Graham praised judge J. Michelle Childs, who is among the names Biden is considering for the position created by Breyer's retirement.

President Donald Trump on Monday urged Republicans to confirm his Supreme Court quickly so they could also pass a stimulus package. “Personally, I would pull back, approve, and go for STIMULUS for the people!!” he said in a tweet. The Trump administration on Friday offered a $US1.8 trillion stimulus package […]

Moving forward with hearings and a vote on Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation would endanger senators and staff to COVID-19, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a Sunday press conference. Three Republican Senators have tested positive for the coronavirus recently, including two members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. […]

Check out this Washington Post video mashup of Senate Republicans cynically reversing their stance on Supreme Court nominations in an election year. Back in 2016, when a vacancy opened in February, Republicans argued they couldn’t fill the seat until a new president was elected. Now they’re saying the opposite because […]

President Donald Trump said on Monday that he will announce his Supreme Court pick to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the end of the week. “It looks like we will have services on Thursday or Friday, as I understand it, and I think we should, with all due respect […]

Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski said she didn’t decide to vote against advancing Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination until she reached the Senate chambers on Friday. Murkowski broke with her party as the only one of four key swing votes to oppose advancing his nomination. A final confirmation vote is set […]

The Senate is just hours away from holding a procedural vote that will determine how lawmakers will move forward with confirming Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court. If he’s confirmed, once he’s sworn in, Kavanaugh will begin a lifetime appointment on the bench. But in […]

Brett Kavanaugh declared, “I am an independent, impartial judge” in an opinion column published by The Wall Street Journal on Thursday. The column is an answer to heightened concerns about an emotional outburst he had while testifying to the Senate Judiciary Committee last week in defence of sexual misconduct allegations […]

Amy Schumer attended the #StopKavanaugh protest in Washington, DC, on Thursday. A Daily Caller journalist posted a video on Twitter, which shows Schumer being asked if she wanted to get arrested – to which the comedian responded, “Yes.” Other journalists have since reported that Schumer has been detained or arrested, […]

Republican Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska gave an impassioned speech Wednesday night on the Senate floor about sexual assault and the #MeToo movement. Sasse also dropped a bombshell about where he stood on Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court, saying he preferred a different candidate when Trump chose Kavanaugh. […]

Brett Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court nominee, is facing multiple allegations of sexual misconduct. Christine Blasey Ford,Deborah Ramirez, and Julie Swetnick have publicly accused Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct in high school and college, and another anonymous allegation has surfaced. Kavanaugh has categorically denied the allegations and is testifying before the Senate […]

Liz Swisher, a Seattle medical doctor and University of Washington professor who says she went to Yale with Brett Kavanaugh, described Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh as a “sloppy drunk” during their college years. Swisher said in multiple interviews that she believes Kavanaugh was dishonest about his drinking habits of […]

President Donald Trump said on Friday that he had ordered the FBI to reopen its investigation into his Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh. The move follows nearly two weeks of allegations of sexual misconduct against Kavanaugh that reached a crescendo on Thursday with the testimony of Christine Blasey Ford, a […]

The morning after emotionally fraught hearings in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee looked like it would be business as usual, as members sought to move Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination to the Senate floor. Only 24 hours earlier, the senators heard compelling testimony from Christine Blasey Ford, the California […]

Relatives of Christine Blasey Ford said they admired her decision to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee to give her testimony on Thursday. “I can tell you I had tears running down my cheeks,” Ford’s sister-in-law said. “It was so difficult to listen to, and I know a lot of […]

Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh will face a Senate grilling after Christine Blasey Ford, who accuses Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her in high school, testifies at a live hearing on Thursday. Even Trump isn’t confident on how the hearing will play out, and with the waters muddying on […]

Both Judge Brett Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court nominee, and Christine Blasey Ford are scheduled to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill on Thursday beginning at 10 a.m. ET. Ford has accused Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her when they were in high school. Deborah Ramirez has also accused […]