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9 Oct 2018, 7:34 am by Howard Bashman
” The segment consists of an interview with Tom Nichols, whose recent essay online at The Atlantic is headlined “Why I’m Leaving the Republican Party: The Kavanaugh confirmation fight revealed the GOP to be the party of situational ethics and moral relativism in the name of winning at all costs. [read post]
9 Oct 2018, 6:52 am by Howard Bashman
Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Conservative-Dominated Supreme Court Fulfills Nixon-Era Dream; Kavanaugh nails down a 5-4 majority the GOP has sought since 1960s, paving way for possible ‘epochal’ shift. [read post]
8 Oct 2018, 9:01 pm by Jim Sedor
” by Jason Hancock for Kansas City Star North Carolina: “Prosecutor Asks SBI to Review Allegations Raised About House Speaker Moore” by Dan Kane for Raleigh News and Observer Redistricting Virginia: “Virginia Redistricting Appears Headed to Courts as GOP Cancels Hearing” by Marie Algebis for The Virginian-Pilot [read post]
8 Oct 2018, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
One year later, the #MeToo movement came into sharp contrast with the GOP-controlled Senate, which voted to elevate Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court despite credible allegations of sexual misconduct. [read post]
8 Oct 2018, 6:33 pm by Howard Bashman
GOP’s Toasts to Kavanaugh Are Unspeakably Cruel; Political gloating is normal; Mocking human suffering is not”: Law professor Cass R. [read post]
7 Oct 2018, 12:18 pm by Howard Bashman
“Julie Swetnick unloads on media, GOP: ‘I am disgusted and appalled by the way that I have been re-victimized.'” Gregg Re of Fox News has this report, along with an article headlined “After Kavanaugh confirmation, Pelosi vows to unearth FBI docs as Dems demand impeachment inquiry. [read post]
7 Oct 2018, 6:39 am
The cold open shows GOP Senators celebrating their Kavanaugh victory in sports-locker-room style and "Chuck Schumer" weakly whining over the Democrats defeat and then getting punched in the balls by "Joe Manchin":You can watch the whole sketch if you scroll back to the beginning, but I'm setting it to start at the depiction of Susan Collins, who, of course, can't be shown as a strong, principled woman who gave the best speech anyone can remember a Senator… [read post]
6 Oct 2018, 8:54 pm by Howard Bashman
“A GOP ‘disaster’ averted: The final harrowing hours of Kavanaugh’s confirmation; How Republicans pushed through a damaged nominee with a relentless focus on three undecided senators. [read post]
6 Oct 2018, 8:48 pm by Ilya Somin
But the deeply divisive Kavanaugh confirmation comes on the heels of other developments that have generated immense anger among Democrats, most notably the GOP's refusal to consider President Obama's nomination of Merrick Garland. [read post]
6 Oct 2018, 1:31 pm by Marty Lederman
  That’s right:  By the time the Court’s current Term ends in June, it will have been more than 50 years of GOP-appointed control. [read post]
6 Oct 2018, 12:23 pm by Tom Smith
Story Continued Below The president, according to half a dozen officials and people working on the confirmation, came to the determination that with the midterms rapidly approaching, he needed the Senate to confirm the conservative justice to avoid depressing GOP turnout come November. [read post]
5 Oct 2018, 12:35 pm by Erin McCarthy Holliday
The 51-49 Senate vote had one defection from each party — Democratic Senator Joe Manchin from West Virginia voted to advance, and GOP Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska voted against. [read post]
5 Oct 2018, 10:52 am by Jon Brodkin
Enlarge / FCC Chairman Ajit Pai speaks during an FCC oversight hearing held by the Senate Commerce Committee on Thursday, August 16, 2018. [read post]
4 Oct 2018, 6:52 pm by Tom Smith
The confidence was on open display as the party's chief vote counter, speaking at a news conference Thursday, all but guaranteed that Kavanaugh will clear a procedural hurdle on Friday and be confirmed a day later. [read post]
4 Oct 2018, 11:02 am by Tom Smith
A pair of GOP senators who had been on the fence about Brett Kavanaugh indicated Thursday they were satisfied with the FBI’s updated background check on the Supreme Court nominee — an apparent signal of support of his confirmation. [read post]
3 Oct 2018, 6:04 pm by Howard Bashman
“Jeff Flake let down the GOP — and served the nation”: Columnist George F. [read post]
3 Oct 2018, 10:03 am by Lyle Denniston
The GOP legislators’ new appeal to the Justices is challenging a decision in August by a special three-judge federal trial court sitting in Greensboro. [read post]
2 Oct 2018, 10:42 am
I'd meant to work my way through "'The trauma for a man': Male fury and fear rises in GOP in defense of Kavanaugh" (WaPo), and I've got a lot more to say about stoking the fear of masculine anger and the fear of fear. [read post]