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Benjamin Wittes admires Brett Kavanaugh’s legal record. So why wouldn’t he confirm him?

Benjamin Wittes admires Brett Kavanaugh’s legal record. So why wouldn’t he confirm him?

FromSlate News


Benjamin Wittes admires Brett Kavanaugh’s legal record. So why wouldn’t he confirm him?

FromSlate News

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Length:
49 minutes
Released:
Oct 5, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

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Virginia Heffernan talks to Benjamin Wittes, editor-in-chief of Lawfare and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, about why he admires Brett Kavanaugh’s legal record, but also why he wouldn’t vote to confirm Kavanaugh as a member of the Supreme Court.Further reading:Why I wouldn’t confirm Brett KavanaughKavanaugh’s Minnesota Law Review article, cited by Benjamin Wittes in this episodeKavanaugh on Judge David Barron’s book on Congress, the presidency, and war powers Follow Trumpcast on Twitter: @realtrumpcastPodcast production by A.C. Valdez and Daniel SchroederLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Oct 5, 2018
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A quasi-daily podcast from Slate chronicling Donald Trump's rise to the presidency and his current administration. Journalists Virginia Heffernan and León Krauze talk to reporters, historians, psychiatrists, and other experts to help explain who this man is and why this is happening, right now, in the United States of America.