Inside Kavanaugh's record on civil rights issues
Confirmation hearings begin Sept. 4
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Confirmation hearings begin Sept. 4
"The court in too many different areas has intervened because it can, not because it should," author David Kaplan argues in his new book
Kavanaugh has frequently supported giving the U.S. government wide latitude in the name of national security
Senate Democrats raised concerns about Kavanaugh's nomination after former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations Tuesday
In a 1998 memo released by the National Archives, Kavanaugh wrote "the idea of going easy on him at the questioning is thus abhorrent to me"
Confirmation hearings are set for Sept. 4, but Democrats say they need more documents first
Chief Counsel and Policy Director at the Judicial Crisis Network Carrie Severino was interviewed on "The Takeout" to break it down
Newly released documents from Kavanaugh's time on the Kenneth Starr team investigating Bill Clinton reveal his resistance to issuing an indictment of a sitting president
Republicans are hoping to have the Supreme Court nominee confirmed before Oct. 1
Liberals fear Kavanaugh would block business restrictions needed to tackle climate change, improve workplace safety and protect consumers
Kavanaugh has a record of slapping back Environmental Protection Agency regulations during his 12 years as a federal appeals court judge
Trump's pick for the bench is running into little GOP resistance to Senate confirmation this fall
Americans have supported the idea for years, and now the Left and the Right agree on this fundamental reform
It remains unclear what Kavanaugh would do if he had the chance about Roe v. Wade
The delay of documents could also delay vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court
On Monday, the Supreme Court nominee meets with Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, who was one of three Democrats to back Trump's first Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch
Ginsburg, 85, also disputes the idea of setting term limits for justices, citing the Constitution
Democrats want to review all of Kavanaugh's work in the George W. Bush White House
"There will be cases involving technologies that we're not even thinking about"
"Maybe the tension of the time led to an erroneous decision" in U.S. v. Nixon, Kavanaugh said
Kavanaugh has handed 110 pages to the Senate Judiciary Committee, but Democrats want to review his decades of legal work
His approach to judging leads some scholars and activists to believe he is unlikely to echo Kennedy's votes
Records showed Kavanaugh had between $45,000 and $150,000 in credit card debt in 2016, which was paid off by the following year
Kavanaugh started meeting with senators a day after President Trump made his pick public
"Now is the time to fight. Now," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday outside the Supreme Court