Kavanaugh On Precedent: Ensuring Stability ‘Is Critically Important’

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Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh weighed in on precedent, a topic he will likely return to frequently over the course of his confirmation hearings.

The role of precedent, he said, was to “ensure stability in the law, which is critically important.”

People rely on the decision of the courts,” Kavanaugh told Judge Chairman Chuck Grassley.

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