Democrats Aim to Derail Kavanaugh With Eye on Abortion, Mueller
- Hearing starts Tuesday for Trump’s second Supreme Court choice
- Minority party lacks leverage to stop pick to replace Kennedy
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Democrats will have plenty of material to draw upon when they question U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh at his Senate confirmation hearings. What they won’t have is leverage.
Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s pick to succeed the now-retired Justice Anthony Kennedy, is a good bet to shift the court to the right, perhaps sharply so. As a U.S. appeals court judge in Washington since 2006, Kavanaugh struck down federal regulations, backed gun freedoms and questioned abortion rights.