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- Progressive constitutional law expert Pamela Karlan surprisingly cited conservative Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh while making a point about foreign interference in US elections.
- During Wednesday's impeachment inquiry before the House Judiciary Committee, Karlan argued the US has a national security interest in preventing foreign intervention or influence in US elections.
- She cited an opinion written by Kavanaugh in the DC Circuit Court of Appeals making the same case.
- "The United States has a compelling interest ... in limiting the participation of foreign citizens in activities of American democratic self-government," Kavanaugh wrote in his 2012 opinion.
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Progressive constitutional law expert Pamela Karlan, a professor at Stanford Law School, cited an opinion by conservative Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh while making a point about foreign interference in US elections.
During her Wednesday testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, Karlan argued the US has a national security interest in preventing foreign intervention or influence in US elections. She further argued that Trump's efforts to pressure Ukraine to interfere in the 2020 US election by investigating his political opponent constitute an impeachable offense. See the rest of the story at Business Insider NOW WATCH: Extremists turned a frog meme into a hate symbol, but Hong Kong protesters revived it as an emblem of hope See Also: SEE ALSO: Stanford expert Pamela Karlan slams GOP Rep. Doug Collins, saying she's 'insulted' by his suggestion that she didn't read impeachment testimony  |