Showing posts with label SCOTUS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SCOTUS. Show all posts
Saturday, October 6, 2018
Friday, October 5, 2018
The Supreme Court's Legitimacy Is on the Brink of Collapse
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a23621362/brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court-legitimacy-collapse/
"We will get to see how utterly reckless Mitch McConnell is in perpetuating the power down through the generations, the Constitution and the republic be damned. We will get to see the steel in Heidi Heitkamp, who has gone all the way out on a very tremulous limb, and we will get to see, finally, what Joe Manchin is willing to sell cheap in order to stay in office. We will see the true depth of the loyalty the congressional majority has to the developing oligarchy, to its dedication to rolling back the achievements of 20 years of civil rights progress, and to the heedless savage who sits in the White House. This is what United States senators are supposed to do. This, to borrow a phrase from a movie that seems to be coming to life more every day, is the life they have chosen."
"We will get to see how utterly reckless Mitch McConnell is in perpetuating the power down through the generations, the Constitution and the republic be damned. We will get to see the steel in Heidi Heitkamp, who has gone all the way out on a very tremulous limb, and we will get to see, finally, what Joe Manchin is willing to sell cheap in order to stay in office. We will see the true depth of the loyalty the congressional majority has to the developing oligarchy, to its dedication to rolling back the achievements of 20 years of civil rights progress, and to the heedless savage who sits in the White House. This is what United States senators are supposed to do. This, to borrow a phrase from a movie that seems to be coming to life more every day, is the life they have chosen."
If The Rule Of Law Means Anything, Kavanaugh Must Be Impeached
https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/10/if-the-rule-of-law-means-anything-kavanaugh-must-be-impeached
"If a federal judge can get away with lying to Congress, why do we even have sworn oaths?"
"If a federal judge can get away with lying to Congress, why do we even have sworn oaths?"
Above the Law and Below the Belt: High Crimes and Misdemeanors of Kavanaugh and the Senate-Trump Faction
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/10/05/above-law-and-below-belt-high-crimes-and-misdemeanors-kavanaugh-and-senate-trump
"In our considered legal and moral opinion, Kavanaugh's continual false declarations and prevarications are grounds for impeachment in even his current position of Federal Court Judge. In our judgement, with which many will agree, Trump’s candidate Kavanaugh has incontestably demonstrated unfitness for any judicial or public office. His speech and actions under oath, to the US Senate, is enough for him to be disbarred and lose his law license."
"In our considered legal and moral opinion, Kavanaugh's continual false declarations and prevarications are grounds for impeachment in even his current position of Federal Court Judge. In our judgement, with which many will agree, Trump’s candidate Kavanaugh has incontestably demonstrated unfitness for any judicial or public office. His speech and actions under oath, to the US Senate, is enough for him to be disbarred and lose his law license."
Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation may be how every Trump associate permanently avoids prosecution
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/brett-kavanaugh-s-confirmation-may-be-how-every-trump-associate-ncna916681
"If confirmed by the Senate to a Supreme Court seat, Judge Brett Kavanaugh immediately could be a crucial vote to decide whether the constitution bars any state’s efforts to prosecute Trump campaign officials and aides for state crimes if President Trump has already pardoned them for federal crimes."
"If confirmed by the Senate to a Supreme Court seat, Judge Brett Kavanaugh immediately could be a crucial vote to decide whether the constitution bars any state’s efforts to prosecute Trump campaign officials and aides for state crimes if President Trump has already pardoned them for federal crimes."
Trump and McConnell Take Gaslighting to New Level in Kavanaugh Confirmation Fight
Trump and McConnell Take Gaslighting to New Level in Kavanaugh Confirmation Fight:
"The use of an anti-Semitic trope to condemn protesters for exercising their First Amendment rights signals a turning point in the authoritarian trajectory of our politics."
"The use of an anti-Semitic trope to condemn protesters for exercising their First Amendment rights signals a turning point in the authoritarian trajectory of our politics."
Editorial: Kavanaugh lied under oath. This alone is disqualifying.
https://www.stltoday.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-kavanaugh-lied-under-oath-this-alone-is-disqualifying/article_4aa8be43-695c-5d9e-8844-94d045dcb77e.html
"Even under oath, Judge Brett Kavanaugh doesn’t meet the same level of truthfulness that he certainly would demand of anyone appearing in his court."
"Even under oath, Judge Brett Kavanaugh doesn’t meet the same level of truthfulness that he certainly would demand of anyone appearing in his court."
USA TODAY editorial board: Vote no on Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/10/05/brett-kavanaugh-confirmation-we-urge-senators-vote-no-editorials-debates/1527514002/
"Based on Kavanaugh’s failure to live up to his own description of judicial attributes, he disqualified himself."
"Based on Kavanaugh’s failure to live up to his own description of judicial attributes, he disqualified himself."
Thursday, October 4, 2018
Corporate Front Groups Lobby to Confirm Brett Kavanaugh. On the Supreme Court, He Could Give Them Vastly Expanded Power.
https://theintercept.com/2018/10/04/brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court-confirmation-corporate-regulations/
"The interests backing Kavanaugh are hoping that his confirmation will tilt the court and undercut potentially dozens of government policies on clean elections, environmental regulations, bank regulations, and predatory lending, in addition to weakening organized labor."
"The interests backing Kavanaugh are hoping that his confirmation will tilt the court and undercut potentially dozens of government policies on clean elections, environmental regulations, bank regulations, and predatory lending, in addition to weakening organized labor."
Voter Suppression Is Deeply Embedded in the Republican Party. Brett Kavanaugh Helped Put It There.
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a23585673/voter-suppression-republican-brett-kavanaugh-don-mcgahn/
"The entire Republican project ever since the Florida burglary of 2000—in which Kavanaugh was an accessory after the fact—has been to find a way to hang onto power while the party itself is shrinking down to an old, white, Southern base. Every institution of government that the Republicans have controlled for nearly 20 years has been tasked with this, and now they pretty much control all of them, at least until the first week of November. Brett Kavanaugh has been at the center of those efforts. So has Don McGahn. This is the part of the tale that is not about the president* at all."
"The entire Republican project ever since the Florida burglary of 2000—in which Kavanaugh was an accessory after the fact—has been to find a way to hang onto power while the party itself is shrinking down to an old, white, Southern base. Every institution of government that the Republicans have controlled for nearly 20 years has been tasked with this, and now they pretty much control all of them, at least until the first week of November. Brett Kavanaugh has been at the center of those efforts. So has Don McGahn. This is the part of the tale that is not about the president* at all."
Brett Kavanaugh Lied Brazenly and Repeatedly Under Oath. Any Law Student Knows He Cannot Sit on the Supreme Court
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/10/04/brett-kavanaugh-lied-brazenly-and-repeatedly-under-oath-any-law-student-knows-he
"It feels self-evident, but a judge who cannot obey the law cannot be expected to apply it."
"It feels self-evident, but a judge who cannot obey the law cannot be expected to apply it."
Why the FBI’s Kavanaugh Investigation Is So Troubling
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/fbi-kavanaugh-investigation-findings-733118/
"The feds did not interview key witnesses — including former classmates who claim they can corroborate sexual misconduct allegations and lies under oath"
"The feds did not interview key witnesses — including former classmates who claim they can corroborate sexual misconduct allegations and lies under oath"
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