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2018-10-06 Home Front: Politix

Brett Kavanaugh Confirmed To The Supreme Court

[Federalist] McConnell: 'This is the chamber in which the politics of intimidation and personal destruction do not win the day.'

Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed to serve as a justice on the Supreme Court of the United States with a vote of 50-48 on Saturday.

After weeks of a brutal fight and an FBI investigation into allegations of sexual assault made against him, several key swing senators voted in favor of confirming Kavanaugh, including Republicans Susan Collins of Maine and Jeff Flake of Arizona, and Democrat Joe Manchin of West Virginia — the only Democrat to cross party lines.

Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska was the one Republican present who did not vote to confirm Kavanaugh. She abstained from voting, saying hers would have cancelled out the affirmative vote from Republican Sen. Steve Daines of Montana, were he present. Daines missed the vote to walk his daughter down the aisle on Saturday.

Kavanaugh will be replacing Justice Anthony Kennedy, who announced his retirement from the court in June. His confirmation gives the court a reliable conservative majority for the first time in decades.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-10-06 16:51|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1 several key swing senators voted in favor of confirming Kavanaugh, including Republicans Susan Collins of Maine and Jeff Flake of Arizona

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-10-06 16:57|| 2018-10-06 16:57|| Front Page Top

#2 Chris Wallichinski and Brett Baier both off with tummy aches tonight...

Posted by M. Murcek 2018-10-06 17:36|| 2018-10-06 17:36|| Front Page Top

#3 McConnell: 'This is the chamber in which the politics of intimidation and personal destruction do not win the day.'

This definitely needed to be posted today — all the facts in one place for subsequent archive searches. Good choice, g(r)omgoru.

Posted by trailing wife 2018-10-06 18:10|| 2018-10-06 18:10|| Front Page Top

#4 😊

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-10-06 18:16|| 2018-10-06 18:16|| Front Page Top

#5 So when is the DOJ going to ask for a special counsel to investigate the false testimony and witness tampering?

Posted by jpal 2018-10-06 19:04|| 2018-10-06 19:04|| Front Page Top

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