Kavanaugh would be ‘worst nightmare’ for gun reform, California Democrats say

President Donald Trump nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh to replace Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy on Monday night. Born in Washington, D.C., Kavanaugh has served as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit since 2006.

Fiscal conservatives launch awareness campaign for public union

Public employees in New York could soon be hearing from a new initiative aimed at spreading awareness about funding for unions. New Choice NY , a project launched by the fiscally conservative Americans for Fair Treatment , will start reaching out to public union members over the coming weeks and months to alert them of new options in the wake of the Janus ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court, according to a press release.

On Supreme Court nominees, feminist fear-mongering is a time-honored tradition

The Women's March didn't even know the name of President Trump's Supreme Court nominee before they drafted and sent a press release on Monday claiming the nomination of "XX" marked a "death sentence for thousands of women in the United States." I, too, would fear elevating a person named XX to the high court, given that they sound like a science-fiction villain who would, in fact, be hellbent on slaughtering women en masse.

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.

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.

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.