Dem senator filing lawsuit to block Kavanaugh vote

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/408536-dem-senator-filing-lawsuit-to-block-kavanaugh-vote

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) said Wednesday that he is filing a lawsuit to try to prevent the Senate from taking up Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination until his "full record" is available.

Merkley argued the handling of Kavanaugh's nomination is "an assault on the separation of powers" and violates the Constitution. Merkley said his lawsuit will be filed later Wednesday in federal court in Washington, D.C., and would ask the court to block a vote until documents are handed over….

Merkley, speaking to reporters on Wednesday, laid out three acts where he thought the White House had directly interfered with the Senate's "advice and consent" responsibly: blocking access to staff secretary documents, blocking access to some documents from Kavanaugh's work as a White House lawyer and labeling some documents given to the Senate Judiciary Committee "committee confidential."