CNN News: 布雷特·卡瓦諾提名成為大法官

First up, an addition to the U.S. Supreme Court. Brett Kavanaugh, a federal appeals court, became a Supreme Court justice over the weekend after senators voted 50 to 48 to confirm President Donald Trump’s nominee to the high court. The vote was mostly along party lines.

首先是美國最高法院的新成員。上周末，在參議員以50票對48票批準(zhǔn)唐納德`特朗普(Donald Trump)總統(tǒng)提名為最高法院大法官后，聯(lián)邦上訴法院法官布雷特`卡瓦諾(Brett Kavanaugh)成為最高法院法官。投票主要是按照黨派路線進(jìn)行的。

All but one Republican present voted for Justice Kavanaugh’s confirmation. All but one Democrat present voted against Justice Kavanaugh’s confirmation. He was sworn in during a private ceremony, hours after Saturday’s final vote in the Senate.

除了一名在場的共和黨人外，所有人都投票支持卡瓦諾法官。除了一名民主黨議員外，在場的所有人都投票反對卡瓦諾法官。卡瓦諾在周六參議院最后投票幾小時(shí)后的一個(gè)私人儀式上宣誓就職。

There was controversy during Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings. On our September 28 show, which you can find in our archives at CNN10.com, we covered testimony by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, a professor who accused the Supreme Court nominee of having committed sexual assault when they were in high school. We also covered Judge Kavanaugh’s testimony when he denied ever having committed sexual assault.

在卡瓦諾法官的確認(rèn)聽證會上存在爭議。在我們9月28日的節(jié)目中，你可以在CNN10.com上找到我們的檔案。我們采訪了克里斯汀•布拉西•福特博士的證詞。我們還采訪了Kavanaugh法官的證詞，當(dāng)時(shí)他否認(rèn)有過性侵犯行為。

After that, President Trump ordered a supplemental FBI investigation into Judge Kavanaugh’s past. The results of that investigation were not made public, but Republicans said it found no support for the accusations against Kavanaugh. While Democrats said the investigation was limited and incomplete.

此后，特朗普總統(tǒng)下令FBI對卡瓦諾法官的過去進(jìn)行補(bǔ)充調(diào)查。這次調(diào)查的結(jié)果沒有公開，但是共和黨人說，他們沒有發(fā)現(xiàn)有人支持對卡瓦諾的指控。而民主黨人則表示，調(diào)查是有限的，不完整的。

Justice Brett Kavanaugh replaces Justice Anthony Kennedy who retired from the Supreme Court this summer. Supreme Court justices hold office as long as they choose.

布雷特•卡瓦諾法官將取代今年夏天從最高法院退休的安東尼•肯尼迪法官。最高法院的法官可以選擇任職多久。