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Sen. Blumenthal Tears Into Republicans For Encouraging Stigma Of Sexual Assault Victims
Sen. Richard Blumenthal blasted Republicans for their treatment of Kavanaugh’s accuser, who now says she is willing to testify next week.
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Democrats Vow To Investigate Brett Kavanaugh If They Win The Senate
Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) said to mark his words. If Democrats win the Senate, they will investigate this allegation against Brett Kavanaugh.
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Protesters Storm Capitol Hill And Get Arrested for Demonstrating Against Brett Kavanaugh
On Capitol Hill, protesters of Brett Kavanaugh are making their feelings known on Thursday and getting arrested for it
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Over 1,000 Holton-Arms Alumnae Tell Senators They Believe Blasey Ford and Demand An Investigation
We believe Dr. Blasey Ford and are grateful that she came forward to tell her story. It demands a thorough and independent investigation before the Senate can reasonably vote on Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to a lifetime seat on the nation’s highest court.
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Sen. Mazie Hirono Just Called BS On Chuck Grassley’s Fake Outreach To Christine Ford
Sen. Mazie Hirono had some pointed words for how Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Chuck Grassley is handling the allegations against Brett Kavanaugh.
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Rachel Maddow Unloads On GOP Hypocrites For Blocking FBI Probe Into Kavanaugh Allegations
The MSNBC host exposed Republicans for their blatant hypocrisy in blocking an FBI investigation into the sexual assault claims Brett Kavanaugh.
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Trump Can’t Hide As Protesters Spell AMORAL Outside the White House
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#KremlinAnnex protesters place a sign referring to Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who accused Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh of a 1982 sexual assault, and spell out the word “AMORAL” on the 66th consecutive day of their demonstration out#KremlinAnnex protesters place a sign referring to Christine Blasey Ford outside the White House in Washington
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GOP Reeling As Key Red State Senator Plans To Vote ‘No’ On Kavanaugh
If Democrats up for re-election in deep red states are jumping ship on Kavanaugh, it’s clear where the political winds are headed.
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Sen. McCaskill says will vote against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh
Democratic U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, facing a tough re-election battle in Missouri, said on Wednesday she will vote against confirming President Donald Trump’s nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh.
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More Bad News For Kavanaugh: The FBI Says People Who Are Lying Don’t Ask To Be Investigated
A number of former FBI agents and prosecutors are saying that people who make up allegations tend not to ask for the FBI to investigate them. Ken Dilanian of NBC News tweeted: A number of former prosecutors and FBI agents have said today that people who make up allegations tend not to demand that the…
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Republicans Are Running Out Of Excuses As Former Schoolmate Recalls Alleged Kavanagh Sexual Assault
Well, this is awkward for Republicans, who are barrelling ahead with their plan to confirm a possible rapist to the highest court in the land no matter what. MSNBC is reporting that a former schoolmate of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford recalls the alleged Kavanaugh assault being discussed at their school. She has no first hand…
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Say Her Name: The Republican History of Dehumanizing Women with ‘The Accuser’
Wondering why the President and Republicans keep referring to Dr. Christine Blasey Ford as “the accuser” as if she has no name? Republicans have a history of painting women as “accuser” instead of “victim.” They’ve even tried to make this law. Republican state Rep Bobby Franklin of Georgia wrote a bill in 2011 to change…
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Support For Brett Kavanaugh Is Crashing And Burning To Historically Low Levels
A Reuters/Ipsos poll found that only 31% of Americans are in favor of Kavanaugh’s appointment, with 36% being opposed, making him the among the lowest-supported nominees to be later confirmed.
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Hillary Clinton Perfectly Explains How Republicans Are Trying To Railroad Christine Blasey Ford
Hillary Clinton explained how easy it would be for the White House to direct the FBI to investigate the sexual assault allegation against Brett Kavanaugh, and how Republicans are trying to rush the process and railroad Christine Blasey Ford.
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Kavanaugh’s accuser wants FBI to probe allegations before testifying: CNN
The woman accusing U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault decades ago says she wants the FBI to probe the allegations before she testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee, CNN reported on Tuesday.
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Friend of U.S. high court nominee asks not to speak publicly on alleged assault
Mark Judge, a man identified as a witness to an alleged sexual assault by U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, said on Tuesday he does not want to speak publicly on the matter.
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The Burden Is On Brett Kavanaugh to Prove He is Worthy, Not On Ford to Prove the Charges
Andy Wright, Senior Fellow and Founding Editor of Just Security, investigations lawyer and law professor, noted that the burden is on the nominee to demonstrate fitness for a lifetime appointment, contrary to a criminal prosecution burden upon the accuser.
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If Witnesses Are Allowed To Testify, It Is Going To Get Ugly For Kavanaugh
“Of course there is never any excuse to rape someone. But it’s possible to have two seemingly contradictory thoughts to be both equally true. There’s never any excuse to rape, a crime that I think is almost akin to murder because the rapist kills a part of the human soul. And yet what women wear…
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Democrats Blasts Republican Sham Hearing Into Kavanaugh Sexual Assault
The Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee are being blasted by Senate Democrats for holding a hearing on the sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh that will be a sham.
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Here Are The Alleged Brett Kavanaugh Sexual Assault Details That Republicans Want To Hide
CNN was read a redacted copy of the letter Dr. Christine Ford Blasey sent to Senator Feinstein and it’s chillingly worse than what is being reported in the media, especially as it suggests it was planned in advance with malice.
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Sen. Blumenthal Tells Republicans To Stop Casting Doubt On Victims Of Sexual Abuse
Too many men – particularly those with the deny-deny-deny strategy of Donald Trump – are quick to dismiss women and doubt their stories.
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GOP Terrified As Their All-Male Senate Panel Prepares To Question Kavanaugh’s Accuser
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Not only is Kavanaugh’s nomination in jeopardy, but the new developments will do nothing to stop women voters from abandoning the party.
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Sorry, GOP, You Lost Your SCOTUS Whining Rights When You Hijacked Obama’s Court Pick
When the GOP took it upon itself to hijack the SCOTUS nomination process with nearly a year left in Barack Obama’s term, they lost their right to complain.
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Kavanaugh, accuser will be called to testify in Senate next Monday
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and the woman who accused him of a 1982 sexual assault will be called to testify in the Senate next Monday, the chamber’s Judiciary Committee chairman said, pushing back a key vote in the judge’s confirmation process.
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Republicans reel as Trump’s high court nomination hangs in balance
Senate Republicans struggled on Monday to salvage President Donald Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court even as the judge and the woman who accused him of a 1982 sexual assault offered to testify publicly and Trump called the nomination “on track.”
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Sexual Predator Trump Dooms Kavanaugh By Praising Him As A Special Person
Trump, who has been accused of sexual harassment and sexual assault by dozens of women is standing behind his potentially sexually assaulting Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh.
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Brett Kavanaugh and His Accuser Christine Ford Both Willing to Testify on Sexual Misconduct Claim
Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court pick, and a woman accusing him of a 1982 sexual assault both offered on Monday to testify publicly before a Senate panel even as the embattled nominee issued a new denial of the allegation.
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Schumer: FBI should reopen Kavanaugh background check – ABC
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer on Monday called the sexual misconduct allegation brought by a woman against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh extremely credible and said the FBI should reopen its background investigation on the judge.
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A Sexual Assault Survivor Explains Things Slowly to GOP Rapist Enablers
People tell me I can’t speak about this because I am biased. I disagree. I have mentioned this in passing before, but now I’m going to come out with the story of an ongoing sexual assault that happened to me at work, so that I can use it to explain things very slowly to Republican…
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Every Judiciary Democrat Challenges Republicans To Investigate Serial Liar Kavanaugh’s Alleged Sexual Assault
New game: Character assassination can go both ways. As Republicans dig down low for their cheap, worn 1980s playbook of How to Smear an Alleged Victim, all 10 Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee today sent a letter challenging Chuck Grassley to allow the FBI to investigate the allegations and follow up on Kavanaught’s misleading committee testimony.
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Trump Expected To Attack Christine Ford As GOP Gets Nervous About Kavanaugh Confirmation
Trump is expected to attack the woman who is accusing his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault as Republicans in the Senate are showing signs of nervousness about the nomination.
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Sen. Jeff Flake Hits The Brakes On Kavanaugh Vote As He Wants To Hear From Christine Ford
Republican Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) is on the Senate Judiciary Committee and he said Sunday evening that until he learns more about the sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh, he is not comfortable voting yes.
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Schumer Demands Delay of Kavanaugh Vote Saying Women Have Been Ignored for Too Long
Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer cited the “serious and credible allegations” that must be thoroughly investigated. “For too long, when woman have made serious allegations of abuse, they have been ignored. That cannot happen in this case.”
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein Calls For A Halt To Kavanaugh Confirmation While FBI Investigates Sexual Assault
Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) called for Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation to be put on hold until the FBI conducts an investigation.
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Brett Kavanaugh’s Alleged Sexual Assault Victim Comes Forward As His Confirmation Process Must Stop
After months of silence, widely published Christine Ford, a clinical psychology professor at Palo Alto University who teaches with Stanford University, has come forward, and she comes having passed an FBI-administrated lie detector test to boot.
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Opinion: The High Tech Lynching of Women In Defense of Kavanaugh
Anyone old enough to remember Clarence Thomas’ confirmation hearing, remembers that Anita Hill came forward at the last minute. She testified and, true to any situation when a woman accuses a man of inappropriate sexual behavior ranging from harassment to rape, she was vilified.
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Republican moderates feel the heat on Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh
Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans on Thursday thwarted a Democratic bid for more documents on President Donald Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh that could have delayed his confirmation and set a vote on the nomination for next week.
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Brett Kavanaugh Referred For Federal Investigation By Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) issued a cryptic statement to PoliticusUSA that she has referred Trump Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh to federal authorities for investigation.
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Cory Booker Drops More Confidential Documents That Bust Kavanaugh For Lying Under Oath
The Republicans, watching the Trump presidency unravel and smelling a midterm disaster in November, are rushing to confirm Kavanaugh.
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Factbox: Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court bid in hands of a few senators
(Reuters) – President Donald Trump‘s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court is now in the hands of the U.S. Senate, where the likelihood of a party-line vote to confirm him was not much reduced last week by his multi-day confirmation hearing. A handful of senators who sometimes cross party lines will hold the…
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Supreme Court nominee emails reignite Democratic query on past testimony
By Richard Cowan and Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Democratic senator on Tuesday raised new questions about whether U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has accurately described his role in a controversial judicial nomination when he worked for then President George W. Bush. Emails previously withheld as “committee confidential,” but released by the office…
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Steve Schmidt Blasts Susan Collins And Lisa Murkowski For Being Frauds Who Will Vote For Kavanaugh
Former Republican strategist Steve Schmidt pulled back the curtain and revealed that Republican Senators Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska are frauds who will vote for Brett Kavanaugh. Schmidt tweeted: The point about Colin’s and Murkowski’s impending vote for Kavanaugh exposes them as titanic frauds who have gamed the choice issue for…
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Democrats Call For Brett Kavanaugh Confirmation Vote To Be Postponed Over Perjury Charges
Then there are the persistent doubts about his truthfulness in telling senators in 2006 that he had no knowledge of Mr. Bush’s warrantless wiretapping program or his detainee treatment policy — claims that have been called into question by yet more emails, which showed he knew about both of those things years before they became public.
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Malcolm Nance Fires Warning Shot: Kavanaugh Would Bring About The ‘Destruction’ Of SCOTUS
The president of the United States – with the help of a spineless Republican Party – is trying to rig the Supreme Court to protect himself.
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Hundreds arrested in multi-day protests of Supreme Court nominee
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing in the Senate this week was frequently disrupted as protesters were removed from the hearing room by police, with more than 200 people arrested.
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Rachel Maddow Says Democratic Fight To Stop Kavanaugh Might Be On The Verge Of Succeeding
By exposing Brett Kavanaugh as an enemy of reproductive rights for women, Democrats are pushing a strategy that could ultimately pay off.
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Cory Booker Tells Republicans He Won’t Stop Breaking Their ‘Sham’ SCOTUS Rules
The same party that denied Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee a hearing is now enforcing sham rules in order to rush their pick through Congress.
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Kavanaugh Confirmation Must Be Stopped After He Called Birth Control ‘Abortion-Inducing Drugs’
A man who spews debunked right-wing lies about contraceptive care most certainly can’t be trusted to uphold the settled law established in Roe v. Wade.
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Emails indicate Trump nominee Kavanaugh questioned abortion ruling: NY Times
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, raised questions as a White House aide more than a decade ago about whether the 1973 high court ruling legalizing abortion was settled law, the New York Times reported on Thursday, citing leaked emails. The Times said an “unknown person” provided several confidential emails…
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Cory Booker Dares Republicans To Kick Him Out Of The Senate After He Released Kavanaugh Docs
After releasing documents that Republicans didn’t want the American people to see about Brett Kavanaugh’s real views, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) dared Senate Republicans to kick him out of the Senate. Video: Booker said: There are various charges made against me by my colleague from Texas. I don’t know if they were political bluster or…
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Kamala Harris Exposes Kavanaugh Discussion About Mueller With Trump Lawyer’s Firm
Senator Kamala Harris told reporters that she had good reason for questioning Kavanaugh about a conversation he might have had with a Kasowitz lawyer regarding the Mueller Trump Russia probe.
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‘The End Is Near’: Rachel Maddow Declares Trump Presidency Near-Dead As Op-Ed Shocks D.C.
The Trump presidency is falling apart, and Wednesday’s anonymous op-ed in The New York Times could spell the beginning of the end.
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Kamala Harris Nails Kavanaugh As A Partisan Who Will Put Trump Ahead Of The Constitution
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) raised the most troubling aspect of the Brett Kavanaugh nomination. Kavanaugh is a Republican partisan who will put Trump ahead of the Constitution.
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Sen. Richard Blumenthal Looks Brett Kavanaugh In The Eye And Tells Him To Postpone The Hearing
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) urged Brett Kavanaugh to call for a postponement of his confirmation hearings because all documents haven’t been provided and his nomination is tainted by Trump’s crimes.
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Brett Kavanaugh Refuses To Shake The Father Of A Parkland Shooting Victim’s Hand At Hearing
Fred Guttenberg, the father of one of the children killed in the Parkland school shooting, approached Brett Kavanaugh during the lunch break of his confirmation hearing, put out his hand, and Kavanaugh refused to shake it.
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Republicans Demand The Arrest Of Protesters At Brett Kavanaugh Hearing
Senate Republicans have gone so far as to demand that the Capitol Police “do their jobs” and arrest Americans who are pleading for their health care and reproductive rights at Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing.
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Voices Grow For Filibuster Of Future Trump Court Nominees If Democrats Win The Senate
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) said that Democrats would look at requiring 60 votes for any Trump judge or Supreme Court justice to be confirmed if they win the Senate in November.
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Democrats slam White House for withholding documents on Supreme Court nominee
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats on Sunday criticized the Trump administration for refusing to release thousands of documents on Brett Kavanaugh ahead of this week’s upcoming Senate hearings on his nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. Kavanaugh, nominated by President Donald Trump, worked in the White House under former President George W. Bush, whose lawyers combed…
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In the Name of the Rule of Law Kavanaugh Must Be Stopped
If confirmed, Neil Kavanaugh will overturn Roe v. Wade. That’s despite the rhetorical pat on the head he gave Senator Susan Collins while telling her not to worry her pretty little head about it. Without question, Kavanaugh will attack civil rights with a gusto that only white supremacists and neo-Nazis could love. Yet, as much…
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Kamala Harris Delivers A Must Read Warning After Meeting With Brett Kavanaugh
Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) sat down with President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh on Tuesday but remains convinced he is a threat to equal justice under the law as well as concerned by the way Republicans are trying to skip the entire vetting process on their nominee.
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NRA Pours $1M Into Pro-Kavanaugh Ads While Being Investigated For Russian Money Laundering
The President and one of his most friendly lobbying groups are both accused of essentially working with a foreign adversary to influence the 2016 election.
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Key Dem Sounds The Alarm: Right-Wing Supreme Court Could Save Trump From Mueller Investigation
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Rep. Adam Smith warned that if Trump refuses to cooperate with a Mueller subpoena, it’s no guarantee that the Supreme Court would force him to comply.
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Agency discloses delay in Trump high court nominee’s records sought by Republicans
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Some records sought by U.S. senators about the prior White House service of President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh will not be available until the end of October, the U.S. National Archives said on Thursday, though it was unclear whether this would delay his confirmation process. The…
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Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to halt climate change case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid by President Donald Trump’s administration to put the brakes on a lawsuit filed by young activists who have accused the U.S. government of ignoring the perils of climate change.
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Trump Calls Opponents Of His Supreme Court Nominee Unpatriotic
Donald Trump openly questioned the patriotism of those who don’t support the confirmation of his Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh.
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Mitch McConnell Threatens Democrats If They Don’t Speed Up Vote On Trump Supreme Court Nominee
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has threatened to keep Democrats off the campaign trail by delaying the vote on Trump’s Supreme Court nominee until right before the midterm election unless they stop requesting the documents they need to vet Brett Kavanaugh.
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Factbox: Handful of U.S. senators hold keys to Kavanaugh Supreme Court bid
Confirmation of Kavanaugh will require a simple majority in the 100-seat chamber. The Republicans hold a 51-49 edge over the Democrats and independents. Republican Vice President Mike Pence can cast a deciding vote in the case of a tie.
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Comments by former clerks may backfire on Trump’s high court pick
When it became clear that President Donald Trump was seriously considering nominating Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, the conservative judge’s former law clerks swung into action as among his most energetic public cheerleaders.
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Trump SCOTUS Pick Amassed Tens Of Thousands In Debt From Overspending On Baseball Tickets
It shouldn’t be surprising that Trump – a man who has called himself the “King of Debt” – nominated a man who apparently doesn’t have his own finances in order.
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The White House Doesn’t Deny Possible Deal For Anthony Kennedy To Retire
Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shaw wouldn’t deny that Trump cut a deal with Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy to retire by allowing him to pick his replacement.
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It took three years for the Senate to confirm Kavanaugh to the appeals court when George W. Bush nominated him in 2003
Kavanaugh served as a senior White House official under Republican former President George W. Bush before Bush picked nominated him to the appeals court in 2003. But some Democrats accused him of excessive partisanship and it took three years before the Senate eventually voted to confirm him.
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It Took Trump’s SCOTUS Nominee Less Than 30 Seconds To Disqualify Himself
In his short remarks following the announcement, Kavanaugh proved that he is likely to be nothing but a puppet for Trump.
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Trump’s SCOTUS Pick Brett Kavanaugh Is An Extremist Who Thinks Presidents Are Above The Law
Combine Kavanaugh’s right-wing extremism with his belief that presidents are essentially above the law and it’s clear why Donald Trump nominated him.
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Key Dem Says He Will Support Trump SCOTUS Pick – If It’s Merrick Garland
With Trump likely to pick an extremist to fill the SCOTUS vacancy, the court is on the verge of becoming a wing of the Republican Party for a generation.Â
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Trump’s SCOTUS Pick Already In Peril As Two GOP Senators Will Skip WH Unveiling
Two GOP senators are poised to deliver Trump an epic defeat in his effort to push the Supreme Court in a dangerous direction.
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Russ Feingold Rips Criminal Trump For Stealing An Election And The Supreme Court
Former Sen. Russ Feingold laid into Trump for first stealing an election, the Supreme Court, and now turning the highest court in the land into a kangaroo court.
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Trump set to announce hotly anticipated U.S. Supreme Court pick
President Donald Trump is set on Monday night to announce his nominee for a lifetime position on the U.S. Supreme Court, with four conservative federal appellate judges as the top contenders to succeed retiring long-time Justice Anthony Kennedy.
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Top Supreme Court candidates’ views on abortion under scrutiny
From the moment Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement from the U.S. Supreme Court last week, speculation has centered on whether his replacement would vote to overturn a woman’s right to abortion.
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Senator Collins says won’t support anti-abortion Supreme Court nominee
A key moderate Republican U.S. senator said on Sunday she will not support a nominee to fill a soon-to-be-vacated seat on the Supreme Court who would overturn a key legal ruling that supports a woman’s right to abortion.
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Exclusive: Vacant Supreme Court seat will likely influence U.S. election turnout, poll shows
The U.S. Supreme Court seat left open by the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy is a powerful motivator for voters, particularly Democrats, in this fall’s midterm election fight for control of Congress, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Friday.
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Supreme Court partly rejects redrawn North Carolina election districts
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday threw out part of a lower court ruling that had invalidated a series of state legislative districts drawn by Republicans in North Carolina for failing to resolve claims that the lawmakers intended to diminish the clout of black voters.
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Factbox – Appeals court judge tops Trump’s Supreme Court contenders list
Here are the top five contenders and others on Trump’s list for the lifetime appointment. Any nominee will be subject to U.S. Senate confirmation.
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Rachel Maddow Lights A Fire Under Democrats: Don’t Be A GOP Doormat In The SCOTUS Fight
If Democrats want to rally their base, they should immediately and forcefully slam the door shut on Donald Trump’s Supreme Court pick.
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Kamala Harris Urges Democrats To ‘Play Hardball’ And Block Trump’s SCOTUS Pick
Democrats need to fight like Republicans and block a Supreme Court nomination that this president has no business making.
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Ari Melber Warns That Trump Will Use SCOTUS Pick To Unravel The Mueller Investigation
The president’s next Supreme Court pick could decide whether Trump will have to cooperate with Robert Mueller’s investigation.
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Senator Hints That Democrats Are Looking At New Tools To Stop Trump’s SCOTUS Nominee
Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) referred to Senate Democrats exploring creating new tools that they can use to stop Mitch McConnell from getting Trump’s Supreme Court nominee through the Senate before Election Day.
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Schumer urges Senate to reject Supreme Court nominee who opposes Roe v. Wade
U.S. Senate Democratic leader Charles Schumer said on Wednesday the Senate should reject any Supreme Court nominee put forth by President Donald Trump who would vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade abortion decision or “undermine” healthcare protections.
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Sen. Chris Murphy: No Vote On Trump SCOTUS Nominee Until The Next Congress
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) said that Mitch McConnell set the rule, which is why he is saying there should be no vote on Trump’s Supreme Court nominee until the next Congress.
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Justice Anthony Kennedy Retired So Democrats Must Block Any Trump Election Year Supreme Court Nominee
Justice Anthony Kennedy has announced that he is retiring from the Supreme Court. Democrats must remember Merrick Garland and block Trump’s nominee.
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Some U.S. states embrace pro-union laws, with key fees imperiled
Anticipating a setback at the U.S. Supreme Court, several labor-friendly states passed Democratic-backed laws in recent months intended to protect a vital source of money for unions that was imperiled under a major ruling by the justices on Wednesday.
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Chris Matthews Shreds The Supreme Court For Being A Tool Of The GOP
Chris Matthews tore into the Supreme Court on Tuesday, hours after the conservative body decided to uphold Donald Trump’s Muslim ban . The MSNBC host said their decision on the ban is just the latest in a long line of high-profile decisions that prove the court is an extension of the Republican Party. “The five-man…
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Sotomayor draws parallels to discredited 1944 decision upholding internment of Japanese-Americans
Justice Sonia Sotomayor said there were “stark parallels” with the court’s now discredited 1944 decision that upheld U.S. internment of Japanese-Americans during World War Two. Sotomayor described at length various statements Trump made on the campaign trail.
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Supreme Court poised to rule on Trump travel ban, other cases
The U.S. Supreme Court, winding down its nine-month term, will issue rulings this week in its few remaining cases including a major one on the legality of President Donald Trump’s ban on people from five Muslim-majority nations entering the country.
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Supreme Court throws out Wisconsin electoral map manipulation case
The court handed a victory to Wisconsin Republicans who drew state electoral districts that helped entrench their party in power by throwing out on a 9-0 vote a lower court ruling that the districts deprived Democratic voters of their constitutional rights including equal protection under the law.
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Supreme Court rejects Republican bid to block Maryland electoral district
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rebuffed Republican voters in Maryland by refusing for now to block congressional district lines drawn by Democrats to maximize partisan advantage.
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Supreme Court hands Trump win in China antitrust case
The U.S. Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration and against China on Thursday on a disputed aspect of their fraught trade relationship, throwing out a lower court ruling that had allowed two Chinese vitamin C makers to escape $148 million in damages for violating American antitrust law.
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Justice Sotomayor Denounces Ohio’s Disenfranchisement of Minority and Low-income People
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday revived Ohio’s contentious policy of purging infrequent voters from registration rolls in a ruling powered by the five conservative justices and denounced by liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor as an endorsement of the disenfranchisement of minority and low-income people.
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U.S. high court paves way for states to legalize sports betting
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday paved the way for states to legalize sports gambling, striking down a 1992 federal law that barred it in most places and setting off a rush by businesses and states to cash in on an expected multibillion-dollar jackpot. The justices endorsed New Jersey’s…
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Liberals on top U.S. court ask if Trump travel waivers just ‘window dressing’
Liberal U.S. Supreme Court justices sought assurances on Wednesday that the Trump administration’s policy for granting medical or other exceptions to a ban on travelers from several Muslim-majority countries amounted to more than window dressing.
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U.S. Supreme Court leans toward upholding Trump’s travel ban
Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday signaled they are likely to uphold President Donald Trump’s travel ban on people from several Muslim-majority countries, one of the most contentious policies of his presidency.