Hearings & Meetings | United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary Senate Holds Hearing on Kavanaugh Nomination
Last week, the Senate Judiciary held a four-day hearing on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to be an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court. The first three days involved questioning on Judge Kavanaugh himself. The fourth day involved additional witnesses, including Elizabeth Weintraub, Advocacy Specialist at the Association of University Centers on Disabilities, and Jackson Corbin, a 13-year-old with Noonan Syndrome. Ms. Weintraub testified about the importance of self-determination to her as a woman with intellectual disability and Judge Kavanaugh's ruling in Doe Tarlow v. District of Columbia, in which he concluded that people with intellectual disability who have "never been competent" do not have a right to even have their wishes heard or considered in medical decisions. Jackson's testimony related to the importance of the Affordable Care Act to his mother, his brother, and himself, all of whom have Noonan Syndrome, which comes with multiple pre-existing conditions. Visit the Committee web site for more information or to view archived video of the hearing. ... See more
United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
