Kavanaugh Hearing Wraps Up, Likely To Be Confirmed Despite Democratic Histrionics


Couldn’t lay a glove on him.

Via NY Post:

Senators wrapped up Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing Friday, with legal experts making their cases for and against the judge nominated by President Trump.

Democrats worked into the night Thursday in a last, ferocious attempt to paint Kava­naugh as a foe of abortion rights and a likely defender of the president in special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe.

But the 53-year-old federal appeals-court judge appears on his way to becoming the high court’s 114th justice.

He stuck to a well-rehearsed script throughout his testimony, providing only glimpses of his judicial stances while avoiding any serious mistakes that might jeopardize his confirmation.

Republicans hope to confirm Kavanaugh in time for the first day of the new Supreme Court term, Oct. 1.

On Friday, lawmakers heard from more than two dozen witnesses on both sides of the nomination fight.

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