My conservative friends are outraged over the politics surrounding the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh.
No one can yet explain why. I think it has to do with “libtards” and fake news conspiring about a man accused of sexual assault. Then they talk about Dianne Feinstein like they pay attention to her outside this issue.
None of us (probably) are conversant with the rules of the Senate related to advise and consent. I’m not, and I’m a politics geek.
But it’s important for you to consider facts while remembering that Judge Douglas Ginsburg was forced to withdraw his name for a Supreme Court justiceship after it was disclosed that he smoked marijuana in college and after.
Robert Bork, who allowed Watergate to continue by being President Nixon’s Justice Department henchman, was also denied a seat on the court.
And, of course, Judge Merrick Garland was nominated for the Supreme Court and denied because, well, the Senate Republicans didn’t want anyone other than a Republican to appoint the next justice. There was no other reason.
So listen, please share your opinions with everyone near and far but spare us from the phony outrage. Neil Gorsuch sailed through his nomination on a seat that the GOP Senate admits it blocked the president from filling. He appointed a nominee when a justice died, and they refused to vote.
That’s not whataboutism. That’s I don’t know the rules, and neither do you. So y’all need to chill. Even if Kavanaugh isn’t given this honor and authority over all our lives, the current president would nominate another, different conservative judge.
We all understand that, which is why Neil Gorsuch’s nomination was approved. I’ve watched all of Dr. Ford’s testimony and all of Judge Kavanaugh’s testimony. His partisanship–he actually complained about ‘the Clintons’ while testifying–is enough to immediately disqualify him.
Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, a lifelong Republican agrees.
” I’ve changed my views for reasons that have no relationship to his intellectual ability … I feel his performance in the hearings ultimately changed my mind,” said Stevens, who was unanimously approved and served in the Supreme Court for 35 years.
Justices can have personal beliefs, but they’re not supposed to be political partisans. And since I (and probably you) don’t know the rules about sending or sharing information about Senator Feinstein’s actions any more than I do, kindly calm down about the whole thing.
It looks like Kavanaugh’s nomination will go through. That’s a shame because I don’t think he has a judicial temperament, that he’s willing to be unbiased, or that he is being truthful in his testimony.
That’s it, I’m good. Use facts when you argue. Since no one outside legal circles knew about Kavanaugh before his nomination, let’s all chill on ‘he’s the best person for the job’ nonsense. There’s a list on the president’s own website of potential justices. (protip–Kavanaugh’s name wasn’t on the first two versions)