Supreme Court Nominee

• Supreme Court nominee Mahmud Jamal ‘was taunted and harassed’ as a youth

  The judge poised to be the first person of colour on the Supreme Court of Canada says he experienced discrimination "as a fact of daily life" while growing up.

  Canada

  Jun 17, 2021
  
• U.S. Senate to hold rare weekend session to secure Barrett’s spot on Supreme Court

  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he will begin the process as soon as the Senate Judiciary Committee wraps up its work Thursday.

  World

  Oct 19, 2020
  
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• Senate panel to vote Oct. 22 to advance Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination

  Despite Democratic objections, the Republican-led U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee is moving ahead with the confirmation process for Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to the Supreme Court.

  World

  Oct 15, 2020
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• Amy Coney Barrett keeps Democrats at bay during final day of Supreme Court hearings

  Barrett’s confirmation to the Supreme Court to take the seat of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg seems inevitable, as even some Senate Democrats acknowledged in Senate hearings on Tuesday and Wednesday.

  World

  Oct 14, 2020
• Amy Coney Barrett bats away questions from Democrats during 2nd day of hearings

  Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett will face senators' questions over her approach to health care, legal precedent and even the presidential election during a second day of confirmation hearings.

  World

  Oct 13, 2020
• Trump nominee Amy Coney Barrett says U.S. Supreme Court must be ‘independent’

  Confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett are set to begin.

  World

  Oct 12, 2020
• Kavanaugh writes in op-ed that he may have been ‘too emotional’ in senate testimony: WSJ

  Kavanaugh’s op-ed in The Wall Street Journal was published on the eve of a key procedural vote in the Senate on his nomination. His column appeared aimed at winning over the three GOP senators who remain undecided.

  Politics

  Oct 4, 2018
• Women across U.S. divided over Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination after hearings

  Some women have spent hours calling Senate offices in support of Kavanaugh, condemning what they saw as an anti-Republican ploy that’s damaged not only Kavanaugh’s reputation and livelihood but also his accuser’s.

  Politics

  Sep 29, 2018
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• Bill Kelly: Sexual assault allegations as a political football

  Republican senators, fearful of being perceived as bullies, declined to engage Dr. Christine Blasey Ford. Instead, they hired a female Republican prosecutor, Rachel Mitchell, to do their dirty work for them.

  Blogs

  Sep 28, 2018
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• ‘100%’ certain it was Kavanaugh: Christine Blasey Ford defends her memories with science

  In front of a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Thursday morning, Christine Blasey Ford was interrogated about her memory of the night she alleges Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her.

  World

  Sep 27, 2018