by Kevin Daley Attention is fixed on a handful of moderate senators expected to cast the decisive votes on Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court, after Kavanaugh emerged relatively unscathed from several days of testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Democrats tried to infuse the hearings with defiant…
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Activists Sent 3,000 Coat Hangers To Sen. Collins’s Office To Protest Against Confirming Kavanaugh
by Neetu Chandak Activists sent coat hangers to Maine Sen. Susan Collins’s office to protest against confirming Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The Republican senator’s office received 3,000 coat hangers, which served as reminders of back-alley abortions, according to The Associated Press Saturday. Collins and Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who…
Read MoreCommentary: The Kavanaugh Hearing: A Democrat Campaign Circus
by CHQ Staff Conservative may assume that the not so “presidential” aspirations of Democratic Senators Cory Booker of New Jersey and Kamala Harris of California turned Thursday’s confirmation hearing for Judge Brett Kavanaugh into a circus, with Harris and Booker vying for the role of chief clown, but it…
Read MoreSherrod Brown Accuses Judge Kavanaugh of ‘Siding’ with Insurance Companies While Taking $700,000 from Insurance Lobby
Sen. Sherrod Brown’s (D-OH) favorite criticism of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is that he would be too friendly toward big insurance corporations and “special interests.” But as an elected member of the U.S. House and Senate, Brown’s has shown no aversion to campaign cash from big corporations in the…
Read MoreGOP Sen. Rob Portman Leads Effort to Confirm Kavanaugh While Democrat Sen. Sherrod Brown Obstructs
While one Ohio senator is doing everything he can to obstruct the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Kavanaugh, the other is leading the effort to get him approved. On Tuesday, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) highlighted Judge Kavanaugh’s qualifications “with the warmest of words,” the Dayton Daily News reported. Portman called Kavanaugh “an extraordinary…
Read MoreSherrod Brown At Forefront of Democrats’ Partisan War Against ‘Brilliant’ SCOTUS Nominee Brett Kavanaugh
For Ohio’s senior U.S. Senator, Sherrod Brown (D-OH), the confirmation hearing Tuesday for Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court amounted to an unnecessary formality. Like many of his Democrat colleagues in the Senate, Brown had already made up his mind about Kavanaugh – no hearings required. In a…
Read MoreDemocrats ‘Plotted Coordinated Protests’ to Shut Down Kavanaugh Hearing as Brown Stays Silent
Democrats sought to shut down the confirmation hearing of Judge Brett Kavanaugh Tuesday under the pretense that they had not had enough time to review documents related to his years of public service. Nearly two dozen protesters suddenly appeared in the Senate hearing room, disrupting the proceedings by shouting demands…
Read More‘Brown the Blocker’ Joins Extremist Democrats in Opposing Kavanaugh SCOTUS Nomination With First Day Hearing Theatrics
Democrats, including U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), have made it clear that they’re only interested in resisting and obstructing President Trump’s Supreme Court nomination, the Republican National Committee said in a press release. “Clearly, today’s antics have shown us this much,” the committee said, mentioning theatrical attempts to delay Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s hearing…
Read MoreSenator Sherrod Brown Leads Democrat Obstruction Against Brett Kavanaugh SCOTUS Nomination as Hearings Begin
Democratic Senators are continuing their scorched earth obstruction strategy against Judge Brett Kavanaugh to serve on the Supreme Court. U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) are among those opposing President Donald Trump’s nomination of Kavanaugh. The hearings are expected to start Tuesday. Brown said he would vote against…
Read MoreIn Minnesota Debate GOP Challenger Blasts Sen. Amy Klobuchar for Opposing SCOTUS Nominee Brett Kavanaugh
Sen. Amy Klobuchar squared off against her Republican challenger State Rep. Jim Newberger at the Minnesota State Fair Friday, sparring over issues of immigration and President Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to serve on the United States Supreme Court. Immediately out of the gate, Klobuchar boasted a record of being…
Read MoreSherrod Brown Sides With Planned Parenthood and NARAL Against Brett Kavanaugh, Trump’s Pick for Supreme Court
Facing re-election in November and pressure from his base, Ohio’s Democrat U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown put aside all pretense and let it be known he will not be voting for President Trump’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court. Brown came out Friday and announced he’d already made up his mind…
Read MoreSupreme Court Nominee Kavanaugh’s Confirmation Hearings to Begin September 4
by Fred Lucas The confirmation hearings for federal appeals court Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to become the next Supreme Court justice will begin on Sept. 4 and last three to four days, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, announced Friday. Grassley’s announcement comes as Senate Democrats sought to…
Read MoreOrrin Hatch Calls Out Democrats’ ‘Dumba–‘ Partisanship Over Kavanaugh Document Request
by Molly Prince Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah criticized Democrats on Thursday over their superfluous request to gain access to and review over a million additional documents prior to the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Speaking with other members of the Senate Judiciary Committee,…
Read MoreSen. Rand Paul Backs Supreme Court Nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh
Republican Sen. Rand Paul, who had publicly wavered as to whether he would support Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, endorsed him Monday. Paul of Kentucky says he will back Kavanaugh despite his misgivings about the judge’s views on surveillance and privacy issues. Few had expected Senator Paul would oppose President…
Read MoreCommentary: Democrats Show Symptoms of ABKDS (Acute Brett Kavanaugh Derangement Syndrome)
by Jeffery Rendall In a modern American culture where people hardly agree on anything, one thing is crystal clear to everyone these days: if you turn your back on someone, you’re insulting them. That’s exactly what’s happening on Capitol Hill as Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is receiving the…
Read MoreSenate GOP Draws Line On Kavanaugh Vetting Ahead Of Confirmation Hearings
by Kevin Daley Senate Republicans are increasingly of the mind that documents Judge Brett Kavanaugh produced as White House staff secretary should not be reviewed in connection with his nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. Instead, GOP lawmakers believe the Senate is best served by confining its review of…
Read MoreCommentary: Will Brett Kavanaugh Stand for Property Rights?
by Tom DeWeese There’s lots of talk about where Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh stands on the Roe v Wade abortion decision and if he would vote to rescind it. There is another very controversial Supreme Court decision made just a few years ago, supported by Anthony Kennedy, the justice he…
Read MoreMitch McConnell Is Ready To Play Hardball To Get Kavanaugh Confirmed
by Kevin Daley Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told senior Republicans that he will schedule Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation vote on a date just before the November elections if Democrats demand access to the full scope of records the judge produced in the George W. Bush administration. Democrats are…
Read MoreSenator Bob Corker Indicates He’ll Support Judge Kavanaugh Regardless Of What President Trump Does
by Thomas Phippen Tennessee Republican Sen. Bob Corker, a frequent critic of President Donald Trump, said his disapproval of the president’s actions and comments would not stop him from supporting Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Corker said he received calls from Democratic colleagues after Trump’s controversial summit with Russian…
Read MoreSoros-Linked Group Will Spend Millions To Stop Kavanaugh
by Kevin Daley and Andrew Kerr – Progressives have formed a new political outfit to mobilize left-wing energy on judicial confirmations, including Judge Kavanaugh – The group, Demand Justice, is financed and administratively supported by the Sixteen Thirty Fund – George Soros’ advocacy network has given millions to the Sixteen…
Read MoreCommentary: Democrats Don’t Fear Brett Kavanaugh – They Fear the Constitution
by David Harsanyi Sure, some of the anger aimed at President Donald Trump’s nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court is partisan bluster meant to placate the activist base. Still, most Democrats were going to get hysterical about any pick, because any conservative pick was going to take…
Read MoreCommentary: Democrats’ Anti-Catholic Bigotry On Kavanaugh Will Cost Them In November
by George Rasley That the Democratic Party has become the party of the anti-religious Far Left was confirmed way back in 2012 when delegates to the Democratic National Convention jeered the mention of God and struck all reference to him in their platform. However, until recently, as smart politicians…
Read MoreSteve Gill Commentary: The Californication of the Teachers’ Union
At the recent National Education Association (NEA) Annual Meeting, where Tennessee Education Association (TEA) representatives participated along with other affiliates across the country, the highly partisan NEA took strong positions against immigration reform and Republicans in general. They even gave an award to controversial former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick to…
Read MoreSenate Looks Poised To Confirm Kavanaugh
by Robert Donachie A cloud is looming over the Senate Tuesday and its name is D.C. Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Trump nominated Kavanaugh Monday evening to officially replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. The nomination has riled conservatives who are hungry to see a Supreme Court champion conservative causes,…
Read MorePhil ‘Duck and Cover’ Bredesen Playing Games with Trump’s SCOTUS Nominee?
The Tennessee Republican Party is calling Democratic Senate candidate Phil Bredesen to task for his lack of candor in dealing with President Trump’s nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Along with asking if Democrat Chuck Schumer’s “Tennessee recruit” Phil Bredesen will oppose President Trump’s latest Supreme Court…
Read MorePresident Trump Nominates Federal Appeals Court Judge Brett Kavanaugh to Supreme Court
President Trump announced on a live television broadcast Monday night that he is nominating federal appeals court judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court. If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Kavanaugh, 53, will replace Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Court. Kennedy, long considered the “swing vote” on the…
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