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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
D.C. Circuit sent complaints about Kavanaugh's testimony to Chief Justice Roberts  —  Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has received more than a dozen judicial misconduct complaints against Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh in recent weeks but has chosen for the time being not to refer them to a judicial panel for investigation.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
Merrick Garland Has Recused Himself From The Ethics Complaints Against Brett Kavanaugh  —  Chief Judge Merrick Garland disqualified himself from handling ethics complaints against US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit announced Saturday morning.
Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
McConnell calls opposition to Kavanaugh a ‘great political gift’ to Republicans  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he never considered urging the White House to withdraw Brett M. Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court and called opposition to the judge a “great political gift” …
Justin Wise / The Hill:
Kagan warns that Supreme Court may not have a swing vote anymore  —  Associate Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan said Friday she fears the high court may lack a justice going forward who would serve as a swing-vote on cases, speaking hours after President Trump's second nominee Brett Kavanaugh secured enough votes to be confirmed.
Politico:
McConnell: Conservative revamp of the courts isn't done yet  —  The Senate majority leader calls the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh a ‘seminal moment’ for the conservative movement.  —  Mitch McConnell isn't done with his “project” to revamp the nation's courts.
Discussion: The Week
Robert Post / Politico:
Brett Kavanaugh Cannot Have It Both Ways  —  As the former dean of Yale Law School, I'm shocked by the judge's partisan turn.  —  Brett Kavanaugh and I differ on most fundamental questions of constitutional law.  Nevertheless, as a former dean of the institution where he received his law degree …
Discussion: The Atlantic
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Senators representing less than half the U.S. are about to confirm a nominee opposed by most Americans  —  There have been five presidents who assumed the office after having lost the popular vote.  Between them, they nominated 12 justices who ended up serving on the Supreme Court.
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Confirming Kavanaugh: A Triumph for Conservatives, but a Blow to the Court's Image  —  WASHINGTON — For President Trump and for Senate Republicans, confirming Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court justice will be a hard-won political victory.  But for the conservative legal movement …
Discussion: VICE and BloombergQuint
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Senate Confirms Kavanaugh to Supreme Court, Ending a Clash With Lasting Fallout  —  WASHINGTON — A deeply divided Senate voted on Saturday to confirm Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, delivering a victory to President Trump and ending a rancorous Washington battle that began …
Discussion: Political Wire
Jonathan Swan / Axios:   “Cocaine Mitch” wins over deplorables
Washington Post:   McConnell says he never considered urging Trump to withdraw Kavanaugh nomination, calls opposition …
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation will delegitimize the Supreme Court — and that's good
Washington Post:
Kavanaugh vote: Divided Senate poised to confirm Trump's nominee
Wall Street Journal:
Among the Thousands of FBI Tips, a Statement From an Aggrieved Truck Owner  —  As senators were mulling their position on the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh, many headed to the Senate basement to view the FBI reports on the roughly 10 interviews they conducted in regard …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
“None of This Was Fair”: the Kavanaugh Nomination Marks the Triumph of Trumpism on Capitol Hill  —  For the President, the whole fight has been the kind of win he loves: divisive and loud, with enraged liberals sputtering and his political base riled up.  —  By the time Senator Susan Collins …
Press Herald:
Our View: With a ‘yes’ vote, Sen. Collins ties her legacy to that of Brett Kavanaugh  —  It may not seem fair to pin so much responsibility on one senator, but she is part of a small group of her colleagues who could break a partisan vote.  —  Maine's Sen. Susan Collins did more than announce …
Discussion: Kennebec Journal …
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump says GOP Sen. Murkowski ‘will never recover’ for voting ‘no’ on Kavanaugh  —  President Trump predicted Saturday that Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) “will never recover” politically for her vote against Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh as he celebrated his nominee's ascension following …
New York Sun:
Susan Collins' Game Changer
abc7news.com:
Christine Blasey Ford has no plans to further pursue allegations against Brett Kavanaugh: Attorney
Discussion: Chicks On The Right, Daily Wire and CNN
Matt Kwong / CBC News:   Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation could give Democrats the ‘rage edge’
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:   Drain what swamp? Trump's supporters embrace Kavanaugh, member of a class they once rebuked.
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Bitter Tenor of Senate Reflects a Nation at Odds With Itself
Discussion: Vox and Outside the Beltway
Politico:
Senate set to vote on Kavanaugh
Scott Reyburn / New York Times:
Banksy Painting Self-Destructs After Fetching $1.4 Million at Sotheby's  —  LONDON — The British street artist Banksy pulled off one of his most spectacular pranks on Friday night, when one of his trademark paintings appeared to self-destruct at Sotheby's in London after selling for $1.4 million at auction.
Discussion: Althouse and The Guardian
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Kelly Cohen / Washington Examiner:
Staffer who ‘doxed’ GOP senators faces nearly 50 years in federal prison  —  The former Democratic congressional staffer who posted personal information about Republican senators online faces nearly 50 years in prison.  —  Jackson Cosko, a 27-year-old Washington, D.C., resident …
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Julie Gunlock / American Greatness:
Cosko Is Not An Unpaid Intern
Discussion: IJR and Washington Post
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
U.S. General Considered Nuclear Response in Vietnam War, Cables Show  —  WASHINGTON — In one of the darkest moments of the Vietnam War, the top American military commander in Saigon activated a plan in 1968 to move nuclear weapons to South Vietnam until he was overruled by President Lyndon B. Johnson …
Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
Trump's Remarkable Week  —  Column: It doesn't get much better than this.  —  Can we pause for a moment to consider what has transpired in the last seven days?  —  TRADE: Earlier this week, the Trump administration announced it had reached an agreement with both Mexico and Canada to revise …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:   After Lots of Bluster, Trump Has a Week to Brag About
 
 
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Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
Kavanaugh defender admits on CNN he would question his own daughter's sexual assault claim …
Lucia Graves / The Guardian:
Women aren't a monolith - and the white women supporting Kavanaugh prove it
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