Katherine Harris

But it does not explicitly protect the rights that I just listed, and we both know that that is the case.

There will have to be some recourse for those voters in these various States if Congress is unwilling to act.

Are you aware, as it relates again to that North Carolina action, that the Federal court of appeals later held that these restrictions intentionally discriminated against African-American voters?

These hearings are placed to hopefully get answers.

No, we are not. That is why she showed three different documents, because they depict three different things.

Have you discussed it with anyone?

A conversation has come up during this process that leads me to believe that there have been certain dog whistles.

Are you aware that within weeks of the Supreme Court's ruling, Republican legislators in North Carolina rushed through a laundry list of new voting restrictions?

Mr. Chairman, again, we do not have these documents.

You are not on trial. You are sitting here before Members of the United States Senate's Judiciary Committee because you have the courage to come forward because, as you have said, you believe it was your civic duty.

Judge Kavanaugh has a strong history of siding with big business over the needs, rights, and safety of individual employees.

I think this could be put to rest.

I would think that anyone nominated to the Supreme Court of the United States would want to have a hearing that is characterized by transparency, and fairness, and integrity, and not shrouded by uncertainty, and suspicion, and concealment…

I would like to restate my objection from earlier for the record, which is my motion to postpone this hearing.

Would it be reasonable for someone to question your independence in cases involving the President's civil or criminal liability, should that occur?

For 50 years, the Voting Rights Act has protected against racial discrimination in voting.

For me, a Supreme Court seat is not only about academic issues of legal precedent or judicial philosophy. It is personal.

This is a hearing about who will sit on the highest court of our land.

We have not been given an opportunity to have a meaningful hearing...

We as Americans should solely be responsible for the choosing of our elected leaders and the fate of our democracy.

We, as Americans, no matter our race, religion, or region, have so much more in common than what separates us.

Russia attacked our country during the 2016 election and that they are continuing to attack us today.

Russia not only attacked one of our most sacred democratic values, which is a free and fair election, but also I believe our very American identity.

These actions frankly seem to be targeted at dedicated public servants and I think have the potential to really harm the American public.

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