Collins said she'll be a yes

It all rests on Murkowski

when did she say that?

after the commitee vote?

@Walter Johnson If Collins votes no, there is no chance she'll be reelected

Couldn't you say the same with Murkowski?

I guess we'll have to see.

Well, one more week.

I'm furious.

This should have been done 8 days ago.

https://www.predictit.org/Contract/11426/Will-Lisa-Murkowski-vote-to-confirm-Kavanaugh-for-the-Supreme-Court-by-Oct-31#data

https://www.predictit.org/Contract/11427/Will-Susan-Collins-vote-to-confirm-Kavanaugh-for-the-Supreme-Court-by-Oct-31#data

https://www.predictit.org/Contract/11447/Will-Joe-Manchin-vote-to-confirm-Kavanaugh-for-the-Supreme-Court-by-Oct-31#data

https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1045757159760437249

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https://www.predictit.org/Contract/12533/Will-any-Democrat-vote-to-confirm-Kavanaugh-for-the-Supreme-Court-by-Oct-31#data

GOD DAMMIT

THEY'RE DOING AN INVESTIGATION

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/409018-gop-leaders-delay-kavanaugh-confirmation-for-one-week-fbi-investigation

Jesus christ.

They're gonna extend this for months.

I hope to god the Red State Dems lose reelection.

hopefully we can generate more negative publicity for the Democrats over the next seven days

thanks to Jeff Flake, Kavanaugh will not be able to vote on the following cases:

WEYERHAEUSER CO. V. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
MOUNT LEMMON FIRE DISTRICT V. GUIDO
GUNDY V. UNITED STATES
MADISON V. ALABAMA
KNICK V. TOWNSHIP OF SCOTT
NEW PRIME INC. V. OLIVEIRA

what are those about?

^

The Republican Party must burn to the ground

Inoperable.

Don't get too mad.

This was the easiest thing they could have ever done, and they still managed to fuck it up.

Flake managed to fuck it up

Thankfully he’ll be gone soon

Even though he’ll be replaced by a Democrat, it’s almost worth it

I lay this at all of their feet.

http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/terms/ot2018/

This is entirely the GOP's fault.

McConnell is a spineless little bitch and he should have more control over his party, fuck him.

Whether, under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the same 20-employee minimum that applies to private employers also applies to political subdivisions of a state, as the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 6th, 7th, 8th and 10th Circuits have held, or whether the ADEA applies instead to all state political subdivisions of any size, as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit held in this case.

Flake has the most appropriate name of any senator ever

Weyerhaeuser Company v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, No. 17-71 [Arg: 10.1.2018]

Issue(s): (1) Whether the Endangered Species Act prohibits designation of private land as unoccupied critical habitat that is neither habitat nor essential to species conservation; and (2) whether an agency decision not to exclude an area from critical habitat because of the economic impact of designation is subject to judicial review.