Kavanaugh for his views on executive power and whether the president is above the normal kinds of law that is the rest of us have to abide by. and this was laid out by the nominee very thoroughly in a law review article he wrote in 2009. he said the president should be excused from some of the burdens of ordinary citizenship while serving in office. he says, for example, the nation would have been much better off in the clinton administration if the president could have focused on osama bin laden instead of getting bogged down in the paula jones sexual harassment case. he said presidents should not be sued in office. civil suits should be deferred and not subject to the criminal process, to interrogations, investigations, subpoenas and prosecutions. now, he did say that congress would have to change the law to provide this kind of immunity but nonetheless he spends a lot of time talking about the pressures, no other job is like this he says. the pressure is relentless.
So that given the current climate and the mueller investigation i think is something that the democrats will want to question him about. he did say in this law review article, by the way, he didn t mean the president is above the law. he said, and i quote, if the president does something dasdardally there s the impeachment process. abortion will get a lot of questions. he wrote a case on abortion indicating he might be more conservative than justice kennedy. he was in favor of the core holding of roe. remember, he did write a decision striking down partial birth abortion. there are roughly 13 cases out there right now in the federal courts. a dozen or so at least, some from kentucky, arkansas, missouri and other states that invite the courts to uphold laws that would restrict access. so, i think, you know, we always get a lot of questions about roe v. wade and certainly getting them this time.