CLBR #308: What the Kavanaugh Nomination Means for Tech with EFFs Camille Fischer

Published: Aug. 22, 2018, 7 a.m.

b'The Senate will begin hearings on\\xa0D.C. Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh\\u2019s nomination to the Supreme Court immediately after Labor Day.\\xa0 The nomination is mired in controversy after Republicans insisted in 2016 that it was improper to consider a nominee so close to an election and are now trying to push the nomination through without permitting a proper vetting of his record.
The EFF\\u2019s Camille Fischer, Corynne McSherry and Shahid Buttar recently published \\u201cQuestioning Kavanaugh About Digital Privacy and Net Neutrality.\\u201d
Camille Fischer joins us to talk about the Kavanaugh nomination which the San Jose Mercury has called Kavanaugh\\u2019s nomination a \\u201cdisaster for the\\xa0technology industry and the users of tech products.\\u201d\\xa0 See\\xa0Is Judge Kavanaugh a \\u201cDisaster\\u201d For Tech?, Cyber Report.
Now, with Michael Cohen\\u2019s guilty plea implicating President Trump and raising questions about the legitimacy of the Trump presidency, Democrats have found a new line of attack against the nomination.
I have cancelled my meeting with Judge Kavanaugh.\\xa0@realDonaldTrump, who is an unindicted co-conspirator in a criminal matter, does not deserve the courtesy of a meeting with his nominee\\u2014purposely selected to protect, as we say in Hawaii, his own okole.\\n\\nAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands\\n\\nPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy'