In new amicusbriefs, the American Medical Association and American Bar Association are among groups opposing the law, which is scheduled for oral arguments in March.
Amid controversy and criticism from religious groups on the right and left about their decisions in recent death penalty cases, the court's five-man majority is striking back.
Don McGahn's tenure was capped by shaping Brett Kavanaugh's fight-back rebuttal against allegations of sexual assault. The office has been a perch for major figures from John Dean to Alberto Gonzales.
How do we discuss sexual assault and consent with teenage boys? A Jewish organization based near Philadelphia has developed a program to discuss difficult topics like this in an all-male setting.
The federal appeals court judge was confirmed after a narrow Senate vote largely along party lines. He was sworn in Saturday evening so that he can begin work immediately, the Supreme Court said.
A final vote on Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination is now expected this weekend. Despite passing cloture Friday 51-49, his confirmation remains in the hands of multiple undecided senators.
An associate dean and 14 professors at UNLV’s Boyd School of Law joined nearly 2,500 of their peers from around the country in an open letter opposing Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Co
Backlash is building in conservative circles in reaction to the fight over the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh. It could energize GOP voters, with midterm elections just over a month away.
William Rainford, a dean of the university's National Catholic School of Social Service, apologized for a tweet that the university says "demonstrated a lack of sensitivity."
For now, the court will be evenly divided between conservative and liberal justices. In the next week, the Court will hear cases involving endangered species, the death penalty and immigration law.
Christine Blasey Ford presented her allegations against Brett Kavanaugh Thursday. He denied them. But how can either of them remember? Here's what science says about memory and trauma — and alcohol.
"You're telling me that my assault doesn't matter," one protester said to Arizona Republican Jeff Flake as he headed to a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting.
Moving ahead without an investigation could hurt the reputations of both the Senate and the Supreme Court, the ABA said in a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh each gave riveting testimony in the day-long hearing called to look into Ford's accusation that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when both were teenagers.
Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination was sailing through until Christine Blasey Ford came forward with a sexual assault allegation. Get caught up on what's led to Thursday's hearing.
At the U.N. on Tuesday, the president attacked a Yale classmate of Brett Kavanaugh's and called her accusation that the Supreme Court nominee exposed himself to her part of a Democratic "con game."
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh denounced new accusations of sexual misconduct from Deborah Ramirez as "smears" and said he will "not be intimidated into withdrawing from this process."
Christine Blasey Ford and Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, have been negotiating whether and how Ford would testify about her allegation that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her.
The Missouri Democrat, facing a tough re-election battle, says her decision is not based on recent allegations of sexual misconduct against the nominee, but on other issues.
Attorneys for Christine Blasey Ford said that an investigation was necessary before the committee held a hearing or made a decision. But the panel's chairman is moving forward with Monday's hearing.
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