Tag: Supreme Court

Christine Blasey Ford, seated center, takes a break while testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018 in Washington.

Graham accuses Ford’s lawyers of hiding GOP testimony offer from her

Pete Kasperowicz · September 28, 2018 3:09 pm

Christine Blasey Ford is embraced by her attorney Debra Katz during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

This vote isn’t about sexual assault, it’s about a judicial nomination

David Freddoso · September 28, 2018 3:00 pm

Brett Kavanaugh, Supreme Court associate justice nominee for President Trump, listens during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sept. 7, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

A path that could lead to the truth about Brett Kavanaugh

Timothy P. Carney · September 28, 2018 2:50 pm

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J. looks past empty seats after Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee walked out of the meeting, Friday, Sept. 28, 2018 on Capitol Hill in Washington.

4 Democratic senators walk out of Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation vote

Katelyn Caralle · September 28, 2018 2:36 pm

Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee speaks with reporters about meeting with Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The meeting with Freeland comes after President Donald Trump insulted Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the Group of Seven summit, calling him "dishonest" and "weak," after the prime minister spoke against American tariffs on steel and aluminum.

Beltway Confidential

One step closer: GOP senator says he won’t flake on Brett Kavanaugh vote

Becket Adams · September 28, 2018 2:28 pm

Editorial: Kavanaugh Deserves Confirmation

The Editors · September 28, 2018 2:06 pm

Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., listens as Christine Blasey Ford testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018 on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Flake confronted by sexual assault survivors after announcing he will back Kavanaugh

Diana Stancy Correll · September 28, 2018 1:59 pm

Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., responded to President Trump's nuclear button tweet on Wednesday, calling it "disturbing."

Flake backs Kavanaugh, boosting his chances of confirmation

Melissa Quinn · September 28, 2018 1:34 pm

Brett Kavanaugh, U.S. Supreme Court associate justice nominee for U.S. President Donald Trump, is sworn in during 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.

Wall Street Journal to GOP: Confirm Kavanaugh or ‘validate the ambush and smear politics’ of Democrats

Eddie Scarry · September 28, 2018 1:30 pm

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., points as Democrats as he defends Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh at the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018.

Lindsey Graham: I was ‘pissed’ at Democrats’ ‘politics of destruction’ toward Kavanaugh

Katelyn Caralle · September 28, 2018 1:17 pm

Supreme Court Judge Brett Kavanaugh gives his opening confirmation statement before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018 on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

Michael Barone: It’s OK for judges to be angry

Michael Barone · September 28, 2018 1:07 pm

John Cornyn first beganÂ pushingÂ for a special counsel in September, when news of the deepening FBI probe into Hillary Clinton's emails was still fresh on the public's mind. (AP Photo)

Cornyn ‘optimistic’ Kavanaugh will be confirmed

Pete Kasperowicz · September 28, 2018 12:32 pm