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Brett Kavanaugh, U.S. Supreme Court associate justice nominee for U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018. Kavanaugh said the Supreme Court is constitutionally required to pay attention to its precedents, pre-emptively addressing an issue that's likely to be a focus of Democratic attacks on his nomination. Photographer: Aaron P. Bernstein/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Brett Kavanaugh, U.S. Supreme Court associate justice nominee for U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018. Kavanaugh said the Supreme Court is constitutionally required to pay attention to its precedents, pre-emptively addressing an issue that's likely to be a focus of Democratic attacks on his nomination. Photographer: Aaron P. Bernstein/Bloomberg via Getty Images