White House dismisses 'laughable' attacks on Kavanaugh's views toward independent counsel

The White House slammed Senate Democrats on Wednesday for launching “laughable” attacks against Judge Brett Kavanaugh over a comment he once made about wanting to “put the final nail” in a 1988 Supreme Court ruling that upheld the constitutionality of a law creating an independent counsel.

President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee delivered the remark in question at an American Enterprise Institute conference in 2016, during which he was asked if there was any high court decision that deserved to be overturned.