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George Will and Paul Krugman Agree

It's rare when ABC News contributors George Will and Paul Krugman agree on our "This Week" Roundtable. But Will and Krugman found common ground this morning on the issue of California's Supreme Court decision upholding Proposition 8's same-sex marriage ban.

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May 31, 2009 in This Week with George Stephanopoulos | Permalink | User Comments (9)

GOP Filibuster over Sotomayor? Cornyn Won't Rule It Out

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Tex., of the Senate Judiciary Committee isn't ruling out a Republican filibuster on Capitol Hill over Judge Sonia Sotomayor. "Is filibuster on the table today?" I asked Cornyn during an exclusive interview with him and Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on "This Week" Sunday. "I think it's really premature to say that or to speculate," Cornyn said. "I'm not willing to judge one way or the other, George, because frankly we need to not pre-confirm, and to give Judge Sotomayor the fair hearing that Miguel Estrada and indeed Clarence Thomas were denied by our friends on the other side of the aisle," Cornyn said.

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May 31, 2009 in This Week with George Stephanopoulos | Permalink | User Comments (34)

The Nomination Battle Continues

Watch my report on where things stand with Sotomayor’s nomination process. Some of her critics have accused her of racism, but others, including some Republicans, say that goes too far. The votes seem to be adding up in the Senate...

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May 30, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (7)

Bush Speaks Out on Torture and Wars

Take a look at my report on the latest from George W. Bush. For the first time since he left office, Bush publicly defended his administration’s policy on torture and the war in Afghanistan. No attacks on Obama. No apologies...

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May 29, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (17)

'This Week' Exclusive: Sens. Chuck Schumer and John Cornyn

Our exclusive headliners on 'This Week' Sunday: Sens. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and John Cornyn, R-Tex., of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Plus, with me to discuss the Sotomayor hearings, the impact of any potential GM bankruptcy, the North Korean nuclear threat and all the week's politics ... an expanded version of the Roundtable this week: ABC contributor George Will, ABC's Supreme Court correspondent Jan Crawford Greenburg, New York Times columnist, economist and ABC contributor Paul Krugman, PBS' Gwen Ifill and former Bush adviser Ed Gillespie.

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May 28, 2009 in This Week with George Stephanopoulos | Permalink | User Comments (17)

Sotomayor In: You Heard it Here First

You heard it here first. It's nice to nail one. Back in March, I said that it would be Sotomayor. 1-10 odds. Today we learn that indeed, Sotomayor is it. Sotomayor would be the first Hispanic Justice on the Supreme Court bench. She was appointed to the federal bench by George H.W. Bush. Elevated to the Appeals Court by Bill Clinton. She's a protégé of Daniel Patrick Moynihan and a prosecutor with Robert Morgenthau and a graduate of Princeton and Yale after growing up in the South Bronx.

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May 26, 2009 in Barack Obama | Permalink | User Comments (35)

Supreme Court Pick: Stay on Your Toes

Today could be the day. Both President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are in town this morning. Both head out to the West Coast this afternoon (on separate trips). So there's a window of opportunity. As of late last night the president had not made a final decision. Top Senate leaders had not been given a headsup. But the rollout out team is ready to go when Obama pulls the trigger, and administration official tells me "stay on your toes."

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May 26, 2009 in Barack Obama | Permalink | User Comments (1)

Military Chief: Gitmo 'Needs to Be Closed'

President Barack Obama's top military adviser said the Pentagon is working on meeting the president's deadline of closing Guantanamo Bay by January 2010. But first, Mullen said they are working out a plan on how to handle some 240 detainees held at the military detention facility.

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May 24, 2009 in This Week with George Stephanopoulos | Permalink | User Comments (26)

Next Up? Obama's Supreme Court Pick

Here's my report tonight on the political fallout from the historic dueling speeches Thursday by President Barack Obama and former Vice President Dick Cheney. Also, next on the agenda? Obama's pick to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter. The...

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May 22, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (15)

'This Week' Exclusive: Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen

Our exclusive 'This Week" headliner Sunday: Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. I sit down with President Barack Obama's top military adviser to talk Guantanamo, Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran and more. If you have any questions for Adm. Mullen, email me here. Plus we'll dig into the Obama-Cheney duel and all the week's politics on our all-star Roundtable, with George Will, Donna Brazile and our own dueling columnists: David Brooks of the New York Times and E.J. Dionne from the Washington Post.

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May 21, 2009 in This Week with George Stephanopoulos | Permalink | User Comments (10)