Supreme Court nominee dishes out mac and cheese to homeless
Pausing in his pursuit of Supreme Court robes, nominee Brett Kavanaugh donned a blue apron Wednesday afternoon to help serve meals to the homeless.
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What’s at Stake if Brett Kavanaugh Joins the Court
President Donald Trump has nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh to replace former Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. Why should you care? Because everything from reproductive rights to voting, education, and health care is now at stake.
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.
More Senate Dems: Kavanaugh could be the end of health care as we know it
More precisely, Senate Democrats argue a Brett Kavanaugh confirmation could end health care as they know it - meaning ObamaCare . Opponents of Donald Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court have added health care to abortion and Robert Mueller as their main lines of attack.
Colbert owns Kavanaugh: You got a name like a Ruby Tuesday’s waiter, bro
This isn't the only name-related dig at Kavanaugh today by a liberal production with a following, it turns out. Which tells me, despite his long paper trail, they've got nothing and that confirmation is a fait accompli.
NYT: Republicans will certainly pounce on Kavanaugh’s majority-female clerk hires
Indeed they will and indeed they have , and for good reason. After Donald Trump introduced him as the winner of Who Wants to Be a Confirmation Hearing Target? , Brett Kavanaugh made sure to emphasize his bona fides on empowering women.
Oh, come on. No one’s a strict originalist.
When President Donald Trump announced his nominee for the Supreme Court on Monday, he said he wanted someone who could set aside his political views "to do what the law and the Constitution require." Brett Kavanaugh followed by saying a judge "must interpret the law, not make the law."
After Janus, new models for labor relations
The U.S. Supreme Court took a significant step toward restoring individual liberty in the government-sector labor market with its recent Janus decision. The details of the case were outlined for the Acton Institute by retired federal Judge, Janice Rogers Brown.
Trump slams NATO; Utah Sen. Mike Lee talks SCOTUS; why children have…
A new Deseret News special report looks at why children have the most to lose in the latest battle over LGBT and religious rights. Two sides will meet in a Michigan courtroom Thursday "to decide whether a faith-based adoption agency can refuse to work with same-sex couples," according to the Deseret News.
Grassley: ‘Guesstimate’ Puts Kavanaugh Hearing Dates by September
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley would only give a "rough guesstimate" Wednesday about when confirmation hearings would begin for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, while hitting back at Democrats' call to postpone the hearings until after the November midterms. "If you look at the last two or three, from the time they were nominated until the Senate voted on them, was about 65 to 70 days.
The SCOTUS Wars
As I write this column, President Trump has yet to announce his official nominee for the open position on the Supreme Court. The president has narrowed down his finalists and once announced, the war of words, doom and candidate character assassination will begin.
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.
Trumka on SCOTUS Nominee
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court of the United States: Judge Kavanaugh has a dangerous track record of protecting the privileges of the wealthy and powerful at the expense of working people. Any Supreme Court nominee must be fair, independent and committed to protecting the rights, freedoms and legal safeguards of all Americans.
Kavanaugh made a mark on drones and net neutrality. What’s next?
Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump's pick for the U.S. Supreme Court, will have a sweeping impact on American life if he's confirmed for the job. The growing power of technology and internet companies will be one of the issues where he may make his mark.
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.
Readers Write: U.S. Supreme Court nomination, breast-feeding vs. formula
Vice President Mike Pence and Judge Brett Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court nominee, arrived at the U.S. Capitol for meetings with Republican leaders on Tuesday as the advise-and-consent process began. Yale Law Prof.
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.
Demonstrators force Fox crew from Supreme Court broadcast
Fox News' Shannon Bream said the network had to move a planned live broadcast indoors after she and her crew felt threatened by demonstrators outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday following President Donald Trump's nomination of Brett Kavanaugh. People shouted obscenities at Bream and her crew, crowded around and touched crew members as they prepared to air Fox's 11 p.m. Eastern hour from the location two hours after the nomination, she said.
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."
SCOTUS Nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s Troubling Record on the Rule of Law and the Constitution
President Trump announced Monday night that he's nominating Judge Brett Kavanaugh to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. Judge Kavanaugh, 53, has significant Washington credentials.