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Oct 6, 2018 · The Senate voted 50-48 to confirm Kavanaugh to the highest court in the land, a relatively anticlimactic finale to one of the most contentious Supreme Court confirmation fights in...
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Sep 7, 2018 · Judge Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearings have concluded, meaning the Trump-nominated justice has cleared a key hurdle on his way to a lifetime Supreme Court appointment. See...
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Mar 21, 2022 · Mr Kavanaugh categorically denied all allegations of sexual misconduct and was ultimately approved to take a seat on the Supreme Court. Three years later his whirlwind confirmation process...
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The Senate voted 50-48-1 to confirm Brett Kavanaugh as the 114th associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court on October 6, 2018. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) was the only Democrat to vote to confirm Kavanaugh. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), who opposed Kavanaugh's nomination, paired her vote with Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.), who supported Kavanaugh'...
The Senate voted 51-49 to end debate on Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court on October 5, 2018. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) was the only Republican to vote against advancing Kavanaugh's nomination. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) was the only Democrat to vote to advance the nomination. A cloturevote proposes ending unlimited debate on a...
On September 28, 2018, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 11-10 along party lines to report Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Senate floor for a vote.
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Click the links below to view the prepared statements of Kavanaugh, Ford, and Sens. Chuck Grassley (R) and Dianne Feinstein(D). Brett Kavanaugh Christine Ford Chuck Grassley Dianne Feinstein
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Click the names below to access a transcript of each witness' testimony during the hearing, if available.
The topics below were comprised from a number of analysis and summary articles. Affordable Care Act Sen. Ted Cruz(R-TX) asked Kavanaugh about a dissenting opinion the judge wrote in 2015 where he sided with the group Priests for Life, who argued that a provision in the Affordable Care Act to opt out for religious reasons was burdensome. Kavanaugh e...
The topics below were comprised from a number of analysis and summary articles. Abortion Kavanaugh was asked by senators including Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) about his views on the 1973 Roe v. Wadedecision. "I don’t live in a bubble," he told Feinstein. "I live in the real world. I understand the importance of the issue." He added that Roe is "se...
The first day of Brett Kavanaugh's Senate confirmation hearings began at 9:30 a.m. EST. Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee commenced the hearings with opening statements. Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Sen. Rob Portman(R), and attorney Lisa Blatt then introduced Kavanaugh. Testimony from Kavanaugh ended the day. Democrats pursue...
The Senate Judiciary Committee provided Kavanaugh with a questionnaire to fill out prior to his confirmation hearing on July 14. He returned it completed on July 20. You can view it below. Click hereto view the appendices.
The Senate confirmed Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court as an associate justice on October 6, by a vote of 50–48. One senator, Republican Steve Daines, who supported the nomination, was absent during the vote due to his attendance that day at his daughter's wedding in Montana.
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Sep 7, 2018 · The Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Brett Kavanaugh came to a close Friday, after four straight days of legal debate, protests, and stories about the federal judge’s career and...
Oct 6, 2018 · Oct. 6, 2018. WASHINGTON — Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh was confirmed to the Supreme Court on Saturday by one of the slimmest margins in American history, locking in a solid conservative...
