by Jim Heath | Sep 28, 2018 | Headlines, Supreme Court
President Trump, with his hands tied by a few Republican senators, has ordered the FBI to reopen a limited investigation into his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Senate Republican leaders, bowing to a last-minute demand from Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona, agreed...
by Jim Heath | Sep 28, 2018 | Headlines, Supreme Court
In a dramatic moment on Capitol Hill, Sen. Jeff Flake today called for a one-week delay in a Senate floor vote on Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court. Flake voted for Kavanaugh in the committee, with the understanding that Republican colleagues...
by Jim Heath | Sep 28, 2018 | Headlines, Supreme Court
Sen. Jeff Flake lost a lot of credibility being called an “independent political voice” today, and two survivors of sexual assault let him know it. Flake was confronted in the halls of the Capitol on the way to the Senate Judiciary Committee, where he had...
by Jim Heath | Sep 28, 2018 | Headlines, Supreme Court
Republicans are on track to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court by Tuesday. Eleven Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee will unanimously vote at 1:30 today to recommend Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court. The ten Democrats plan to vote...
by Jim Heath | Sep 28, 2018 | Headlines, Supreme Court
The American Bar Association wants the Senate to slow down its rushed confirmation vote of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. In a letter to senators, the ABA urged the Senate Judiciary Committee, and the full Senate, to slow down the confirmation process until...
by Jim Heath | Sep 27, 2018 | Headlines, Supreme Court
Sen.Jeff Flake is a wildcard, but is said to be leaning “yes” on his vote. Republicans emerged from a closed-door caucus meeting on Thursday night saying they will move forward Friday with a committee vote on Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court...
