Senator Chuck Grassley, a Republican from Iowa and chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, second right, speaks to Republican members of the committee during a confirmation hearing for Brett Kavanaugh, U.S. Supreme Court associate justice nominee for U.S. President Donald Trump, not pictured, in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018. Kavanaugh yesterday steered clear of trouble in a marathon day before a Senate panel, refusing to say whether he would overturn the constitutional right to abortion or disqualify himself from any case directly involving Trump. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images
