US District Chief Judge John “Jack” McConnell Jr. has been thrust into the national spotlight after issuing a temporary restraining order last month that blocked the White House from ...

The new decision from U.S. District Court Judge John McConnell comes after the First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston late Tue sday dec lined to overturn McConnell’s temporary restraining ...

It took three times for President Barack Obama’s nomination of John J. “Jack” McConnell Jr. as a federal judge to make it through the U.S. Senate in 2011, and even then he won approval ...

In his many years leading Senate Republicans, Mitch McConnell pushed the judiciary rightward and turned the chamber into a legislative graveyard for Democrats, earning a reputation for cutthroat ...

Judge John J. McConnell Jr. had issued an earlier temporary restraining order blocking the funding pause and instructing the government to restart all the spending. He said Monday it’s clear ...

In a short order Monday, U.S. District Judge John McConnell directed the Trump administration to “immediately” end any federal funding pause until he decides whether to indefinitely block the ...

Judge John McConnell ordered the government to restore frozen funds while citing a Supreme Court case about contempt for noncompliance with court orders. By Jordan Rubin UPDATE (Feb. 12 ...

McConnell voted Monday in favor of a procedural motion to advance Gabbard’s nomination to a final up-or-down vote. The Senate confirmed her by a vote of 52-48 .

U.S. District Court Judge John McConnell found the Trump administration violated his previous order on Jan. 31, and wants it followed. The Trump administration, later on Monday, filed notice it is ...

U.S. District Chief Judge John McConnell granted a “motion for enforcement” of a temporary restraining order, or TRO, he signed last month, blocking President Donald Trump’s freeze of ...