WASHINGTON -- The first day of Judge Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee was contentious, as Democrats attempted to repeatedly postpone the proceedings.

Democrats are demanding more time to vet President Trump’s nominee and insist on reviewing more records from Kavanaugh’s career, mainly from his tenure in the George W. Bush administration. The requests to access the documents were denied by Republicans, although the politically charged arguments held up the start of the hearing by at least an hour.

Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, a GOP member of the Judiciary panel, described the quarrelling as “the first confirmation hearing subject to mob rule” and suggested it was all stalling tactics by Democrats, especially since they’ve already signaled their intention to vote against Kavanaugh.

Cornyn spoke with Spectrum News’ Margaret Chadbourn about the hundreds of thousands of pages that have been made available on Kavanaugh, as well as some of the key issues lawmakers will focus on during the lengthy back-and-forth of questioning during the confirmation process.