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I did not support the nomination of Neil Gorsuch by President Donald Trump to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court in order to fill the vacancy caused by the death of former associate justice Antonin Scalia. What prevented me from supporting Gorsuch's nomination to the Supreme Court
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Five United States senators hold the result of Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the United States Supreme Court in their hands. Three are Republicans. Two are Democrats. They are the only fence-sitters left. Kavanaugh has 48 senators in his corner, with 47 opposed. He needs any two of the
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Catholic bishops are gathering in Rome this month for the Synod on Young People, and I don't know what to expect. It is no secret that fewer young people are attending church. But how will the bishops respond? By all means, find ways to welcome the youth. But
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Marty Walsh, mayor of Boston, spoke before a rally against Judge Brett Kavanaugh on Boston City Hall Plaza on the morning of Monday, October 1, 2018, before a scheduled appearance by U.S. Senator Jeff Flake at a separate event there. Below is a transcript of his remarks, taken from
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U.S. Senator Jeff Flake was just doing his job when he called for a Federal Bureau of Investigation probe into accusations against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh last week but "has an opportunity to do something really special" if he votes against Kavanaugh on the
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One way to look at the situation of Brett Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court nominee awaiting a Senate vote, is as only the latest episode in the long story of Griswold v. Connecticut. In other words, it's a story about Yale Law School.
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By Craig Sandler State House News Service (Review and analysis of the week in state government) Nothing could match the surrealism of the scene in Washington this week, but the dynamic around this state's governor's race has its own strange feel — and poll numbers early this
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Let's not obsess about whether Brett Kavanaugh is telling the truth about whether he sexually assaulted Christine Blasey Ford or anyone else. He is. And he didn't.
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