Shouts of 'sham' at chaotic start of Kavanaugh hearing

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Senate Republicans' efforts to quickly confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court spiraled into chaos immediately as hearings began this moming.rnDemocrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee interrupted Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-lowa) as he attempted to open proceedings. They say they're entitled to thousands of pages of unreleased documents from Kavanaugh's time in the George W. Bush White House.rnSen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) led calls for Grassley to adjourn the hearing until those records are made available.rnProtesters, mostly women, erupted in applause and shouted from the back of the room that Kavanaugh's nomination was a "sham" from an "illegitimate president." Several were ejected from the hearing.