Schumer: Kavanaugh will give Trump power to overreach
By John Bowden - 09/09/18 07:01 AM EDT
Senate Minority Leader Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) warned on Sunday that Brett Kavanaugh will allow President Trump to "overreach" his authority if he is to be confirmed to the Supreme Court.
In an interview with AM 970 The Answer in New York, Schumer told host John Catsimatidis that, of a list of 25 potential Supreme Court nominees, Kavanaugh was the one "most willing" to allow the president to overstep his authority.
"[W]ith a president who seems to want to overreach in terms of his power, Kavanaugh, of the list of 25, was the one who is most willing to allow the president to overreach," Schumer said. "He said a president should never be investigated or subpoenaed."
Schumer said that he "hopes" the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings for Kavanaugh, which began last week, will demonstrate to the American people that Kavanaugh's views on presidential power are inappropriate and that the nominee would supposedly vote to overturn Roe v. Wade.
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