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Four things to watch for during Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings

President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Brett Kavanaugh

Tuesday is the first day of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s Senate confirmation hearings, a chance for senators to question President Donald J. Trump’s second nominee to the nation’s highest court.

And though its likely most senators have already made up their minds about which way they’ll vote, “a particularly disastrous or a particularly strong” performance by Kavanaugh could sway those who are still on the fence, said Dan Urman, who teaches a Northeastern course on the Supreme Court.

Read the full story at News at Northeastern.

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