This ... happened while I was on @AM2DM.https://twitter.com/jameshohmann/status/1037710191016517632 …
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Coons is talking about presidential power —>https://twitter.com/fordm/status/1037784522853572608 …
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Blumenthal is asking about whether Kavanaugh had any discussions about the special counsel with White House officials.
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Kavanaugh sort of says no, but gave a hedging answer. Blumenthal asks the Kasowitz question. "I'm pretty confident the answer is no."
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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.
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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.
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"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.
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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.
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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.
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"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.
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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.
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Kavanaugh says he is declining to answer about his personal view of Obergefell.
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On family separations, Kavanaugh says he can't comment because it's pending litigation and he's a sitting judge.
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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 …
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He will not answer as to his view on the travel ban.
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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.
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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.
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They're going to do a third round: Eight minutes per person. But Grassley basically says that he hopes the Republicans don't ask questions in that round.
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Cornyn, going last in the second round, starts off by suggesting that questions about the Federalist Society are like McCarthyism.https://twitter.com/sarahposner/status/1037842962045128704 …
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OH: “It just feels really late in the day to be talking about Chevron.”
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Durbin focused on gun rulings in his third round. Feinstein is up now.
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Despite Grassley’s request that Republicans skip their turns, Hatch took a brief turn after Durbin and now Kennedy is up.
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Leahy has given his 8 minutes to Hirono, so Grassley has given Leahy some of his time to speak. Leahy thanks him and says he’ll be brief.
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Whitehouse is questioning whether Kavanaugh is limiting US v. Nixon to trial subpoenas through his descriptions in a way that would give him an “out” to treat a grand jury subpoena differently. Kavanaugh says he was just characterizing the decision.
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Mike Lee talked about federal lands, but had no question on that point, and Kavanaugh’s Sharpie that he is using to take notes. So that’s that on that. Now up, Klobuchar.
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BTW, Kavanaugh said he was using a Sharpie so he could see his notes in the hearing room. (Honestly, practical and made sense!)
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Klobuchar brings up Chevron, and even *she* acknowledges this isn’t a headline-grabbing topic, saying she read his view in a certain situation as wishing for de novo review — and then added a joke about her having the attention of everyone still watching at home.
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