Zero In Democrats on Kavanaugh's defense of presidential power

WASHINGTON – Democrats Who Formerly Considered Health Care And Abortion As Their Best Lines Of Attack On Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, President Trump's Candidate To The Supreme Court, Reshape Their Approach For take it to him.

Democrat Senator Chuck Schumer of New York City said in an interview Wednesday that Judge Kavanaugh's belief in broad presidential authority was "just beyond the deep end".

For Democrats facing a bitter struggle to block Judge Kavanaugh's confirmation, his protective views of the presidency could prove to be a bright red ribbon. Rather than play safely with a wide range of voters worried about access to health care and abortion, Democrats now see an opportunity to excite their base by fueling the fears that the country's highest court could become a bulwark to protect the man As the judge went around the Capitol – he made a courtesy call to Senator John Cornyn of Texas, Republican No. 2, and Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina – Mr. Schumer and His Democratic Colleagues They launched a series of questions that, they hope, will give the impression that a Kavanaugh judge would compromise the Independence of the court.

Schumer said the issues could appeal even to more moderate voters.

"This question, I think, will affect a lot of people who are somehow OK with Trump, but think there must be some control and balance," Schumer said. many people in America who still say, "I voted for him, I guess he's fine". But when you ask them: "Does he need control and balance?" 19659002] In two law newspaper articles, one published in 1998 and the first one published in 1998. In 2009, Justice Kavanaugh raised the question of whether a president could be charged and suggested that presidents be protected from civil and criminal prosecution. Both explore issues that are deeply relevant to Mr. Trump and the ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 elections.

Even before Mr. Trump chooses his candidate for the court , the Democrats had decided that they would focus almost exclusively on abortion. Mr. Schumer said earlier this week. But their lines of attack have expanded.

Republicans repel, accusing Democrats of distorting the judge's words. (In a fact-finding article published on Wednesday, The Washington Post gave Democrats "two Pinocchios" for some of their claims about Judge Kavanaugh, and concluded that there was "no evidence that he wanted to vote to reject an indictment. "Against Trump, Should One Never be Filed.")

The articles are not just from Judge Kavanaugh's experiments for Mr. Starr, but also his service to former President George W. Bush. They enter the public discourse just as Robert S. Mueller III, the special advisor, suggested that he could assign the president as part of his investigation into whether the Trump campaign was influenced by the Russians to influence the 2016 elections. Judge Kavanaugh wrote in the Georgetown Law Journal in 1998. He proposed that Congress pass a law specifying that the president "can not be prosecuted or denounced. In 1965, wrote in Minnesota Law Review, he argues that civil lawsuits and criminal investigations are a heavy distraction for a president: "As civil lawsuits, criminal investigations take the president's attention away from his responsibilities to the people." And a president who is Concerned about an ongoing criminal investigation will almost inevitably do a worse job as a president. "