"Confidential" Documents Released on Kavanaugh

The release of a 2003 e-mail from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh indicates his view that Roe v. Wade may not be "settled law," contrary to what he's told Senators in meetings and in testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The e-mail was central to the dispute over thousands of documents being withheld by Committee chairman and dessicated corn stalk Sen. Chuck Grassley in order to conceal Kavanaugh's views and record.

Meanwhile, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) set of fireworks this morning by releasing a "committee confidential" document regarding Kavanaugh's views on racial profiling, and was threatened with expulsion from the Senate for violating Committee confidentiality. Other Dem Senators, including Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), vowed to stand with Booker and release documents being withheld by the Rethuglican-controlled committee.

Good on Committee Dems for taking personal risks in this fight and exposing the usual Rethuglican connivance, corruption and hypocrisy.