Kavanaugh's exchange with Klobuchar was emblematic

[lunatica]

of what he thinks of women. He truly hates any woman who has power.


We women are fucked if he becomes a Supreme Judge.

[lark]

1. FYI - her name is Klobachar

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5. Thanks! I corrected it.

[spooky3]

2. Given his treatment of Dr Ford and other women

Without power, I’d say he hates them all.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Klobuchar.

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6. I've corrected it

Thanks!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. It's Klobuchar, with a U.

[lunatica]

9. Corrected!

Thanks!

[roamer65]

4. As far as I am concerned the SCOTUS becomes illegitimate if he is seated.

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8. Yet he will have the power to take away women's rights

He will also make sure that Trump is never held accountable for his actions.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. Don't forget - he's only one out of nine.

Of the other conservative justices only Thomas is as far out in right field as this guy. I don't think even Gorsuch is as far off the rails; he's just a Scalia clone - and Scalia wasn't always crazy. Roberts and Alito are conservative but within the mainstream - and I have to think Roberts will be concerned about the legitimacy of the court with his name attached. There is definitely a danger that all five would overturn Roe v. Wade, either entirely or in part. I'll have to read it again to think about the angle they might use, but it will probably have to do with the right to privacy, which isn't specifically found in the Constitution, or states' rights. Although the originalists might hate the unspecified right to privacy, if that goes down so do Griswold v. Connecticut and Loving v. Virginia. States' rights would be the safer theory (for them).

I do think that only Kavanaugh and Thomas are far right enough and politically partisan enough to come up with a unitary executive theory that would completely protect Trump. I don't think Roberts would go for it. I hope I'm right.

[lunatica]

11. I think being a majority will be the dealbreaker

Just like Trump does the most outrageous things because he can. While we are left spinning in disbelief he puts children in dog cages, he just moves on to the next outrage.

Roberts will go along with Kavanaugh. I truly believe that.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. Roberts is the Chief Justice, and as such is the power on that Court.

He is known to be someone who prefers compromise. As the head administrator he also has power over who writes opinions and who should recuse themselves. I don't think he wants to go down in history as the guy who presided over a lawless, illegitimate, disrespected Supreme Court, and he has a fair amount of power to keep that from happening.

[lunatica]

14. Nynsituation.I think Kavanaugh will give Roberts the feeling that

Extreme Right wing decisions are OK. He tends that way so someone like Kavanaugh so obviously pushing, not leaning, to the radical right will definitely impact the entire dinamic of the Supreme Court.

Today We’ve seen a man who is emotionally supercharged to fight whatever his cause is. If you’ve ever dealt with such people you know how they take over in any situation.

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13. YES--this is so important!

It was such an immediate (and stupid) response--is this how he automatically responds to any woman who dares question him? It just makes Dr. Ford's story so much more plausible.