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The Kavanaugh Confirmation
the kavanaugh confirmation
Oct. 8, 2018
New Poll Shows 51 Percent of People Oppose Kavanaugh’s Confirmation The CNN poll also shows that his popularity improved among the GOP.
By Opheli Garcia Lawler
the kavanaugh confirmation
Oct. 7, 2018
By Opheli Garcia Lawler
Senator Collins Didn’t Even Like Brett Kavanaugh’s Testimony She still voted to confirm him to the Supreme Court, though.
By Opheli Garcia Lawler
mine’s bigger
Oct. 6, 2018
By Opheli Garcia Lawler
the kavanaugh confirmation
Oct. 6, 2018
By Opheli Garcia Lawler
the kavanaugh confirmation
Oct. 6, 2018
Women React to Kavanaugh’s Confirmation With Rage Women are productively raging and making their anger known.
By Opheli Garcia Lawler
the kavanaugh confirmation
Oct. 6, 2018
Fox News Contributor Thinks Women Protesters Should Be Tasered Todd Starnes tweeted that women protesting the Kavanaugh vote were “animals.”
By Opheli Garcia Lawler
the kavanaugh confirmation
Oct. 6, 2018
Screams From Protesting Women Interrupted Kavanaugh’s Vote Mike Pence called for order as women were carried out of the proceedings.
By Opheli Garcia Lawler
the kavanaugh hearings
Sept. 28, 2018
How Will a One-Week Delay Affect the Supreme Court Confirmation Timeline? If it doesn’t change any votes, the delay for the FBI investigation may not matter that much to the GOP. But that could depend on election results.
By Ed Kilgore
the kavanaugh confirmation
Sept. 27, 2018
After Ford-Kavanaugh Hearing, It’s Total War An exhausting, emotional set of hearings leaves one party doubting Kavanaugh’s sincerity and the other shrieking about a partisan conspiracy.
By Ed Kilgore
2018 midterms
Sept. 27, 2018
Here’s What Happens If Republicans Dump Kavanaugh It’s unlikely, but if Trump pulls the plug on Kavanaugh he’ll have time to nominate someone else in time for confirmation later this year.
By Ed Kilgore
the kavanaugh confirmation
Sept. 27, 2018
Chuck Grassley’s Handling of the Ford Hearing Is an Ongoing Disaster In the high drama of this moment, the 85-year-old farmer is overmatched.
By Ed Kilgore
the kavanaugh hearings
Sept. 27, 2018
Senate Dems Deftly Highlighted GOP Insensitivity Toward Christine Blasey Ford Feinstein set the hearing’s tone by noting the historic mishandling of sexual-assault claims, while GOP senators looked feckless and uncomfortable.
By Ed Kilgore
the kavanaugh confirmation
Sept. 26, 2018
New Poll Shows Kavanaugh and Trump Losing Support of Republican Women Maybe one segment of the GOP “base” wants Republicans to go all-out for Kavanaugh, but maybe another doesn’t like him at all.
By Ed Kilgore
the kavanaugh confirmation
Sept. 26, 2018
GOP Sticking With Kavanaugh Game Plan Despite New Allegations It’s going to be awkward at tomorrow’s hearing for Republicans to pretend Christine Blasey Ford is Kavanaugh’s only accuser.
By Ed Kilgore
the kavanaugh confirmation
Sept. 25, 2018
An FBI Investigation Could Become GOP’s Backup Plan on Kavanaugh After fighting an investigation of allegations against Kavanaugh, Republicans may need one to shore up his credibility and satisfy their own senators.
By Ed Kilgore
the kavanaugh confirmation
Sept. 25, 2018
McConnell Goes For Broke on Kavanaugh The wily Senate leader has probably decided that risking a defeat on Kavanaugh is preferable to a withdrawal.
By Ed Kilgore
the kavanaugh confirmation
Sept. 21, 2018
Grassley Closes, then Reopens Talks with Ford Over Testimony Looks like Republicans have decided they’ve got the votes to confirm Kavanaugh and will no longer try to look sympathetic to the judge’s accuser.
By Ed Kilgore
the kavanaugh confirmation
Sept. 21, 2018
Christian Right Leaders Want Senate to Ignore Assault Charges Against Kavanaugh Conservative Evangelicals like Ralph Reed and Franklin Graham want their SCOTUS justice even if he hasn’t been cleared of attempted rape charges.
By Ed Kilgore
the kavanaugh confirmation
Sept. 21, 2018
Trump Attacks Ford for Not Going to Cops in 1982 Frantic efforts by aides to keep him from attacking Kavanaugh’s accuser failed as Trump lashed out on Twitter.
By Ed Kilgore
the kavanaugh confirmation
Sept. 19, 2018
Is the Anti-Abortion Movement Just Applied Anti-Feminism? More and more, those who oppose legalized abortion seem motivated by animus toward women’s rights. The Kavanaugh fight could make that even clearer.
By Ed Kilgore
the kavanaugh confirmation
Sept. 18, 2018
Meet Brett Kavanaugh’s Alleged Accomplice, Mark Judge Kavanaugh’s accuser alleges that his high-school buddy, who has since become a writer, was in the room during the assault.
By Ed Kilgore
the kavanaugh confirmation
Sept. 17, 2018
Why the Clock Is Ticking on Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court Nomination If Brett Kavanaugh isn’t confirmed soon, Trump’s mission to reshape the Supreme Court could get dicier.
By Ed Kilgore
the kavanaugh confirmation
Sept. 17, 2018
Trump Should Have Nominated a Woman to the Supreme Court Trump’s famous vetting process did not protect him from a SCOTUS nominee who may join the president as a presumed sexual predator.
By Ed Kilgore
the kavanaugh confirmation
Sept. 12, 2018
What You Need to Know About Kavanaugh’s ‘Abortion-Inducing Drugs’ Comment Harris and Clinton may have made a marginally misleading argument against Kavanaugh. But it pales beside the Big Con about his views on abortion.
By Ed Kilgore
the kavanaugh confirmation
Sept. 11, 2018
By Ed Kilgore