States brace for abortion fights after Kavanaugh nomination

Anticipating renewed fights over abortion, some governors and state lawmakers already are looking for ways to enhance or dismantle the right in their own constitutions and laws. President Donald Trump's nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court has raised both fears and hopes that a conservative court majority could weaken or overturn the 1973 Roe v.

MSNBC’s Schmidt Claims McConnell ‘Delegitimized’ Kavanaugh, Supreme Court

Appearing as a guest on Wednesday's The 11th Hour with Brian Williams , MSNBC contributor Steve Schmidt claimed that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell "delegitimized" Justice Anthony Kennedy's seat on the U.S. Supreme Court -- and the Court itself -- as he reacted to the selection of Judge Brett Kavanaugh as Kennedy's replacement. He also repeated a debunked claim that "Kennedy's son is Trump's banker at Deutsche Bank" -- a claim which was even disputed by his liberal MSNBC colleague, Stephanie Ruhle.

Senate veteran returns to action as Supreme Court Sherpa

Jon Kyl trekked back to the Capitol with a name tag hanging around his neck, but he didn't need one. Kyl was a Republican senator from Arizona for three terms, which is why Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and the White House wanted him to guide President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee through the confirmation process.

Liberals worried about the Supreme Court need reminding: It’s a court of law, not opinion

Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh meets with U.S. senators on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. To the editor: Disappointed that the U.S. Supreme Court does not sufficiently "reflect the true range of lay and scholarly thought" on several important legal issues, UCLA law professor Jon D. Michaels asks for louder voices of dissent among the liberal justices .

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.

Brett Kavanaugh built up credit card debt for baseball tickets, disclosure forms reveal

Financial disclosure forms for Kavanaugh, whom President Donald Trump announced Monday as his pick to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, show that he incurred tens of thousands of dollars of credit card debt to buy Nationals tickets over the last decade, The Washington Post reported Wednesday . White House spokesman Raj Shah said Kavanaugh got into debt buying Nationals season tickets and playoff tickets for himself and friends.

After Trump’s spending demands, NATO summit turns to Afghanistan

A Massachusetts hiker whose failure to notify his wife that he was spending the night in a hotel and prompted an extensive search and rescue operation in the White Mountains has donated $3,000 to the... Brandon Gillis does not think he played his best two rounds of golf at the 115th New Hampshire Amateur Championship Wednesday at Hanover Country ... (more)

Uniquely modern commercial laundry facility opens in Nashua

A Massachusetts hiker whose failure to notify his wife that he was spending the night in a hotel and prompted an extensive search and rescue operation in the White Mountains has donated $3,000 to the... Brandon Gillis does not think he played his best two rounds of golf at the 115th New Hampshire Amateur Championship Wednesday at Hanover Country ... (more)

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.