Dianne Feinstein grills Brett Kavanaugh over Second Amendment rulings

By Gabby Morrongiello

Published September 5, 2018 3:12pm ET

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Dianne Feinstein grills Brett Kavanaugh over Second Amendment rulings — In this June 12, 2013, file photo, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., right, chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., listen to testimony from Gen. Keith B. Alexander, director of the National Security Agency and head of the U.S. Cyber Command before the Senate Appropriations Committee. U.S. authorities have said they are reducing the amount of time they will delay deporting the few immigrants in the country illegally awaiting congressional decisions to legalize their immigration status after lawmakers file so-called "private bills" supporting their last-ditch bids to remain in the country. Senators Durbin and Feinstein criticized the decision to change longstanding practices they said was made without consulting lawmakers. | (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh said Wednesday he has consistently followed precedent when deciding cases that involve the Second Amendment, defending his prior opinions during a round of intense questioning by Democratic California Sen. Dianne Feinstein.

The ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee spent several minutes grilling Kavanaugh on guns during his first full day of questioning on Capitol Hill.

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