Whitehouse: Your evaluation of the nominee related to his qualifications was well-qualified?
Unanimously well-qualified
Whitehouse: Did you have a chance to look at any patterns in his decisions?
We looked at a number of his decisions. I did not see a pattern in his decisions. If there was, it was allegiance to the law.
Whitehouse: Did you make any effort to cross-reference who the parties or amici were in these cases?
We had three different reading groups, two different law schools, and a practitioners' group.
Whitehouse: Did it take into account what amici were there?
No cross-reference as to who the parties and amici were.
Parties and amici were not cross-referenced.
Whitehouse: Says when certain amici were involved, the parties they supported had a 90% win rate, which is a bit of a signal that there may be something else going on.
Whitehouse: Certain parties and amici have a win rate in front of this judge at over 90%. Presumably you drew no conclusions about that.
Grassley now calling the second panel.
There are 10 witnesses in the next panel, five for each side.
The second panel includes former Solicitor General Ted Olson and Yale law professor Akhil Amar, both testifying in favor of the nomination, and Rochelle Garza, the attorney representing the undocumented teen who wanted to obtain an abortion in Garza v. Hargan.
McCloud clerked for Kavanaugh and then went on to clerk for Sotomayor, Grassley says.
Luke McCloud now speaking: Law clerk from 2013-2014
McCloud: What I saw leaves no doubt that Judge Kavanaugh would make a great Supreme Court justice.
Never looked for an easy answer.
Has made a point of surrounding himself with a diverse group of clerks, including ideologically
McCloud: We did not always agree, but Kavanaugh does not want constant agreement. He has diverse clerks -- ideologically, racial, and in terms of background.
No hidden agenda or partisan axe to grind.
Admires Kavanaugh's work as advocate, promoting careers of minority attorneys.
He would not even have applied for his S Ct clerkship but for Kavanaugh.
Humble and gracious, volunteers to community. True public servant.
Rochelle Garza now testifying, attorney at Texas law firm.
Garza: My practice is focused on working with children, immigrants, and victims of violence.
She was the guardian ad litem of Jane Doe in Garza v Hargan case.
Talking now about Jane Doe's experience.
Garza: I'm proud to have been the guardian for Jane Doe, the minor in Azar v. Garza.
Garza: Jane faced unprecedented obstruction by the Trump administration in seeking an abortion.
Garza: The way Jane was treated was unbearable.
Garza: Jane was placed under constant surveillance.
Kavanaugh issued order granting government 11 more days to find a sponsor.
Might have taken weeks and forced Jane to carry pregnancy to term against her will.
No politician or judge saw first hand what she went through.
When she finally received the abortion, she had been forced to remain pregnant against her will for a full month after she received the judicial bypass.
It was an honor to be by her side.
Now Louisa Garry, teacher
Next is Louisa Garry, a college classmate of Kavanaugh
Met on first day at Yale.
Garry explaining how they met on the first day at Yale.
In certain ways, they are quite different. She would describe herself as a moderate Quaker.
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