Senate Judiciary sets Oct. 22 vote on Amy Coney Barrett's nominationThe Senate Judiciary Committee convened on Thursday set an October 22 vote on Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court nomination as Republicans r...
15 Oct, 2020, 07.37 PM IST
Pardon power, silent mics on Amy Coney Barrett's final day of hearingDuring Wednesday's hearing, Barrett maintained her view that it would be inappropriate to comment on the national health care law or other ...
15 Oct, 2020, 11.54 AM IST
Indian-American Neomi Rao sworn in as judge of powerful DC courtRao, 45, was sworn in by US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Tuesday.
21 Mar, 2019, 11.47 AM IST
US Senate confirms Indian-American Neomi Rao for powerful federal judgeshipRao, 45, was confirmed for the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, one of the most powerful benches in the country, by 53-46 votes in the US Senat...
14 Mar, 2019, 03.55 PM IST
Trump taps 3 Indian-American experts for key admin postsRita Baranwal was nominated for the post of Assistant Secretary of Energy (Nuclear Energy), Aditya Bamzai for member of the Privacy and Civ...
17 Jan, 2019, 10.35 AM IST
Donald Trump nominates Indian-American law professor to agency on privacy and civil libertiesAditya Bamzai has been nominated by Trump to be a member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board.
08 Aug, 2018, 12.09 PM IST
Indian-American judge Amul Thapar not in Trump's shortlist for US Supreme CourtTrump is likely to announce his nominees to replace Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy on Monday. The US President, according to the Whi...
07 Jul, 2018, 01.06 PM IST
Signed immigration order to keep terrorists out: Donald TrumpThis week his administration also took significant action to roll back the massive regulation that is devastating the economy and crippling...
04 Feb, 2017, 12.59 PM IST
Barack Obama close to announce his Supreme Court judge pickIndian-American legal luminary Sri Srinivasan is among the two persons zeroed in on by US President Barack Obama for the post of Supreme Co...
16 Mar, 2016, 01.48 PM IST
Looking for SC judge with sterling record: US President Barack ObamaObama said it is one of the most important decisions that a president will make.
25 Feb, 2016, 05.08 PM IST
Lawyers' body requests US President Barack Obama to nominate South Asian to Supreme CourtUS President Barack Obama has been requested by a lawyers' body and a Congresswoman to nominate a South-Asian American to the Supreme Court.
18 Feb, 2016, 11.25 AM IST
Supreme Court nominee would be indisputably qualified: Obama"I'm going to present somebody who indisputably is qualified for the seat and any fair-minded person -- even somebody who disagreed with my...
17 Feb, 2016, 11.36 AM IST
3 Indian-Americans could be US Supreme Court judge nomineesThe White House refused to give any indication of the list of persons Obama is looking into to zero in on his nomination for the next Supre...
16 Feb, 2016, 12.14 PM IST
US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia found deadUS Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was 79. The cause of death of the country's longest-serving justice was not immediately known.
14 Feb, 2016, 04.05 PM IST
Indian-American judge Sri Srinivasan on US Supreme Court?Srinivasan, an Indian-American, was a high school basketball star in Kansas before attending Stanford University, which he graduated from i...
14 Feb, 2016, 02.53 PM IST
- Supreme Court says Americans have right to guns
Americans can keep guns at home for self-defense, the SC ruled Thursday in the justices' first-ever pronouncement on the meaning of gun rig...
27 Jun, 2008, 12.59 AM IST
- President Bush pokes fun at his potential successors
President George W Bush poked fun at his potential successors, expressing surprise that none of them were in the audience at the White Hous...
27 Apr, 2008, 09.52 AM IST