{"id":3046,"date":"2018-09-06T01:23:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T01:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2018\/09\/06\/day-2-kavanaugh-refuses-to-give-direct-answers-to-important-questions\/"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:16:53","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:16:53","slug":"day-2-kavanaugh-refuses-to-give-direct-answers-to-important-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/day-2-kavanaugh-refuses-to-give-direct-answers-to-important-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"DAY 2: Kavanaugh Refuses To Give Direct Answers To Important Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Throughout Kavanaugh’s hearing today, Senate Democrats pressed him on many important questions that will have an impact on Americans’ futures. Kavanaugh refused to give direct answers. Here are just a few examples:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Senators called Kavanaugh out directly for not answering their questions:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Senator Durbin<\/a><\/span>: “Judge Kavanaugh, that's not the question.”<\/p>\n

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Kavanaugh refused to give a clear answer on his views on women’s constitutional rights:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Kavanaugh refused to answer Senator Feinstein’s yes or no question on whether his views on Roe v. Wade have changed since his time in the Bush White House. <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Kavanaugh refused to commit to not overturning Roe v. Wade when asked by Senator Blumenthal.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Kavanaugh refused to promise to uphold the ACA’s protections for people with pre-existing conditions:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Kavanaugh refused to answer Senator Klobuchar’s question on whether Trump could choose not to enforce a law to protect people with pre-existing conditions<\/a><\/span>: “Senator, that’s a pending case so I cannot talk about it.”<\/p>\n

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Kavanaugh refused to promise Senator Whitehouse that he would uphold pre-existing condition protections.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Kavanaugh refused to answer important questions on executive power:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Kavanaugh refused to answer Senator Leahy’s question on presidential pardons<\/a><\/span>: “Sir, I’m not going to answer hypothetical questions of that sort.”<\/p>\n

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Kavanaugh refused to answer Senator Feinstein’s question about whether a sitting president must respond to a subpoena<\/a><\/span>: “I can’t give you an answer on that hypothetical question.”<\/p>\n

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Kavanaugh refused to answer Senator Coons' question on whether he stands by his view that a president can fire at will a prosecutor who is investigating him.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Kavanaugh refused to commit to Senator Blumenthal’s question if he will recuse himself from cases involving Trump’s criminal liability. <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Throughout Kavanaugh’s hearing today, Senate Democrats pressed him on many important questions that will have an impact on Americans’ futures. Kavanaugh refused to give direct answers. 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