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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Sep 3, 2018

My colleagues on the other side are accusing the Democrats of some sort of political conspiracy

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Sep 3, 2018

This moment has become a crucible. It's a test of our progress. Do we start by believing victims of sexual assault and treating them with dignity or don't we?

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Sep 3, 2018

The President admits on tape to assaulting women. He separates children from their parents. He takes basic healthcare protections from those who need them most.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Sep 3, 2018

Does character matter? Do our values, our real values about what is right and what is wrong and about whether we treat our fellow human beings with dignity and respect, do they matter anymore?

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Sep 3, 2018

The prosecutor should know that sexual assault survivors often do not remember peripheral information, such as what happened before or after the traumatic event.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Sep 3, 2018

We all know that the prosecutor, even though this clearly is not a criminal proceeding, is asking Dr. Ford all kinds of questions about what happened before and after, but basically not during the attack.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Sep 3, 2018

The Roberts Court is already heading toward--they are much more oriented toward protecting corporate interests over individual rights.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Sep 3, 2018

I think there is a pattern of that kind of decisionmaking by Judge Kavanaugh.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Sep 3, 2018

I could see him as the leader of the 5-to-4 that would enhance Presidential powers.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Sep 3, 2018

If Judge Kavanaugh is confirmed, we will have the most pro-Presidential-powers Supreme Court in the modern era.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Sep 3, 2018

There are hundreds and hundreds of cases that States have passed that limit the woman's right to choose.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Sep 3, 2018

I think it was so fundamental that he mischaracterized or misstated the issue.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Sep 3, 2018

President Trump chose Brett Kavanaugh to break the tie.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Sep 3, 2018

So, do you believe that a Justice should be able to make it easier to overturn or even--overturn even well-established Supreme Court precedent by simply giving notice that he or she has concerns about that precedent?

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Sep 3, 2018

I am particularly troubled that the five Justices in Janus claimed, 'It did not matter that public sector unions have relied on the Abood case for decades.'

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Sep 3, 2018

The Supreme Court, as Justice Kagan put it, has been 'weaponizing the First Amendment in a way that unleashes judges now and in the future to intervene in economic and regulatory policy.'

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Sep 3, 2018

The Janus decision is important here because it shows your nomination fits in a larger campaign that groups like the Federalist Society and the Heritage Foundation have been waging for decades.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Sep 3, 2018

I am particularly sorry that he singled out one of our colleagues on this side and accused him of conduct unbecoming a United States Senator.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Sep 3, 2018

By what right, by what authority can Mr. Burck possibly designate a document as 'committee confidential'?

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Sep 3, 2018

I completely agree with you. I concur with what you are doing, and let us jump into this pit together.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Sep 3, 2018

I wanted to set the record straight on a matter that was brought up late last night with regard to me and my questioning of Judge Kavanaugh and his relationship to Judge Kozinski.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Sep 3, 2018

Judge Kavanaugh, why do you rarely dissent on behalf of consumers, workers, or the powerless?

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Sep 3, 2018

It is hard to find a Federal judge more conservative than Brett Kavanaugh.

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