The Congressional Budget Office’s nonpartisan model could help improve the way court nominees are vetted.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Kathleen Parker: Truth at the center of Sen. Lindsey Graham’s outburst
The Senate hearings were driven by a partisan quest for power without regard for the human collateral damage.
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Posted inNation & World, Politics
Flake says Kavanaugh wouldn’t be confirmed if he lied to Senate
In an interview with ’60 Minutes’ Sunday, the Arizona senator also said he would not have pushed to pause the nomination process if he were up for re-election.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Sexual assault survivors ask senators: Locate your humanity and hear us now
Elevating Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court would place our rights in the hands of a credibly accused perpetrator.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Brett Kavanaugh has shown he doesn’t belong on the Supreme Court
The man who testified Thursday can’t control his temper, he is overtly partisan and he doesn’t always tell the truth.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Kavanaugh confirmation process takes another dramatic turn with order to reopen FBI probe
Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona, seen as a Republican swing vote, successfully called for a week delay in the Senate vote to allow an investigation into sexual assault allegations against the nominee.
Posted inNation & World, News
The country watches, transfixed, as Christine Blasey Ford tells her story
For many watching Thursday morning, the political importance of the moment was secondary.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Republicans disclose questioning of 2 men who claim to have assaulted Ford
The release of the investigative materials by Republicans on the Judiciary Committee came the night before Thursday’s hearing, and Democrats said they were ambushed by the information.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Defiant Kavanaugh denies Ford’s poignant assault accusation and calls process a ‘national disgrace’
The Supreme Court nominee addresses senators after Christine Blasey Ford testifies that he sexually assaulted her in high school. President Trump quickly praises Kavanaugh, and Republicans say the Judiciary Committee will vote Friday.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Base confirmation of Kavanaugh on his superb record over past 35 years
It’s unfair to judge who he is today by how he may – may – have behaved in a stupid moment of his youth.