Yesterday, while Florence and Donald were making headlines, another story was picking up steam that could derail the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. In the morning we reported that Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) said she has referred Kavanaugh to federal authorities for investigation. Feinstein issued a statement saying: “I have received…
Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court is the most unpopular with American voters since the nomination of Robert Bork, according to a new poll. In the meantime, supposedly pro-choice Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine is indicating she is likely to vote for confirmation of the anti-abortion rights Kavanaugh. As a result, many pro-choice…
Lisa Graves believes that Brett Kavanaugh should be impeached, not promoted to the Supreme Court. And she should know. When working in the U.S. Senate she wrote the memos that Kavanaugh has repeatedly lied about. Writing in Slate Magazine, Graves revealed how her personal history overlapped with Kavanaugh’s: “Newly released emails show that while he…
The Democratic Leader of the U.S. Senate, Senator Charles Schumer of New York, issued a warning on Sunday, saying that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh will allow President Trump to “overreach” his authority if he is confirmed. Schumer gave an interview with AM 970 The Answer in New York, and told host John Catsimatidis that…
It has been a very eventful week in the Senate Judiciary Committee which has been holding hearings into the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. As we look back on all that has happened, one thing that perhaps has not received enough attention is the fact that Kavanaugh may be in…
The confirmation hearing for Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee , Brett Kavanaugh, began in chaos as several Democratic senators interrupted the chairman’s opening remarks. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) tried to welcome Kavanaugh and was immediately interrupted by Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA). “Good morning. I welcome everyone to this confirmation hearing on the nomination of Brett…
The bad news about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh just keeps coming. When he was first nominated by President Trump, we discovered that he thinks presidents are above the law , and can’t be indicted or subpoenaed while in office. Soon after, nearly 200 civil and human rights group signed a letter opposing his nomination,…
The Trump administration is planning to withhold over 100,000 pages of Brett Kavanaugh’s records from the George W. Bush White House, according to new information released Friday night. The claimed legal basis for the withholding of documents will be presidential privilege. The notification of the White House refusal to release documents was sent to…
The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, on Wednesday announced that she is “alarmed” that the National Archives have failed to give Democrats secret documents that have been requested concerning Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh . “Sen. Dianne Feinstein is “alarmed” by the National Archives decision to deny document…
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has threatened to keep Democrats off the campaign trail by delaying the vote on Trump’s Supreme Court nominee until right before the midterm election unless they stop requesting the documents they need to vet Brett Kavanaugh.
More than 100 civil and human rights groups signed a letter sent to the United States Senate on Tuesday demanding that Congress reject new Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The letter was sent on the letterhead of the “Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights” which is an umbrella group with over 200 other member…
The number two Senate Democrat, Dick Durbin of Illinois, sent out a tweet yesterday that may have destroyed Brett Kavanaugh’s chances of being confirmed. In the tweet, Durbin accused Kavanaugh of lying under oath during a Senate hearing. He also attached a letter he had sent Kavanaugh in 2007 which contains proof that Kavanaugh had…
Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shaw wouldn’t deny that Trump cut a deal with Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy to retire by allowing him to pick his replacement.