Live blog of confirmation hearing | September 6, 2018
We live-blogged the third day of Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Senators completed their second and third rounds of questioning for the nominee.
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Blumenthal: In Seven-Sky v. Holder, president can deem a statute unconstitutional. [Here's our deep dive:
Kavanaugh on the Affordable Care Act: Seven-Sky v. Holder - SCOTUSblog
SCOTUSblogJudge Brett Kavanaugh wrote an interesting dissent in Seven-Sky v. Holder, a 2011 appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit about the constitutionality of the individual mandate provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. In that case, a panel majority -
Blumenthal: One real-world impact is the Affordable Care Act. There are 15-20 pre-existing conditions. One affects a young man named Connor, age 8, who suffers from a pre-existing condition. I want you to think about him. This condition will slowly erode his motor function and life unless we find a cure. He will need more and more help under the ACA.
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Crapo alluded to a recent article on CNBC in which Kasowitz denies that Kavanaugh spoke to anyone at his law firm about the Mueller investigation. Here is the article:https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/06/marc-kasowitz-denies-kavanaugh-ever-spoke-to-anyone-at-his-firm.html?__source=sharebar|twitter&par=sharebar
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Here's a deep dive into Kavanaugh on administrative law.
Judge Kavanaugh on administrative law and separation of powers (Corrected) - SCOTUSblog
SCOTUSblogChristopher J. Walker is a law professor at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. Administrative law sets the ground rules for how federal agencies regulate and how courts review and constrain such agency action. Administrative law’s importance in our everyday lives has become even mor -
And here's a deep dive into the PHH v CFPB case. Crapo is pointing out that Kavanaugh did not find the basis of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau unconstitutional, just the structure with the single head. Democrats have in part focused on this however in analogy with concerns about the president removing special counsel.
Kavanaugh on the executive branch: PHH Corp. v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - SCOTUSblog
SCOTUSblogJudge Brett Kavanaugh wrote two opinions in PHH Corp. v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: a panel opinion declaring an aspect of the bureau to be unconstitutional and an opinion dissenting from the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit’s decision overruling his pane