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After a Bitter Fight, Justice Kavanaugh to Take the Bench
On Tuesday, Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh will hear his first Supreme Court arguments, all concerning enhanced sentences for gun crimes.
Kavanaugh Is One of Only 114 to Join the Exclusive Club of Justices. Here’s How He Fits In.
All but six appointees to the Supreme Court have been white men.
Kavanaugh Sworn In: ‘I’ll Be an Independent and Impartial Justice’
Brett M. Kavanaugh was sworn in as a justice to the United States Supreme Court on Monday. President Trump started the ceremony with a declaration…
McConnell’s Position Has Shifted on Considering Supreme Court Nominees in Election Years
The Senate majority leader misleadingly suggested on Sunday that his rationale in 2016 for refusing to fill a Supreme Court vacancy in a presidential election…
The Paranoid Style in G.O.P. Politics
Republicans are an authoritarian regime in waiting
Joe Manchin’s Yes on Kavanaugh Finds Sympathy in West Virginia
Senator Joe Manchin III was the only Democrat to vote for Brett M. Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court. That’s O.K. with his home state…
Trump Bets Kavanaugh ‘Hoax’ Can Turn Into Midterm Gains
Democrats remain confident that they will benefit from outrage over the confirmation of Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh despite sexual misconduct allegations against him.
Why Kavanaugh Should Not Attend the White House Ceremony
It would be a first step in demonstrating that he is the independent jurist he claims to be.
A Better Way to Confirm a Justice?
What is your takeaway from the Kavanaugh hearings as we look to the future?
Trump Calls Kavanaugh Accusations a ‘Hoax’
Without offering evidence, President Trump said Democrats set up Justice Brett Kavanaugh and, in reference to the multiple sexual assault accusations leveled against the newest…