Senators began their last day of hearings questioning Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Friday. Despite protests and challenging questions, Kavanaugh seems on track for confirmation as the 114th Supreme Court Justice.
Hearings began Tuesday. The proceedings lasted more than 12 hours on Wednesday and Thursday. The most challenging questions senators posed were in regard to Kavanaugh’s views on abortion and presidential authority.
Kavanaugh’s Answers on Abortion Rights
Democrats questioned Kavanaugh’s stance on abortion closely. They cited an email in which Kavanaugh seemed to question the permanency of Roe v. Wade. If Democrats can show that Kavanaugh would seek to overturn abortion rights, they might be able to sway votes against him.
The email, written while he was working for President George W. Bush, was in support of two judicial nominees. It read, “I am not sure that all legal scholars refer to Roe as the settled law of the land at the Supreme Court level since Court can always overrule its precedent, and three current Justices on the Court would do so.”
