Sep 05, 2018 · Democrats are concerned that Kavanaugh will give conservatives a fifth vote on the Supreme Court and could help protect Trump from Mueller's probe if …
Sep 29, 2018 · McConnell said: “Here’s what I want to tell you: in the very near future, Judge Kavanaugh will be on the United States supreme court. …
PIN IT. Millions of Americans are wondering why Senate Republicans are in such a hurry to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, despite three allegations of sexual assault during his youth and historically low unpopularity. The Senate Judiciary Committee vote is scheduled for Friday after Kavanaugh and the first of his three accusers, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, testify …
Sep 22, 2018 · Why? Because they worry this may be their last chance to defend their majority on the Supreme Court. Midterms. If Republicans delayed Kavanaugh’s confirmation, or if President Donald Trump withdrew his nomination, the party might not be able to confirm a Supreme Court justice in time for the midterm elections in November.
On Friday, the Republican steamroller ground to a surprising if temporary standstill. Jeff Flake of Arizona surprised the Senate judiciary committee by demanding a renewed FBI investigation into Ford’s allegations. Trump acceded but ordered that it “must be limited in scope and completed in less than one week”. If the bureau fails to uncover new evidence, Flake and other senators will probably have the cover they need to vote yes.
Charlie Sykes, a conservative author and commentator, said on Friday: “We talk about the Republican party becoming Donald Trump’s party. We’re seeing the party that followed Donald Trump is now becoming Donald Trump. It is embracing his smash-mouth, conspiracy-theory style of politics.
If Republicans delayed Kavanaugh’s confirmation, or if President Donald Trump withdrew his nomination, the party might not be able to confirm a Supreme Court justice in time for the midterm elections in November.
Democrats suspect Trump is keen on Kavanaugh because the judge does not believe a sitting president can be indicted or tried.
Longer term, changing demographics and party coalitions compel the Republicans to act fast.
The senators, including Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island and Chris Coons of Delaware, said a letter they received from the FBI director, Chris Wray, last month shows the FBI gathered more than 4,500 tips relating to Kavanaugh without any apparent further action by investigators.
Brett Kavanaugh in Washington DC in 2018. Photograph: Mary Calvert/Reuters. A group of US Democratic senators on Thursday said that newly released materials show the FBI failed to fully investigate sexual misconduct allegations against US supreme court Justice Brett Kavanaugh when he was nominated to the court in 2018.
Gorsuch, who joined the bench in April 2017, has the clearest record of the three. He is known for his textualist approach, which relies on the words of a statute rather than legislative history and other societal context. Gorsuch also has argued most vigorously for greater presidential authority and control over regulatory agencies.
Kavanaugh, 56, grew up just outside of Washington, DC, in suburban Maryland.
In her early months on the bench, Barrett wrote less than colleagues and kept her cards close. The 49-year-old native of New Orleans took her seat in late October, missing the first 10 case arguments of the 2020-21 term.