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MATTHEWS: Female VP hopefuls help destroy what’s left of ‘Believe All Women’ narrative

May 6, 2020 Stacey Matthews, North State Journal

Back in the fall of 2018, prominent Democratic women rushed to proclaim then-Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh guilty of the sexual assault allegations made against him by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford. “I believe Dr. Blasey Ford because she’s […]

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MATTHEWS: ‘Believe all women’ narrative missing in media coverage of Joe Biden sexual assault allegation

April 22, 2020 Stacey Matthews, North State Journal

The national media are nothing if not predictable, and predictable is exactly how they’ve been on the story of Tara Reade, a former Senate staffer of Joe Biden’s who has accused the presumptive 2020 Democratic […]

MATTHEWS: Scrutinizing the records of female candidates for public office is not ‘sexism’

October 16, 2019 Stacey Matthews

After months of chipping away at his lead in the Democratic presidential race, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) has caught up with Joe Biden. The two now trade places with each other daily for the top […]

Kavanaugh hears his 1st arguments as Supreme Court justice

October 11, 2018 North State Journal Staff

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Brett Kavanaugh took the bench with his new Supreme Court colleagues for the first time Tuesday in a jovial atmosphere that was strikingly at odds with the tension and rancor surrounding his […]

Senate leadership says Kavanaugh vote to come this week

October 3, 2018 North State Journal Staff

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said Tuesday that the Senate will vote on the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh this week, likely on Friday. He contends that arguments […]

Kavanaugh says he won’t let ‘false accusations’ push him out

September 26, 2018 North State Journal Staff

WASHINGTON, D.C.— On Tuesday, the White House indicated that President Trump could support hearing testimony from a second accuser of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said on morning […]

Trump’s Supreme Court pick tests vulnerable Senate Democrats

July 11, 2018 North State Journal Staff

WASHINGTON, D.C. — It may soon become difficult to determine who sits in the hotter seat: President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, or Senate Democrats from conservative states who must decide whether they […]

Trump picks conservative judge Kavanaugh for U.S. Supreme Court

July 9, 2018 North State Journal Staff

WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Donald Trump on Monday announced Brett Kavanaugh as his nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, picking a conservative federal appeals court judge who survived a previous tough Senate confirmation battle and […]