Both Democrats and Republicans alike have questions regarding Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing and how it might predict his stance on future issues. We also discuss POTUS potentially cancelling pay raises for federal workers; examine the impact of the Brown family on California; and more.
Week in politics: Protest kicks off day one of confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh
All eyes are on Capitol Hill this week as Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump’s nominee to succeed retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy, begins the confirmation process before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
What already promised to be a contentious hearing started with a bang on Tuesday as Democrats vocally protested and asked that the hearing be delayed after tens of thousands of pages worth of documents were released.
You can watch the confirmation hearing live at NPR.org.
In addition to the hearing, we’re also following some other headlines from Washington D.C. this week:
Kavanaugh confirmation preview
Twitter/Facebook hearing later this week
Sessions-Trump beef continues as Trump blasts Sessions for charging Republicans before the midterm
Anticipation builds around Mueller as 60-day election window nears
Former U.S. Senator John Kyl will be McCain successor in Senate
Who will replace Don McGahn as White House counsel?
Trump mocks potential Kerry 2020 bid, asking do Dems really want Kerry again?
POTUS says he’s cancelling pay raises for federal workers
New ABC and Washington Post poll has POTUS disapproval rating at 60 percent
POTUS to sign executive order boosting retirement savings
Guests:
Domenico Montanaro, lead political editor at NPR; he tweets
Lisa Garcia Bedolla, professor of political science and education, and director of the Institute of Governmental Studies at UC Berkeley; she tweets
Pete Peterson, dean of the School of Public Policy and senior fellow at The Davenport Institute at Pepperdine University; he tweets
From Roe v. Wade to gun rights: A legal analysis of the Kavanaugh confirmation
With the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings in full swing, both Democrats and Republicans alike have questions regarding the candidate’s judicial history and how it might predict his stance on future issues.
On the forefront of these is Roe v. Wade. Democrats fear that Kavanaugh will swing the Court to a conservative majority, creating a situation where the 1973 ruling could possibly be overturned. Additionally, Kavanaugh is expected to answer questions about heated topics such as the scope of executive power, health care, gun control and same-sex marriage.
We invite legal analysts from both sides of the aisle to discuss the candidate’s leanings on these issues and how they might play out if elected to the Supreme Court.
You can watch the hearing live at NPR.org.
Guests:
Domenico Montanaro, lead political editor at NPR; he tweets
Erwin Chemerinsky, dean and professor of law at UC Berkeley, who focuses on federal courts, constitutional law and appellate litigation; founding dean of the School of Law at UC Irvine; author of ten books, including “The Case Against the Supreme Court” (Penguin Books, 2015)
Josh Blackman, associate professor of law at South Texas College of Law; author of “Unraveled: Obamacare, Religious Liberty, and Executive Power” (Cambridge University Press, 2017); he tweets
Ilya Somin, professor of law at George Mason University where he specializes in constitutional law; he tweets
The impact of Jerry Brown – and his family – on California
For more than a third of the last six decades, a Brown has governed the state of California.
Starting with Pat Brown’s election in 1959 and ending this year with the retirement of his son, two-term Governor Jerry Brown, the Browns have seen the state through a wide range of economic and political climates — but their California roots extend as far back as the Gold Rush, when Jerry Brown’s great-grandfather, a Prussian immigrant, crossed the Great Plains to settle on a northern California ranch.
In her new book, “The Browns of California: The Family Dynasty that Transformed a State and Shaped a Nation,” Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Miriam Pawel examines the state’s history and development through 165 years and four generations of the Brown family.
Larry sits down with Pawel to talk about the Browns’ significant influence on California, its economy and the state’s role in the national landscape.
Miriam will be discussing her book at the following L.A.-area locations:
Diesel, A Bookstore in Brentwood at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 6
The Los Angeles Public Library’s Mark Taper Auditorium at 7:30 pm on Monday, Sept. 17; Pawel will be in-conversation with Kathleen Brown, a California Democratic politician, daughter of former Governor Pat Brown and sister of now-Governor Jerry Brown
Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 20; Pawel will be in-conversation with David Ulin, the former book critic of the Los Angeles Times
Guest:
Miriam Pawel, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of “The Browns of California: The Family Dynasty that Transformed a State and Shaped a Nation” (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018); she tweets