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There is no rational, nonpartisan defense of Republicans’ decision to hold a vote on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh by early October. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is ramming Donald Trump’s pick through the Senate because he does not want to risk taking a vote after the midterm elections, given that the GOP could lose its majority in the chamber. As a result, neither senators nor the public will have access to a comprehensive record of Kavanaugh’s work in the White House Counsel’s Office. The National Archives, which follows a process set out in federal law to determine which presidential records should be released, cannot complete its review until the end of October. It will thus turn over the bulk of the documents in its possession after Kavanaugh has (probably) received a lifetime appointment to the court.

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