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Senate Democrats’ strategy on Kavanaugh

U.S. Supreme Court nominee judge Brett Kavanaugh takes his seat as his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing continues on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Fellow Molly Reynolds describes how Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are challenging Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings, including their focus on transparency, objections over the lack of available documents from Kavanaugh’s previous positions, and how this approach protects more vulnerable Democratic senators up for re-election in the fall.

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