Wake Up Call: Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearings to Kick Off Today

• Senate confirmation hearings start today for Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump’s nominee to replace retired Justice Anthony Kennedy on the U.S. Supreme Court. Among the dozens of witnesses scheduled, Washington appellate advocates from Big Law firms including Arnold & Porter, Gibson Dunn, Kirkland & Ellis, and Latham & Watkins, are among those expected to argue for Kavanaugh. ( National Law Journal ) What to expect in the hearings. Podcast ( Bloomberg Law )

• Democrats will have plenty of material to draw upon when they question Kavanaugh. What they won’t have is leverage. ( Bloomberg )

• Democrats reacted angrily after a ...