The documents do not indicate how Judge Kavanaugh would rule, but they are fodder for Democratic questioning. Senator Dianne Feinstein of California, the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, asked Mr. Kavanaugh about the document, noting it had been made public. Mr. Kavanaugh defended the statement he made in the email, and said “the broader point was simply that it was overstating something about legal scholars.” Photo Protesters shout inside of Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley’s office before Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing on Thursday. Credit Erin Schaff for The New York Times “I’m always concerned about accuracy, and I thought it was not an accurate description of all legal scholars,” he said, adding later that Roe v. Wade is “an important precedent. It has been reaffirmed many times.” He declined to comment directly on Ms. Feinstein’s questions as to whether it is “correct law.” NARAL Pro-Choice America, the abortion rights lobby, jumped on the release immediately: “Brett Kavanaugh’s emails are rock solid evidence that he has been hiding his true beliefs and if he is given a lifetime seat on the Supreme Court, he will gut Roe v. Wade, criminalize abortion, and punish women. Everything he said yesterday in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee about ‘settled law’ was nothing but a show to mislead the Senate.” [Read more about the documents, here.] Sparks fly over “committee confidential” documents Even as The Times were publishing secret emails involving Judge Kavanaugh, the Judiciary Committee chairman, Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, was trying to address Democratic frustrations over public access to committee confidential documents. Mr. Grassley said that “before the day is over” members should have the documents that they want to incorporate into their questions, and the committee is working to accommodate last-minute requests to release those documents, assisted by the Justice Department. But Senator Cory Booker, the Democrat from New Jersey, looking to expedite the process, said he
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