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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Harris is up. She's starting on Trump's recent DOJ-related tweet.
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Harris is talking about affirmative action, asking why courts should decide when the country has reached a point where it's unnecessary. Kavanaugh doesn't directly answer, but says, "We still have, as I've said in my opinions, work to do" as to race-based discrimination.
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Harris asks about HBCUs and federal funding and how that would be affected by such a time. He talks about the importance of HBCUs.
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/ Regarding Trump's tweets about DOJ, Kavanaugh said he wasn't going to comment because it was in the political realm. /
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Harris asks about the effect on the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act if such a time is reached. He says, so long as the laws are in place, they should be enforced.
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Tillis is up, asking about the Kasowitz stuff, and what Kasowitz lawyers he knows. He names one, who he worked with in the WH. (Corrected, w/ h/t to
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And, that's all, folks! A little past 10:10p, we are done for the day. And we are done with Kavanaugh's questioning. Next open session will be at 9:30a Friday, with witnesses.
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FYI: Here was the post-Senate Q&A statement on Kavanaugh —>pic.twitter.com/ZKHOHY7u0Z
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He just plays a lawyer on TV.
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