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

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

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?

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?

Nothing could be further from the truth.

I started asking these questions about sexual harassment because it is so hard to hold lifetime appointees to the Federal bench accountable, and because I did not want the #MeToo movement to be swept under the rug.

I do not think it has ever been the case in a hearing like this that the Members of this Committee have to pre-clear what we propose to query the nominee about. I think that is totally unprecedented.

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

It is regular order for us to receive all the documents that this Committee is entitled to.

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

Judge Kozinski's behavior was egregious and pervasive. It went on for more than 30 years.

Is temperament also an important trait for us to consider?