Brett Kavanaugh Confirmed To Supreme Court By Smallest Margin Since 1881

[appalachiablue]

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Source: CBS News

By Jason Silverstein, 1 hr. ago.

Judge Brett Kavanaugh will be appointed to the Supreme Court with the smallest — and most partisan — Senate vote margin in nearly 140 years. After weeks of bitter debate about Kavanaugh's record and the unconfirmed sexual assault allegations against him, the Senate voted 50-48 Saturday to confirm him.

One Democrat and 49 Republicans voted for him, while all other Democrats voted no. (Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski voted no but withdrew her vote as a courtesy to Sen. Steve Daines, a Republican who supported Kavanaugh but missed the vote for his daughter's wedding.)

No other justice on the court now, nor any successful nominee in modern history, received such a narrow and starkly divided vote. The last judge to end up on the Supreme Court by such a slim margin was Stanley Matthews, who was confirmed in 1881 by a single vote. Matthews had been nominated once before that, by President Rutherford Hayes.

But controversy shrouded the nomination because Matthews had been a classmate of Hayes' at Kenyon College, sparking accusations of cronyism. The Senate didn't act on the first nomination. Matthews only joined the nation's highest bench after Hayes' successor, President James Garfield, re-nominated him. He was confirmed with a 24-23 vote. - More...



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[bucolic_frolic]

1. I'm not sure it's been asked

He likes his beer. Was alcoholism ever mentioned? He seems not to remember some things. That's typical, isn't it?

[elmac]

3. At this point, the fascists could vote in hitler to the supreme court

and get away with it. They could care less if he's an alcoholic, rapist or serial killer as long as he's a fascist.

[appalachiablue]

11. That must have been brushed off, like the 200K debt,

for sports tickets that friends reimbursed. What a state..

Until Kava, the most divided SC confirmation since Matthews was Clarence Thomas, nominated in 1991 by Bush I.

Thomas was investigated by the FBI for alleged sexual misconduct, faced contentious hearings before a Democrat-controlled Senate and was by a 52-48 vote. 11 Dems. and 46 Republicans supported him; 46 Dems. and 2 Republicans voted against him.

[appalachiablue]

25. ---

[elmac]

2. Brush yourselves off, new battles are coming, for starters, be prepared to lose

Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, ACA, VA, USPS, EPA, ect, ect, ect, things are about to get much, much worse.

[appalachiablue]

16. Yep, very serious fights ahead. Get ready, this mess puts us in

very dangerous waters, so buckle up..

[BamaRefugee]

4. Ironically 1881 was a year that America WAS great, to Republicans. No hysterical female voters,

almost no black male voters, WASP rule everywhere.

Yep, WASP.


And they still want that back so all you right wing Greeks, Wops, Dagos, and Dirty Irish better watch your backs. They're persistent.

[appalachiablue]

15. Yes all of that. White Male Power big time, 1st Gilded Age too.

[Ferrets are Cool]

5. Doesn't really matter now does it.

We now have TWO molesters on the highest court in America.

[Grassy Knoll]

6. True That....

[appalachiablue]

12. The awful truth..'Merika

[djacq]

7. Worst Justice ever has an Asterick;

[link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Kavanaugh_Supreme_Court_nomination?wprov=sfti1|

[appalachiablue]

14. Yes, The Worst Ever. TY.

[yuiyoshida]

8. The Republicans are gloating...

fuckers.

[appalachiablue]

9. Their style alright, rotten, 'winning.'..

[yuiyoshida]

10. I am surprised they aren't dropping their pants

and whipping "it" around in front of everyone.

[appalachiablue]

13. Shake those sticks!! Probly all of 'em did, even the very, very old..

[George II]

20. That was what I was expecting, and the reason I haven't watched any news or "analysis"....

....since yesterday afternoon when Collins announced her vote but acted like she "thought" about it before deciding.

[roamer65]

17. Fitting that it was a Rutherfraud Hayes nominee.

One of the worst presidents in American history. He took office after the “Compromise of 1877”.

Dump is the worst, well beyond Rutherfraud.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrupt_bargain

[appalachiablue]

18. Corrupt POTUS deal that impacted the entire course of US history,

Civil Rights for black Americans, the end of Reconstruction and the beginning of Klan terror and Jim Crow oppression in the South for 90 years and more.

[oberliner]

19. Clarence Thomas was 52-48

Pretty similar margin.

[BlueStater]

21. A sad day for democracy.

Nominated by a "president" put in office by a minority of voters.

Confirmed by senators also put in office by a minority

Confirmed with the majority opposing him.

Fuck Kavanaugh. Fuck Trump. Fuck the GOP. Fuck anyone who supports this nightmare.

[appalachiablue]

24. A small, powerful ruling elite, Oligarchy. Take it down.

[zentrum]

22. Kick.

[Rasputin13]

26. What the hell are they trying to pull here?

AP ^ | 10-6-18 | By LISA MASCARO and ALAN FRAM
WASHINGTON -- Brett Kavanaugh has been sworn in as the 114th Supreme Court justice in a private setting Saturday....

These basturds need to be stopped by any means necessary.
Fuck the repuke mother fuckers.

[DonViejo]

28. Locking...

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