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Brett Kavanaugh Confirmed to the Supreme Court of the United States

posted by takyon on Saturday October 06 2018, @08:10PM   Printer-friendly
from the let-'er-rip dept.

Brett Kavanaugh has been confirmed as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. The vote was 50-48 in favor of Kavanaugh.

Senators Collins, Flake, and Manchin had already announced their intentions to confirm Kavanaugh before the vote was held. Senator Lisa Murkowski, who was previously ready to vote "no", agreed to vote "present" instead so that Senator Steve Daines could attend his daughter's wedding instead of being present in the Senate to support Kavanaugh.

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 06 2018, @09:47PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 06 2018, @09:47PM (#745198)

    This too shall pass, maybe you said the same thing when Bush2 was elected by the Supreme Court, but then you gave voting another try a few years later.

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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 06 2018, @11:25PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 06 2018, @11:25PM (#745243)

    And the only reason that it didn't happen again is that nobody bothered to challenge the hundreds of thousands of irregular votes in Ohio because the court had previously ruled that they wouldn't allow a partial recount even if that's the only way to finish the recount in time for the results to be certified.

    The GOP has been getting away with this for far too long and the democrats are in part responsible. That and the various ignorant voters that think that this is a game. It's not a fucking game and tens of thousands of people die as a result of the corruption every year.