Supreme Court Nominee #3

[EuTuCroquet?]

Kavanaugh does not have to be a choir boy, or someone living the life of a Pope. He was selected to uphold the US Constitution, and he is qualified to do that. Absent any corroborating evidence to prove any of these rumors against him, of course Kavanaugh should be on the High Court.

bbm

It’s no rumor that he lied under oath.

 

[EuTuCroquet?]

Fine, go ahead and trash the best framework of a government that has lasted, endured, and continues to be something people from every country in the world wants to be a part of...

Sure, it is not perfect. Things change. But for all of Kavanaugh's flaws, he really knows the law. I was impressed by the effortless performance he had for 32 hours, of often, bombastic, sarcastic, aggressive inquiry, on his knowledge base, writings, and rulings. He knows the law. And that is impressive.

It’s a shame he doesn’t use his superpower for good, imo.

 

[CARIIS]

In context, I sincerely doubt the question was "have you farted yet?" That makes no sense whatsoever.
"Senators pressed Kavanaugh during testimony last week about pages in his senior yearbook that included the phrases “Have You Boofed Yet?” and a reference to the “devil’s triangle.” The judge painted the entries as relatively innocent, telling lawmakers that the word “boof” “refers to flatulence” and that “devil’s triangle” was a “drinking game.”"
Republicans: Letters From Kavanaugh's Friends Clear Up The 'Mystery' Of 'Boofing' | HuffPost

It is not only term - it is context. A 17 year old asking other 17 year olds if they passed gas after being on the planet for 17 years certainly not credible.

A four year old inquiring if someone else had passed some gas might fit in a bit - developmentally!

The context matters as well as other matters. I may be out of the loop in my old days but drinking cocktails from my bottom is not something I had ever thought pondered heard about prior to our SC nominee enlightening the world as to a new a different method of consuming alcohol.

Generally speaking I really would not want to go clubbing in a setting - in terms of olfactory systems that appears as if it would smell like a public toilet .

I love cologne tho!

But hey different strokes (or sips in this instance) for different folks

 

[fannneee]

I'm just going to put this here

https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/09.25.18 BMK Interview Transcript (Redacted).pdf

https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/09.26.18 BMK Interview Transcript (Redacted).pdf

 

[CARIIS]

It’s a shame he doesn’t use his superpower for good, imo.

or racist anti semitic homophobic and misogynistic belief systems

I think a lot of people in the media have focused oh abortion and hating homosexuals

there are a lot of characteristics that he endorse that are repulsive.

When family systems end up with their 15 year old and her kid living with them for an additional 10 years and going broke cause no one will provide medical services a lot of people might look back on this week a bit different.

Or when a gay family member gets murdered and buried they might remember today a bit different.

Or when their daughter is passed over for a position because it was given to a male for that reason only - today might be recalled differently.

Time will tell.

 

[EuTuCroquet?]

I know what boofing is because I've heard the term previously and it was not used in the context as was claimed by many in the media and in the Democratic Senate.

As I mentioned in another post when my daughter was little we referred to farts as fluffing.

If you know anythinganythingl sadly, about how is created, you might know what fluffing or a fluffer is.

One very innocent term can be used for something that not so innocent.

What’s the definition you’ve heard for “boofing”? Could it be like table tennis or something? Honest question.

 

[Tripod]

or racist anti semitic homophobic and misogynistic belief systems

I think a lot of people in the media have focused oh abortion and hating homosexuals

there are a lot of characteristics that he endorse that are repulsive.

When family systems end up with their 15 year old and her kid living with them for an additional 10 years and going broke cause no one will provide medical services a lot of people might look back on this week a bit different.

Or when a gay family member gets murdered and buried they might remember today a bit different.

Or when their daughter is passed over for a position because it was given to a male for that reason only - today might be recalled differently.

Time will tell.

 

[Tripod]

I just wanted to very briefly throw in that BK never lied under oath as far as I'm concerned- not about anything in his yearbook, or anything else. I'm a woman, I've been sexually assaulted ( worse than anything Dr. Ford described) and support BK 100%. I'm tired of getting so far down in the weeds it ain't funny any more, nor does it have any value. Peace to all.

 

[human]

I just wanted to very briefly throw in that BK never lied under oath as far as I'm concerned- not about anything in his yearbook, or anything else. I'm a woman, I've been sexually assaulted ( worse than anything Dr. Ford described) and support BK 100%. I'm tired of getting so far down in the weeds it ain't funny any more, nor does it have any value. Peace to all.

My assault was nothing . I have not forgotten it for over forty years. I hope that no female or male has to experience it but it seems like a real oddity if one did not.

It is long past time that this behavior is addressed. It seems to be coming more and more to the forefront. Hopefully, the infection will be removed from the body of humanity

 

[human]

Fine, go ahead and trash the best framework of a government that has lasted, endured, and continues to be something people from every country in the world wants to be a part of...

Sure, it is not perfect. Things change. But for all of Kavanaugh's flaws, he really knows the law. I was impressed by the effortless performance he had for 32 hours, of often, bombastic, sarcastic, aggressive inquiry, on his knowledge base, writings, and rulings. He knows the law. And that is impressive.

There are people of many countries who are thankful they do not live in the US and do not understand how anyone can.

 

[Elley Mae]

Last for the day:

Dr. Ford's attorneys have issued a new statement (someone else will have to link it, if so inclined).

1. Ford doesn't think K should be impeached.
2. She's grateful to Feinstein for trying to honor her wishes of confidentiality.

3. She believed she did the right thing in coming forward, and doesn't regret doing so.

4. She was very hurt and upset about trump mocking her at that rally.

5. Attorneys clarified about Ford being interviewed in CA, and her flying to DC (spoiler alert: Grassley & others lied).

Dr. Ford is the epitome of grace, dignity, and courage. She has earned not only being believed, but the utmost respect.

#5 is not true.


On three occasions, Grassley and Judiciary Committee staff told Dr. Ford’s lawyers that committee investigators were willing to come to her.
· On September 19, Chairman Grassley sent a letter to Dr. Ford’s attorney Debra Katz informing her that committee staff “would still welcome the opportunity to speak with Dr. Ford at a time and place convenient to her.”
· On September 21, committee staff sent an email to Ms. Katz saying that “[t]he Chairman has offered the ability for Dr. Ford to testify in an open session, a closed session, a public staff interview, and a private staff interview. The Chairman is even willing to fly female staff investigators to meet Dr. Ford and you in California, or anywhere else, to obtain Dr. Ford’s testimony.”
· On September 22, committee staff again wrote an email to Dr. Ford’s lawyers, reminding them that “committee investigators are available to meet with Dr. Ford, anywhere and anytime, if she would prefer to provide her testimony outside of a hearing setting.”

In a September 21 tweet, Grassley invited Dr. Ford to share her story, saying, “[c]ome to us or we to [you].”

Ford ‘Wasn’t Clear’ Committee Offered California Interview in lieu of Public Washington Hearing | United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary

 

[Elley Mae]

I just wanted to very briefly throw in that BK never lied under oath as far as I'm concerned- not about anything in his yearbook, or anything else. I'm a woman, I've been sexually assaulted ( worse than anything Dr. Ford described) and support BK 100%. I'm tired of getting so far down in the weeds it ain't funny any more, nor does it have any value. Peace to all.

Peace.

I never heard a lie either, easy for some to make blanket statement as fact with out a shred of evidence.

I do hope that heads roll over this, like law license’s taken away, ppl fired, prosecuted, jailed.

This should never happen again.

 

[Elley Mae]

By contrast, when the Left criminalizes political opposition, no crime is required; just gossamer-thin, incoherent, uncorroborated, often unverifiable allegations: perhaps multiple-hearsay innuendo against a Republican presidential candidate, passed on by anonymous foreigners to a hyper-partisan, left-wing foreign spy working for the opposition Democratic political campaign. Or maybe a 36-year-old claim of sexual assault by an alleged victim who cannot remember basic details or keep straight the details she claims to remember; whose named witnesses do not back her account; who declines to address whether her accusation has been influenced by the controversial psychotherapeutic process of “recovered memory”; who refuses to disclose highly relevant therapy notes and polygraph information; and who is a Democrat advised by a prominent Democratic strategist and represented for free by Democratic activist lawyers, who were recommended to her by a senior Senate Judiciary Committee Democrat even as that Democratic senator concealed the sexual-assault claim from her Republican counterparts.

Leftists Weaponize Investigations for Political Gain | National Review

 

[mickey2942]

bbm

Literally?

Yes. Look at every single ruling regarding illegal immigration, or immigration law. The byzantine interpretation of the immigration laws, as interpreted by the 9th circuit are ridiculous. The judges take some sort of twisted glee to completely derail work done by USCIS, on a consistent basis. Like USCIS is the "enemy", rather than actual law Enforcement officers doing their jobs.
That is a problem. Stays for deportation are routine. It is frustrating for people who are honestly, performing their jobs.

The fact that the rulings are generally overturned, by SCOTUS, is irrelevant. By that time, an illegal alien has been allowed to continue illegal activity for years. One step forward, two back.

The 9th circuit seems to have decided that the Executive branch of the government is the "enemy", that they have to thwart and defeat.

 

[Mickey Mouse]

There have been a number of comments about how the Supreme Court and the nomination process should be and used to be far less political.

The reality is that it was *always* political. At times, far more political than it is now. There are so many examples. I'm sure everyone knows about FDR's attempt to pack the court after one of his New Deal initiatives had been struck down. There are so many other examples. .

Consider John Rutledge, arguably the second chief justice. I say arguably because, although his friend George Washington gave him a recess appointment to succeed John Jay in the summer of 1795, and Rutledge sat for the Court’s August term (it had two in those days), the Federalist-dominated Senate refused to confirm him when it reassembled in December. Rutledge had spoken against Jay’s Treaty, a controversial agreement with Britain that the Federalist party supported. He was also called “a driveller and a fool.” So much for Rutledge, CJ.

Politics & Supreme Court History: "John Marshall: The Man Who Made The Supreme Court." | National Review

The quintessential example of a crucial Supreme Court appointment going to a politician with no prior judicial experience was President Eisenhower’s choice of California Republican Governor Earl Warren to replace Vinson as chief justice in 1953. Warren had played a crucial role in helping Eisenhower capture the 1952 Republican presidential nomination over Ohio Senator Robert Taft, and the Supreme Court nomination was an agreed-upon reward for his earlier political support.

http://www.historynet.com/american-history-transformation-of-the-us-supreme-court.htm

In the aftermath of the hotly contested presidential election of 1800, President John Adams and a lame duck Congress passed the Judiciary Act of 1801, which reduced the number of Supreme Court Justices from 6 to 5 and instituted a number of other sweeping changes to the federal judiciary that would benefit the current President’s party, and disadvantage the incoming one.

The Supreme Court Has Always Been Political | HuffPost

With the tacit encouragement of President Jefferson, Republicans in Congress impeached a Federalist Supreme Court justice, Samuel Chase, for his political harangues from the bench, but he was acquitted by the Senate, establishing a precedent that judges should not be removed from office because of political disagreements.

The Supreme Court . The Court and Democracy . Court History | PBS

The Appointment of a Supreme Court Justice: A Political Process from Beginning to End on JSTOR

President John Tyler broke with the Whigs who controlled the Senate and couldn’t even get a vote for three nominees. A fourth was rejected and only one of Tyler’s choices ever made it to the court. A quarter-century later, following the Civil War, the Republican-dominated Congress actually abolished a Supreme Court seat rather than act on a nomination by President Andrew Johnson.

The long history of political fights over Supreme Court seats

There are many, many more interesting stories like these

 

[Mica]

Just so I know, are there different "believable" categories of sexual assault?

What's the criteria? Pictures = it happened, no pictures = it didn't happen?

Or is it a partisan thing?

Criteria - witnesses named by the victim who can actually coorborate victim’s story

 

[BUF]

 

[Elley Mae]

At one point, Collins said that “we have forgotten the common values that bind us together.” On that, she can speak only of Washington and the legacy media, as the American people have not forgotten a thing.

Donald Trump is president because we noticed what was happening in Washington and we did not like what we saw.

The political class likes theater, as it continues to try to gaslight Americans into thinking the contrived demonstrations at the Capitol against Kavanaugh represent a “deep divide of the country.”


Tammy Bruce: Susan Collins' speech tells us a lot about the GOP and America

 

[CARIIS]

 

[CARIIS]

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