Senate Judiciary Reschedules Vote on High Court Nominee Kavanaugh
The Senate Judiciary Committee rescheduled a vote on advancing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to Sept. 20 amid ongoing partisan rancor over the process and the nominee's record. The executive session will begin at 9:30 a.m. in 216 Hart.…
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Kavanaugh faced critical questions during his confirmation hearing last week about his dissent in the U.S. Court of Appeal for the D.C. Circuit's 2017 en banc affirmation of the now-rescinded 2015 net neutrality rules in USTelecom v. FCC (see 1809070046). Senate Judiciary members also asked Kavanaugh about his views on Chevron deference by courts to agency expertise and on tech-based privacy issues (see 1809060048).