Why Democrats are talking more about missing Kavanaugh documents than abortion in the Supreme Court battle

WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats' strategy for defeating President Donald Trump's pick for the Supreme Court has so far largely relied on getting the American public to care about a procedural fight over millions of pages of archived documents.

It's a surprising, somewhat arcane topic to zero in on, particularly given the more high-profile issues many predicted would dominate the fight over Judge Brett Kavanaugh's nomination, including abortion, the Affordable Care Act, immigration, executive power and whether a president is subject to a subpoena.

But to the consternation of some Democratic activists, Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., and ranking Judiciary Committee member Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., have focused much of their public attention to date on a paperwork battle over how much of Kavanaugh's extensive, archived White House records will be made available for senators to review.

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