While the three branches of government are supposed to maintain a healthy independence, that doesn’t mean senators and Supreme Court justices can’t maintain friendships. Take the new book club of Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Judge Brett Kavanaugh.

After a particularly aggressive line of questioning from Durbin about his level of involvement in crafting former President George W. Bush’s policies on torture, Kavanaugh gave thanks. More specifically, he literally said thank you for a piece of literature:

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