Special Edition: Kavanaugh vs. the Committee with No Bull, Part II
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🗓️ 7 September 2018
⏱️ 164 minutes
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Brett Kavanaugh spent Thursday in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee for his second day of marathon questioning about his qualifications to join the Supreme Court. But on this podcast, we cut down more than 8 hours of testimony to bring you only the national-security content Lawfare readers and Lawfare Podcast listeners need. Every question and every answer on national security, presidential power and the Mueller investigation.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast contains advertising to access an ad-free version of the LawFair |
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| 0:14.7 | That's patreon.com slash LawFair. |
| 0:18.2 | Also, check out LawFair's other podcast offerings, rational security, chatter, LawFair |
| 0:25.6 | no bull and the aftermath. |
| 0:30.1 | I'm Elena Kagan and this is the LawFair podcast September 6, 2018. |
| 0:35.9 | No, I'm not that Elena Kagan. |
| 0:38.5 | She's not allowed to comment on the confirmation of her colleagues. |
| 0:41.7 | Brett Kavanaugh spent Thursday in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee for his second |
| 0:45.3 | day of marathon questioning about his qualifications to join the Supreme Court. |
| 0:49.8 | But on this podcast, we cut down more than eight hours of testimony to bring you only the |
| 0:54.3 | national security content that LawFair readers and LawFair podcast listeners need. |
| 1:00.1 | Every question and every answer on national security, presidential power and the Mueller |
| 1:05.1 | investigation. |
| 1:06.1 | It's the LawFair podcast special edition. |
| 1:09.4 | Brett Kavanaugh versus the committee with no bull part two. |
| 1:14.3 | Let me go to torture. |
| 1:16.4 | During the time you worked in the White House, the Office of Legal Counsel concluded that |
| 1:21.9 | harsh interrogation techniques were legal, even though Congress had passed a law in 94 |
| 1:28.6 | banning torture. |
| 1:30.5 | The Office of Legal Counsel took a sweeping view of presidential power and concluded that |
| 1:36.2 | the president could override the statute. |
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