Sen. Mike Lee (R., Utah) on Wednesday slammed the American Bar Association for what he considered a partisan attack against federal judicial nominee Lawrence VanDyke. 
The Democratic ex-staffer who doxxed several Republican senators after disapproving of their handling of Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation will be going to jail for four years. 
I like to start my classes on conservative intellectual history by distinguishing between three groups. There is the Republican Party, with its millions of adherents and spectrum of opinion from very conservative, somewhat conservative, moderate, and yes, liberal. There is the conservative movement, the constellation of single-issue nonprofits that sprung up in the 1970s—gun rights, pro-life, taxpayer, right to work—and continue to influence elected officials. Finally, there is the conservative intellectual movement: writers, scholars, and wonks whose journalistic and political work deals mainly with ideas and, if we're lucky, their translation into public policy. 
Sens. Joni Ernst (R., Iowa) and Mike Lee (R., Utah) fired their opening volley Tuesday in what is likely to be a spirited congressional debate about implementing paid family leave (PFL) across the United States. 
U.S. Capitol Police on Wednesday said they arrested a former Democratic congressional staffer for publishing the personal information of at least one Republican senator during last week's hearing about sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. 
An unknown person in the House of Representatives publicly leaked personal information of Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham (S.C.), Mike Lee (Utah), and Orrin Hatch (Utah) on Thursday. 