Tag: Supreme Court

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, joined by Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., speak at a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014.

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Planned Parenthood pulls its knives out, threatens pro-Kavanaugh senators

Philip Wegmann · October 5, 2018 3:37 pm

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh listens to Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, on Capitol Hill during a meeting on July 11, 2018.

Kavanaugh advances in 51-49 Senate vote with help from Flake, Collins, Manchin

Susan Ferrechio · October 5, 2018 2:52 pm

Collins said a major problem for her is that the bill lets states waive pre-existing condition protections in Obamacare plans. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Senate drama: Collins mum on Kavanaugh vote. Final decision 3pm

Melissa Quinn · October 5, 2018 2:51 pm

Brett Kavanaugh and Sarah Sanders.

Sarah Sanders: Kavanaugh confirmation will ‘completely reshape the judiciary’

Steven Nelson · October 5, 2018 2:40 pm

Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., appears at a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Ben Sasse is a yes on Brett Kavanaugh, four key senators still undecided

Kelly Cohen · October 5, 2018 1:48 pm

Demonstrators protest against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, as they march to the U.S. Supreme Court, on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018, in Washington.

Trump alleges that anti-Kavanaugh protesters are ‘paid professionals’

Katelyn Caralle · October 5, 2018 1:23 pm

Christine Blasey Ford arrives for a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018. ChairmanÂ Chuck GrassleyÂ called for a "safe, comfortable and dignified" hearing Thursday on a sexual assault allegation againstÂ BrettÂ KavanaughÂ as the panel opened a historic hearing that promises to shape the Supreme Court's future and redefine the "Me Too" era.

Blasey Ford friend felt pressured to make more favorable statement on alleged Kavanaugh assault

Katelyn Caralle · October 5, 2018 12:37 pm

Senator Chuck Grassley, a Republican from Iowa, listens during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. Senate Republicans pushed toward a make-or-break test vote on Supreme Court nomineeÂ Brett KavanaughÂ as key GOP holdoutsÂ Jeff FlakeÂ andÂ Susan CollinsÂ said an FBI investigation prompted by sexual misconduct allegations against him appeared to be thorough.

Grassley: ‘I don’t really know’ how the Kavanaugh vote will turn out

Pete Kasperowicz · October 5, 2018 11:33 am

Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., speaks to the media about the FBI report on sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018 in Washington.

The Kavanaugh effect: GOP runs hard against his tormenter Feinstein

David M. Drucker · October 5, 2018 11:00 am

Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., speaks with reporters after meeting with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. in the Capitol.

Kavanaugh cliffhanger! Which way will Flake and friends jump?

Pete Kasperowicz · October 5, 2018 11:00 am

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, joined at right by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., the ranking member, prepares to open a meeting of his panel to consider a bipartisan effort to protect special counsel Robert Mueller's job, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 19, 2018. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said he will not hold a floor vote on the legislation even if it is approved next week in Judiciary.

Grassley to investigate Feinstein, Hirono press leaks on Kavanaugh

Daniel Chaitin · October 5, 2018 6:31 am

Brett Kavanaugh, U.S. Supreme Court associate justice nominee for U.S. President Donald Trump, is sworn in to a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018. Christine Blasey Ford said she is "one hundred percent" certain that KavanaughÂ is the person who sexually assaulted her when they were teenagers, and she told a Senate committee that he and his friend laughed at her expense during the attack.

10 interviewees, ‘no corroboration’: First details of FBI report into Kavanaugh accusations released

Allison Elyse Gualtieri · October 5, 2018 4:27 am