Sen. Richard J. Durbin asked Trump picks for Justice Department roles whether elected officials could refuse to obey a federal court order.

During a sometimes tense bout of questioning from Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.), Gorsuch was again asked about what has become known as the Case of the Frozen Trucker. In this case, Gorsuch ...

Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) offered a tepid assessment of Gorsuch’s performance in the hearing and wasn’t satisfied by his repeated attempts to separate himself from the president.

In a speech last week, Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., said that he needed to be “brutally honest” about Trump’s actions to fire inspectors general, potentially ignore court orders and more.

Sen. Richard J. Durbin of Illinois outlined the allegations in a Senate floor speech and a letter to Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz that calls for an investigation into the ...

Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-IL) said, “It’s clear they’re trying to create an environment of intimidation to the judiciary to ...

Senate Judiciary Chair Richard J. Durbin of Illinois and seven other members of the panel sent a letter last week that ...

Chair Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., said in his opening remarks the estimated 13 million undocumented immigrants in the United ...

VAN LAW, RICHARD DURBIN 78, a native of Denver, preceded in death by his wife Mary, survived by his children Carol (Robert) Nasser, Phillip (Heidi) Van Law and Laura (Samuel) Waggoner and eight ...

Sen. Richard J. Durbin, the top Democrat on the panel, posed his first questions at the hearing to Aaron Reitz, Trump’s nominee for assistant attorney general for the department’s Office of ...