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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, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 06 2018, @10:57PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 06 2018, @10:57PM (#745231)

    Don't forget Bush Jr. before that, and Clinton before that.
    Bush Sr. was before I started paying attention to politics, so I don't know whether Dems of the time claimed he would declare martial law or not.

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  • (Score: 2) by Reziac on Sunday October 07 2018, @04:50AM (2 children)

    by Reziac (2489) on Sunday October 07 2018, @04:50AM (#745376) Homepage

    First time I heard it, the prospective despot was Reagan.

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    • (Score: 2) by jmorris on Sunday October 07 2018, @03:39PM (1 child)

      by jmorris (4844) on Sunday October 07 2018, @03:39PM (#745520)

      You must be too young for Nixon, why do ya think the FBI took him out? They didn't dare insult Ike like that because they were too afraid he was a Communist who just might take em up on the offer but if he wasn't he would have em shot or something for insulting him. Ike was before my time but I gather he was like Trump in that he had sufficient popularity he could have capped a mofo on 5th Ave and got away with it.

      • (Score: 2) by Reziac on Sunday October 07 2018, @03:47PM

        by Reziac (2489) on Sunday October 07 2018, @03:47PM (#745531) Homepage

        Nixon came along while I was at university, so I bow to your superior age and experience :) But yeah, it seems to be a standard tactic that repeats with every election cycle. I recall reading something (which even you didn't see firsthand, unless you've found a fountain the rest of us should know about) to the effect that the great fear of 1860 was that if elected, Lincoln would declare martial law... well, for once the doomsayers were close.

        Come to mention fargone history, such doomsaying happened with the ancient Romans, too.

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