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Mazie Hirono

Hirono Makes Bizarre Argument Against Originalist Court Nominee

'You would not allow women and blacks to vote because that was not in the Constitution when it was ratified'

Sen. Mazie Hirono (D., Hawaii) attacked a judicial nominee Wednesday, charging that he would rule against suffrage for blacks and women if a hypothetical U.S. Constitution banned them from voting.

Hirono (D) Calls For Kavanaugh Impeachment

Accuses Trump of 'court-packing' after filing amicus brief threatening to pack Court

Sen. Mazie Hirono (D., Hawaii) called for an impeachment inquiry into Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and defended her colleagues' attack on the Supreme Court in an amicus brief during an appearance on MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Reports.

Senate GOP Slams Dem Court-Packing Threat

Dems: 'perhaps the Court can heal itself before the public demands it be restructured'

Senate Republicans issued a sharp rebuke to several of their Democratic colleagues Thursday in a letter to the clerk of the Supreme Court, accusing them of threatening the independent judiciary.

Sasse Slams ‘Plain, Unadulterated Anti-Catholic Bigotry’ in Senate

Democratic senators criticized nominee's membership in Knights of Columbus

Sen. Ben Sasse (R., Neb.) slammed the "plain, unadulterated anti-Catholic bigotry" on display in the confirmation process of Brian Buescher, who was nominated to serve on the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska, prior to the Senate voting to confirm Buescher.