Democrats' Final Plan To Stop Kavanaugh Is The Most Desperate Yet
Republicans and Democrats are pitted against one another once again in the fight to confirm
President Trump's nomination to the Supreme Court.
Brett Kavanaugh could be the replacement for Justice Kennedy if Republicans get their way
and are able to confirm him.
However, Democrats have a plan to block the nomination from going through.
CNN reports that Senator Dianne Feinstein is leading the charge to keep Kavanaugh from
being seated in the highest court in the land:
"The Democrats' strategy, led by California's Sen. Dianne Feinstein, is to demand to see
every document that crossed Kavanaugh's desk while he served as President George W.
Bush's staff secretary from 2003 to 2006.
Republicans are pushing back, hoping to confirm Kavanaugh, now an appeals court judge, by
the time the Supreme Court's next session starts in October.
"'What are Republicans and the White House trying to hide?' asked Feinstein, the top-ranking
Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, which will consider President Trump's nomination
of Kavanaugh to succeed retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy.
She said the importance of the records in evaluating Kavanaugh is shown by his statements
that as staff secretary, he 'worked closely with the president and with the senior staff'
and was called on by Bush 'to provide advice on a full range of subjects.'
Republicans say the only records that are relevant to Kavanaugh's qualifications are
the rulings he has issued in 12 years as an appeals court judge, and possibly documents
he wrote as a White House lawyer from 2001 to 2003, but not the voluminous paperwork
that crossed his desk in three years as staff secretary.
Democrats are playing a 'delay game,' said Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas."
Feinstein and her colleges believe that they are making "a very legitimate request"
for access to this extensive amount of records from Kavanaugh's work history.
However, Republicans have understandably responded to say that "that this is a fishing expedition
and you're just trying to delay things."
H/T: SF Chronicle
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