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Chris Coons: The reason I raised these concerns in pressing Judge Kavanaugh was that it is exactly his quotes about U.S. v. Nixon…

On the recordSeptember 3, 2018
The reason I raised these concerns in pressing Judge Kavanaugh was that it is exactly his quotes about U.S. v. Nixon, his enthusiasm for the dissent in Morrison, his dissent in PHH, that leads me to still have concerns that he would not hold the President accountable to an investigation tied to a subpoena or to testimony in a way that we need in our current environment.
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Chris Coons
Democratic · Delaware

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Coons expresses concerns about Kavanaugh's views on presidential accountability.

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