Fellow Molly Reynolds describes how Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are challenging Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings, including their focus on transparency, objections over the lack of available documents from Kavanaugh’s previous positions, and how this approach protects more vulnerable Democratic senators up for re-election in the fall.

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