Brett Kavanaugh confirmed to US supreme court after Senate votes in favour

• Senate votes 50-48 to approve Donald Trump’s nominee
• Kavanaugh’s passage tilts America’s highest court to the right
• ‘I feel outraged, exhausted, betrayed’ – the feminist response

The US Senate has voted to confirm judge Brett Kavanaugh to the supreme court, handing Donald Trump a major victory and America a bench expected to tilt to the right for the next generation.

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