Chris Coons: ‘No One Is Entitled’ to Sit on the Supreme Court

‘It’s not a criminal trial, it’s more like a job hearing, more like a job interview’

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TODD: "But you went a little further than others have said, many backing now justice Kavanaugh said he ought to be treated as if he's innocent until proven guilty. You disagreed. You said, no, the burden is on him to disprove the allegations against him. There are a lot of people that hear that going, whoa, wait a minute."
COONS: "Right."
TODD: "I'm guilty until proven innocent?"
COONS: "Let me speak to that, chuck, if I can. This is a confirmation hearing. No one is entitled to a seat on the Supreme Court. It's not a criminal trial, it's more like a job hearing, more like a job interview. The president has a whole series of credentialed and qualified conservative judges from among whom he could choose to put someone forward to the Senate of the United States for confirmation.”

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