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Him off the bench. Jillian good morning, gillian. Good labor day to you guys, lawmakers hit picks with tough questions, judge kavanaughs tuesday kickoff expected to be especially grueling as democrats are aware this is the last chance to blocking him from high court, the numbers looking good for kavanaugh, republicans still have a 51seat majority and capitol hill predict couple of Redstate Dems will cross over and throw support behind him. Senator Lindsey Graham told fox news yesterday hes expecting major grandstanding from lawmakers eyeing 2020 president ial runs. The only drama those running for president , how would they handle the hearing on the democratic side, we are going to get this good man confirmed. Gillian judge kavanaugh spent last week in prep sessions for the hearing, murder boards, where his close aides and advisers grilled him on toughest topics that are likely to surface tuesday and throughout the week. Still point of contention today, hundred thousand pages of record
On April 15, one week after Matthew Kacsmaryk suspended approval of the abortion pill mifepristone, the Washington Post published what it framed as a scandalous story about the Texas judge.
Now that President Donald Trump has nominated 7th Circuit Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, the Senate must assess her qualifications, including her legal experience and judicial philosophy. Although experience can be summarized on a resume, a Supreme Court nominee’s understanding of the power and proper role of judges can be harder to describe.