Confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, a federal appeals court judge, holds up a pocket copy of the Constitution as he testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, for the second day of his confirmation hearing to replace retired Justice Anthony Kennedy.
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U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C., for his confirmation hearing on Sept. 4, 2018.
U.S. Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh, nominated to be an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, prepares to testify before his Senate confirmation hearing at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 4, 2018.
(MICHAEL REYNOLDS/EPA-EFE/REX/Shu / MICHAEL REYNOLDS/EPA-EFE/REX/Shu)Senate Judiciary Committe Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley, center, speaks as Sen. Orrin Hatch and Sen. Dianne Feinstein look on as Brett Kavanaugh apears for his Senate confirmation hearing to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court on Sept. 4, 2018.
(JIM LO SCALZO/EPA-EFE)A protester is removed Sept. 4, 2018, during a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. The committee met in the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C.
(Brendan Smialowski / AFP/Getty Images)US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh speaks during the first day of his confirmation hearing in front of the US Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington DC, on September 4, 2018.
(SAUL LOEB / AFP/Getty Images)Democratic senators (L-R) Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (R-RI), Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) huddle as Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s appears for his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill September 4, 2018 in Washington, DC.
(Mark Wilson / Getty Images)Republican senators, including Sen. Jeff Flake (C) (R-AZ) listen as Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s appears for his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill September 4, 2018 in Washington, DC.
(Mark Wilson / Getty Images)A protester is removed during a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court September 4, 2018 in Washington, DC.
(Brendan Smialowski / AFP/Getty Images)Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh (R) is greeted by committee chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) as Kavanaugh arrives for testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee during his Supreme Court confirmation hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill Sept. 4, 2018 in Washington, D.C.
(Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)Protesters disrupt the start of the Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill Sept. 4, 2018 in Washington, D.C.
(Mark Wilson / Getty Images)Sen.Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) speaks on the first day of US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing in front of the US Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington DC, on Sept. 4, 2018.
(SAUL LOEB / AFP/Getty Images)Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., and other Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee appeal to Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, to delay the confirmation hearing of President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 4, 2018.
(J. Scott Applewhite / AP)Committee Chariman Sen. Chuck Grassley (R) (R-IA) confers with an aide as Sen. Orrin Hatch (L) (R-UT) listens as Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s appears for his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill Sept. 4, 2018 in Washington, D.C.
(Mark Wilson / Getty Images)Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee during his Supreme Court confirmation hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill Sept. 4, 2018 in Washington, D.C.
(Drew Angerer / Getty Images)Sen. Corey Booker (D-NJ) speaks as US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh attends the first day of his confirmation hearing in front of the US Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington DC, on September 4, 2018.
(SAUL LOEB / AFP/Getty Images)A protestor is carried out by security as US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh attends the first day of his confirmation hearing in front of the US Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., on September 4, 2018.
(Brendan Smialowski / AFP/Getty Images)Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, right, points toward his family at the start of a Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill, Sept. 4, 2018, in Washington, at the beginning of his confirmation hearing to replace retired Justice Anthony Kennedy.
(Jacquelyn Martin / AP)A demonstrator dressed in a costume from “The Handmaid’s Tale” checks her phone next to other demonstrators in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on September 4, 2018, as the Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court.
(Brendan Smialowski / AFP/Getty Images)Protesters disrupt the start of the Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill Sept. 4, 2018 in Washington, DC.
(Mark Wilson / Getty Images)Circuit judge Brett Kavanaugh prepares to testify before his Senate confirmation hearing to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States in the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, Sept. 4, 2018.
(MICHAEL REYNOLDS/EPA-EFE)Protesters dressed in The Handmaid’s Tale costume, protest outside the hearing room where Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee during his Supreme Court confirmation hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill Sept. 4, 2018 in Washington, DC.
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