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    1. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 7

      Then, NYU Law Prof. Melissa Murray spoke: "This nomination is not about ... w/ whom I would have lunch. It is not about how Brett Kavanaugh treats a handful of women from elite institutions. It is about real people on the ground ... who will not have lunch with Brett Kavanaugh."pic.twitter.com/18R3k2jJYe

      18 replies 488 retweets 1,281 likes
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    2. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 7

      "I asked for the bullet to go through my head so I wouldn't feel any pain." - Aalayah Eastmond, a Parkland survivorpic.twitter.com/Rgn7CBjlyN

      3 replies 131 retweets 236 likes
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    3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 7

      Hard to follow that, but Rebecca Taibleson, a former clerk who now works in the US Attorney's Office in E.D. Wisconsin, has that role.pic.twitter.com/EPhqNI4p4i

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    4. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 7

      "[Kavanaugh] cannot be intimidated by other actors in government. It is simply not part of his process," Taibleson says.

      5 replies 4 retweets 15 likes
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    5. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 7

      "I am Jackson, and I speak for the children," he says, in a statement about people with disabilities and other special health care needs like his.pic.twitter.com/KtJBUEHpAn

      6 replies 70 retweets 179 likes
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    6. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 7

      Hunter LaChance spoke about climate change and his asthma and concerns about Judge Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court.pic.twitter.com/cXGgYjDBjH

      4 replies 49 retweets 140 likes
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    7. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 7

      Maureen Mahoney — an elite lawyer who argued more than 20 cases before the justices (and is now a retired partner at Latham & Watkins) — testified in favor of Kavanaugh today, saying he has "much in common with" Chief Justice John Roberts. "I am struck by the many similarities."pic.twitter.com/1Ift92j7y0

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    8. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 7

      Mahoney: “It would be a travesty if he doesn’t get a hundred votes.”

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    9. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 7

      Former Nixon White House counsel John Dean talked about Kavanaugh's expansive views on presidential powers and the dangers of having a significant part of Kavanaugh's record hidden from the committee.pic.twitter.com/nDNfgz6ZHy

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    10. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 7

      Another elite SCOTUS lawyer supports Kavanaugh.pic.twitter.com/fC28V1ybun

      6 replies 8 retweets 14 likes
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      Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 7

      Twitter's @adamjwhitedc is up, talking admin law, so tune in now!pic.twitter.com/dmbIo7vmAZ

      12:15 PM - 7 Sep 2018
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        2. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 7

          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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        3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 7

          Note: I think Shane gave us our first mention of the Emoluments Clause during the hearing!

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        4. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 7

          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."

          3 replies 37 retweets 69 likes
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        5. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 7

          Per Grassley, we've had 31.5 hours of hearing time thus far for Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing.

          5 replies 8 retweets 16 likes
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        6. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 7

          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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        7. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 7

          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."

          11 replies 51 retweets 133 likes
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        8. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 7

          That was a moment!

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        9. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 7

          4:15 p.m., Sen. John Kennedy (sitting in as acting chair): "With that, these hearings are adjourned."pic.twitter.com/eF9MIDXoRz

          7 replies 19 retweets 39 likes
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        10. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 7

          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

          3 replies 9 retweets 27 likes
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        11. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 7

          WITH THAT, THE KAVANAUGH CONFIRMATION HEARING IS DONE. Thanks, all, for the RTs, follows, shares, comments, trolling, and conversations this week!

          7 replies 15 retweets 66 likes
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        12. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 7

          Chris Geidner Retweeted BuzzFeed Politics

          From @o_ema, on a few words from yesterday that continued to be generating interest today —>https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedPol/status/1038160247951507458 …

          Chris Geidner added,

          BuzzFeed PoliticsVerified account @BuzzFeedPol
          The White House Claims Kavanaugh "Didn't Indicate A Personal View" On Birth Control When He Used The Phrase "Abortion-Inducing Drugs” https://bzfd.it/2NXpY56 
          3 replies 13 retweets 22 likes
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        13. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Sep 7

          Chris Geidner Retweeted Howard Mortman

          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 …

          Chris Geidner added,

          Howard Mortman @HowardMortman
          Kennedy asks Clement about cameras in #SCOTUS. Clement: "Televising Supreme Court oral arguments makes a lot of sense... I honestly don't see a particularly compelling argument why they public shouldn't see... If they did, they'd have a particularly high opinion of Supreme Court" pic.twitter.com/zdUMpur6Ki
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