Critic’s Notebook: Trump’s Reality TV Supreme Court Rollout, Slick and Substance-Free
I'll spare you most of the jokes about how President Trump turned the Supreme Court nomination into a reality show. You've probably heard them already.
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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.
The ‘cloistered’ Harvard-Yale law monopoly on the Supreme Court
So much for diversity on the Supreme Court - at least when it comes to the education of the nine justices. There are, according to the American Bar Association, slightly more than 200 accredited law schools in the United States.
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.
Trump adviser says two Supreme Court candidates are tougher sell
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Grant Bosse: The illegitimate Resistance
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Fox News Host Felt Threatened By Kavanaugh Protesters,Retreated to Safety
After President Donald Trump announced his nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, a Fox News host reported feeling threatened by the aggressive protesters mobbing the streets. Shannon Bream said she had to flee for safety back to the Fox News studio in Washington, D.C. "Very few times I've felt threatened while out in the field.
State Assembly candidate, Right to Life Central California react to SCOTUS pick
A historic moment, President Donald Trump nominating judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court, Kavanaugh promising to keep an open mind. Conservatives, like John Gerardi with Right to Life of Central California, applauding the pick, especially when it comes to speculated rulings on abortion legislation.
Trump taps Brett Kavanaughfor Supreme Court
President Trump nominated federal appeals court Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court Monday night, setting up a furious partisan confirmation battle as he seeks to move the high court firmly under conservatives' control for decades to come. In a prime-time announcement at the White House, the president tapped Judge Kavanaugh of the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit after a 12-day whirlwind search to replace the retiring Justice Anthony M. Kennedy.
2nd Circuit Reverses Order on Cravath to Produce Documents for Foreign Litigation
Cravath, Swaine & Moore will not have to hand over documents related to its client, the energy company Royal Dutch Shell, as part of discovery, reversing a decision by U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein of the Southern District of New York that would have handed over the documents to a group of Nigerian plaintiffs suing over human rights abuses. The panel-composed of Circuit Judges Dennis Jacobs, JosA Cabranes and Richard Wesley-found that an order forcing Cravath to turn over their client's documents in a suit the lower court found it lacked jurisdiction was an abuse of the district court's discretion.
The Morning Brew: Trump announces his Supreme Court pick
The Supreme Court is seen Monday in Washington, D.C. President Donald Trump announced his choice on a replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy on Monday evening. [AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin] President Donald Trump announced Monday that Judge Brett Kavanaugh is his choice to fill the U.S. Supreme Court seat being vacated by retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy.
What they’re saying in Maryland about SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh
Judge Brett Kavanaugh speaks to the crowd after U.S. President Donald Trump nominated him to the Supreme Court during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House July 9, 2018 in Washington, D.C. ** OUTS - ELSENT, FPG, TCN - OUTS ** Judge Brett Kavanaugh speaks to the crowd after U.S. President Donald Trump nominated him to the Supreme Court during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House July 9, 2018 in Washington, D.C. ** OUTS - ELSENT, FPG, TCN - OUTS ** President Donald Trump nominated Marylander Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court on Monday evening.
Snapshots of top contenders for Supreme Court vacancy
Raymond Kethledge testifies during his confirmation hearing for the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court on Capitol Hill in Washington. Kethledge is one of four judges thought to be President Donald Trump's top contenders to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court.
Americans confident in high court, but what about issues? Source: AP
The next Supreme Court justice will join the bench at a time when the public has more confidence in the high court than in Congress or the presidency. A Gallup survey in June found 37 percent of Americans have a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in the court, while another 42 percent have "some" confidence.
John Edwards was refused membership at two pistol shooting clubs
'There is no one more qualified or deserving': Trump picks federal judge Brett Kavanaugh to fill Anthony Kennedy's Supreme Court seat, setting up ferocious battle with Dems to get him nominated Coach could be left in Thai cave ALONE: Divers say they can now rescue the last four boys from underground labyrinth - but their 25-year-old chaperone faces ANOTHER night in his underground prison REVEALED: Trump 'told Putin to ignore his 'stupid' White House advisors who urged him not to congratulate the Russian president on his election victory' Male nurse, 24, dies after falling 500ft at Grand Canyon National Park when he climbed over a railing to get a better view From the perfect amount of sleep to the key to getting a good bum: The biggest health and fitness myths debunked REVEALED: Harvey Weinstein is holed-up at his Connecticut oceanfront estate and is developing scripts while moonlighting ... (more)
A more conservative Supreme Court could step, not lurch, to…
President Trump's choice of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy is intended to move what is already one of history's most conservative courts to even more consistent right-of-center outcomes. But expect more of a gradual climb than a jack-rabbit acceleration, without the kind of alarms that are set off by disposing of the few landmark precedents that are familiar to the general public.
Trump picks Kavanaugh for court, setting up fight with Dems
President Donald Trump chose Brett Kavanaugh, a politically connected conservative judge, for the Supreme Court Monday, setting up a ferocious confirmation battle with Democrats as he seeks to shift the nation's highest court further to the right. A favorite of the Republican legal establishment in Washington, Kavanaugh, 53, is a former law clerk for retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy.