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Justice Stephen Breyer To Retire, Allowing Biden To Make First Pick For Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer To Retire, Allowing Biden To Make First Pick For Supreme Court
Justice Stephen Breyer To Retire, Allowing Biden To Make First Pick For Supreme Court Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer announced that he will retire at the end of his current term, paving the way for President Joe Biden to handpick his replacement. The 83-year-old liberal judge is the oldest member of the court, having been nominated by former President Bill Clinton and taking his seat in 1994 alongside the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. His retirement will take effect at the end of his current term after serving 28 years on the court. Biden said when he was a 2020 presidential candidate that his first Supreme Court nominee would be a Black woman.  Amy Coney Barret…

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by Zak Failla
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More Americans Believe Christine Blasey Ford, Marist Poll Finds More Americans Believe Christine Blasey Ford, Marist Poll Finds
More Americans Believe Christine Blasey Ford, Marist Poll Finds Nearly half of Americans believe that Christine Blasey Ford was telling the truth last week following the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh as Supreme Court justice, according to a new Marist College poll.    One in three residents, or 33 percent, told pollsters Kavanaugh was honest. Forty-five percent said they believe Ford and 22 percent were unsure how the felt, the poll found. “Twenty-seven years after the (Clarence) Thomas-(Anita) Hill controversy, Americans are reacting very differently to the Kavanaugh-Ford testimony,” says Dr. Lee M. Miringoff, …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Blumenthal Says He Helped Kavanaugh Yale Classmate Contact FBI As Trump Blasts Senator Blumenthal Says He Helped Kavanaugh Yale Classmate Contact FBI As Trump Blasts Senator
Blumenthal Says He Helped Kavanaugh Yale Classmate Contact FBI As Trump Blasts Senator As President Trump mocked U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal at a Tennessee rally on Monday night, the Connecticut senator revealed he tried to help a Yale classmate of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh send potentially incriminating emails to the FBI. The emails reportedly show that Kavanaugh's legal team tried to discredit the story of sex assault victim Deborah Ramirez, according to multiple media reports. Ramirez accused Kavanaugh of exposing himself to her at a college party.  Kerry Berchem, a corporate attorney from Fairfield attended Yale with Kavanaugh and Ramirez.  According to NBC…

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by Jon Craig
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Video: Area Woman Reveals Sex Assault For 1st Time While Confronting Flake Video: Area Woman Reveals Sex Assault For 1st Time While Confronting Flake
Video: Area Woman Reveals Sex Assault For 1st Time While Confronting Flake A 23-year-old woman from Westchester is credited with possibly helping delay Judge Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination to allow for an FBI investigation of allegations against him. The Senate Judiciary Committee officially voted to move Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination forward on Friday, Sept. 28, by an 11-10 partisan vote. However, Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona suggested that an FBI investigation take place before the full Senate vote, delaying it by a week. It's impossible to say exactly what changed Flake's mind at the last minute -- the Republican senator had said he…

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by Jon Craig