Supreme Court confirmation hearing -- what to expect on day two: Trump's Supreme Court nominee in hot seat as Democrats seek answershttps://reut.rs/2MMXDSC
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Kavanaugh says he would have a "completely open mind" on the legal issues surrounding investigations/civil suits against presidents while in office if it comes before him as a judge, despite his law review article suggesting such matters could be deferred
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Reuters story on the Hamdan ruling authored by Kavanaugh in 2012:https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-binladen-driver-idUSBRE89F0YV20121016 …
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Bush had been out of office for three years when Kavanaugh wrote the Hamdan ruling, though
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Early word on today's Supreme Court confirmation hearing action: Trump's Supreme Court nominee emphasizes judicial independencehttps://reut.rs/2MRYLEk
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Kavanaugh: "I want to reassure everyone that I base my decision on the law but I do so with an awareness of the facts and an awareness of the real-world consequences" Remember when Justice Sotomayor had to distance herself from Obama's "empathy" comments?
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In Kavanaugh's comments earlier on abortion, in which he stressed importance of Casey v. Planned Parenthood, calling it a "precedent on precedent" he seemed to be willing to go into more detail than Gorsuch ever did
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Here's Gorsuch's confirmation hearing, where he said similar things to Kavanaugh about Roe being a precedent that has been reaffirmed but without the "precedent on precedent" languagehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzcZurozWr0 …
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Lunch-time update as Kavanaugh probed on abortion, guns and presidential power:https://reut.rs/2MRYLEk
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On immigrant teen abortion case from last year, Kavanaugh says: "Now that is a difficult situation and ... as a judge, not the policy maker, I tried to understand whether the government’s policy was consistent with the Supreme Court’s precedents,"
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"The long march to racial equality is not over." says Kavanaugh, which sounds like something Kennedy might say but not the other conservatives on the court.
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Sen. Whitehouse asking about Pacific Legal Foundation scouting for cases to bring to the Supreme Court as if liberal groups don't also do that
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(or at least would in theory if they thought the Supreme Court would rule in their favor)
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Rick Santorum on CNN just now suggesting he wasn't too happy with what Kavanaugh said on abortion, saying his comments made him sound more like a Roberts who would chip away at Roe rather than a Thomas who would strike it down
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Kavanaugh asked about what kind of "dastardly" act by a president that would constitute an impeachable offense: "That is really a question for the House and the Senate"
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Kavanaugh in 1998 article: "a number of special prosecutors have been appointed throughout our history, and there is simply no persuasive evidence that the threat of removal adversely affected their investigations" https://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/2018_0628_kavanaugh_1998_president_independent_counsel.pdf …
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The latest word on today's Supreme Court confirmation hearing action: Trump's Supreme Court pick touts independence, dodges questions https://reut.rs/2LYAQO9
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Kavanaugh declines to step aside from cases relating to Trump conduct. "To be consistent with the principle of the independence of the judiciary I should not and may not make a commitment about how I would handle a particular case," he said.
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First question for Kavanaugh on a Trump tweet: He declines to weigh in on Trumps comment about the two GOP congressmen being prosecuted by DOJ
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In talking about importance of thinking about people affected by a couple of cases on environmental issues, Kavanaugh mentions "businesses, workers, coal miners ... people in the timber industry"
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Sen. Booker suggests that Kavanaugh is OK with consideration of race in police profiling but not OK with consideration of race in fostering diversity
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Kavanaugh on cameras in the courtroom: live audio has worked at DC Circuit but hesitant to make any promises
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Kavanaugh says he hates it when reporters talk about judges "leaning" one way or another after oral argument. If he hates it now, just wait until he's on the Supreme Court
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Sen. Harris sounds like she's leading up to something when asking Kavanaugh if he has spoken to anyone at the law firm of Trump's personal lawyer, Marc Kasowitz, about the Mueller investigation --- but when he said he doesn't know who works there, she appeared to drop it
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Here's that odd exchange. Will be interesting if there's more to this that comes out:https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1037514830490607617 …
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Oh my god it's finally done for the day
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