today, in a 3-0 count among those three judges, they have stayed effectively, the implementation of this ruling for 14 days to give trump the chance to appeal this to the united states supreme court. what do you think will happen there, and what will happen in terms of the timing and how the pace of this has been handled thus far. thus obviously, at the end of the road, the documents are either going to get handed over or they're not. what do you make of the potential timeline,...