Despite the unprecedented number of U.S. Court of Appeals judges confirmed in President Trump's first year in office, Democrat obstruction has lead to more judicial vacancies now than there were a year ago:

Today is International Women's Day, "a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women."  Yet as we learn all too often, these neutral-sounding words really mean: a day to celebrate liberal women advancing progressive policy goals.  

Today, the Trump-Sessions Department of Justice announced that it will release documents related to the Obama-Holder DOJ's disastrous "Fast and Furious" program:

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is focusing on district attorney races this year:

The ACLU is among a variety of organizations working to elect prosecutors willing to jumpstart a laundry list of criminal justice reforms, including an overhaul of the pretrial bail bond system. It received a $50 million grant from Soros’ Open Society Foundations in 2014. . . . 

Ninth Circuit Nominee Ryan Bounds is under predictable attack from liberals who don’t know him and seemingly hate him because he was nominated by President Trump.  What isn’t predictable is the response to those attacks.

On Tuesday, Pennsylvania Speaker of the House Michael Turzai and Senate President Pro Tempore Joseph Scarnati filed an emergency application with Justice Samuel Alito to stay the imposition of a new congressional map by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court pending resolution of the case by the entire U.S. Supreme Court.  Counsel to the Pennsylvania legislators include RNLA members Jason Torchinsky and Phillip Gordon of Holtzman Vogel Josefiak Torchinsky PLLC and Mark Braden of Baker & Hostetler LLP.  

The Senate confirmed two more of President Trump's excellent judicial nominees this week: Elizabeth Branch, to the Eleventh Circuit, and Marvin Quattlebaum, Jr., to the District Court for the District of South Carolina.  Judge Branch was confirmed by a wide, bipartisan margin, 73 to 23 votes.

Today, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky, a challenge to Minnesota's ban on political apparel at the polling place.  RNLA member Ilya Shapiro summarized the problems with the law in the Wall Street Journal:

RNLA Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter Leader Linda Kerns continues to uncover problems with elections in Pennsylvania.  Yesterday the Washington Times wrote an article entitled Lawsuit: 100,000 noncitizens registered to vote in Pennsylvania, which stated:

Today, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Janus v. AFSCME, a First Amendment challenge to an Illinois statute requiring non-union members to pay mandatory union dues to the union deemed to represent the non-members' interests in collective bargaining activities.