Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Kavanaugh Update

The supplemental FBI report on Brett Kavanaugh is supposed to become available for scrutiny only by Senators tonight or first thing tomorrow. Supposedly only one copy will exist, how many hours until the gist of it is leaked, do you think?

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has announced he will call a cloture vote on Friday, which is a procedural vote to end debate on the Kavanaugh nomination. If that vote passes, the whole Senate will vote Kavanaugh up or down on Saturday or Sunday.

I hope McConnell has the votes to make it work. We need to get this thing done, and get Justice K sworn in. McConnell's track record for getting judges confirmed in the current term is unblemished, a reason for cautious optimism.