Why Judge Kavanaugh’s elevation matters

US President Donald Trump introduces his Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh in the East Room of the White House in Washington. President Donald Trump Tuesday named Judge Brett M Kavanaugh of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy at the US Supreme Court.

Tomi Lahren: We can’t be sending “religious judicial activists” to the Court to overturn Roe

I think her point here is being distorted by righty critics. Although it's understandable that they'd withhold the benefit of the doubt from someone who's not just pro-choice but has already begun to echo the Democratic line that Roe should be left alone right at the moment when conservatives might finally have the votes to overturn it.

Scotus Interruptus: a Lifetime Political Appointment, Much Like Being Married To Bill Clinton

Another Supreme Court Justice, slightly right-of-center swing vote Anthony Kennedy, has decided to retire. In a contentious and closely watched Supreme Court vote, the justices decided 5 to 4 to get him an ice cream cake for his retirement party.

Pence: I want Roe v. Wade overturned, ‘but I haven’t been…

Vice President Mike Pence said Tuesday that while he would personally like to see the Supreme Court one day overturn its landmark 1973 ruling legalizing abortion, neither he nor President Donald Trump has discussed the issue with Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh. Asked by CNN's Dana Bash whether he wants to see Roe v.

Brett Kavanaugh is uncommonly partisan, research shows

During a visit to Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Vice President Mike Pence, right, spoke about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, center, as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell listened. Judges, particularly those on the Supreme Court, are expected to sit above the partisan fray.

The Latest: Grassley pledges thoroughness on Kavanaugh Source: AP

The Latest on President Donald Trump's nomination of Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court : Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley says speed isn't the goal when it comes to Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation. The Iowa Republican says the judicial record of President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee is about to be inspected "by every lawyer, at least on the committee."

Kavanaugh would be ‘worst nightmare’ for gun reform, California Democrats say

President Donald Trump nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh to replace Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy on Monday night. Born in Washington, D.C., Kavanaugh has served as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit since 2006.

On Supreme Court nominees, feminist fear-mongering is a time-honored tradition

The Women's March didn't even know the name of President Trump's Supreme Court nominee before they drafted and sent a press release on Monday claiming the nomination of "XX" marked a "death sentence for thousands of women in the United States." I, too, would fear elevating a person named XX to the high court, given that they sound like a science-fiction villain who would, in fact, be hellbent on slaughtering women en masse.

Kavanaugh’s introduction as Supreme Court nominee was slick…

I am convinced that one of the reasons Donald Trump won the presidency is that many citizens watched the campaign as if it were a prime-time soap opera or reality TV show and were entertained by the GOP candidate's outrageous words, bombast and swagger. He seemed entertaining in an over-the-top, prime-time kind of way, so he didn't seem dangerous.

Hundreds protest at the Supreme Court after Trump nominates Kavanaugh

WASHINGTON Hundreds of activists gathered on the steps of the United States Supreme Court on Monday night to protest Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump's nominee to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy. Kavanaugh is a federal appellate judge on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Trump’s Kavanaugh : ‘presidents should be shielded from incitement’

Trump's Court pick came out for law that would shield sitting presidents from prosecution or investigation - saying a presidential indictment would 'cripple' the federal government President Donald Trump 's nominee for the Supreme Court has concluded that the presidency is such a unique and challenging job that the White House occupant should be shielded from indictment, prosecution, or interrogation while in office. Trump, who has inveighed repeatedly against the 'witch hunt' of special counsel Robert Mueller's probe, selected Judge Brett Kavanaugh to fill the seat of retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy.

Kavanaugh, Trump’s Supreme Court pick, has sided with broad views of presidential powers

Brett Kavanaugh, the federal judge nominated by President Donald Trump on Monday to the Supreme Court, has endorsed robust views of the powers of the president, consistently siding with arguments in favor of broad executive authority during his 12 years on the bench in Washington. He has called for restructuring the government's consumer watchdog agency so the president could remove the director, and has been a leading defender of the government's position when it comes to using military commissions to prosecute terrorism suspects.

2020 White House contendersrace to oppose Trump s pick

Several Democratic senators considered contenders for the partyA s 2020 White House nomination quickly came out in opposition to Brett Kavanaugh, President TrumpA s Supreme Court pick. Democratic Sens. Cory Booker , Kamala Harris and Kirsten Gillibrand were among the senators who said on Monday night that they would oppose Kavanaugh.