A pair of moderate Senate Democrats met with Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump ’s pick for the Supreme Court , on Wednesday to discuss his record and judicial experience on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Donnelly and Heitkamp both voted for Trump’s first high court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, last year ― as did Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), who is also up for re-election and who already met with Kavanaugh last month. The trio of moderate Senate Democrats is facing pressure from both the left and the right on the subject of Kavanaugh’s nomination. They’re producing only documents from Kavanaugh’s time in the White House Counsel’s Office. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) blasted the highly unusual confirmation process for Kavanaugh in a tweet on Wednesday.

Source: Huffington Post August 15, 2018 21:22 UTC