Cornyn Calls for Civility, Regular Order in SCOTUS Hearing

Statement

Date: Sept. 4, 2018
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Judicial Branch

During the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Judge Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) pushed for the hearings to proceed despite attempts to disrupt it by Democrats. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn's remarks are below, and video can be found here.

"It's hard to take seriously their claim that they can't do their job because they've been denied access to attorney-client or executive privilege documents when they've already made up their mind before the hearing. There's nothing fair about that, and we would just ask for an opportunity for the American people to be able to listen to this nominee answer the questions that we have. And I think that's how we ought to proceed, and I hope we will."


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