Senate Confirmation Appears Likely for Two More Judges Hostile Toward Abortion
Chad A. Readler, nominee to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, is sworn in to a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on judicial nominations on October 10, 2018.Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Two appeals court nominees with strong anti-choice histories are likely to become the…
For the First Time in Decades, Devin Nunes’ Local Paper Won’t Recommend Him
Andrew Janz, the Democratic candidate for California’s 22nd DistrictThomas McKinless/ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. For more than two decades, the Fresno Bee‘s editorial board has supported Rep. Devin Nunes’ political ambitions, starting in 1996, when, at just 23 years old, he unseated a longstanding incumbent on a community…
Susan Collins Finds the “One Silver Lining” of the Kavanaugh Debacle
Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. After casting one of two decisive votes to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to a lifetime appointment on the nation’s highest court, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said on Sunday that she hopes more women will now be inspired to press sexual assault charges against…
Susan Collins Says She Believes Blasey Ford Was Assaulted—But Not by Kavanaugh
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine)Alex Edelman/Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Appearing on CNN this morning Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said that she believes that Christine Blasey Ford was sexually assaulted—just not by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. “I do not believe that Brett Kavanaugh was her assailant. I do believe…
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…
The New Cover of Time Magazine Captures the Courage of Christine Blasey Ford in a Deeply Moving Way
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When Christine Blasey Ford testified before lawmakers last Thursday on her sexual assault allegation against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, she offered a heart-wrenching testimony, speaking of her fear of coming forward, a sense of civic duty, and the things she cannot forget from that night.…