Chuck Grassley, Michael Avenatti, and judicial deterrence

Published October 26, 2018 5:26pm ET



Justice Brett Kavanaugh hasn’t been on the bench of the Supreme Court three weeks yet, and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, has already started cleaning house.

Working to clear Kavanaugh’s name, Grassley is also working to protect the names of future nominees. It is an effort to reestablish precedent in the nomination process through deterrence.

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