News Alert: 5 topics likely to come up as Kavanaugh hearing begins

View in your browser     5 topics likely to come up as Kavanaugh hearing begins Brett Kavanaugh will kick off three days in the hot seat on Tuesday as hearings begin on potentially President Trump’s most influential judicial nominee. The former D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals judge is a conservative like Trump’s first Supreme Court pick, but Justice Neil Gorsuch replaced a conservative on the high court. Given the current makeup of the bench, Kavanaugh’s confirmation could shift the ideological balance of the court decisively to the right for at least a generation. The hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee mark the first time Kavanaugh will appear on camera for a significant period since his nomination. Read the full story here           Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up for News Alerts     Forward News Alerts     You Might Like       Privacy Policy  |  Manage Subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe  |  Email to a friend  |  Sign Up for Other Newsletters   The Hill 1625 K Street, NW 9th Floor, Washington DC 20006 ©2016 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.