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Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. on Wednesday referred more than a dozen judicial misconduct complaints filed recently against Brett M. Kavanaugh to a federal appeals court in Colorado. The 15 complaints, related to statements Kavanaugh made during his Senate confirmation hearings, were initially filed with the federal appeals court in Washington, where Kavanaugh served for the last 12 years before his confirmation Saturday to the Supreme Court. The allegations center on whether Kavanaugh was dishonest and lacked judicial temperament during his Senate testimony, according to people familiar with the matter. Last month, a judge on the U.S. Court of...

March 7, 2003 G.O.P. Loses Filibuster Vote on Judicial NomineeBy NEIL A. LEWIS ASHINGTON, March 6 — Senate Republicans lost a crucial test vote today over President Bush's nomination of Miguel Estrada to the federal appeals court in Washington, gaining 55 votes, 5 short of the 60 needed to cut off debate. Today's vote left only increased confusion over how the issue, with its complex brew of ethnic and judicial politics, will play out. Each side seemed increasingly obstinate, declaring that the other was trampling on the Constitution. The Republicans hold a 51-49 majority in the Senate, enough to confirm...