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Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh brought his mother to tears at his Senate confirmation hearing as he made references to his love for his family during his opening statement.

Kavanaugh's mother Martha could be seen wiping away tears as she listened to her son address senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday afternoon.

Sitting directly behind her son, Martha nodded and smiled as Kavanaugh expressed his love of his family, who he first introduced to the nation in July when Trump officially nominated him to the Supreme Court.

She started getting emotional just as Kavanaugh choked up a little himself when he spoke of his father's work ethic and their shared love of sports.

'A lifetime of friendship, forged in stadium seats over hot dogs and beer,' he said of their relationship. 

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh brought his mother Martha to tears at his Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday

Kavanaugh's mother Martha (above next to his father Everett) could be seen wiping away tears as she listened to her son address senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday

He said of his wife Ashley: 'This has not exactly been the summer she had planned for our family. I am grateful for her love and inspiration. Ashley is a kind soul. She always sees the goodness in others. She has made me a better person and a better judge. I thank God every day for my family.'

He said his daughters Margaret and Liza will be around over the next few days.

'My daughters Margaret and Liza will be in and out of this hearing room over the next few days. In the time since you last saw them at the White House, I am pleased to report that Margaret has gotten her braces off and has turned 13. Margaret is the sweetest girl you'll ever know. As for Liza, well, I tell her every night that no one gives a better hug than Liza Kavanaugh,' he said.

Kavanaugh, a federal judge in Washington D.C., also expressed gratitude for his friends as he goes through the confirmation process.

'This past May, I delivered the commencement address at Catholic University Law School. I gave the graduates this advice: Cherish your friends. Look out for your friends. Lift up your friends. Love your friends,' he said. 'Over the last 8 weeks, I have been strengthened by the love of my friends. I thank all my friends.'

His daughters Margaret and Liza had joined Kavanaugh and his wife at the hearing's start with younger daughter Liza holding Kavanaugh's hand as he entered the room.

Kavanaugh was supposed to introduce his family early on in the hearing but the interruptions from protesters and senators delayed that part of the proceedings by about two hours.

The girls eventually left the room as Democrats expressed their concern about their father's stance on executive powers, abortion rights, and gun rights - topics that will likely come up over the next two days when Kavanaugh faces questions from the panel.

The girls returned in the afternoon to hear their father's opening statement.

Martha started getting emotional just as Kavanaugh choked up a little himself when he spoke of his father's work ethic and their shared love of sports

Martha sat beside her husband Everett, their granddaughters Margaret and Liza and daughter-in-law Ashley during the confirmation hearing

Liza Kavanaugh with her head on mom Ashley Kavanaugh's head as sister Margaret sits next to her

While his opening statement ended the day on a calm note, day one of his time before the Senate committee was interrupted continuously by protesters expressing concerns about his record on abortion rights and Democratic senators demanding the hearing be postponed so they could have more time to read the documents from his time in the government.

The hearing started off in a circus-like atmosphere as protestors took turns shouting and being removed by U.S. Capitol Police.

Seventy protesters were arrested, according to a statement from U.S. Capitol Police.

Democrats on the committee didn't even let Republican Chairman Chuck Grassley finish his opening statement before they demanded the hearing being adjourned so they had time to review 42,000 documents released to the committee Monday night.

A Republican senator described the hearing as 'mob rule' while another GOP senator complained about being shouted down during his remarks, asking for the 'loudmouth' to be removed.

It was so bad Grassley vowed Wednesday's hearing, when senators will get a chance to question Kavanaugh, would be different.

During his opening speech, Kavanaugh vowed to be an 'umpire - a neutral and impartial arbiter' on the Supreme Court.

'A good judge must be an umpire—a neutral and impartial arbiter who favors no litigant or policy,' Kavanaugh said.

'My judicial philosophy is straightforward. A judge must be independent and must interpret the law, not make the law. A judge must interpret statutes as written. A judge must interpret the Constitution as written, informed by history and tradition and precedent. In deciding cases, a judge must always keep in mind what Alexander Hamilton said in Federalist 83: 'the rules of legal interpretation are rules of common sense'.'

Outside the hearing, protestors dressed in costumes from 'The Handmaid's Tale,' greeted senators arriving for their first day with Kavanaugh 

Protesters dressed in The Handmaid's Tale costume, protest outside the hearing room where Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee

Tuesday marks the first day of Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing

Kavanaugh says he's proud of the more than 300 opinions he has written as an Appeals Court judge.

'I tell people, 'Don't read what others say about my judicial opinions. Read the opinions,' he said.

He concluded his opening statement with an optimistic note and with reassurances for the committee members.

'I look forward to the rest of the hearing and to your questions. I am an optimist. I live on the sunrise side of the mountain, not the sunset side of the mountain. I see the day that is coming, not the day that is gone. I am optimistic about the future of America and the future of our independent Judiciary. I revere the Constitution. If confirmed to the Supreme Court, I will keep an open mind in every case. I will do equal right to the poor and to the rich. I will always strive to preserve the Constitution of the United States and the American Rule of Law,' he said.

Senators found themselves having to pause during their opening statements as screaming protesters disrupted the day.

Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin acknowledged the protestors in the room.

'What we heard was the noise of democracy. This is what we hear when free people stand up to speak,' he said. 'It's not mob rule.'

He went on to address the pressure on Kavanaugh and his family.

'There are times it is uncomfortable. I'mm sure it was for your children. I hope you can explain it to them,' he said.

And Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas apologized to Kavanaugh for his daughters having to experience the protests.

'I'm sorry your daughters had to endure the political circus this morning,' Cruz said. 'That is Washington, alas, in 2018.'

U.S. Capitol Police take a protester away from Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing

Police take away protesters for processing

One by one protestors disrupted Kavanaugh's hearing

Protesters continually interrupted Kavanaugh's hearing

Republican Sen. Ben Sasse also apologized to the family and said he was happy the girls could leave.

'I'm glad your daughters could get out of the room and I hope they still get the free day from school,' he said. Tuesday marked the first day of Washington D.C. schools.

President Donald Trump defended his nominee and slammed Democrats in a tweet sent while Kavanaugh was giving his opening statement.

'The Brett Kavanaugh hearings for the future Justice of the Supreme Court are truly a display of how mean, angry, and despicable the other side is. They will say anything, and are only....,' he wrote.

'....looking to inflict pain and embarrassment to one of the most highly renowned jurists to ever appear before Congress. So sad to see!'

The gathering was dominated by shouts from protesters, complaints from Democratic senators, waving signs, removal of disrupters by U.S. Capitol Police, and a committee chairman banging his gavel calling for 'regular order.'

'Please vote no!' one person in the hearing yelled to the Senate Judiciary Committee members.

Trump's presidency was also invoked.

'An illegitimate president cannot make an appointment to Supreme Court,' another shouted according to reports from the room.

'This should be an impeachment proceeding,' another yelled.

Women were protesting Kavanaugh's stance on abortion

Fred Guttenberg tweeted Kavanaugh turned away from him when he introduced himself

Fred Guttenberg, the father of Jamie Guttenberg who was killed in the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Fla., left, speaks after attempting to shake hands with Brett Kavanaugh

'If you vote for Brett Kavanaugh we will replace you,' one threatened the senators.

Another protester said: 'My daughter deserves the right to choose.'

'Stop the oppression of women,' roared one protester after the hearing resumed following a lunch break.

'This is a mockery and a travesty of justice,' another yelled.

'Be a hero,' one protestor implored senators.

'Vote for our children,' screamed another.

'Hell no Kavanaugh,' yelled a protestor.

'Roe - yes; Kavanaugh - nope,' read one sign held by a Code Pink protestor in reference to the landmark Supreme Court case Roe vs. Wade that legalized abortion.

Outside the hearing, protestors dressed in costumes from 'The Handmaid's Tale,' greeted senators arriving for their first day with Kavanaugh.

The distinctive red robes and white hats were donned by the protestors as they stood in silent in the Hart Senate Office Building.

The women were portraying the characters in the popular dystopian drama 'The Handmaid's Tale' on Hulu, based on the 1985 book by Margaret Atwood, where women are forced into sexual servitude and denied basic rights.

The group said they were there to protest Kavanaugh's 'anti-abortion, anti-healthcare and anti-women' views.

Kavanaugh is replacing retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, who was often a swing vote on controversial cases. Kavanaugh, a more conservative federal judge, is expected to move the high court to the right.

Women - and many Democratic senators - are concerned Kavanaugh would be the deciding vote on a Supreme Court case that could overturn Roe vs. Wade and make abortion illegal.

During a lunch break in the hearing, Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter Jaime Guttenberg was one of the high school students killed in the Parkland High School shootings in February, wrote on Twitter he tried to talk to Kavanaugh, who turned away from him.

'Just walked up to Judge Kavanaugh as morning session ended. Put out my hand to introduce myself as Jaime Guttenberg's dad. He pulled his hand back, turned his back to me and walked away. I guess he did not want to deal with the reality of gun violence,' he wrote.

But the White House pushed back, saying security had stopped Guttenberg from speaking to Kavanaugh.

'As Judge Kavanaugh left for his lunch break, an unidentified individual approached him. Before the Judge was able to shake his hand, security had intervened,' White House deputy press secretary Raj Shah, who's handling Kavanaugh's confirmation, tweeted.

But Guttenberg snapped back at Shah, saying Sen. Diane Feinstein, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced him.

'Incorrect. I was here all day and introduced by Senator Feinstein. No security involved. He turned and walked away,' he tweeted in reply.

Brett Kavanaugh Opening Statement to Senate Judiciary Committee

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Senator Feinstein, and Members of the Committee. I thank Secretary Rice, Senator Portman, and Lisa Blatt for their generous introductions. They are patriots who represent the best of America. I am humbled by their confidence and proud to call each of them a friend.

Over the past eight weeks, I have witnessed first-hand the Senate’s deep appreciation for the vital role of the American Judiciary. I have met with 65 Senators, including almost every Member of this Committee. Those meetings are sometimes referred to as “courtesy calls.” But that term understates how substantive and personal our discussions have been. I have greatly enjoyed all 65 meetings. In listening to all of you, I have learned a great deal about our country and the people you represent. Every Senator is devoted to public service and the public good, and I thank all the Senators for their time and their thoughts.

I thank President Trump for the honor of this nomination. As a judge and as a citizen, I was deeply impressed by the President’s careful attention to the nomination process and by his thorough consideration of potential nominees. I am also very grateful for his courtesy. At the White House on the night of the announcement, the President and Mrs. Trump were very gracious to my daughters, my wife, and my parents. My family will always cherish that night—or as my daughter Liza calls it, her debut on national television.

As a nominee to the Supreme Court, I understand the responsibility I bear. Some 30 years ago, Judge Anthony Kennedy sat in this seat. He became one of the most consequential Justices in American history. I served as his law clerk in 1993. To me, Justice Kennedy is a mentor, a friend, and a hero. As a Member of the Court, he was a model of civility and collegiality. He fiercely defended the independence of the Judiciary. And he was a champion of liberty. If you had to sum up Justice Kennedy’s entire career in one word … “liberty.” Justice Kennedy established a legacy of liberty for ourselves and our posterity.

I am here today with another of my judicial heroes … my mom. Fifty years ago this week, in September 1968, my mom was 26 and I was 3. That week, my mom started as a public-school teacher at McKinley Tech High School here in Washington, D.C. 1968 was a difficult time for race relations in our city and our country. McKinley Tech had an almost entirely African-American student body. It was east of the park. I vividly remember days as a young boy sitting in the back of my mom’s classroom as she taught American history to a class of African-American teenagers. Her students were born before Brown versus Board of Education or Bolling versus Sharpe. By her example, my mom taught me the importance of equality for all Americans—equal rights, equal dignity, and equal justice under law.

My mom was a trailblazer. When I was 10, she went to law school at American University and became a prosecutor. I am an only child, and my introduction to law came at our dinner table when she practiced her closing arguments on my dad and me. Her trademark line was: “Use your common sense. What rings true? What rings false?” One of the few women prosecutors at the time, she overcame barriers and was later appointed by Democratic governors to serve as a Maryland state trial judge. Our federal and state trial judges operate on the front lines of American justice. My mom taught me that judges don’t deal in abstract theories; they decide real cases for real people in the real world. And she taught me that good judges must always stand in the shoes of others. The Chairman referred to me today as Judge Kavanaugh. But to me, that title will always belong to my mom.

For twelve years, I have been a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. I have written more than 300 opinions and handled more than 2,000 cases. I have given it my all in every case. I am proud of that body of work, and I stand behind it. I tell people, “Don’t read what others say about my judicial opinions. Read the opinions.” I have served with 17 other judges, each of them a colleague and a friend, on a court now led by our superb chief judge, Merrick Garland. My judicial philosophy is straightforward. A judge must be independent and must interpret the law, not make the law. A judge must interpret statutes as written. A judge must interpret the Constitution as written, informed by history and tradition and precedent. In deciding cases, a judge must always keep in mind what Alexander Hamilton said in Federalist 83: “the rules of legal interpretation are rules of common sense.”

A good judge must be an umpire—a neutral and impartial arbiter who favors no litigant or policy. As Justice Kennedy explained in Texas versus Johnson, one of his greatest opinions, judges do not make decisions to reach a preferred result. Judges make decisions because “the law and the Constitution, as we see them, compel the result.” Over the past 12 years, I have ruled sometimes for the prosecution and sometimes for criminal defendants, sometimes for workers and sometimes for businesses, sometimes for environmentalists and sometimes for coal miners. In each case, I have followed the law. I don’t decide cases based on personal or policy preferences. I am not a pro-plaintiff or pro-defendant judge. I am not a pro-prosecution or pro-defense judge. I am a pro-law judge.

As Justice Kennedy showed us, a judge must be independent, not swayed by public pressure. Our independent Judiciary is the crown jewel of our constitutional republic. In our independent Judiciary, the Supreme Court is the last line of defense for the separation of powers, and the rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution.

The Supreme Court must never be viewed as a partisan institution. The Justices on the Supreme Court do not sit on opposite sides of an aisle. They do not caucus in separate rooms. If confirmed to the Court, I would be part of a Team of Nine, committed to deciding cases according to the Constitution and laws of the United States. I would always strive to be a team player on the Team of Nine.

Throughout my life, I have tried to serve the common good, in keeping with my Jesuit high school’s motto, “men for others.” I have spent my career in public service. I have tutored at Washington Jesuit Academy, a rigorous tuition-free school for boys from low-income families. At Catholic Charities at Tenth and G, I serve meals to the homeless with my friend Father John Enzler. In those works, I keep in mind the message of Matthew 25—and try to serve the least fortunate among us. I know I fall short at times, but I always want to do more and do better.

For the past seven years, I have coached my daughters’ basketball teams. I love coaching. All the girls I have coached are awesome. And special congratulations to the girls on this year’s sixth-grade CYO championship team: Anna, Quinn, Kelsey, Ceane, Chloe, Alex, Ava, Sophia, and Margaret. I love helping the girls grow into confident players. I know that confidence on the basketball court translates into confidence in other aspects of life. Title Nine helped make girls’ and women’s sports equal, and I see that law’s legacy every night when I walk into my house as my daughters are getting back from lacrosse, or basketball, or hockey practice. I know from my own life that those who teach and coach America’s youth are among the most influential people in our country. With a kind word here and a hint of encouragement there … a word of discipline delivered in a spirit of love … teachers and coaches change lives. I thank all of my teachers and coaches who got me to this moment, and I thank all of the teachers and coaches throughout America.

As a judge, I have sought to train the next generation of lawyers and leaders. For 12 years, I have taught constitutional law to hundreds of students, primarily at Harvard Law School. I teach that the Constitution’s separation of powers protects individual liberty. I am grateful to all my students. I have learned so much from them. And I am especially grateful to the dean who first hired me, now-Justice Elena Kagan.

One of the best parts of my job as a judge is each year hiring four recent law school graduates to serve as my law clerks for the year. I hire the best. My law clerks come from diverse backgrounds and points of view. A majority of my 48 law clerks have been women. More than a quarter of my law clerks have been minorities. And I have had far more African-American law clerks than the percentage of African-American students in U.S. law schools. I am proud of all my law clerks.

I am grateful for my friends. This past May, I delivered the commencement address at Catholic University Law School. I gave the graduates this advice: Cherish your friends. Look out for your friends. Lift up your friends. Love your friends. … Over the last 8 weeks, I have been strengthened by the love of my friends. I thank all my friends.

I am grateful to have my family behind me. My mom rightly gets a lot of attention. So a few words about my dad. He has an unparalleled work ethic, and the gift for making friends with everyone, regardless of who they are or where they come from. We are both passionate sports fans. When I was 7, he took me to the 1972 NFC Championship Game at RFK Stadium just two miles from here—upper-deck Section 503, Row 3, Seats 8 and 9. When I was 17, we sat in the same seats for the 1982 NFC Championship Game. In 1995, when I was 30, we were at Camden Yards together when Cal Ripken played in his 2,131st consecutive game and broke Lou Gehrig’s seemingly unbreakable record. And so many other games with my dad. A lifetime of friendship and memories, forged in stadium seats over hot dogs and beer.

My daughters Margaret and Liza will be in and out of this hearing room over the next few days. In the time since you last saw them at the White House, I am pleased to report that Margaret has gotten her braces off and has turned 13. As for Liza, well, I tell her every night that no one gives a better hug than Liza Kavanaugh.

Finally, I thank my wife Ashley. She is a strong West Texan, a graduate of Abilene Cooper Public High School and the University of Texas at Austin. She is now the popular town manager of our local community. This has not exactly been the summer she had planned for our family. I am grateful for her love and inspiration. Ashley is a kind soul. She always sees the goodness in others. She has made me a better person and a better judge. I thank God every day for my family.

Mr. Chairman, Senator Feinstein, and Members of the Committee, I look forward to the rest of the hearing and to your questions. I am an optimist. I live on the sunrise side of the mountain, not the sunset side of the mountain. I see the day that is coming, not the day that is gone. I am optimistic about the future of America and the future of our independent Judiciary. I revere the Constitution. If confirmed to the Supreme Court, I will keep an open mind in every case. I will do equal right to the poor and to the rich. I will always strive to preserve the Constitution of the United States and the American Rule of Law.

Thank you.

 

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Emily Ratajkowski is a showman, on and off the stage. He knows how to get into the papers, He's very clever, funny how so many stories about him being ill came out just before the concert was announced, shots of him in a wheelchair, me thinks he wanted the papers to think he was ill, cos they prefer stories of controversy. Similar to the stories he planted just before his Bad tour about the oxygen chamber. Worked a treat lol. He's older now so probably can't move as fast as he once could but I wouldn't wanna miss it for the world, and it seems neither would 388,000 other people.

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