Here's that law review article Kavanaugh is talking about: http://www.minnesotalawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Kavanaugh_MLR.pdf …
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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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