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Chuck Schumer @SenSchumer
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The Senate & the American ppl deserve to know where Judge Kavanaugh stands on a host of issues. Given the hearing process for Supreme Court nominees, Judge Kavanaugh’s papers might be the best & only way to judge what kind of a Justice he might be. #WhatsAtStake
.@SenateGOP demanded the entire paper history of then-Solicitor-General Kagan before moving fwd on her nomination & Dems agreed! Chairman @SenatorLeahy & GOP Ranking Member Sen. Sessions asked for every single document in Kagan’s record.
I’ve taken the liberty of editing that letter by then-Sen. Sessions & @SenatorLeahy. @SenateGOP can see, it didn’t take much work to make it directly applicable for today. Why should such a standard apply to Justice Kagan, but not to Judge Kavanaugh?
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Hard to believe Senate Republicans are trying again to vote on the nomination of Thomas Farr as a federal judge in NC. Farr's represented the NC legislature in not 1, not 2, but 3 challenges to the state’s 2011 congressional and legislative redistricting. Here’s how that went:
In 2016-17, Farr represented NC in Covington v. NC, a challenge to the state’s 2011 legislative redistricting alleging each of NC’s 19 state House districts & 9 state Senate districts constituted a racial gerrymander violating the Equal Protection Clause. brennancenter.org/legal-work/nor…
In Covington v. NC, Farr argued that race was not the primary factor used in the redistricting. And even if it was, Farr argued the NC legislature’s use of race was reasonably necessary to comply with the Voting Rights Act. The trial court rejected this argument.
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RED ALERT: I'm announcing my strong opposition to Thomas Farr as a federal judge in North Carolina. @SenateGOP has set up a vote on his nomination after Thanksgiving.

Farr is a serious threat to voting rights. Americans need to tell Senate Republicans to block this nomination.
Farr defended the Republican-controlled North Carolina Legislature in a challenge to the restrictive voting laws it enacted shortly after the Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice Roberts, gutted the Voting Rights Act.
After gathering data on the use of certain voting practices broken down by race, the North Carolina Legislature drafted a law that targeted voting practices like early voting and same-day registration that were disproportionately utilized by African-American voters.
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The American people should look at what Republicans are doing, rather than what they’re saying, when it comes to health care.
Republicans are once again undermining protections for people with pre-existing conditions and sabotaging our health care system.
Today, the administration plainly admitted its intention is to use taxpayer dollars to fund junk insurance plans that don’t cover pre-existing conditions, which could lead to medical bankruptcy for many American families in order to pad the pockets of health insurance executives.
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#Kavanaugh tweet storm beginning now:

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Today’s confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court is the most significant judicial victory for conservatives of my lifetime. All conservatives should thank @SenMajLdr & @ChuckGrassley for their extraordinary leadership through a grueling battle.

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Moving the court from 5-4 liberal to 5-4 conservative will have sweeping ramifications for the country. Most importantly, it will restore the rule of law & the Constitution. Democrat efforts to end run state legislatures, Congress & the executive branch will now be fruitless.

3/
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Judge Kavanaugh has spent 25 years of his career in public service. #ConfirmKavanaugh #SCOTUS
He spent the last twelve years on the D.C. Circuit, considered the second-most important federal court in the country.
His record there has been extremely impressive: the Supreme Court adopted a position advanced in Judge Kavanaugh’s opinions no fewer than a dozen times.
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Kavanaugh / Mark Judge & blackouts

"One of the trickiest things about blackouts is that you don’t necessarily know you’re having one. I wrote a memoir, so centered around the slips of memory caused by heavy drinking that it is actually called 'Blackout'"
nytimes.com/2018/09/29/opi…
Here is a lonely tweet diving into the issue of Kavanaugh's blackouts by looking at that calendar ...

Who Won, Anyway?

@notclimatebrad makes a great point with this tweet
The calendar and yearbook are referencing Kavanaugh attending an Orioles double header but for some reason ... Kavanaugh doesn't know who won.

A link to the tweet & the science behind blackouts with loss of memory after heavy alcohol consumption

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#Kavanaugh THREAD:

David Brock on NBC: “I used to know Brett Kavanaugh pretty well. And, when I think of Brett now, in the midst of his hearings for a lifetime appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court, all I can think of is the old "Aesop's Fables" adage: (1)
"A man is known by the company he keeps." And that's why I want to tell any senator who cares about our democracy: Vote no. Twenty years ago, when I was a conservative movement stalwart, I got to know Brett Kavanaugh both professionally and personally. (2)
Brett actually makes a cameo appearance in my memoir of my time in the GOP, "Blinded By The Right." I describe him at a party full of zealous young conservatives gathered to watch President Bill Clinton's 1998 State of the Union address — (3)
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I am calling on Senate Republicans to delay next week’s Judiciary Committee vote on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh.
This is the most important Supreme Court vacancy in a generation, and President Trump has chosen Judge Kavanaugh to be the decisive vote on the health, privacy, and rights of all Americans, and whether our Constitution will protect everyone or just the wealthy and powerful.
The American people deserve to know who Judge Kavanaugh is, but Republicans are trying to rush through this nomination while concealing critical parts of the nominee’s record. There are far too many questions swirling around this nomination. #WhatAreTheyHiding
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I knew Brett Kavanaugh during his years as a Republican operative. Don't let him sit on the Supreme Court.

We were part of a close circle of cynical hard-right operatives being groomed for much bigger things.

Holy. Hell.
nbcnews.com/think/opinion/…
They have had it in for her for decades.
Brett and I were part of a close circle of cold, cynical & ambitious hard-right operatives being groomed by GOP elders for much bigger roles in politics, govt & media.

It’s those controversial assoc'ns that should give members of the Senate & the American public serious pause.
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