THE COURT.
February 1, 2017 Federal Appeals Court Judge Neil Gorsuch was nominated to fill Justice Scalia's vacant Supreme Court seat. Judge Gorsuch is a graduate of Columbia (BA), Harvard Law School (JD), and Oxford (Phd). Additionally, he is both a Truman and Marshall Scholar. He is an originalist and a textualist, meaning he believes the Constitution should be interpreted with the Framers' intent in mind and using the words of the document. •
DETENTE.
February 4, 2017 The Treasury Department lifted a handful of sanctions against Russia's spy agency, the Federal Security Service. The Treasury said the move is simply correcting a technical error. • |