Judge Kavanaugh nomination: Key players Does Judge Bret Kavanaugh have enough votes in the senate to get a seat on the Supreme Court? Here’s a look at some of the undecided senators who could decide his fate. From former law clerks to U.S. solicitors general, a bevy of venerable legal minds are prepared to testify in support of Brett Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court justice nominee. Senate Democrats, too, have planned legal scholars – including the former White House counsel under the Nixon administration during the Watergate scandal – who will call into question Kavanaugh’s opinions on presidential authority. Other witnesses for the Democrats include a Christian woman who is worried about access to birth control in the U.S. and a Parkland school shooting survivor. Senators have reportedly reviewed more than 1 million pages of documents pertaining to Kavanaugh’s career, and his views on affirmative action, voting rights and discrimination are coming under intense scrutiny as well. Read on for a look at who is expected to be called as a witness – either for or against Kavanaugh – as the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings continue. For Kavanaugh Luke McCloud: Now in private practice, McCloud clerked for Kavanaugh from 2013 to 2014. He has said Kavanaugh is “someone who approaches cases fairly and with an open mind” and praised his efforts to hire minority lawyers. Louisa Garry: A teacher in Locust Valley, New York, Garry said in a Judicial Crisis Network commercial for Kavanaugh she’s been friends with the judge for 35 years. More on this…“I believe that we need to have bright, curious, open-minded, thoughtful, empathetic people who are judges,” Garry said. “And I trust that Brett is that person.” Theodore Olson: A former U.S. solicitor general appointed under President George W. Bush, Olson is expected to testify on behalf of Kavanaugh. He was one of more than 40 veteran Supreme Court advocates who signed onto a letter to members of the Senate Judiciary Committee in support of Kavanaugh, saying he has a “well-deserved reputation as an outstanding jurist.” Colleen E. Roh Sinzdak: Someone who identifies politically as “definitely on the left,”
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