Feinstein Calls for Kavanaugh Hearings To Stop While FBI Investigates Sexual Assault
Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Sunday, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), called for the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh to be halted while the FBI investigates allegations of sexual assault. Feinstein’s statement came after The Washington…
Brett Kavanaugh’s High School Friend Isn’t Helping the Nominee’s Case
President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh reacts as testifies after questioning by Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington.Alex Brandon/AP Photo Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Earlier this week, reports emerged that Capitol Hill Democrats had a letter from a woman…
The Seven Softest Softball Questions Republicans Asked Brett Kavanaugh
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. By any standard, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s past few days with the Senate Judiciary Committee have been grueling. Democrats pressed hard on his views of abortion, presidential power, and the Russia investigation, and at times, tensions were high. But when Republicans had their chance…
Parkland Dad Escorted Out of Hearing After Trying to Shake Kavanaugh’s Hand
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Fred Guttenberg—the outspoken gun control activist whose daughter was killed during the Parkland school shooting—was detained by Capitol police on Tuesday after he tried to shake Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s hand during a recess in Kavanaugh’s Senate confirmation hearing. Guttenberg attended the hearing as…
Brett Kavanaugh’s History as a Judge Has Organized Labor Very Worried
Workers protest Kavanaugh’s nomination in Philadelphia.Pacific Press/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. With confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh scheduled for next week, labor groups have been arguing that he would bring dangerously anti-worker attitudes to the court and bolster already growing pro-employer sentiment on the bench.…
Sen. Susan Collins Says Brett Kavanaugh Believes the Right to Abortion is Settled Law
Tom Williams/Associated Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Brett Kavanaugh believes that Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationwide, is “settled law,” Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) told reporters outside her office on Tuesday. Collins made the statement after a highly-anticipated meeting with Kavanaugh, who is President Trump’s…