Headline Roundup • November 29th, 2018
Judicial Nominee Thomas Farr's Confirmation Derailed Amid Allegations of Voter Suppression
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Republican Sen. Tim Scott announced he would oppose judicial nominee Thomas Farr amid allegations that he worked to suppress black voters in North Carolina, effectively derailing his confirmation.
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Trump Judicial Nominee Set To Fail Amid Voter Suppression Charges
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The controversial judicial nomination of Thomas Farr has been derailed in the Senate. South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott — the lone African-American Republican in the Senate — sealed Farr's fate
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Sens. Tim Scott and Jeff Flake joined Democrats in rejecting Thomas Farr to be a lifetime federal judge.
Sen. Tim Scott announces opposition to judicial nominee Thomas Farr, effectively dooming confirmation
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South Carolina Republican Sen. Tim Scott announced Thursday he will oppose embattled judicial nominee Thomas Farr, in an apparent reversal from his position Wednesday that seemingly
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