總統權限問題將是大法官確認聽證會關鍵
President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, federal judge Brett Kavanaugh, can expect tough questions on a range of issues when he faces a Senate confirmation hearing sometime in the next few months.
Democrats are likely to pepper Kavanaugh with questions about his stance on abortion, gay rights and affirmative action. But another key area of interest is Kavanaugh’s expansive view of presidential power, something Democrats want to press him on with Trump in the White House.
When he was nominated at the White House earlier this month, Kavanaugh pledged to bring an independent mindset to the high court.
Democrats have vowed to fight Kavanaugh’s nomination from the start, fearing his appointment could ensure a strongly conservative court for a generation. Several have also expressed concern about his views on executive power.
Kavanaugh worked in the White House of President George W. Bush. Kavanaugh wrote an article in 2009, in which he said that presidents “should be excused from the burdens of ordinary citizenship while serving in office.”川普總統提名擔任美國最高法院大法官的聯邦法官卡瓦諾今後數月內在參議院提名確認聽證會上會面臨範圍廣泛的犀利提問。
民主黨參議員很可能要問卡瓦諾法官在墮胎、同性戀權利以及平權行動等方面的立場。另一個民主黨人感興趣並要逼問卡瓦諾的問題是他對總統權限有什麼看法，尤其是在川普總統執掌白宮的情況下。
卡瓦諾7月早些時候被白宮提名的時候保證將帶着獨立思維進入最高法院。
民主黨人一開始就誓言要阻止卡瓦諾的提名獲得通過。他們擔心卡瓦諾會讓在一代人的時期內讓最高法院趨向保守。一些民主黨人對卡瓦諾有關行政當局權限的立場感到擔心。
卡瓦諾曾經在小布什總統時期在白宮工作過，並在2009年寫過一篇文章，認爲“總統執政期間不應被要求承擔像普通公民一樣的法律責任”，不應受到民事訴訟和刑事訴訟的干擾。
