Tag: Law

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., pauses as he speaks to the media during a break in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018, with Christine Blasey Ford and Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

Dick Durbin: FBI’s ‘reputation’ is at stake with Brett Kavanaugh investigation

Katelyn Caralle · October 3, 2018 2:25 pm

Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., talks to media after a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Sept. 28, 2018. After a flurry of last-minute negotiations, the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced Brett Kavanaugh's nomination for the Supreme Court after agreeing to a late call from Sen. Jeff Flake, for a one week investigation into sexual assault allegation against the high court nominee.

Richard Blumenthal: Trump disrespected sexual assault survivors with ‘vile’ attack on Kavanaugh accuser

Katelyn Caralle · October 3, 2018 12:55 pm

Brett Kavanaugh, U.S. Supreme Court associate justice.

Beltway Confidential

Time's up: Brett Kavanaugh chaos is why the Supreme Court needs term limits

David Davenport · October 3, 2018 10:41 am

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh takes his seat after a brief break on his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

2 former Yale classmates withdraw support due to ‘nature of Judge Kavanaugh’s testimony’

Katelyn Caralle · October 2, 2018 9:56 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks with reporters following a weekly policy meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018.

Schumer: Democrats might set 60 votes for Supreme Court nominees

Al Weaver · October 2, 2018 7:41 pm

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh listens to a statement from Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., during the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C.

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Harvard survey: 60 percent of voters want Kavanaugh confirmed if the FBI finds no corroborating evidence

Philip Klein · October 2, 2018 7:40 pm

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at a forum sponsored by the Center for American Progress in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014. Clinton said Thursday that voters need to turn pay inequity and women's economic security into a political movement in the November elections and beyond, pointing to an issue that could animate a future presidential campaign. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Hillary Clinton laughs off Kavanaugh’s ‘revenge’ claim

Caitlin Yilek · October 2, 2018 7:21 pm

President Donald Trump talks with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018, as he heads to Pennsylvania.

Trump: ‘Everybody was drinking’ in college, ‘it was totally normal’

Steven Nelson · October 2, 2018 6:30 pm

President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, appears at his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Beltway Confidential

Don’t let #MeToo turn into #MeCarthyism

Bryan Rotella · October 2, 2018 6:20 pm

Michael Avenatti, attorney for Stormy Daniels, talks to reporters as he leaves court in New York.

Michael Avenatti: Kavanaugh accuser Julie Swetnick hasn’t heard from FBI yet

Kelly Cohen · October 2, 2018 5:58 pm

(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Don’t Democrats wish they’d saved their last Supreme Court filibuster for Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination?

David Freddoso · October 2, 2018 5:08 pm

President Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House on Thursday in Washington.

Three New Yorkers suing to stop test of presidential alert system on Wednesday

Maria Biery · October 2, 2018 4:53 pm