BRETT KAVANAUGH/GOP/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Brett Kavanaugh is set to become the Supreme Court justice who inaugurates a conservative majority for a generation, after wavering Republicans closed ranks to give him sufficient votes for confirmation in a historic victory for President Donald Trump. The final Senate vote is expected Saturday [10-6-18], but enough senators have committed to backing him after a tumultuous political battle inflamed by allegations by California professor Christine Blasey Ford that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were teenagers in the early 1980s. A dramatic and draining showdown that held Washington in thrall for weeks finally moved toward resolution when Maine Sen. Susan Collins — the last undecided GOP senator — said in a combative speech on Friday [10-5-18] afternoon that she would vote to confirm Kavanaugh, after concluding there was not sufficient corroboration for Ford’s claims.”
–Stephen Collinson and Clare Foran, “Kavanaugh has the votes to be confirmed to Supreme Court after Collins, Manchin commit,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, October 5, 2018 4:36 am