Generally, not in response to any single post:
1. No one should be deprived of their job, liberty, reputation, or future because of ALLEGATIONS.
2. It is a dangerous for ALL, genuinely witch-hunty time if allegations alone can deprive anyone of any of the above.
3. In a country founded on the rule of law, due process is everything. Our Constitution is supposed to guarantee that every one of us has the right to due process.
4. If we can't agree on all of the above, our democracy is doomed.
5. A seat on the Supreme Court is a supreme privilege, not an entitlement, and has ALWAYS been reserved for a tiny select few, the best of the best of the best in terms of character & background of every kind, no matter their ideology.
6. A president is entitled to nominate candidates of his/her own choosing. Elections matter, both at the executive level, and in the Senate, where SC nominees are confirmed or rejected.
7. Kavanaugh was not on anyone's short list until after Mueller was appointed special counsel. That matters.
8. Dr. Blasey first raised her concern BEFORE K was nominated, and after she learned he was added to the short list.
9. Blasey did not want to go public. Feinstein held onto Blasey's letter to honor that request.
10. Feinstein did not leak Blasey's letter, nor did her staff. That letter was not held onto- it was released without the consent of either Blasey or Feinstein.
11. There was abundant time AFTER the letter leaked for the judiciary committee to ask the WH to have K's FBI background check reopened. That is a fact. It is a also a fact that reopening background checks is what the FBI does, and rountinely. It is also a fact that democrats and then Blasey requested exactly that. Repeatedly. It is also a fact that republicans refused to do that, repeatedly, and were not honest about why they refused to do so.
12. Because of the republicans' refusal to request additional FBI investigation, and because K refused to agree to /request such himself, no INDEPENDENT investigation of Blasey's allegations
ever occurred.
13. Judge did NOT provide a sworn statement. That is simply untrue. He submitted a statement signed by his attorney that he didn't know about the gathering (no date of gathering has ever been established). That statement is NOT subject to felony charges if untrue.
14. The republicans' choice to not allow investigation and to not allow other witnessess was a deliberate attempt to frame the hearing as a he said, she said affair, with no possibility of reconciling the gap between what they said, or even attempting to assess credibility beyond optics.
15. This was NOT A TRIAL. This was not a witch hunt. If team trump & Kavanaugh & republicans believed they could clear K's name and disprove Blasey's accusations THEY WOULD HAVE DONE SO DEMANDING AN FBI INVESTIGATION.
It is that simple. And awful.
