John Dean Among the Witnesses at Brett Kavanaugh Hearing

The following article by Niels Lesniewski was posted on the Roll Call website August 30, 2018:

List is replete with law professors galore, as well as a couple solicitors general

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh will be in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee next week for his confirmation hearing. Credit: Tom Williams, CQ Roll Call file photo

Senate Judiciary Democrats are calling John W. Dean, best known as Richard Nixon’s White House counsel, as one of their witnesses for the confirmation hearings of President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee next week.

Dean might well be the headliner for the minority side, who have questions about nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s views about the limits of executive power.

The Supreme Court confirmation hearings begin Tuesday morning with opening statements and introductions from former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice and prominent lawyer Lisa S. Blatt, as well as Ohio GOP Sen. Rob Portman.