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What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law

Kavanaugh Special Episode

What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law

Roman Mars

Government

4.84.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2018

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Some of the Constitutional considerations of the Kavanaugh confirmation process. Recorded October 2, 2018.

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0:00.0

I'm in the studio with Elizabeth Joe and we're recording this on Tuesday October 2nd at 2.13 PM, Pacific Coast

0:06.2

time and this is a special Trump-Con law about the Kavanaugh confirmation process because it's just

0:11.8

the thing that's on the forefront of everyone's mind.

0:14.8

On our minds, but in a state of confusion, right?

0:17.2

So a little recap, remember that on September 27th, there was a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee

0:23.6

even though there already had been hearings with Brett Kavanaugh in front of the

0:28.0

Senate Judiciary Committee this was a special one in part prompted by

0:32.3

allegations by Christine Blasey Ford that she had

0:36.6

been sexually assaulted by Brett Kavanaugh when they were both high school students in the 1980s.

0:42.6

So this particular day of testimony really focused both on Christine Blasey Ford,

0:48.3

who testified alone, and then more testimony from Judge Kavanaugh responding to these allegations.

0:56.0

So Ford spoke at length about what she recalled from her experience of having been sexually assaulted.

1:05.0

And there were many moments, many very emotional moments in her testimony,

1:10.0

and one struck me in particular.

1:12.0

Senator Klobuchar asked her, and many people are focused today

1:16.7

on what you're not able to remember about that night.

1:19.9

I actually think you remember a lot.

1:22.2

I'm going to phrase it a little differently.

1:24.5

Can you tell us what you don't forget about that night?

1:28.8

And Ford responded, the stairwell, the living room, the bedroom, the bed on the right side of the room as you walk into the room.

1:38.0

There was a bed to the right, the bathroom in close proximity.

1:42.0

The laughter, the uproar, the so. And then it was Kavanaugh's turn. Judge Kavanaugh had released a statement prior to his testimony, but it was clear that when he came up to the actual day and his turn before the committee, he departed pretty

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