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Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her, cannot move back to her home due to the volume of death threats she is still receiving, her lawyers told NBC on Sunday. One of Ford's attorneys, Debra Katz, told NBC's Kasie Hunt that it's going to be "quite some time" before Ford and her family can return home.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is signaling that a Republican-controlled Senate would act on President Donald Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court in 2020, a presidential election year, should a vacancy arise. McConnell had blocked a vote on Democratic President Barack Obama's choice of Merrick Garland to the high court in 2016, citing tradition of not filling vacancies in a presidential election year.
The U.S. Senate narrowly voted Friday to limit debate on the nomination of President Donald Trump's embattled Supreme Court pick, Brett Kavanaugh, advancing his nomination to a final confirmation vote that could come as early as Saturday. The procedural vote, an institutional matter unrelated to how Senators will eventually vote on Kavanaugh, allows up to 30 hours of Senate debate before holding a final vote.
Despite the cries of hundreds of protesters on Capitol Hill and several outbursts in the gallery, the saga of Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination came to an end on Saturday, when the Senate voted 50-48 to confirm him as the newest associate justice. The Senate needed just 51 votes to confirm Kavanaugh, rather than the official Senate rule of 60 votes under a cloture motion.
Picking up the pieces after a contentious nomination battle, the Senate's majority leader said Sunday that the chamber won't be irreparably damaged by the wrenching debate over sexual misconduct that has swirled around new Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. While Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Kavanaugh's confirmation was a shining moment for the GOP heading into next month's pivotal elections, GOP Gov. John Kasich of Ohio predicted "a good year" for Democrats and said he wonders about "the soul of our country" in the long term after the tumultuous hearings.
The end of a trying process was finally here for Senator Susan Collins. The Maine Senator cast her official 'Yea' vote to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh as the next Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to reporters following the final vote to confirm Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, at the Capitol in Washington, Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018.
President Donald Trump's campaign rally for Kansas Republicans on Saturday celebrated confirmation for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and toasted the prospects of a surge toward victory by GOP candidates for governor and Congress struggling for a clean edge in red-state Kansas.
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan expressed concern Friday over the court's lack of a swing vote with Justice Anthony Kennedy's departure from the bench. "In the last, really 30 years, starting with Justice O'Connor and continuing with Justice Kennedy, there has been a person who found the center or people couldn't predict in that sort of way.
Many Americans want to keep building on the tremendous results we have seen since Republicans took control in Washington. Others who are seeing their power and elite status wane are bitterly fighting to resist, obstruct and distort the Republicans' success.
It's Friday morning and Americans are processing Brett Kavanaugh's survival of sexual assault accusations to advance to a confirmation vote for U.S. Supreme Court justice. Staff members and volunteers spend their days and nights helping survivors move forward after being attacked.
The media has been fully fixated on the eminent confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court, but in the meantime, President Trump has once again proven his trade strategy is paying off. In case you missed it, President Trump has effectively replaced the North American Free Trade Agreement , which he has promised to do since the campaign and the institutional elites said was impossible.
Hours after the U.S. Senate confirmed Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court on Saturday, President Donald Trump implored his supporters to turn out in large numbers for the November mid-term elections, both to punish Democrats for their opposition to Kavanaugh, and to ensure that Republicans keep control of both the U.S. House and Senate. "We'll have a chance in just four weeks to render your verdict on the Democrats' conduct at the ballot box," the President said to loud cheers at a campaign rally in Topeka, Kansas.
President Donald Trump says he is a "hundred percent" sure that the woman accusing Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her when they were in high school named the wrong person. Kavanaugh was confirmed by the Senate on Saturday by a 50-48 vote.
Washington : Brett Kavanaugh has been sworn in as the 114th judge on the United States Supreme Court after a rancorous confirmation process that exposed the deep divisions within the country and the political establishment. The US Senate on Saturday confirmed Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, as Republicans dismissed sexual assault accusations against the conservative judge and delivered a major victory to President Donald Trump.
Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump's second Supreme Court nominee in two years, was officially sworn in on Saturday, shortly after the Senate narrowly confirmed him by a vote of 50 to 48 amid fierce partisan fights focusing on sexual misconduct allegations against him. The 53-year-old conservative was sworn in as 114th Supreme Court justice by Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. and retired Justice Anthony Kennedy in a private ceremony at the Supreme Court.
But the reaction to the Kavanaugh nomination demonstrates one reason why the court needs more justices with Kavanaugh's philosophy, even if you think Kavanaugh himself should not be on the court.
Protesters gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court after the U.S. Senate voted to confirm the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh in Washington D.C., the United States, on Oct. 6, 2018. The U.S. Senate on Saturday narrowly confirmed President Donald Trump's Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh in its final floor vote, following a fierce partisan fight over sexual misconduct allegations against the nominee.
Senator Susan Collins announced she will vote yes to confirm embattled nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh to become a US Supreme Court Justice. Collins delivered a lengthy defense of Kavanaugh's record and decisions before finally announcing her support for the judge Friday when she took to the Senate Floor.