Kavanaugh Visits Capitol Hill as Durbin Predicts ‘Wild West D.C.’ If Confirmed By Bridget Johnson
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Senate Dems vow to “look into what went on and what assurances were made that brought this name to the top of the list.”
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats vowed today to try to use deep investigation and grassroots activism to stop President Trump’s pick for the Supreme Court as federal appeals court judge Brett Kavanaugh began making the rounds on Capitol Hill to meet GOP lawmakers.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) declared in a press conference in front of the Supreme Court this morning that “anyone who gets the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval from Leonard Leo and the Federalist Society and from the Heritage Foundation is not moderate, is not mainstream, is hard right and wants to move America back decades.”
Sen. Pat Leahy (D-Vt.), who has been in the upper chamber for the past 17 Supreme Court nominations, protested that “the Constitution doesn’t direct the president to nominate justices with the advice and consent of the Federalist Society and the Heritage Foundation; the Constitution gives that role to the Senate.”
“But I think the president looks at our independent courts like he does the Justice Department,” Leahy added. “He thinks the courts, as well as the Justice Department, should be an arm of the White House.”
Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) charged that “Washington, D.C., where he grew up, would be Wild West D.C. if Judge Kavanaugh had his way,” with views on the Second Amendment “straight out of the gun lobby’s playbook.”
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) said Dems are “going to look into what went on and what assurances were made that brought this name to the top of the list.”
“There is enormous grounds for suspicion right now about this nominee,” he added.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) addressed Parkland student activists, calling Kavanaugh “your worst nightmare” on gun control.
“Give him a seat on this court, and you can say goodbye to the measures in New York and Connecticut and California that have helped save lives,” Blumenthal added. “…Now is the time for Americans to rise up, those Parkland students, the survivors and victims of gun violence across the country, women who believe that the government has no place in their doctors’ examining rooms or their bedrooms, people who believe that our air and water ought to be clean, that consumers should be protected. We all have a stake in this battle. And if America is heard, if those voices are real, we can win this battle.”
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) welcomed Kavanaugh for a Capitol Hill meeting with Vice President Mike Pence. “I think the president made an outstanding nomination. We look forward to the confirmation process,” McConnell said. CONTINUE AT SITE
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