Facing Long Odds on Kavanaugh, Democrats Make It All About Trump
- Coons says Supreme Court nominee may ‘shield’ the president
- At issue are judge’s views on the extent of executive power
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Facing an uphill battle to derail Donald Trump’s second nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, Senate Democrats fanned out on Sunday to cast Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation fight as a referendum on White House accountability.
Liberals fear that elevating Kavanaugh to the nine-person court could create the most conservative panel since the 1930s and lead to legal reversals on precedents including women’s abortion rights.