This Pro-Kavanaugh Ad Says Moms Should Be Afraid of #MeToo Coming for Their Sons
Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Two days before the Senate voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, a new “Moms for Kavanaugh” video warned that the allegations of sexual assault against him foreshadowed a dangerous new era—for men and boys. “We are mothers,” the ad…
A Bitterly Divided Senate Elevates Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court
Mother Jones illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Senate today voted 50 to 48 to confirm Brett Kavanaugh as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, replacing retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy. The closeness of his confirmation vote is unprecedented. Kavanaugh won even fewer ayes than Justice Clarence…
Brett Kavanaugh Tries to Make His Case in Wall Street Journal Op-Ed
Michael Reynolds/Pool/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal Thursday evening, defending his position as an “independent” and “impartial” judge ahead of a likely final confirmation vote this weekend. The editorial comes after a blistering and contentious hearing last Thursday—in…
Retired Justice John Paul Stevens Says Kavanaugh Should Not Be on Supreme Court
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens said on Thursday that Brett Kavanaugh should not be confirmed to the Supreme Court, citing the nominee’s behavior during last week’s hearing. “I thought [Kavanaugh] definitely had the qualifications to sit on the Supreme Court and should be…