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TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
Mon Sep 17, 2018, 08:32 AM Sep 2018

Do we need Diogenes and his lamp to find an honest judge? With all the thousands of...

experienced jurists out there, is there not one who has a fully honorable history and background?

I am usually willing to give a pass for old sins that have been atoned for, but not for one of the nine justices who will have such a large part in defining our future.

For a Supreme Court justice, we can't have the cloud of shame.

(Isn't it enough we made that mistake once already?)

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Do we need Diogenes and his lamp to find an honest judge? With all the thousands of... (Original Post) TreasonousBastard Sep 2018 OP
There's always Merrick Garland. Meadowoak Sep 2018 #1
This. NT Atticus Sep 2018 #2
Diogenes won't help if you look only at the spooky3 Sep 2018 #3
I know we are going to get RW asshole no matter what MaryMagdaline Sep 2018 #4

MaryMagdaline

(6,854 posts)
4. I know we are going to get RW asshole no matter what
Mon Sep 17, 2018, 08:46 AM
Sep 2018

But a man who’s never attacked another human being is a prerequisite. No f’g way does Kavanaugh see women and girls as human. Even if he reformed his behavior, his inner feelings are known to us.

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