On Capitol Hill, Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing enters its third day today. On Wednesday, Kavanaugh was questioned for the first time by members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. He faced questions on gun control and acknowledged he has said some semiautomatic rifles cannot be banned. Kavanaugh declined to promise he would not vote to reverse Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision which legalized abortion. He also faced questions over his expansive views on presidential powers—including the prospects of future criminal charges against President Trump. This is Vermont Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy questioning Judge Kavanaugh.

Judge Brett Kavanaugh: “The question of self-pardons is something I have never analyzed. It’s a question that I’ve not written about. It’s a question, therefore, that’s a hypothetical question that I can’t begin to answer in this context as a sitting judge and as a nominee to the Supreme Court.”