McConnell now open to high court nomination in election year
The U.S. Senate confirms the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to be an associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court on a 50 to 48 vote.
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Louisville man: Having similar name to Kavanaugh stressful
A Kentucky man who shares a similar name with the newest U.S. Supreme Court justice says the past few weeks have been stressful.
With Kavanaugh, Supreme Court tilts toward right
The moment conservatives have dreamed about for decades has arrived with Brett Kavanaugh joining the Supreme Court.
McConnell: Senate ‘not broken’ after fight
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.
McConnell says Senate ‘not broken’ after Kavanaugh fight
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.
Bitter fight over Kavanaugh shadows a conservative court
The moment conservatives have dreamed about for decades has arrived with Brett Kavanaugh joining the Supreme Court. But with it comes the shadow of a bitter confirmation fight that is likely to hang over the court as it takes on divisive issues, especially those dealing with politics and women's rights.
Post-Kavanaugh Predictions
Half of the Democrats voted with all of the Republicans in a display of bipartisan advice and consent. It was a touching moment of comity and civility - the sort of thing lauded in the abstract by Washington elites at the recent funeral of John McCain.
Justice Prevailed
Judge Brett Kavanaugh is sworn in as an sssociate justice of the Supreme Court by Chief Justice John Roberts as Kavanaugh's wife, Ashley, holds the family Bible and his daughters, Liza and Margaret, look on, October 6, 2018. fter one of the most intense political fights of the last two decades, Judge Brett Kavanaugh of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has become Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh of the United States Supreme Court.
Christine Blasey Ford still unable to live at home due to death threats, lawyers say
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.
The Latest: GOP Senate could act on 2020 high-court nominee Source: AP
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.
Senate Advances Kavanaugh Nomination to Final Vote
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.
Senate confirms Kavanaugh as newest associate justice, concluding a…
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.
McConnell says Senate ‘not broken’ after Kavanaugh fight Source: AP
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.
‘I will not be intimidated.’ Senator Susan Collins says she made the right decision on Kavanaugh
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.
The Latest: GOP Senate could act on 2020 high-court nominee
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.
Supreme Court moves right, but how far, how fast?
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018.
Trump seeks to energize Kansas base
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.
The myth of the neutral non-partisan impartial justice
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.
Newt Gingrich: what the mid-term elections are really about
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.
Dr. Christine Blasey Ford at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Sept. 27.
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.