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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,957 posts)
Sat Sep 8, 2018, 03:41 PM Sep 2018

Kavanaugh's hearing shows growing partisanship, but reveals little about his views on the law

WASHINGTON — This week's Senate hearing for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh lived up to — or perhaps down to — expectations for how modern-day justices are confirmed.

A sharp partisan divide was on display from the first minute and lasted until the bitter end. In an unprecedented move on the first day, Democrats tried to shut down the hearing by complaining that Republicans were withholding documents about Kavanaugh's record. Republicans accused Democrats of political grandstanding.

When it was all over, the highly qualified and reliably conservative judge was headed for approval in the Senate Judiciary Committee, albeit with Republican votes only.

"This surely has been the most contentious hearing since (Clarence) Thomas" in 1991, said University of Georgia law professor Lori Ringhand, who has written a history of court confirmation hearings. "Cooperation among the committee members seems to have completely broken down."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/analysis-kavanaughs-hearing-shows-growing-partisanship-but-reveals-little-about-his-views-on-the-law/ar-BBN1A8V

Well it's probably because the GOP wants to push him through without a complete and total analysis of the paper trail he's left while working for the Federal government.

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Kavanaugh's hearing shows growing partisanship, but reveals little about his views on the law (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2018 OP
Disagree...there's enough documents that we HAVE seen to raise Nevermypresident Sep 2018 #1
Only because Senators like Booker have told the committee to go fuck themselves Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2018 #2

Nevermypresident

(781 posts)
1. Disagree...there's enough documents that we HAVE seen to raise
Sat Sep 8, 2018, 03:45 PM
Sep 2018

numerous red flags about his ideaology (thanks to Dems) as well as his dishonesty, to vote NO. No brainer.

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,957 posts)
2. Only because Senators like Booker have told the committee to go fuck themselves
Sat Sep 8, 2018, 03:48 PM
Sep 2018

And released the info.

I think the GOP knows he's not on the up and up thus they've tried rather ham handedly to cover up that fact.

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