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Let’s look at a case study in Justice Department and news media bias: the treatment of President Trump compared with the treatment of Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California. The media was gleeful over news – first reported in The New York Times – that a group of anti-Trump bureaucrats took it upon themselves to investigate President Trump as a traitor. The action, which came when the president fired their friend James Comey as FBI director in May 2017, has only served to clarify the establishment and media hostility toward President Trump. With no evidence – save some absurd and...

WASHINGTON - John Roberts would replace the first woman on the Supreme Court at a time when interest groups are more focused than ever on the court's position on abortion. Only one female lawmaker will question Roberts publicly and then vote on whether his nomination should advance to the full Senate. "It certainly gives me a big responsibility," said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., the lone woman on the 18-member Senate Judiciary Committee. The committee will hold hearings on President Bush's pick to succeed the retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Feinstein, 72, a centrist, backed Roberts when Bush nominated him in...

Washington -- Sen. Dianne Feinstein emerged from an hour-long meeting with Supreme Court nominee John Roberts Monday calling him impressive and a very interesting appointment. "I don't think there's anybody on the Court quite like he will be," said Feinstein, a California Democrat whose seat on the Judiciary Committee -- and reputation as a moderate -- positions her for a prime-time role in Roberts' Senate confirmation hearings in September. "I'm not going to give you a conclusion now one way or another," Feinstein said. "But he's very impressive. Let there be no doubt." Roberts left the meeting without comment, surrounded...

WASHINGTON - Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein seems like the center of the ideologically driven Senate Judiciary Committee. That makes her someone to watch closely in the upcoming Supreme Court confirmation hearing of Judge John Roberts. "She is not only a swing vote, but she's an influential opinion leader," said Viet Dinh, a former Justice Department official who's now a professor at Georgetown University Law Center. "She is very close to being the middle vote on the Judiciary Committee." On Monday morning, Roberts is to meet with Feinstein in her Senate office. The courtesy call, part of the White House charm...

Budget Balanced on Faulty Figures As election neared, state leaders ignored warning signs of a faltering economy and made erroneous assumptions about future revenue. By Jeffrey L. Rabin Times Staff Writer February 23, 2003 Last August, Gov. Gray Davis and members of the Legislature were in a bind: The state budget was two months late, election day was fast approaching and they still had a gap of more than $10 billion to fill. Rather than confront the magnitude of that challenge, however, California's elected leaders resorted to budget tricks, ignored evidence that the economy was faltering and made false assumptions...