One Israeli civil rights group called the move an "act of McCarthyism and gagging, which severely harms freedom of expression, the right to vote, and be elected."
Sen. Elizabeth Warren said she doesn't "understand why we are being asked to confirm someone whose plan for strengthening Social Security is to gut its protection."
As the right celebrates the Texas governor’s actions and legal scholars worry about a constitutional crisis, two big papers and a major wire service have clearly underplayed the standoff’s significance.
