Brett Kavanaugh

[TLK Valentine]

Bottom line: Do you think he will be confirmed to the SCOTUS?

Because in my opinion I think he probably will be confirmed.

He probably will -- the GOP has done a thorough enough job of burying anything that would stop it.

 

[Apologetic_Warrior]

What a circus the hearings were! Enjoyed listening to Senator Cruz set things straight yesterday.

 

[TLK Valentine]

What a circus the hearings were! Enjoyed listening to Senator Cruz set things straight yesterday.

I missed the hearings-- did Cruz ask a question?

 

[szechuan]

He will be confirmed. The alt-left will quickly move onto something else upon which to focus their temper tantrums. Lather, rinse, repeat.

LOL
Alt-Left.

Ironic coming from somebody who seems to support Trump.

 

[Apologetic_Warrior]

I missed the hearings-- did Cruz ask a question?

Here's a video with Cruz's opening statement:

Followed in another video by a series of questions asked by Cruz.

 

[TLK Valentine]

Here's a video with Cruz's opening statement:

Followed in another video by a series of questions asked by Cruz.

IOW, fifteen minutes of non-stop grandstanding, and actual questions are elsewhere...

Cruz's poll numbers are worse than I thought.

 

[Rion]

Yes, because the Democrats changed the rules to get Kagen in.

 

[Arcangl86]

Yes, because the Democrats changed the rules to get Kagen in.

What rules did the Democrats change? The only people who had changed the rules with regard to the Supreme Court are the Current Republican Senate leadership.

 

[Allandavid]

Not being from the the US, I’m wondering if it is normal for a nominee to be found lying during his confirmation hearings...?

 

[Gigimo]

Yes, because the Democrats changed the rules to get Kagen in.

Ah yes, the nuclear option you just gotta love Harry Reid and his short sightedness.

What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander!

 

[TLK Valentine]

Not being from the the US, I’m wondering if it is normal for a nominee to be found lying during his confirmation hearings...?

Not in the past, but in this administration, I'd say it's a requirement.

 

[NotreDame]

Not being from the the US, I’m wondering if it is normal for a nominee to be found lying during his confirmation hearings...?

Assuming he lied...what was Kavanaugh's lie?

 

[Allandavid]

Assuming he lied...what was Kavanaugh's lie?

He appears to have lied about having received stolen documents...?

 

[Arcangl86]

Ah yes, the nuclear option you just gotta love Harry Reid and his short sightedness.

What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander!

Except of course that rule change didn't effect SCOTUS. It was for lower level nominees.

 

[Gigimo]

Except of course that rule change didn't effect SCOTUS. It was for lower level nominees.

It all started back when Kagan was nominated to replace Stevens, the feeling in some circles in DC was a janitor was more qualified to fill that seat than she was (and they were right). So sensing he might have problems getting her confirmed Reid threatened to use the nuclear option to get it done. But that wasn't needed because some of the usual swamp creatures in the Republican party crossed over and voted for her (Richard Lugar, Lindsey Graham, Judd Gregg, Olympia Snowe, and Susan Collins). So it was placed on the back burner until 2013 when he finally decided to use it to pack the DC Court of Appeals with more unqualified activists.

The Dems also hatched this crazy plan to use it to get Garland confirmed in the time between the 114th Congress ending and the 115th Congress beginning when there would be a Democrat majority for a short period of time. Needless to say someone sane realized the plan would be illegal and so it died a wheezing death.

 

[Arcangl86]

It all started back when Kagan was nominated to replace Stevens, the feeling in some circles in DC was a janitor was more qualified to fill that seat than she was (and they were right). So sensing he might have problems getting her confirmed Reid threatened to use the nuclear option to get it done. But that wasn't needed because some of the usual swamp creatures in the Republican party crossed over and voted for her (Richard Lugar, Lindsey Graham, Judd Gregg, Olympia Snowe, and Susan Collins). So it was placed on the back burner until 2013 when he finally decided to use it to pack the DC Court of Appeals with more unqualified activists.

The Dems also hatched this crazy plan to use it to get Garland confirmed in the time between the 114th Congress ending and the 115th Congress beginning when there would be a Democrat majority for a short period of time. Needless to say someone sane realized the plan would be illegal and so it died a wheezing death.

A janitor is more qualified to serve on the Supreme Court then the serving US Soliciter General and former dean of the Harvard Law School? You seem to have odd views of what qualifies one to serve on the Supreme Court.

And which unqualified activists are you referring to? Do you mean Patricia Millett, who served in the Solicitor General's office for 11 years before leading the Supreme Court practice at one of the largest firms in the country for 5 years? Or do you maybe mean Nina Pillard who spent 6 years working for one of the largest civil rights agencies in the country, 3 years in the SG office, 2 in the Office of Legal Counsel and 13 years as a tenured professor of law at the Georgetown Law Center? Or was it Judge Wilkins who spent 12 years as a Public Defender, 8 years at Venerable LLP and 2 as a District Judge?

 

[Gigimo]

A janitor is more qualified to serve on the Supreme Court then the serving US Soliciter General and former dean of the Harvard Law School? You seem to have odd views of what qualifies one to serve on the Supreme Court.

And which unqualified activists are you referring to? Do you mean Patricia Millett, who served in the Solicitor General's office for 11 years before leading the Supreme Court practice at one of the largest firms in the country for 5 years? Or do you maybe mean Nina Pillard who spent 6 years working for one of the largest civil rights agencies in the country, 3 years in the SG office, 2 in the Office of Legal Counsel and 13 years as a tenured professor of law at the Georgetown Law Center? Or was it Judge Wilkins who spent 12 years as a Public Defender, 8 years at Venerable LLP and 2 as a District Judge?

LOL, I learned a looooong time ago that just because someone's resume looks good doesn't mean they're qualified. And I guess it all depends on if you think Dodd-Frank and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a good thing because they saved them from extinction.

 

[Arcangl86]

LOL, I learned a looooong time ago that just because someone's resume looks good doesn't mean they're qualified. And I guess it all depends on if you think Dodd-Frank and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a good thing because they saved them from extinction.

"I don't care that they have over 20 years of high level legal exprience. They don't share my ideaology, so they aren't qualified." That's how this comes across.

 

[ThatRobGuy]

Unfortunately, it's purely a numbers game at this point...all the democrats can hope for is to question him in ways that make it abundantly clear that he's dishonest and unfit for the position, so that it's completely on record and the GOP will have to own up for their mistake when the time comes.

 

[LivingWordUnity]

Unfortunately, it's purely a numbers game at this point...all the democrats can hope for is to question him in ways that make it abundantly clear that he's dishonest and unfit for the position, so that it's completely on record and the GOP will have to own up for their mistake when the time comes.

They already had their chance to ask him their loaded questions.