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OCT 11, 2018
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OCT 11, 2018
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POLITICO
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Senate Democrats accepted an offer from Senate Republicans to confirm 15 lifetime federal judges on Thursday in exchange for agreeing to go into recess through the midterms so endangered Democrats can campaign.
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OCT 11, 2018
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OCT 11, 2018
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OCT 11, 2018
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OCT 06, 2018
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VOX
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There are values that transcend partisan politics and unite people over squabbles about issues of social life and morality. The thing is, not all of those values are worth preserving.
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OCT 06, 2018
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WASH POST
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MICHAEL L.
Reps. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL) and Ted Lieu (D-CA) have already flirted with the possibility of impeachment, and Axios recently noted that “top Democratic operatives are already talking about impeachment of Brett Kavanaugh as a 2020 campaign issue if he gets confirmed to the Supreme Court.”
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OCT 06, 2018
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TOWN HALL
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MICHAEL L.
Following a disgracefully hideous confirmation brawl, Judge Brett Kavanaugh has been confirmed by the United States Senate, and will soon be sworn in as the next Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. A brutal, draining fight is over. Justice has prevailed.
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OCT 06, 2018
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BREITBART
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MICHAEL L.
Somewhere along the line, everything changed. As accusations crumbled under the weight of evidence and testimony and as Democrats moved the goalposts, this stopped being about politics and the future of the Supreme Court and became about the fate of one man—an innocent man, a wrongfully accused man.
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OCT 06, 2018
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RIGHT SIDE
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MICHAEL L.
A video of the Senate floor vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh as the 114th Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
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OCT 05, 2018
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OCT 05, 2018
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OCT 05, 2018
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OCT 05, 2018
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OCT 05, 2018
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FOX NEWS
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MICHAEL L.
Susan Collins announces how she intends to vote on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh, discusses his qualifications, and discusses the allegations and testimony.
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OCT 02, 2018
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HUFF POST
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MICHAEL L.
Amid accusations of sexual assault, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is being afforded a presumption of innocence that is not extended to nonwhite crime suspects like Kalief Browder.
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OCT 02, 2018
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POLITICO
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MICHAEL L.
Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) said Tuesday that he doesn’t anticipate the FBI’s final report from its inquiry into Brett Kavanaugh would be made public, adding that such a break from protocol “might actually hurt” the bureau’s ability to conduct such probes.
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OCT 02, 2018
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NATL REVIEW
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MICHAEL L.
The furious response to those who questioned Swetnick’s claims—combined with partisan hatred so intense that we’re willing to believe the worst about our opponents—says something disturbing about the extent to which “believe women” can sometimes morph into “believe anything”.
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OCT 02, 2018
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BREITBART
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MICHAEL L.
Sen. Jodi Ernst (R-IA) stated: “What message that sends to women in America is that we are innocent until proven guilty in this great country. And I have absolutely no doubt after reviewing Dr. Ford's testimony that she has suffered from something very traumatic in her lifetime.”
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OCT 02, 2018
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OCT 01, 2018
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HUFF POST
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MICHAEL L.
If the investigation proves inconclusive and fails to reveal more information about incidents that Kavanaugh was allegedly involved in, it could give uncommitted senators who were facing a tough decision on the nomination an excuse to vote for President Donald Trump’s high court pick this week.
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OCT 01, 2018
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POLITICO
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MICHAEL L.
Lindsey Graham is a conservative institutionalist. He believes that people should hold their views and fervently represent them in our political system, but in the end our process needs to work and we need to move forward together as one country, as Americans.
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OCT 01, 2018
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NATL REVIEW
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MICHAEL L.
The American Bar Association (ABA) has clarified its position regarding the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, explaining in a letter on Friday that a previous letter urging the Senate to delay his confirmation had not been reviewed by the relevant committee prior to its release.
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OCT 01, 2018
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BREITBART
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MICHAEL L.
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) stated that while he thinks Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh will be confirmed, if he isn’t confirmed, “I would re-nominate him, and I would take this case to the American people.”
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OCT 01, 2018
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SEP 29, 2018
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SEP 29, 2018
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SEP 29, 2018
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SEP 29, 2018
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WESTERN JRN
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MICHAEL L.
In a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Mark Judge—the high school friend of Brett Kavanaugh’s who was implicated by new accuser Julie Swetnick—called the new charges “bizarre” and insisted he had nothing to do with them.
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SEP 29, 2018
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SEP 28, 2018
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SEP 28, 2018
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SEP 28, 2018
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SEP 28, 2018
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SEP 28, 2018
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CBS NEWS
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MICHAEL L.
A video of the Senate Judiciary Committee's vote to send Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the full Senate--and their discussion before and after the vote.
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SEP 27, 2018
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HUFF POST
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MICHAEL L.
Twenty-seven years after Anita Hill testified that Clarence Thomas had sexually harassed her, Republicans are using the same tactic to go after Christine Blasey Ford: portraying her as a pawn of the Democratic Party and liberal interest groups.
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SEP 27, 2018
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POLITICO
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MICHAEL L.
A summary of the critical moments in the testimony provided by Judge Brett Kavanaugh in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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SEP 27, 2018
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NATL REVIEW
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MICHAEL L.
Kavanaugh may have saved his Supreme Court confirmation with one of the most memorable statements in modern congressional history. His face was distorted in fury, he had trouble composing himself, and at times he wept—an incredibly raw performance by the standards of Washington.
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SEP 27, 2018
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BREITBART
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MICHAEL L.
Critics had speculated that the sole reason Democrats, and Ford, were refusing a Monday hearing—or even a Wednesday hearing—was because a Thursday hearing would make it almost impossible for the Senate to hold a confirmation vote on Kavanaugh before the Supreme Court begins its new session on October 1.
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SEP 27, 2018
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NBC NEWS
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MICHAEL L.
Video coverage of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to investigate Christine Blasey Ford's claim of sexual assault against Brett Kavanaugh.
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SEP 06, 2018
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VOX
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MICHAEL L.
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has said that Roe v. Wade is "settled law" in the United States. But he himself has said that where the Supreme Court is concerned, calling something “settled law” is meaningless.
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SEP 06, 2018
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NY TIMES
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MICHAEL L.
The New York Times has released a leak of Committee Confidential emails by Brett Kavanaugh (separate from the Cory Booker leak), which discuss abortion and affirmative action.
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SEP 06, 2018
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FOX NEWS
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MICHAEL L.
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) told Brett Kavanaugh during Thursday's hearing he was willing to "knowingly violate" the rules of the Senate Judiciary Committee and risk his position in order to make the public aware of an email from the Supreme Court nominee on the issue of racial profiling. (Separate from NYT leak)
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SEP 06, 2018
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SEP 06, 2018
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SEN. BOOKER
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MICHAEL L.
The emails by Brett Kavanaugh leaked by Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) during the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing.
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SEP 05, 2018
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HUFF POST
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MICHAEL L.
Progressive groups are becoming increasingly frustrated with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), saying he needs to do more to make sure every single Democratic senator votes against Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court.
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SEP 05, 2018
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CNN
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MICHAEL L.
Kavanaugh says: “The question of self-pardons is something I’ve never analyzed...It is a question therefore that is a hypothetical question that I can’t begin to answer in this context as a sitting judge and as a nominee to the Supreme Court.” (Article includes other updates)
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SEP 05, 2018
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NATL REVIEW
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MICHAEL L.
Democratic senators set aside decency, dignity, and common sense to join forces with shrieking protesters, repeatedly interrupting and haranguing chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) in what Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) properly categorized as a descent into “mob rule.”
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SEP 05, 2018
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BREITBART
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MICHAEL L.
During his confirmation hearing on Wednesday, Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh stated Roe v. Wade is “important precedent” and Planned Parenthood v. Casey’s status as a precedent on precedent reaffirming Roe is an “important factor to remember.”
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SEP 05, 2018
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SEP 04, 2018
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SLATE
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MICHAEL L.
Sometimes calls for institutional decency and civility mask institutional cowardice and opportunism. The first day of Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings was one of those times.
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SEP 04, 2018
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POLITICO
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MICHAEL L.
Democratic Senators considered walking out of the Kavanaugh hearing. Instead, they created a spectacle by hijacking the hearing as soon as it started and calling for the committee to adjourn against a backdrop of liberal activists being arrested in protest.
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SEP 04, 2018
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SEP 04, 2018
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MICHAEL L.
Progressive activists rushed to share a tweet which suggested that Mexican-born Zina Bash, an aide for Judge Brett Kavanaugh, flashed an OK sign at the hearing, which they interpreted as a white supremacist symbol.
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SEP 04, 2018
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MICHAEL L.
Kavanaugh has shown deference to government when it spies on people, and disagrees with libertarians on national security. But on just about every other issue, Kavanaugh would likely advance liberty.
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AUG 30, 2018
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AUG 30, 2018
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POLITICO
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MICHAEL L.
The White House is making last-minute preparations for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s Senate confirmation hearings next week, holding final prep sessions and setting up a pair of rapid-response war rooms.
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AUG 30, 2018
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AUG 30, 2018
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AUG 30, 2018
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AUG 17, 2018
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AUG 17, 2018
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AUG 17, 2018
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AUG 17, 2018
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BREITBART
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MICHAEL L.
A Thurston County Superior Court judge disqualifies I-1639 from the Washington State ballot, which would have raised the purchasing age for some firearms from 18 to 21, created a gun registry for any transfers of commonly owned semi-automatic rifles, and imposed several other restrictions.
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AUG 17, 2018
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JUL 11, 2018
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JUL 11, 2018
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JUL 11, 2018
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JUL 11, 2018
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JUL 11, 2018
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MICHAEL L.
Justice Anthony Kennedy was the most speech-protective justice on the most speech-protective Supreme Court in our nation's history. The Kavanaugh nomination provides reason to hope that this free speech legacy is secure.
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JUL 10, 2018
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VOX
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MICHAEL L.
As a circuit court judge, Kavanaugh was bound in almost every case to obey Supreme Court precedent faithfully. The Supreme Court, by contrast, can overturn its own precedents. It’s usually hesitant to do so, but just this term it threw out three decades-old rulings.
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JUL 10, 2018
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MICHAEL L.
President Trump’s new Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, already has signaled that he will be sympathetic to the president’s legal position in the looming court showdown over the Russia investigation.
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JUL 10, 2018
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FOX NEWS
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MICHAEL L.
Judge Kavanaugh certainly does offer clarity on this often politically obscured issue. In concise prose, Judge Kavanaugh wrote a dissent to a case that followed the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2008 Heller v. D.C. decision, which found the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to bear arms.
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JUL 10, 2018
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LIFE SITE
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MICHAEL L.
Kavanaugh ruled that there was no right for unlawful immigrant minors in detention to obtain immediate abortion on demand, though he based his decision on the theory that the delay didn’t constitute “undue burden,” whereas Judge Henderson found the illegal immigrant had no right to abortion at all.
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JUL 10, 2018
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