Colleen Roh Sinzdak, a former clerk to Garland and Roberts, who is at Hogan Lovells, spoke in support of Kavanaugh, talking about his support for women lawyers, including her personally.
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@adamjwhitedc is up, talking admin law, so tune in now!pic.twitter.com/dmbIo7vmAZ
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Up now,
@petermshane, giving a more professorial view of the executive power questions that John Dean mentioned. [Disclosure: I'm a Buckeye, though I never had Shane as a professor.]pic.twitter.com/ovA0gvElX6
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Note: I think Shane gave us our first mention of the Emoluments Clause during the hearing!
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Shane asks about Kavanaugh's role while staff secretary in advancing the Bush White House's extensive use of signing statements. Note: We didn't get Kavanaugh's papers from his time as staff secretary, because Grassley deemed them "irrelevant."
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Per Grassley, we've had 31.5 hours of hearing time thus far for Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing.
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On Nixon's resignation, Dean says: After getting caught in lies about his knowledge of wrongdoing & knowing he'd face impeachment & removal, he resigned b/c "the man, at his core, had a respect for the rule of law." Of Trump, though: "He could care less about the rule of law.pic.twitter.com/pCdYRf08IZ
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Sen. Kennedy to John Dean: "You did the right thing eventually, but you only did so when you were cornered like a rat." Dean: "I tried internally to end the cover-up; I didn't succeed."
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4:15 p.m., Sen. John Kennedy (sitting in as acting chair): "With that, these hearings are adjourned."pic.twitter.com/eF9MIDXoRz
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Kennedy did go up to Dean after to say something, so I guess this could be the start of a beautiful friendship.pic.twitter.com/YMOSrn3daS
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WITH THAT, THE KAVANAUGH CONFIRMATION HEARING IS DONE. Thanks, all, for the RTs, follows, shares, comments, trolling, and conversations this week!
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Note: In addition to Kavanaugh's non-opposition to audio/video of SCOTUS arguments and his support for audio/video of SCOTUS decision announcements, there also was this today, from SCOTUS advocate Paul Clement —>https://twitter.com/HowardMortman/status/1038158760567554049 …
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#Kavanaugh have given the most banal, platitudinal reasons for his confirmation while those against have shown the real-world impact that he has adversely had on real people. Not law school thought experiments.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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So the ones who consider it just their job (rather than their lives) at stake have no problem with Kavanaugh...
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Let me guess.... Brett is a “decent” man
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Omg he looks so old
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