Judge Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearing - DAY 1

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RJ Schwartzposted 6 years ago
Today is the first day of confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice nominee, Brett Kavanaugh - and it's already a wild and crazy ride. At this early point in the hearing, reports are that 17 people have been removed for disrupting the proceedings, several Democrats forcibly interrupted the committee chairman with demands for a recess before the opening statements were made, and protests are being staged in numerous areas around the building.

This hearing is nothing like anything America has seen in her history, but seems to be the new normal in politics. The main argument today is connected to the timing of document delivery. In the weeks leading up to today, more than 400,000 pages have been distributed to members; this figure represents more than twice the amount of any nominee in history. There were documents protected by the White House, which is a standard thing, but Democrats demanded more. Yesterday another batch was released amounting to over 40,000 additional pages in response to the demands.

As of 11:20 EST, the Women's March group is claiming to be the organizers of the protests, which was intended to interrupt the proceeding every few minutes.

The candidate is considered highly qualified to serve on the Supreme Court.

What are your thoughts? Do you see any impact from the protests on the Senate? Are those groups protesting, doing so for nothing? Is obstruction becoming the new normal in politics, especially from the Democratic Party? Moreover, is there any reason why Judge Kavanaugh should be rejected as a nominee?
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  promisemposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  - Arrests and protests at Senate hearings are common.
  
  - As I understand it, the Dems tried to stop the hearing because the Repubs delayed releasing the 400,000 pages. It does take time to read that much.
  
  - The candidate is considered highly qualified by the conservative Federalist Society, a legal group. He isn't considered qualified by liberal legal groups.
  
  In answer to your questions:
  
  1. I don't see any impact from the protests because they rarely have impact.
  
  2. Most groups protest for nothing because the people in power just ignore them.
  
  3. Obstruction by either party is not a new thing. Mitch McConnell blocked more judicial appointments when Obama was in power than any presidency in U.S. history.
  
  4. Not from what I've read. But if he pushes more extremist court opinions like Citizens United or a weakening of Roe vs. Wade, it could easily lead to major social unrest.
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  RJ Schwartzposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Which Supreme Court Justice hearings in the past had arrests and protests? I can’t find any, thanks.
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  promisemposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Please feel free to do your own research on the history of protests and arrests at Senate hearings.
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  RJ Schwartzposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  I think you spoke too soon on this one - there have never been protests of this magnitude at a Senate confirmation hearing that I can find.
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  promisemposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  We are talking about two slightly different things. I was talking about protests at Senate hearings in general. You are talking about Senate hearings for the Supreme Court specifically.
  
  I don't see how you or I can realistically research every single Supreme Court hearing in U.S. history to find out if there have been any previous protests and arrests at SCOTUS hearings.
  
  That said, I will grant you your point that there have been none if you grant me my point that protests and arrests at Senate hearings aren't limited to just this one hearing.
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  RJ Schwartzposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  that's fair - I wasn't trying to bait you - I was seriously looking for other instances to perhaps start a new Hub, but couldn't find any
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  PrettyPantherposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  I am glad to see citizens exercising their constitutional right to protest. If not now, when? This is the nominee of a President and administration in the crosshairs of several investigations, a nominee whose record shows he likely believes a sitting president should not be indicted. He should not be confirmed.
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  wildernessposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Just what are they protesting? The possible appointment of a judge that will give verdicts by law rather than by political affiliation or bent?
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  PrettyPantherposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  I can't speak for them. I personally believe this president should not be allowed to put forward a nominee for reasons I already explained.
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  wildernessposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  The only "reason" you gave is that you don't like the president; all of his perceived faults are thus projected onto other people, people that may or may not be anything at all like him. And this you called "rational"!
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  PrettyPantherposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Wilderness,that is not what I said and you know it. I didn't like Dubya but I would never claim we should reject his nominee. This President and his administration is demonstrating an unheard of level of corruption and incompetence, and he happens to nominate a guy who likely believes a sitting president can't be indicted. Strange coincidence, huh?
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  jackclee lmposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  TDS runs amoke...
  Because you hate Trump, you reject a good candidate for the Supreme Court...
  Do you see why you need professional help?
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  promisemposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  For the record, I don't think that extremist pro choice group should have protested in the hearing and disrupted it. They should have protested outside.
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  Carolyn M Fieldsposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Here is my question, and perhaps someone on this forum can give me an answer: What ever happened to innocent until proven guilty? Due process? So President Trump is "under investiation" for alleged crimes. Seems that many have already found him guilty, and therefore not fit to be in office. We are a LONG way off from that, folks. You can't just accuse someone and start an investigation and say "hey - stop what you're doing - you are under investigation." If that was true, then certainly Hillary would never have been able to run for president - because she was "under investigation" for the email server in her basement, and more. Or have we collectively decided to give up that basic freedom? Did I miss the memo?
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  wildernessposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  You missed the memo. Trump is guilty of a large number of crimes, declared guilty because liberals don't like his policies and that's enough to declare guilt of anything and everything.
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  Carolyn M Fieldsposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  That's what I suspected.
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  RJ Schwartzposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  And don't forget that client-lawyer privilege has gone out the window too
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  promisemposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  If you are talking about Mannafort, Cohen, Gates and Papadopoulos, they were found guilty of their crimes.
  
  If you are talking about the other 30+ people who have been indicted and not faced trial yet, you are right, they are innocent until proven guilty.
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  wildernessposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  From Carolyn's post: " So President Trump is "under investiation" for alleged crimes. Seems that many have already found him guilty, and therefore not fit to be in office.".
  
  Seems she was talking specifically about President Trump, declared guilty of crimes he is not even indicted for and therefore not fit to hold office. Not anyone else - what makes you think she was speaking of anyone outside of the President?
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  Carolyn M Fieldsposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  To clarify - yes, I was just speaking of President Trump. And only Trump in this instance. I also don't believe in guilt by association - with some exceptions. I think you need to take each person and each case based on the merits. That's just how I roll.
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  promisemposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Thanks, Carolyn. I understood your post. I was trying to say that people are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The opinions of other people don't matter.
  
  I avoided using Trump's name because I was trying to be civil with you and avoid knee-jerk reactions from a couple of Trump extremists who bully people on here. I'll be more direct next time.
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  Dean Traylorposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Actually, confirmation hearings for supreme court justices were born out of some form of protest against a nominee. And, it surprisingly has a short history (102 years-old). In 1916, the first confirmation hearing was held for a controversial pick made by President Wilson. He was controversial for two reasons: he was Jewish and he was a successful lawyer who sued corporations. They had the senate meeting, but the nominee, Louis Brandeis, wasn't called in to testify. That wouldn't happen until 1939 when another Jewish lawyer (see a pattern?) was nominated by FDR. the nominee, a man with the unfortunate name of Felix Frankfurter was controversial for something else; he defended the accused anarchists, Sacco and Vanzetti. Still, he didn't answer many question and only told them that his record speaks for itself (it worked for him).
  The type of confirmation hearing that we've come to expect was in 1959, when Potter Stewart was nominated. Again, the controversy was that Southern Democrats and Conservative Republicans were leery of anyone who supported desegregation and affect National Security (that was never fully explained).
  Now, what seems to be happening, is the public is taking part in it. I can't say for certain if protesters from the public showed up at the meetings. In many cases, these things were not often televised until recently. And many protester likely stayed outside the court to voice their opposition.
  Still, it appears that confirmation hearing has evolved and there appears to be more attempts at vetting a nominee. The only problem is that the nominees get nominated. I believe only one nominee Justice Bork, was rejected after a confirmation hearing.
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crankaliciousposted 6 years ago
The McConnell Doctrine clearly states that no SCOTUS nominee should be voted on during an election year.
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  RJ Schwartzposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  I believe this was specifically a Presidential election year, but I respect your opinion on the subject if you feel differently. Thanks for contributing!
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  crankaliciousposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  For what it's worth, I believe it's the right of the President to nominate whomever he wants and for that person to be confirmed if he/she is qualified. That said, Merrick Garland should have been confirmed and that's why people are protesting now.
  
  Now, with all those caveats, I still think he should be confirmed. He's clearly qualified. His appointment will wake up people who believe in individual rights over corporate rights and the rights of women and other marginalized individuals. If you feel stress from a potential blue wave now, wait until Kavanaugh swings a few decisions toward increased restrictions on abortion and more rights for corporations at the expense of individual rights.
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  promisemposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  I agree. What goes around comes around. Mitch McConnell deserves as much credit for these silly battles as anyone.
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  PrettyPantherposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  If one is okay with what McConnell did to deny Obama his Supreme Court nominee, then one should be just fine with the Democrats' tactics now.
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  wildernessposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  And if they weren't OK with it? It's still OK because it's Democrats this time that are playing a political game to the detriment of the country?
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  PrettyPantherposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  They are playing political games for the betterment of the country, just like MsConnell did.
  
  See how that works?
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  wildernessposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Yep! A pack of small children fighting in a sandbox, not one of them any better, smarter or caring any more about the people or country than any other one. And that most definitely includes Democrats along with the independents, tea party and republicans. Uncaring, sleazy crooks refusing to do the job they are paid to do while the country spirals further and further out of any semblance of control.
  
  (Is this where we should take note that President Trump did his job in supplying a very qualified candidate - that it is the Democratic party refusing to do their job?)
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  Carolyn M Fieldsposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  https://www.npr.org/2016/03/16/47066456 … t-a-person
  
  Yes . . . during a PRESIDENTIAL election year.
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Wesman Todd Shawposted 6 years ago
The Marxists hate him. He should be confirmed without delay. Can't wait until Ginsberg dies. Maybe it will be today. What a wonderful time to be alive!
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  RJ Schwartzposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  I'm really not seeing anything that would derail him at this point. I did see an article on the net over the weekend that had a prominent Democrat lamenting about Harry Reid bringing the "nuclear option" to the Senate for judicial confirmations. Apparently there are current lawmakers who want to return to the old rules (even though it will likely never happen in our partisan world)
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  GA Andersonposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  "Can't wait until Ginsberg dies."
  
  Wow, you certainly lived up to your forum persona with that one.
  
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PrettyPantherposted 6 years ago
I am in favor of the Democrats doing whatever it takes to prevent his nomination.
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  GA Andersonposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Is that because he is viewed as a conservative-leaning judge, or because he is a Trump nominee?
  
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  PrettyPantherposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Because he is a Teump nominee.
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  RJ Schwartzposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  What if Trump nominated a Liberal Judge, would you still reject him or her?
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  GA Andersonposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  That sounds spiteful PrettyPanther. I was hoping that wasn't your reasoning.
  
  The nominee seems to be well qualified - by anyone's standards. It looks like you have decided to 'join the game, standards be damned.'
  
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  PrettyPantherposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  No, it is not spiteful. It is rational to reject the nominee of a disgusting, lying POS who is not fit for office.
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  wildernessposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Can you describe your reasoning? Is it like rejecting because of skin color, a parent in prison or a cousin using drugs? Does "rational" mean actions of other people are used to determine what a nominee would do or what kind of person (s)he is?
  
  Because if the answer is "yes" you truly have gone to the dark side where anything associated with Donald Trump is bad regardless of how good it is. Where WWIII is preferable to Trump as president and where anything that removes him from office is acceptable up to and including assassination.
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  PrettyPantherposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Based on the number of corrupt individuals he has surrounded himself with, I would say that the odds are pretty good that a person associated with Trump is a corrupt individual. At the very least, he or she is a person who tolerates the lying POS, and that's enough for me.
  
  Kavanaugh might be a great guy, but there is evidence that he leans toward believing a sitting president cannot be indicted. Imagine that. I'm sure that had nothing to do with his being nominated for the Supreme Court by a sitting president in the crosshairs of several investigations. (sarcasm) If you believe Trump nominated him because he is a great legal scholar, well, then that would be typical of Trump supporters: ignoring the obvious.
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  wildernessposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  He may believe that, according to the law, a sitting president cannot be indicted. Does the opinion of Democrats, uneducated in the nuances of the law or ignoring the law in favor of political power plays, make him wrong?
  
  It seems so, doesn't it?
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  PrettyPantherposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  No, but there are plenty of legal scholars who believe a sitting president can be indicted. Is there something wrong with having a personal (not legal) opinion that no one should be above the law, including a president?
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  promisemposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  "Kavanaugh may not become the most conservative member of the court, but his background suggests he would be the most partisan.
  
  "Working for Kenneth W. Starr in the 1990s, he was involved in the Vincent Foster and Monica Lewinsky probes, proposing an explicit line of questioning for President Bill Clinton with graphic queries about genitalia, masturbation, phone sex and oral sex.
  
  "And as a young lawyer under George W. Bush, Kavanaugh was involved in Bush v. Gore, the probe of Clinton’s pardons and legal decisions about torture."
  
  No wonder Trump chose him. He wants a partisan Supreme Court for his impeachment challenge.
  
  https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions … aaa0c7d711
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  wildernessposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  According to Wikipedia, "At the federal level, Article I, Section 2, Clause 5 of the Constitution grants to the House of Representatives "the sole power of impeachment", and Article I, Section 3, Clause 6 grants to the Senate "the sole Power to try all Impeachments"."
  
  What does a partisan Supreme Court have to do with preventing or approving an impeachment?
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  promisemposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Impeachments are guided by laws. If the House impeaches him, and the Senate goes to trial with the impeachment, then a procedural flaw in either one could lead to court involvement.
  
  And during a Senate impeachment trial, the Chief Justice serves as the judge. So SCOTUS potentially gets involved two ways.
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  jackclee lmposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Spoken like a true partisan. I watched part of the hearing today. I must say, it went on better than I had expected. Senator Lindsay Gramm did an excellect job framing the debate. This man seems well qualified to be a justice. Those who don’t support him or vote for him based on merit just shows how partisan they are. I am all for the democratic process. Let the Senators do their job.
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  promisemposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Just like with Merrick Garland?
  
  But wait, that was different!
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  jackclee lmposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Yes, it was. That was a presidential election year. Remember the Biden rule?
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  promisemposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  "Republicans cited a 1992 speech by then-senator Joe Biden, arguing that if a Supreme Court seat became vacant during the summer, President Bush should wait until after the election to appoint a replacement, or else appoint a moderate acceptable to the then-Democratic Senate." - Wikipedia
  
  Biden simply suggested they wait. McConnell refused even to hold a hearing -- a first in U.S. history.
  
  Garland was nominated nearly a full year before Trump took office and not a couple of months like the Biden example. McConnell didn't even offer the moderate option.
  
  Big difference.
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  jackclee lmposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  The democrats were the one that changed the Senate rule of a 60 member majority. Now they cry foul...
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  promisemposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  What does that have to do with anything on this thread???
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  jackclee lmposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  It relates to how judges are reviewed and appointed...
  Do you deny that Democratic Senators changed the rules on the 60 majority? They did and at the time, I remever distinctly McConnell warned them of changing times. In a few short years, they lost their majority and now we are more partisan. Who are we the people to blame? Not the GOP.
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  promisemposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Your comment has nothing to do with this topic, which is about Senate hearings for the Supreme Court.
  
  Both parties change rules all of the time. But only one party squashed SCOTUS hearings for the first time in history.
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  Readmikenowposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Guess what? There are rules in the US Senate and the Supreme Court nomination process. The majority party in the Senate chooses what does and does not come up for a vote. The Republican majority in the Senate was under NO obligation to begin the nomination process with Merrick Garland. Rules don't change because Democrats don't like them. If Democrats didn't like it, they should have gotten enough Democrats elected to control the US Senate. That is how it has worked for hundreds of years and doesn't change to appease the Democrat party. People voted a majority Republican Senate and this is how it works.
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  promisemposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Ah, the hand grenades are back.
  
  Refusing to have a hearing to fill a Supreme Court seat is not "how it works".
  
  From now on, let's have the party in charge of the Senate always refuse to have a hearing on filling any SCOTUS seat if the President is from the other party.
  
  During an 8-year presidency, if we had 3 openings, all 3 can sit there empty until the same 2 parties control both the Senate and White House.
  
  The hearing process worked during the entire history of the U.S. government because no party was asinine enough to refuse any SCOTUS hearings.
  
  Until now, thanks to Republican extremists.
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MizBejabbersposted 6 years ago
Kavanaugh is probably as good as it gets for a Republican nominee. I think this kind of thing is the new norm.
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Readmikenowposted 6 years ago
The Senate refusing to hold hearings for a Supreme Court nomination is NOTHING new. Here is an article about how common it was in the 1800s.

"Battles over a president’s late-term judicial nominations are nearly as old as the Constitution itself. Thomas Jefferson’s successful fight against John Adams’ “midnight judges,” appointees rushed through in Adams’ last days in office in 1801, led to the famed Supreme Court case Marbury vs. Madison."

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ … 180962589/

Again, the US Senate is under NO obligation to hold a hearing on a Supreme Court nomination. If Democrats don't like it, they should have worked harder and elected more Democrats. President Donald Trump provided a list of people he would consider for Supreme Court nominations during his campaign. This is what the people of the United States voted for. Sometimes when you lose, you have to accept everything that goes with it. That is how adults handle things. Maybe not liberals or Democrats, but adults.
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  promisemposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Horsepoop. That's a complete misreading of the article. Those were nominees who simply weren't confirmed.
  
  The article clearly states they took place before hearings became a standard for all future nominees.
  
  Garland is the only nominee denied a hearing since hearings were first implemented BY BOTH PARTIES.
  
  Adults with a conscience and who believe in the Constitution fight for democracy.
  
  Right-wing extremists want everything their way, without compromise, even when it comes to putting an illegal President into the White House with Russian money and propaganda.
  
  For them, the only Constitution is the 2nd Amendment and a puppet dictator.
  
  See, we all can throw hand grenades. What good does it do?
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  Readmikenowposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Sounds like your DTS is in overdrive. Work hard to elect more Democrats to the Senate and THEY can determine Supreme Court nomination hearings. Until then....sour grapes. Be honest, if the roles were reversed, the Democrats would be doing the exact same thing as the Republicans are doing now. You're not as upset with what is being done as much as you are that your side isn't doing it. That is the bottom line.
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  promisemposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  When wrong, evade and get personal.
  
  My side? You still don't understand a thing about me or anyone else who doesn't agree with you.
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  promisemposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  By the way, it's a little hard for Democrats to win elections when Russians and billionaire Republicans are rigging them.
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  Readmikenowposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Oh well, it that's all you have....you have nothing. it's not a personal attack...NO Democrat would complain if the tables were turned. THAT is my point. Democrats are NO better than Republicans. They only complain better and act like children better when they don't get what they want.
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  promisemposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  You are changing your point.
  
  Again, Merrick Garland is the only SCOTUS nominee in history denied a hearing.
  
  No Republican was ever denied one by the Democrats.
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  wildernessposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  LOL It's come to that now? Without Russian lies and false information Trump would not be President? As the Democrats 100% rig their primary to get the result the handlers want?
  
  That's about the funniest thing I've heard yet!
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  Wesman Todd Shawposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  The left has been very good for jokes since the election.
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  La Veeztaposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  I beg to differ. They were a joke long before the election.
  
  Did you hear about the reporter who asked Obama a hard question? Neither have we!
  
  Remember when some Republicans were saying that due to his current scandals, President Obama should be impeached. In response, Obama laughed and said, 'Two words fellas: President Biden.'
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  promisemposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  What's even funnier is someone who denies dozens of indictments and even Trump's own cabinet members saying the Russians are interferring in our elections.
  
  The joke is on you.
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  crankaliciousposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Now that we have the Bob Woodward book and the NYT article by a senior Trump Administration official, we pretty much know, without a doubt, that Trump is a lunatic, unhinged, and childlike. Anyone who supports him is an active participant in the destruction of civility and perhaps the Presidency itself.
  
  Those around him still clearly believe in conservative principles. We should all be thankful that, conservative or liberal, there are people like them in government willing to do what's best for the country and keep Trump under control.
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  wildernessposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  "Anyone who supports him is an active participant in the destruction of civility and perhaps the Presidency itself."
  
  Puts them in great company, for that is exactly what the TDS crowd has been doing for months and months now. You know - spouting that he is mentally ill (without ever performing an exam or being qualified to render an opinion), exaggerating his every move into something it wasn't, taking words out of context when it can be made to show him wrong or foolish. All that a and much more. About all they haven't done is prove Trump/Russia collusion to fix the election!
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  crankaliciousposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  TDS is definitely a thing, just not what you think it is.
  
  Again, you have somebody from within the administration saying that almost the entire administration is controlling Trump to keep him from destroying everything because he doesn't have any guiding principles and changes his mind from one minute to the next. He's unstable.
  
  And then you have Woodward, one of America's most trusted journalists.
  
  Sure, you have a mess of chaotic responses to Trump because he's unstable.
  
  Did you read the NYT article? It's both unnerving, but somewhat confidence inspiring because it's good to know that even though the administration is conservative, they hold their responsibility to America higher than they hold their responsibility to Trump.
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  wildernessposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Why would I want to read something a liberal news source says is from an anonymous source making grandiose claims while hiding behind the curtain? Reminds me of the sad little guy in the Wizard of Oz.
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  crankaliciousposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Because most available evidence suggests it’s true. TDS indeed!
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  promisemposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  "TDS" is silly Fox News propaganda for the enjoyment of simple minds. It really needs to take a rest.
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  wildernessposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  But you understood the point being made with the term, right? I'd have to say it is quite useful in that regard.
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  promisemposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Not at all. I am not a psychiatrist with the credentials to make up a mental illness.
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  crankaliciousposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  What's hilarious about TDS is how ironic its use has become. Between the anonymous NYT article by a Trump administration person and Bob Woodward's book, you'd have to be in complete denial not to see the serious, unprecedented and dangerous problems.
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  PrettyPantherposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  There is no legitimate defense to what was obvious before the election, and is being confirmed almost daily since the election: Trump is unfit to be President.
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Readmikenowposted 6 years ago
This pretty much sums up the Democrat's behavior.
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  crankaliciousposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  I pretty much agree with that cartoon. Unfortunately, it is simply a response commensurate with how they are treated by the President.
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  jackclee lmposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Really?
  I saw part of the hearing and I must say, whether you agree with his politics or not, this man is an excellent choice. I don’t get the people against him or the protesters. What are they afraid of?
  If anything, he seems too perfect. A father, a husband, a coach, a volunteer, a teacher and a judge. What else is he missing?
  For those who are afflected with TDS, anything that Trump proposes must be wrong or bad. That is how insane this process has become.
  You wonder what happened to civility in our country? What happened to tolerance? And what happened to free speech? Is this the best example we can present to the kids of our country?
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  PrettyPantherposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  I love it when Trump supporters ask what happened to civility and tolerance in this country. Get a clue. You elected a lying, bullying, name-calling, misogynistic POS to the highest office in the land.
  
  That's what happened to civility and tolerance in this country.
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  jackclee lmposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  I rest my case. Have a nice day!
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  jackclee lmposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  BTW, I did not vote for Trump, but I will take him anyday over the lying, corrupt and scheming Hillary Clinton for POTUS.
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  PrettyPantherposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Your "case" is apparently that the President can be as obnoxious, deceitful, and hateful as he wants and you still defend him, while holding your fellow citizens who call a spade a spade to a higher standard than their leader.
  
  That is the true derangement.
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  jackclee lmposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Just so you know, I may not like his style but in almost every instance, Trump was attacked first and he responded in kind. Unlike previous GOP candidates, like McCain and Romney who were too nice and they lost.
  
  What I do like is his policies and his choices for the Supreme Court. At the end of the day, that is what counts.
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  PrettyPantherposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Then don't complain about civility and tolerance if you are okay with a president who displays neither. You continue to encourage the low, low bar demonstrated by your dear leader. It is the height of hypocrisy to criticize your fellow Americans for despising that low, low bar and calling him out for what he is: a lying POS.
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  jackclee lmposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Who started it? The chicken or the egg? Doesn’t matter does it...
  He gave what they dish out and more.
  He could have behaved like Romney and then again Hillary would be president today.
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  PrettyPantherposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Yes, it matters. I expect more of my president. It's sad that you don't. It's even sadder that you turn around and criticize your fellow citizens while praising your childish, bully president.
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  jackclee lmposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  I am being objective. I am defending him only because he was unfairly attacked in many incidences by a biased media. Do you deny that?
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  crankaliciousposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  You can't be objective if you don't even understand what the word means. Your opinions are as subjective as they come.
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  jackclee lmposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  I know what it means. You can be objective in your judgement and still hold an opinion. The two are not mutually exclusive.
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  jackclee lmposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  By the way, here is a simple test on objectivity. Anyone can do it.
  Suppose there is some proposal or law on the table. If you support it because Obama proposed it and now is against it when Trump also propose it. That is a sign of bias. On the other hand, if you support or not support any issue, regardless where it came from, that is being objective.
  
  Take immigration and the wall. Both Republicans and Democrats have supported it down theough the years especially during campaigns and pre election. You can look up youtube videos of Clinton calling for it... I support it. Now, some politicians are going back on their words and even some Republican lawmakers have backtracked.
  So, the moral of the story...I am being objective and these politicians are two-faced.
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  crankaliciousposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  If you think you're being objective, you're delusional. You hold conservative views. You use conservative sources to back up your opinions. That's all fine. But it's not objectivity. We've already seen on climate change that you have absolutely no idea how to evaluate data and therefore, have formed a very subjective opinion about climate change.
  
  Claiming you're objective is claiming that you somehow have a line on the truth. You have no such line. Your opinions are entirely subjective and probably more subjective than others since you hold a strict party line on virtually every subject. You obviously only tend to look at one side of an issue.
  
  Actually not being able to acknowledge your subjectivity makes your opinions even less valuable.
  
  And you proved me right by giving an incorrect definition of objectivity. There's bias in every statement you make. Somebody so biased isn't objective, which again, is fine.
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  wildernessposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  "What are they afraid of? "
  
  A judge that will render verdicts based on the law rather than Democratic ideology.
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  Readmikenowposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Excellent point!
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  Ken Burgessposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  I would chime in with some depth, but for two things.
  
  A) He will be confirmed and nothing is going to stop that, so what is the point in putting effort into debating the matter.
  
  B) The one person I defer to in all things political has thrown her support in his favor 100%. She is far more sagacious than I in such matters. Her testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQcbiB1AWPI
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  wildernessposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  "He will be confirmed and nothing is going to stop that, so what is the point in putting effort into debating the matter."
  
  Grandstanding and posturing for gullible voters in the upcoming elections; voters that think it's a sincere effort to stop the inevitable. Happens all the time, which is probably why many politicians still have a job.
  
  Other than that, I haven't a clue.
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ahorsebackposted 6 years ago
If even Trump were a" bully " and he still nominated Kavanaugh AND given that Condoleezza Rice stands up for him the way she did - a black ,female , ex-Bush leaguer ; who served as a REAL Secretary of State . That is good enough for me .

And , Kavanaugh will be the next supreme court Justice .
No matter how it makes the left's heads explode !
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ahorsebackposted 6 years ago
The SCOTUS hearings were a democratic circus act beginning from day one , Harris , Booker , all the rest of the opposition one on top of the other vying for election attention , I find it interesting to see what the Democrats 3 ring circus act will do to mid term impressions of these grandstanders .

Come on red tide .
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ahorsebackposted 6 years ago
I loved it when Condi Rice educated everyone there about Kavanaugh , That woman shows more class than the entire sitting committee . Notice , no racism chants or feminists whining about her testimony ,
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  La Veeztaposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Did you hear about this?
  
  https://youtu.be/J_d_a49hhLo
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  ahorsebackposted 6 years agoin reply to this
  Has anyone EVER witnessed such a spectacle of the protesters who were escorted out constantly ?
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