Sen. Klobuchar referenced the letter in her remarks.
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Six of the top 10 trending topics in the US on Twitter as we approach noon today are about Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination hearing.pic.twitter.com/cNKbmdiNtc
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Sen. Lee took us through a history of Supreme Court confirmation hearings, so that happened.
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The White House responds to Durbin's claim that Kavanaugh misled the Senate Judiciary Committee during his DC Circuit confirmation hearing, saying that it is Durbin who is being "deliberately misleading."pic.twitter.com/zgI8yzvYID
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Meanwhile, Sen. Whitehouse is focusing in his opening statement on "the Roberts Five," a focus on 5-4 votes that have gone the conservative way, particularly on corporate interests.
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An important note about the news that former Sen. Jon Kyl is expected to be named to serve as the interim senator to fill Sen. John McCain's seat.https://twitter.com/seungminkim/status/1037015043878137856 …
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Cruz says Kavanaugh's records from his time as staff secretary aren't important as to Kavanaugh's thinking. "The staff secretary is simply the funnel," Cruz says.
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Cruz says this would be about opening up records to relitigate the George W. Bush administration's decision. ... Wait, now Cruz is saying Dems' efforts are an attempt to relitigate the 2016 election.
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Cruz says that a Supreme Court vacancy was "directly on the ballot" in 2016. (He had a different ballot than I had.)
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Ted Cruz just invoked the Shakespearian "full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." It was not, however, about himself.
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Side-note: As we break for lunch, Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein, who his been in attendance, said a few words to White House counsel Don McGahn, also in attendance.
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The White House isn't happy that Dems are asking about documents. Just got this from them:pic.twitter.com/YcixMlAVf8
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Arizona Gov. Ducey specifically notes Jon Kyl's role in helping advance Kavanaugh's nomination in the Senate, then adds, "Now, Sen. Kyl can vote for [Judge Kavanaugh]'s confirmation."
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Grassley says that Dems are being deceptive with their figure about the % of Kavanaugh documents available to the committee because Dems' number of total docs is based on NARA's estimate of the # of docs and b/c Dems are including "irrelevant staff secretary documents."
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Klobuchar focuses on Kavanaugh’s writings and opinions on executive power in her opening statement.
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I can’t believe I ran out to grab lunch and am missing this.https://twitter.com/nycsouthpaw/status/1037034875038191623?s=21 …
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Blumenthal is focused on Trump's attacks on the rule of law and law enforcement — and the role of the judiciary in standing up to such attacks.
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Blumenthal says the 42K pages of documents were not uploaded to the software being used by both parties until 6:45a this morning, so he doesn't know how the majority staff reviewed them last night.
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Blumenthal: "By law, these documents belong to the American people. They don't belong to President Bush or President Trump. It's only a matter of time."
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After continual denial from Grassley to consider Blumenthal's motion to adjourn and Blumenthal's appeal of the decision of the chair, Blumenthal says, "I will proceed, under protest."
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Cornyn questions whether people are taking too much time. Grassley basically says, yes, but that he hadn't stopped it before, so he won't now: "Either you run the committee or the committee runs you, and I let the committee run me this time."
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Blumenthal: "If you are confirmed after this truncated and concealed process, there will always be a taint. There will always be an asterisk after your name."
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Sen. Kennedy: "I'm not looking for an ideologue. I'm not looking for a hater." He also wants a judge who knows how to use a semicolon.
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Booker opened his opening with a bit more fight on documents, but then pivoted to this —>https://twitter.com/zoetillman/status/1037058379007643654?s=21 …
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Tillis says he's really impressed that Kavanaugh and his family have handled ... sitting in the hearing room today.
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Sen. Lindsey Graham is up, and he's in a mood: "This is shaping up to be the hypocrisy hearings, and that's tough to do in the Senate today. ... This is ridiculous."
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Lisa Blatt, Rob Portman, and Condoleezza Rice have entered the committee hearing room to do the introductions of Brett Kavanaugh.
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After rather snooze-y introductions from Rice and Portman, Lisa Blatt is up.
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