Stream

Senate Holds Confirmation Hearing For Brett Kavanaugh To Be Supreme Court Justice

Senate votes on Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination

Three women have accused the Supreme Court nominee of sexual assault and misconduct heading into the vote.

Contributors: Vox Staff

After a turbulent week of hearings, protests, and an FBI investigation into allegations of sexual assault and misconduct against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, the Senate on Friday passed an important procedural vote, known as a cloture motion, 51-49. The motion allows the Senate to proceed to the final confirmation vote after 30 hours of debate.

The next step is the final confirmation vote, which will take place sometime this weekend after another 30 hours of Senate debate. All eyes are on a few key swing senators — Republicans Jeff Flake (AZ), Susan Collins (ME), and Lisa Murkowski (AK), and Democrat Joe Manchin (WV) — who could make or break the vote for Kavanaugh.

149 Total Updates Since
Sep 16, 2018, 2:46pm EDT

Follow this stream

September 15, 2019
Impeaching a Supreme Court justice, explained

By Dylan Matthews

It works just like impeaching a president.
November 8, 2018
Christine Blasey Ford has a security detail because she still receives threats

By Anna North

The Palo Alto University professor hasn’t been able to go back to work.
October 8, 2018
Susan Collins’s 2020 challenger already has a $3 million campaign fund, thanks to Collins’s vote on Kavanaugh

By Emily Stewart

A crowdfunding campaign on Crowdpac is raising money from thousands of people to oppose Collins.
October 7, 2018
Susan Collins says she doesn’t think Kavanaugh was Ford’s assailant

By Emily Stewart

After Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation, more Republicans say they believe he didn’t assault Christine Blasey Ford.
October 7, 2018
Christine Ford’s story isn’t over

By Anna North

The cost of coming forward with her allegations against Brett Kavanaugh was enormous. But it won’t be in vain.
October 7, 2018
Kavanaugh’s confirmation sets even higher Supreme Court stakes for 2020

By Ella Nilsen

Kavanaugh’s confirmation battle will make the Supreme Court a pivotal issue in 2018 — and 2020.
October 7, 2018
12 senators on what message Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation sends to America’s women

By Ella Nilsen and Li Zhou

Several said not enough has changed since Anita Hill’s testimony in 1991.
October 6, 2018
“Nothing unifies Republicans like the courts”: Republicans celebrate Kavanaugh confirmation

By Emily Stewart

President Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell are taking a victory lap on Brett Kavanaugh.
October 6, 2018
The Supreme Court’s legitimacy crisis is here

By Zack Beauchamp@zackbeauchamp

Brett Kavanaugh’s Senate confirmation will likely turn many Americans against the Court itself.
October 6, 2018
8 takeaways from the knock-down, drag-out fight over Kavanaugh’s confirmation

By Kay Steiger, Andrew Prokop, Dara Lind, Ella Nilsen, Li Zhou, Tara Golshan, and Zack Beauchamp

America will be forever changed after Kavanaugh’s divisive entry to the Court.
October 6, 2018
Republicans don’t care what you think

By Dylan Scott@dylanlscott

Republicans lost the argument, but they ultimately had the votes.
October 6, 2018
It’s official: Kavanaugh is the least popular Supreme Court justice in modern history

By Li Zhou

The incredibly narrow vote underscores how partisan his confirmation is.
October 6, 2018
Grassley explains all-male, all-white Senate Republican judiciary panel: women don’t want to do the work

By Emily Stewart

The Senate Judiciary Committee chair later walked back the comments.
October 6, 2018
“Susan Collins consents”: the Wall Street Journal’s real, terrible Kavanaugh headline

By Emily Stewart

It seems like a rape joke.
October 5, 2018
Read the full transcript of Sen. Collins’s speech announcing she’ll vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh

By Stavros Agorakis

"He has been an exemplary public servant, judge, teacher, coach, husband, and father."
October 5, 2018
Collins was supposed to be different

By Anna North

But in her speech announcing that she’d vote to confirm Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, she ended up sounding like Trump.
October 5, 2018
Why Alaska Natives pushed Sen. Lisa Murkowski to say no to Brett Kavanaugh

By Umair Irfan

Hint: Sexual assault hits close to home.
October 5, 2018
House Democrats are not finished with Kavanaugh

By Ella Nilsen

If they take back the House, Democrats want to investigate whether Kavanaugh committed perjury.
October 5, 2018
Here’s where the 5 crucial swing senators stand on Kavanaugh

By Li Zhou

Lisa Murkowski has signaled her opposition, while Jeff Flake has said he plans to vote in favor.
October 5, 2018
Sen. Joe Manchin announces he’ll vote for Brett Kavanaugh

By Li Zhou

He’s expected to help Republicans reach the 51-vote threshold to confirm the nominee.
October 5, 2018
Susan Collins will vote for Brett Kavanaugh, making his confirmation nearly certain

By Andrew Prokop

The Maine Republican announced her decision in a Senate floor speech Friday.
October 5, 2018
The FBI investigation of Kavanaugh was doomed from the start

By German Lopez@germanrlopez

The investigation was inherently limited, setting it up to disappoint.
October 5, 2018
Lisa Murkowski opposes advancing Kavanaugh’s nomination to a floor vote

By Li Zhou

She was the only Republican to do so.
October 5, 2018
Republican leaders want their colleagues to ignore the anti-Kavanaugh protesters

By Tara Golshan

"We’re not going to be intimidated."
October 5, 2018
The Senate votes to move forward on Kavanaugh’s nomination

By Li Zhou

This vote, which starts the countdown clock to the final vote, is a better indicator of who is a "no" than it is who is a "yes."

Senate votes on Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination

Share this story

Share All sharing options for: Senate votes on Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination

All sharing options for: Senate votes on Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination