by Jim Heath | Dec 11, 2018 | Headlines, Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to review whether states can block Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers from their Medicaid programs, passing on a pair of cases that would have served as the first major abortion test for the court’s new conservative...
by Jim Heath | Oct 6, 2018 | Headlines, Supreme Court
Brett Kavanaugh is officially a member of the Supreme Court. Chief Justice John Roberts swore Kavanaugh in during a private ceremony, returning the court from eight to nine justices. Kavanaugh’s wife and daughters were at his side. Also present was retired...
by Jim Heath | Oct 6, 2018 | Headlines, Supreme Court
Brett Kavanaugh has been confirmed as the 114th justice on the United States Supreme Court. It is a victory for President Trump, who nominated him, and the bare Republican majority in the senate who confirmed him. The vote was 50 to confirm and 48 opposed, with Sen....
by Jim Heath | Oct 4, 2018 | Headlines, Supreme Court
Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) says he’s going to attend his daughter’s wedding back home in Montana on Saturday regardless of a possible weekend Senate vote on embattled Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Daines told The Associated Press today that this weekend there’s...
by Jim Heath | Oct 4, 2018 | Headlines, Supreme Court
With the FBI uncovering no shocking details about Brett Kavanaugh’s youth, it appears his confirmation will happen in the next few days. Sen. Jeff Flake, a key swing Republican vote, said today that a new FBI report on Kavanaugh has failed to corroborate...
