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Legal Editor, @BuzzFeedNews. SCOTUS Correspondent. Nat Sec Team, covering Trump & Mueller. Sober. Gay. Buckeye. Law Dork. DMs open. chris.geidner@buzzfeed.com

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    1. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 6

      Chris Geidner Retweeted Chris Geidner

      Notable, given the attention paid to this and given that the White House was putting out constant fact checks all day yesterday like it was a debate, that there has been no White House statement on this exchange and no response to my request for comment.https://twitter.com/chrisgeidner/status/1037565626737405953 …

      Chris Geidner added,

      Chris GeidnerVerified account @chrisgeidner
      TONIGHT ENDED ON AN ODD NOTE: Kamala Harris And Brett Kavanaugh Had A Very Weird Exchange At His Confirmation Hearing About The Mueller Investigation https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/chrisgeidner/kamala-harris-and-brett-kavanaugh-had-a-very-weird-exchange … pic.twitter.com/owuvcDvP7O
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    2. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 6

      A big sign I’ll be watching for will be whether Grassley starts off today by letting Kavanaugh attempt to clean this up.

      2 replies 11 retweets 99 likes
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    3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 6

      The other big sign, obviously, will be whether Harris comes back to this — with any more info — today. That likely won’t come until the afternoon, though.

      2 replies 12 retweets 98 likes
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    4. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 6

      Chris Geidner Retweeted Zoe Tillman

      Follow @ZoeTillman, who is over on the Hill today for the hearing, although I’ll be watching along from the office — and on @AM2DM in a bit to talk about all of this.https://twitter.com/zoetillman/status/1037691799521898497?s=21 …

      Chris Geidner added,

      0:45
      Zoe TillmanVerified account @ZoeTillman
      Day three of Brett Kavanaugh's #SCOTUS confirmation hearing is set to begin in about 15 minutes. Meanwhile, protesters have taken over Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley's office pic.twitter.com/EgI51yBAdN
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    5. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 6

      Chris Geidner Retweeted Zoe Tillman

      We're starting today on the document debate. —>https://twitter.com/ZoeTillman/status/1037697509932650498 …

      Chris Geidner added,

      Zoe TillmanVerified account @ZoeTillman
      Grassley said that in order to accomodate last-minute requests to release committee confidential documents, they're working with the Justice Dept. to get those out. Grassley says that before the day is over, members will have the docs they want to ask Qs
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    6. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 6

      Whitehouse follows up, saying the "committee confidential" decision was not a voted rule and he doesn't accept it. "This rule does not exist," he says.

      1 reply 52 retweets 137 likes
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    7. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 6

      Chris Geidner Retweeted David Mack

      "Court can always overrule its precedent" is actually the key there, IMO. That was certainly not the view Kavanaugh expressed yesterday at the hearing.https://twitter.com/davidmackau/status/1037701075682385920 …

      Chris Geidner added,

      David MackVerified account @davidmackau
      Kavanaugh in a 2003 email: "I am not sure that all legal scholars refer to Roe as the settled law of the land at the Supreme Court level since Court can always overrule its precedent, and three current Justices on the Court would do so.” https://nyti.ms/2Nm6Mkt 
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    8. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 6

      Durbin: "I want to understand how Bill Burck" gets to decide what's is treated as "committee confidential," akin to something classified or top secret. "He has no authority to do that."

      4 replies 102 retweets 233 likes
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      Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 6

      Oh, Klobuchar is pulling out the Madison "farce or tragedy" quote. https://www.loc.gov/resource/mjm.20_0155_0159/?sp=1&st=text …pic.twitter.com/LJ7XENY1ig

      7:17 AM - 6 Sep 2018
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        2. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 6

          Chris Geidner Retweeted James Hohmann

          This ... happened while I was on @AM2DM.https://twitter.com/jameshohmann/status/1037710191016517632 …

          Chris Geidner added,

          James HohmannVerified account @jameshohmann
          Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) defends the GOP decision to conceal hundreds of thousands of Kavanaugh's Bush White House documents by noting that former president William Howard Taft did not turn over all of his White House records when he was nominated to the Supreme Court -- in 1921.
          1 reply 16 retweets 72 likes
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        3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 6

          Kavanaugh makes clear, detailing DC Circuit's experience, that he is not opposed to — but is cautious about — live audio or even video of arguments, but is supportive of live audio or video of decision announcements.

          3 replies 10 retweets 31 likes
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        4. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 6

          Chris Geidner Retweeted Zoe Tillman

          And, here we are.https://twitter.com/ZoeTillman/status/1037717696169893891 …

          Chris Geidner added,

          Zoe TillmanVerified account @ZoeTillman
          Booker has followed through on his pledge to release Kavanaugh emails about racial profiling that were designated as committee confidential, here they are: https://www.scribd.com/document/387988906/Booker-Confidential-Kavanaugh-Hearing … Earlier: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/cory-booker-says-hes-willing-to-risk-getting-kicked-out-of … pic.twitter.com/N8IrsWsyO8
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        5. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 6

          Here's @ZoeTillman on the backdrop to this move —>https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/cory-booker-says-hes-willing-to-risk-getting-kicked-out-of …

          3 replies 27 retweets 68 likes
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        6. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 6

          Hatch gives Kavanaugh the opportunity to follow up on the Kasowitz firm question from Harris, and Kavauagh said, "I haven't had any inappropriate conversations with anyone" about Mueller's investigation.

          15 replies 21 retweets 55 likes
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        7. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 6

          Chris Geidner Retweeted Ema O'Connor

          https://twitter.com/o_ema/status/1037719507660357632 …

          Chris Geidner added,

          Ema O'ConnorVerified account @o_ema
          Brett Kavanaugh Questioned How “Widely Accepted” Roe V. Wade Is As “Settled Law” In A Leaked Email https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emaoconnor/brett-kavanaugh-roe-wade-abortion-supreme-court-senate …
          2 replies 11 retweets 37 likes
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        8. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 6

          Here's that full clean-up answer from Kavanaugh this morning about whether he talked with anyone at the Kasowitz firm about Mueller. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/chrisgeidner/kamala-harris-and-brett-kavanaugh-had-a-very-weird-exchange …pic.twitter.com/oIVxeni3nA

          13 replies 71 retweets 87 likes
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        9. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 6

          Chris Geidner Retweeted Zoe Tillman

          More on the Kasowitz question from Sen. Lee’s time —>https://twitter.com/zoetillman/status/1037751773937774593?s=21 …

          Chris Geidner added,

          Zoe TillmanVerified account @ZoeTillman
          Lee notes the firm has 100s of lawyers, and asks if Kavanaugh can rule out knowing anyone who works there. Kavanaugh says he doesn't know who works there, aside from a few people he learned about from reports, says he learned last night Sen. Joe Lieberman works there
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        10. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 6

          Bush lawyer responds to this morning’s move by Sen. Booker re: “committee confidential” documents.pic.twitter.com/7KkNUWWZUk

          7 replies 21 retweets 37 likes
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        11. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 6

          "I look at Professor Hasen's Election Law Bog." - Kavanaugh says, explicitly naming @rickhasen and his blog (which he indirectly mentioned last night) as one he reads for its expertise

          3 replies 10 retweets 46 likes
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        12. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 6

          (I published a Hasen article back when I was editor of the Ohio State Law Journal in ‘04-‘05, so I am an old-school Hasen reader.)

          1 reply 2 retweets 40 likes
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        13. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 6

          Agreed!pic.twitter.com/0gzffKB9DQ

          1 reply 5 retweets 41 likes
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        14. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 6

          Chris Geidner Retweeted Matt Ford

          Coons is talking about presidential power —>https://twitter.com/fordm/status/1037784522853572608 …

          Chris Geidner added,

          Matt FordVerified account @fordm
          Coons: When Nixon fired Cox, did he violate the law or the Constitution? Kavanaugh: Can't recall specifics of the Cox regulations at the time, notes Jaworski had addtl. protections.
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          0 replies 15 retweets 33 likes
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        15. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 6

          Blumenthal is asking about whether Kavanaugh had any discussions about the special counsel with White House officials.

          2 replies 24 retweets 61 likes
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        16. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 6

          Kavanaugh sort of says no, but gave a hedging answer. Blumenthal asks the Kasowitz question. "I'm pretty confident the answer is no."

          2 replies 22 retweets 70 likes
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        17. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 6

          Chris Geidner Retweeted Kimberly Robinson

          More on that —>https://twitter.com/KimberlyRobinsn/status/1037800646756446208 …

          Chris Geidner added,

          Kimberly RobinsonVerified account @KimberlyRobinsn
          Blumenthal accuses Kavanaugh of dodging questions about whether Kavanaugh has talked with anyone in White House re: the Mueller investigation. Kavanaugh says he's "pretty confident" he's never had convo re: Mueller investigation with anyone at Trump-affiliated law firm.
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          2 replies 24 retweets 56 likes
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        18. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 6

          Humphrey Dumphrey sat on a board / Humphrey Dumphrey had a great fall / All the king's horses and all the king's men / Couldn't put Humphrey back on the FTC again. So Humphrey's Executor took over / And sued FDR.

          1 reply 11 retweets 61 likes
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        19. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 6

          This looks exactly how this week feels.pic.twitter.com/Xq93LxoRgg

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        20. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 6

          Kavanaugh says he saw Bill Burck at a social event after his nomination, but that is it. "I have not communicated with him beyond that," he says. As to people helping him prepare for the hearings, he won't say if they've been in touch w/ Burck regarding the documents.

          0 replies 28 retweets 38 likes
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        21. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 6

          "This is an issue for the Bush Library," Kavanaugh says. The Bush Library is not turning over the documents being reviewed. The Office of George W. Bush, and the office's lawyer, Bruck, is turning them over.

          2 replies 37 retweets 94 likes
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        22. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 6

          Earlier today, I asked Burck to share any guidance he was given on how to make the recommendation as to which documents should be categorized as "committee confidential." He has not provided any such guidance.

          0 replies 25 retweets 68 likes
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        23. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 6

          Sen. Harris is up and says she had received "reliable information" that he had been a part of a conversation about Mueller's investigation with someone from the Kasowitz firm.

          8 replies 75 retweets 184 likes
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        24. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 6

          "The answer is no," he says. Harris says that she wishes he could have been so clear last night. "In my — nevermind," he responds, cutting himself off.

          9 replies 34 retweets 83 likes
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        25. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 6

          Harris raises Kennedy's legacy on LGBT rights, and specifically the Obergefell majority opinion — asking whether it was correctly decided. Kavanaugh pivots to Masterpiece Cakeshop: "The days of discriminating against gay and lesbian Americans are over," he says he paraphrases.

          3 replies 23 retweets 41 likes
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        26. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 6

          Kavanaugh says he is declining to answer about his personal view of Obergefell.

          5 replies 35 retweets 52 likes
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        27. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 6

          On family separations, Kavanaugh says he can't comment because it's pending litigation and he's a sitting judge.

          4 replies 28 retweets 41 likes
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        28. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 6

          Harris raises the 1889 case around the Chinese Exclusion Act, and he dodges, raising Korematsu instead. —>https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/130/581 …

          2 replies 30 retweets 50 likes
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        29. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 6

          He will not answer as to his view on the travel ban.

          1 reply 28 retweets 57 likes
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        30. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 6

          Kavanaugh also will not answer as to his view on Whole Woman's Health — despite the fact that he talked about Casey and Roe, and WWH is the most recent robust precedent in that line of cases.

          5 replies 95 retweets 249 likes
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        31. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 6

          When he declines to comment, he reiterates language from earlier in the hearing about not commenting on current or recent decisions, saying it's similar to how other SCOTUS nominees have handled such questions and fits within his personal view of judicial independence.

          4 replies 18 retweets 38 likes
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