NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “When Yale Law School put out a news release this summer congratulating Brett Kavanaugh, class of 1990, on his nomination to the Supreme Court, hundreds of students and alums expressed outrage. In an open letter, they blasted the institution for praising Kavanaugh’s professionalism and service to the law school while overlooking what […]
Category: Nominations
9/26/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/NOMINATION/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump defused the tension building around a closely watched meeting with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein slated for Thursday [9-27-18], suggesting that the No. 2 at the Justice Department may not lose his job after all…He went on to indicate that he may postpone the meeting in […]
9/26/2018
GOP/NOMINATION/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Lindsey Graham complained that Brett Kavanaugh’s accusers are making him out to be ‘Bill Cosby.’ Orrin Hatch blasted ‘phony’ accusations in The New Yorker. And John Cornyn urged the Senate to get on with a confirmation vote before more ‘reckless’ allegations are lodged against the Supreme Court nominee. All three Republicans […]
9/26/2018
NOMINATION/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [9-26-18] said ‘false charges’ made against him in the past have influenced how he views the allegations now facing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh…Kavanaugh has been accused by Christine Blasey Ford of sexually assaulting her when they were both in high school, charges she is […]
9/26/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [9-26-18] said he would prefer to not fire Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, whose position is in jeopardy after reports that he at one time discussed secretly recording Trump out of concern about chaos in the administration…Trump said he will meet with Rosenstein but […]
9/26/2018
LEGAL/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Avenatti is a third rate lawyer who is good at making false accusations, like he did on me and like he is now doing on Judge Brett Kavanaugh. He is just looking for attention and doesn’t want people to look at his past record and relationships – a total low-life!” –Donald […]
9/26/2018
GOP/NOMINATION/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [9-26-18] praised the way Senate Republicans have handled sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, saying GOP lawmakers ‘could not be more respectful’ to accuser Christine Blasey Ford…Ford accused Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her when they were both in high school. Another woman, Deborah […]
9/26/2018
NOMINATION/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “President Trump said on Wednesday [9-26-18] that the accusations against Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, his Supreme Court nominee, ‘are all false,’ but also said that he ‘can always be convinced’ after watching the testimony of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused the judge of attempted rape. In a rambling and […]
9/26/2018
NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “Rambling and often incoherent, President Trump made his UN press conference mainly about himself and not about defending his Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh. He raised the canard that ‘four or five women who got paid a lot of money’ accused him of sexual harassment and implied that he could determine […]
9/25/2018
NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday [9-25-18] questioned the credibility of the second woman to accuse Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, saying she admitted she was drunk at a party where the alleged behavior occurred. The woman, Deborah Ramirez, accused Kavanaugh in an article published in the New […]
9/25/2018
GOP/NOMINATION/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Trump assailed the latest woman to accuse Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, saying on Tuesday that she ‘has nothing’ because she was ‘messed up’ at the time, even as a key Republican senator urged colleagues to take the accusations seriously. With pressure rising in advance of a make-or-break […]
9/25/2018
NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN/WOMEN: “Just after 8 a.m. on Monday [9-24-18], President Trump set off from Trump Tower for his annual week on the diplomatic stage at the United Nations General Assembly. By the time he walked into the General Assembly building 10 minutes later for a session on the illicit global drug trade, domestic […]
9/25/2018
DEMS/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Democrats are playing a high level CON GAME in their vicious effort to destroy a fine person. It is called the politics of destruction. Behind the scene the Dems are laughing. Pray for Brett Kavanaugh and his family!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 25, 2018 9:55 pm […]
9/25/2018
GOP/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump sought to discredit one of the women accusing Judge Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct by saying she was ‘messed up’ and ‘drunk’ at the time of the alleged incident. He also said he believes Democrats are masterminding ‘a con game’ against his Supreme Court nominee. Trump paused before […]
9/25/2018
GOP/NOMINATION/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As the Senate prepares for Thursday’s [9-27-18] blockbuster hearing to decide the fate of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, a key player has been missing from efforts to lobby undecided GOP senators — President Donald Trump. More than a dozen Republican senators said in interviews Tuesday [9-25-18] that they haven’t heard […]
9/25/2018
DEMS/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [9-25-18] lambasted Deborah Ramirez, the second woman to accuse Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of wrongdoing, saying ‘she was totally inebriated’ and ‘all messed up’ when the alleged incident occurred and that Democrats were playing a ‘con game’ by taking such accusations seriously. Ramirez told the […]
9/25/2018
ELECTION/GOP/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Rush Limbaugh to Republicans: ‘You can kiss the MIDTERMS goodbye if you don’t get highly qualified Kavanaugh approved.’” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 25, 2018 11:45 am […]
9/25/2018
DEMS/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday [9-25-18] questioned the credibility of the second woman to accuse Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, saying she admitted she was drunk at a party where the alleged behavior occurred. The woman, Deborah Ramirez, accused Kavanaugh in an article published in the […]
9/25/2018
GOP/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Republicans aren’t waiting for Brett Kavanaugh’s main accuser to have her say. With a generational conservative goal of a Supreme Court majority in sight, Senate GOP leaders are sketching a voting timetable that could see him confirmed within days even as they brace for a crucial hearing on Thursday [9-27-18] on which […]
9/25/2018
GOP/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh said on Monday [9-24-18] he would not step aside after a second woman accused him of sexual misconduct decades ago, with President Donald Trump and fellow Republicans showing no signs of relenting in their push for his Senate confirmation…The allegations, dating back to the 1980s, have […]
9/24/2018
LEGAL/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Michael Avenatti said Monday [9-24-18] night that he has new information regarding allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Avenatti, the lawyer also representing adult film star Stormy Daniels who is suing President Donald Trump, said on CNN’s ‘Cuomo Prime Time’ that he has multiple clients and ‘at least one’ is prepared […]
9/24/2018
NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “At first, the Sunday [9-23-18] night publication of a New Yorker article detailing a new allegation of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh looked like a disaster for the White House. But by Monday [9-24-18] afternoon, President Donald Trump’s aides and allies argued it was not only survivable, […]
9/24/2018
DEMS/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Democrats are working hard to destroy a wonderful man, and a man who has the potential to be one of our greatest Supreme Court Justices ever, with an array of False Accusations the likes of which have never been seen before!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 24, 2018 9:50 pm […]
9/24/2018
DEMS/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Democrats are working hard to destroy a wonderful man, and a man who has the potential to be one of our greatest Supreme Court Justices ever, with an array of False Acquisitions the likes of which have never been seen before!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 24, 2018 9:37 pm […]
9/24/2018
NOMINATION/RALLY/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “As the fate of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, his Supreme Court nominee, teetered over a sexual assault allegation from decades ago, President Trump vented his frustration about his own party’s unwillingness to aggressively hit back. Speaking to thousands of supporters at a rally in Missouri on Friday [9-23-18], Mr. Trump recounted […]
9/24/2018
DEMS/GOP/NOMINATION/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Trump on Monday [9-24-18] said the sexual misconduct allegations against Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, which are slowing proceedings on his nomination to be the newest Supreme Court justice, could be one of the ‘single most unfair, unjust things to happen to a candidate for anything.’ The president said he continues […]
9/24/2018
NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, facing new allegations of sexual impropriety and growing doubts over his confirmation to the Supreme Court, mounted an aggressive defense of himself on Monday [9-24-18], vowing to fight the ‘smears’ and declaring that he will not withdraw his nomination. With President Trump publicly backing him, and senior Senate […]
9/24/2018
MEDIA/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @realDonaldTrump: Brett Kavanaugh and his wife, Ashley, will be interviewed tonight at 7pmE on @marthamaccallum @FoxNews. This is an out…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 24, 2018 5:53 pm […]
9/24/2018
MEDIA/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Brett Kavanaugh and his wife, Ashley, will be interviewed tonight at 7pmE on @marthamaccallum @FoxNews. This is an outstanding family who must be treated fairly!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 24, 2018 4:33 pm […]
9/24/2018
GOP/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, a Republican golden boy with insider connections, had seemed so inevitable that in May 2016 when then-candidate Donald Trump released his first list of Supreme Court possibilities, journalists and political commentators seized on the absence of Kavanaugh’s name. The list ‘omits two of the […]
9/24/2018
NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Brett Kavanaugh looked less like a Supreme Court justice than an ordinary political candidate whose campaign is on the skids, mired in scandal as he battles to keep his hopes of high office alive. With his wife Ashley by his side, Kavanaugh seized control of his own defense against allegations […]
9/23/2018
NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “The leader of a prominent conservative research organization who suggested that Christine Blasey Ford mistakenly accused Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her while in high school, and who built a case against one of his classmates, will take a leave of absence from the organization, its board announced on Sunday […]
9/21/2018
NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “President Ronald Reagan’s daughter Patti Davis wrote about her own sexual assault experience to defend Christine Blasey Ford, the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault. Davis’ story was published in an op-ed in The Washington Post on Friday [9-21-18], in which she alleged that she was raped by […]
9/21/2018
NOMINATION/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski told CNN on Friday [9-21-18] she plans to wait until after Judge Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, the woman accusing President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee of sexual assault, testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee before deciding whether to back Kavanaugh’s nomination…Republicans can confirm Kavanaugh without any […]
9/21/2018
GOP/NOMINATION/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Sen. Susan Collins is ‘appalled’ by President Donald Trump’s tweet attacking the woman who accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, she told reporters in her home state Maine on Friday [9-21-18]. The moderate Republican senator, who is a key swing vote on Kavanaugh’s nomination, said that the president downplayed […]
9/21/2018
DEMS/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senator Feinstein and the Democrats held the letter for months, only to release it with a bang after the hearings were OVER – done very purposefully to Obstruct & Resist & Delay. Let her testify, or not, and TAKE THE VOTE!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 21, 2018 10:29 am […]
9/21/2018
DEMS/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senator Feinstein and the Democrats held the letter for months, only to release it with a bang after the hearings were OVER – done very purposefully to Obstruct & Resist & Delay. Let her testify, or not, and TAKE THE VOTE!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 21, 2018 10:25 am […]
9/21/2018
FBI/LEGAL/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “The radical left lawyers want the FBI to get involved NOW. Why didn’t someone call the FBI 36 years ago?” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 21, 2018 8:29 am […]
9/21/2018
BEN CARSON/HUD/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson on Friday [9-21-18] tied the sexual assault allegation against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh to a century-old plot by socialists…Carson’s mention of ‘Fabians’ likely refers to the Fabian Society, a British socialist group founded in 1884 that is now affiliated with the United Kingdom’s […]
9/21/2018
NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “I have no doubt that, if the attack on Dr. Ford was as bad as she says, charges would have been immediately filed with local Law Enforcement Authorities by either her or her loving parents. I ask that she bring those filings forward so that we can learn date, time, […]
9/21/2018
DEMS/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Judge Brett Kavanaugh is a fine man, with an impeccable reputation, who is under assault by radical left wing politicians who don’t want to know the answers, they just want to destroy and delay. Facts don’t matter. I go through this with them every single day in D.C.” -Donald Trump, […]
9/20/2018
CONGRESS/NOMINATION/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Christine Blasey Ford opened the possibility she would testify before Congress about her accusation of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. An email her lawyers sent to the Senate Judiciary Committee said Ford ‘would be prepared to testify next week’ if the senators offer her ‘terms that are fair and […]
9/19/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/NOMINATION/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Missouri Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill said Wednesday [9-19-18] she is voting no on Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court, citing concerns over his stance on anonymous political contributions. McCaskill’s position is significant given that she is running for re-election this year in a state President Donald Trump won in 2016, […]
9/19/2018
FBI/NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “The White House could order the FBI to investigate the sexual assault allegation against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, several former senior White House and Justice Department officials from both parties said Wednesday [9-19-18], contradicting President Donald Trump’s claims that doing so would exceed the FBI’s mandate. Trump continued to insist on […]
9/19/2018
LEGAL/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “An attorney for Christine Blasey Ford said Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley is unnecessarily rushing toward a hearing by pushing for her to testify about her allegation of sexual assault against President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee. Ford has accused Judge Brett Kavanaugh, Trump’s choice for the nation’s highest court, of sexually […]
9/19/2018
NOMINATIONS/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump said on Wednesday [9-18-19] it was up to the U.S. Senate how to handle a sexual assault allegation brought by a woman against his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said it would be unfortunate if Kavanaugh’s accuser, university professor Christine Blasey […]
9/19/2018
GOP/NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “The scramble to save the Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination is the first real test of whether President Donald Trump can work in lockstep with Republican members of Congress and conservative activists under crisis conditions. Trump’s commitment to stacking the judiciary with conservative jurists may be his top selling point among traditional […]
9/18/2018
DEMS/NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Trump falsely charged on Tuesday [9-18-18] that Democrats had sought to time a sexual assault allegation against his Supreme Court nominee, Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, to obstruct his confirmation, siding with the judge as he called for a swift process for airing the accusation on Capitol Hill…Judge Kavanaugh has flatly […]
9/18/2018
DEMS/NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump sided with his embattled Supreme Court nominee, defending Judge Brett Kavanaugh against allegations of sexual assault as the White House walked a fine line in addressing accusations that revived memories of the president’s own #MeToo moments. Time and again, Trump has defended powerful men against the claims […]
9/18/2018
DEMS/NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump continued to stand behind his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Tuesday [9-18-18], even as senators grapple with how to move forward after a woman has accused the judge of a decades-old sexual assault…Kavanaugh has denied the allegations. Trump also criticized Democrats and California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, […]
9/18/2018
FBI/GOP/NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Republican leaders are preparing a controversial push to install Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court after a frenetic night of legal and political maneuvering in Washington that could reverberate for years to come. In a major twist to his confirmation saga, attorneys for Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Kavanaugh of sexually […]
9/18/2018
FBI/NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday [9-18-18] that the FBI should not investigate a California professor’s allegations of sexual assault against Trump’s pick for U.S. Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh, adding that he wants his nominee confirmed quickly…U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee members had been scheduled to vote on Thursday on the […]
9/13/2018
DEMS/FBI/GOP/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “The Republican-led Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday [9-13-18] set a vote for next week on President Donald Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court pick while a Democratic senator sent unspecified new information about nominee Brett Kavanaugh to the FBI. Senator Dianne Feinstein, the committee’s top Democrat, said she received the information about Kavanaugh from […]
9/12/2018
ABORTION/GOP/NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, a key GOP vote, said Wednesday [9-12-18] that she is still reviewing Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s record and plans to speak with him later in the week…Collins is one of the few Republican lawmakers who say they support abortion rights, and she has yet to announce […]
9/12/2018
NOMINATION/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Sen. Angus King announced his opposition to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Wednesday [9-12-18]…He joins a handful of senators, including New Hampshire Democratic Sens. Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen and Virginia Democratic Sens. Tim Kaine and Mark Warner, in declaring themselves ‘no’ on Kavanaugh…Most Democrats are expected to oppose […]
9/12/2018
IRS/NOMINATIONS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The U.S. Senate on Wednesday [9-12-18] confirmed President Donald Trump’s choice of Beverly Hills, California, tax lawyer Charles Rettig to be commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, the federal agency that implements tax laws. The Senate voted 64-33 to install Rettig, who will replace Acting Commissioner David Kautter. Kautter has been […]
9/7/2018
ABORTION/HHS/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Brett Kavanaugh’s views on birth control drew scrutiny in Washington on Thursday [9-6-18] as abortion rights advocates charged that the Supreme Court nominee had referred to contraceptives as ‘abortion-inducing drugs.’ Supporters of Kavanaugh were quick to respond, saying he was summarizing the argument of a religious group challenging the Affordable Care Act’s […]
9/6/2018
DEMS/GOP/NOMINATIONS/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Brett Kavanaugh emerged from two days of tough questioning in the Senate Judiciary Committee without making any obvious missteps that could imperil his confirmation as the justice who will pull the Supreme Court to the right and hand Donald Trump a generational presidential legacy. He avoided ceding ground on the most contentious […]
9/6/2018
DEMS/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh stressed on Thursday [9-6-18] that he believes the judiciary has broad authority to check the power of the White House, but refused to criticize the man who selected him, President Donald Trump. In a second day of testimony, Kavanaugh declined to comment on Trump’s criticism […]
9/6/2018
NOMINATIONS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Brett Kavanaugh sought on Thursday [9-6-18] to settle one of the biggest questions of his Supreme Court confirmation hearing, telling Democrats that he has not discussed special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe with anyone at a law firm that’s long represented President Donald Trump. The clear disavowal from Kavanaugh may […]
9/5/2018
DEMS/NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “California Sen. Kamala Harris — a potential 2020 presidential candidate — pushed President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh to answer uncomfortable questions about abortion rights, Trump’s reaction to the Charlottesville white supremacist rally and his conversations with attorneys at the law firm representing Trump…Harris, a former California attorney general, was […]
9/5/2018
NOMINATIONS/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Brett Kavanaugh spent much of 12 hours in a packed and raucous Senate hearing room Wednesday [9-5-18] trying not to talk about politics — or how he would act in cases involving the man who nominated him to the Supreme Court, President Donald Trump. Should the Senate confirm Kavanaugh, it would likely […]
9/4/2018
NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “’Judge Brett Kavanaugh is an Exceptionally Qualified and Deserving Nominee for the Supreme Court’ https://t.co/nD5XZo9yIm“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 4, 2018 4:03 pm […]
9/4/2018
NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Brett Kavanaugh hearings for the future Justice of the Supreme Court are truly a display of how mean, angry, and despicable the other side is. They will say anything, and are only….” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 4, 2018 3:41 pm […]
9/4/2018
NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “….looking to inflict pain and embarrassment to one of the most highly renowned jurists to ever appear before Congress. So sad to see!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 4, 2018 3:41 pm […]
9/4/2018
DEMS/GOP/NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Brett Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court pick who could tilt American jurisprudence to the right for a generation, vowed to be neutral and impartial, shrugging off bitter Democratic demands for him to stall his own confirmation hearing until questions about his past are fully answered. President Donald Trump’s second pick for the nation’s […]
9/3/2018
GOP/NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “When Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor testified in 2009, confirmation seemed so certain that Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham famously predicted she only had to avoid a ‘complete meltdown.’ As Judge Brett Kavanaugh takes the witness chair on Tuesday [9-4-18], the sense of inevitability in these partisan times is even greater. Republicans control […]
8/21/2018
ABORTION/NOMINATION/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh considers the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion to be settled law, Republican Senator Susan Collins said on Tuesday [8-21-18], but Democrats were deeply skeptical. Collins, a Republican who backs abortion rights and is considered a key vote on Kavanaugh’s nomination, […]
8/20/2018
CLINTONS/NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Brett M. Kavanaugh, President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, urged prosecutors investigating President Bill Clinton to question him in graphic detail about his sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky, a White House intern, according to a memorandum released on Monday [8-20-18] by the National Archives. Mr. Kavanaugh spent more than three years working […]
8/8/2018
DEMS/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senate Democrats on the Judiciary Committee filed several Freedom of Information Requests for records involving Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh during his time at the White House, the latest move in a partisan battle over trying to obtain documents related to the judge as part of his Senate confirmation process…Democrats are seeking […]
8/3/2018
DEMS/NOMINATIONS/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “More Senate Democrats will meet with Supreme Court Justice nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh when they return from recess. According to a senior Democratic senate aide, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York and California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, will lead the effort and will […]
8/2/2018
NOMINATIONS/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Some records sought by U.S. senators about the prior White House service of President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh will not be available until the end of October, the U.S. National Archives said on Thursday, though it was unclear whether this would delay his confirmation process. The documents at […]
8/1/2018
CIA/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump has nominated a retired senior Central Intelligence Agency analyst with expertise in Africa as the spy agency’s new deputy director, the White House said on Wednesday [8-1-18]. Trump, who has repeatedly questioned a U.S. intelligence assessment that Russia conducted an influence operation to swing the 2016 election in […]
8/1/2018
LABOR/NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A federal appeals-court panel split in 2014 over a case involving a grisly theme-park death, ruling 2-1 that the Labor Department was on sound footing when it sanctioned SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. for safety violations after a trainer was attacked by a killer whale. The two judges upholding the sanction said that while […]
7/31/2018
COURTS/NOMINATIONS/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “With another judge expected to be confirmed Tuesday [7-31-18] by the Senate, President Trump and Senate Republicans are leaving an ever-expanding imprint on the judiciary, nudging powerful appeals courts rightward through a determined effort to nominate and confirm a steady procession of young conservative jurists. The confirmation of Judge Brett […]
7/30/2018
NOMINATIONS/RAND PAUL/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Sen. Rand Paul threw his support behind Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Monday [7-30-18], saying that he was satisfied by the ‘totality’ of the judge’s views and temperament. Mr. Paul, a Kentucky Republican with a libertarian streak who occasionally defies his party on major votes, had expressed concerns about Judge […]
7/30/2018
GOP/NOMINATION/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A Republican senator who had been a holdout threw his support behind U.S. President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Monday [7-30-18], improving chances the judge will win Senate confirmation despite a pitched battle by Democrats to block him. U.S. Senator Rand Paul had expressed concerns over Kavanaugh’s positions on […]
7/27/2018
CONSUMER PROTECTION/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Democratic lawmakers stepped up pressure on President Trump’s pick to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, demanding more information on her role in the administration’s immigration policies and her stance on consumer finance issues, according to letters seen by Reuters on Friday [7-27-18]. The requests for information filed with the […]
7/23/2018
ABORTION/NOMINATIONS/POLLS/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “As the Senate nears debate on a new Supreme Court nominee who could give the panel a conservative edge, a majority of voters say they are increasingly opposed to undermining a woman’s right to have an abortion and are becoming more likely to say they support abortion-rights candidates, a new poll shows. […]
7/20/2018
DEMS/GOP/MITCH MCCONNELL/NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Mitch McConnell has a warning for Democrats demanding copious documents on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh: Be careful what you wish for. The Senate majority leader privately told senior Republicans on Wednesday that if Democrats keep pushing for access to upwards of a million pages in records from President Donald […]
7/20/2018
NOMINATIONS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has raised concerns about indicting a sitting president and expressed his desire to overturn a ruling upholding the constitutionality of an independent counsel. And in newly unearthed video reviewed by CNN, Kavanaugh also implies that he believes there’s only one institution that […]
7/20/2018
NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @Scavino45: ‘Former Harvard law students praise Kavanaugh in letter’ https://t.co/1ihzCwPToF“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 20, 2018 9:34 am […]
7/19/2018
COURTS/NOMINATIONS/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senate Republican leaders on Thursday [7-19-18] pulled the plug on one of President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees after lawmakers raised concerns about racially insensitive articles he wrote as a college student, marking the first time a Trump U.S. appeals court pick was not confirmed. The Republican-led Senate had been poised to vote on […]
7/19/2018
CONSUMER PROTECTION/IMMIGRATION/NOMINATIONS/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s choice to lead the U.S. consumer watchdog survived aggressive questioning by lawmakers on Thursday [7-19-18] and looked on track to secure a confirmation vote that could come as soon as this month. There were heated exchanges in the Senate as Democratic lawmakers grilled Kathy Kraninger, a government official, on […]
7/19/2018
COURTS/GOP/NOMINATIONS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The sprint by President Trump and Senate Republicans to install conservative judges to the nation’s courts hit an unexpected speed bump on Thursday [7-19-18] after a nominee for a key federal appeals court was pulled to avoid an embarrassing defeat on the Senate floor. The nomination of Ryan W. Bounds to […]
7/16/2018
NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “When it became clear that President Donald Trump was seriously considering nominating Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, the conservative judge’s former law clerks swung into action as among his most energetic public cheerleaders. But in making the case for him in the media on issues including his stance […]
7/11/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Rod J. Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, has asked federal prosecutors to help review the government documents of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, according to a letter obtained by The New York Times on Wednesday [7-11-18]. Mr. Rosenstein’s request was an unusual insertion of politics into federal […]
7/11/2018
DEMS/HEALTHCARE/NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats on Wednesday [7-11-18] were reorienting their uphill push to block U.S. Senate confirmation of President Donald Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court, moving healthcare to the center of their strategy and putting less emphasis on abortion rights. While the two issues are closely linked, the change aligns with polling that […]
7/10/2018
DEMS/NOMINATIONS/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate Democrats, facing an uphill struggle to defeat the nomination of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, opened a broad attack on Tuesday, painting him as an archconservative who would roll back abortion rights, undo health care protections, ease gun restrictions and protect President Trump against the threat of […]
7/10/2018
DEMS/NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate Democrats, facing an uphill struggle to reject the nomination of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, opened a broad attack on Tuesday [7-10-18], painting him as an arch-conservative who would roll back abortion rights, undo health care protections, ease gun restrictions and protect President Trump against the threat […]
7/10/2018
ABORTION/DEMS/NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Even before Justice Anthony M. Kennedy announced his retirement, Judicial Crisis Network, a conservative advocacy group, had reserved more than two dozen internet domain names — one for each candidate on President Trump’s list of potential Supreme Court nominees. The idea, said Carrie Severino, the group’s chief counsel, was to […]
7/10/2018
NOMINATIONS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “A Senate committee voted on Tuesday [7-10-18] to advance President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs, after a largely noncontroversial confirmation hearing last month. Trump nominated Robert Wilkie, who is a Pentagon undersecretary, to lead the department after ousting former VA Secretary David Shulkin. The President initially […]
7/10/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/NOMINATIONS/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court unleashed two political fights Tuesday [7-10-18]: one over his confirmation in a narrowly divided Senate, the other a broader battle to energize voters of both parties ahead of November’s midterm elections. In the Senate, where Judge Kavanaugh was meeting […]
7/10/2018
DEMS/ELECTIONS/MIKE PENCE/NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The day after he was nominated to become a Supreme Court justice, Brett Kavanaugh visited Capitol Hill, where his possible future on the high court will be determined. Kavanaugh and Vice President Mike Pence met Tuesday [7-10-18] with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. The meeting came at almost the […]
7/10/2018
NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee may not have to wait too long for controversial cases if he is confirmed to the job, with disputes involving abortion, immigration, gay rights, voting rights and transgender troops possibly heading toward the justices soon. Republicans are hoping Brett Kavanaugh, the conservative U.S. appeals court judge […]
7/10/2018
NOMINATIONS/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Sen. Lisa Murkowski, one of the most watched Republicans in the Trump administration’s fight to confirm Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court justice, told CNN Tuesday [7-10-18] that her vetting of the nominee will take weeks, not days, and says all senators need to do their ‘due diligence’ before deciding how […]
7/10/2018
DEMS/ELECTIONS/GOP/NOMINATIONS/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The drama surrounding this election-year Supreme Court nomination now fully swings from who the pick would be—it’s D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Brett Kavanaugh—to which senators announce their support or opposition, and when. The margin for error for Republicans to get Mr. Trump’s pick confirmed is very thin, so in […]
7/10/2018
DEMS/NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh visited top U.S. Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill on Tuesday [7-10-18], seeking to build support among lawmakers in what promises to be a contentious confirmation battle with Democrats. Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer vowed an all-out battle against Kavanaugh, but senators in his […]
7/9/2018
ELECTIONS/GOP/NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Mitch McConnell and his Republican Caucus are enthusiastic about the prospect of filling a Supreme Court vacancy before the midterm elections. But they don’t deny the enormity of the task at hand. McConnell is overseeing the slimmest Senate majority in modern times to handle D.C. Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the […]
7/9/2018
NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/ TRUMP PEOPLE: “In choosing Brett M. Kavanaugh, 53, to replace Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, President Trump opted for a Washington insider who, according to at least one measure, may be less conservative than Mr. Trump’s first Supreme Court nominee, Neil M. Gorsuch. According to an analysis based on political donations given […]