U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is being questioned Sept. 5 by members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on the second day of a confirmation hearing that is bitterly dividing Republicans and Democrats. Here are the latest developments on President Donald Trump’s second high court choice, updated throughout the day:
Kavanaugh Defends Dissent in Teen Abortion Case: (1:59 p.m.)
Under sharp questioning from Democratic Senator Dick Durbin (Ill.), Kavanaugh defended his dissenting opinion in 2017 when he sided with the Trump administration in a fight with an undocumented immigrant teenager seeking to end her pregnancy while in federal custody.
Kavanaugh’s ...
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