COVER UP?! Schumer; Sen. Klobuchar, Kavanaugh Process 'Not Normal,' More
"Dem. Senator Says Kavanaugh’s Confirmation Process Is ‘Not Normal.’ Sen. Amy Klobuchar isn’t happy about Trump’s decision to block access to portions of the Supreme Court nominee’s record." By Igor Bobic, Huff Post, Sept. 2, 2018.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) criticized Republicans on Sunday for the unprecedented way they are conducting the confirmation process for Brett Kavanaugh, nominee to the Supreme Court. Klobuchar complained about decisions that have blocked access to or shielded use of documents concerning the several years Kavanaugh spent as a White House aide in President George W. Bush’s administration.
Klobuchar, a member of Senate Judiciary Committee that begins Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings on Tuesday..said, “It’s not normal because we are not able to see 100,000 documents because the administration has said we can’t see them, exerting their executive power,” on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
She aired similar concerns about “148,000 documents that I’ve seen that you cannot see because they will not allow us to make them public so I can’t even tell you about them right now on this show”..
Klobuchar argued that the documents stemming from Kavanaugh’s time in the Bush White House could “strongly bolster the arguments that I could make” on whether the appellate court judge is qualified to serve on the Supreme Court..
In Kavanaugh’s case, Republicans are circumventing the normal vetting process for Supreme Court nominees in order to have him confirmed by Oct. 1, the start of the court’s new term.
*Rather than wait on the National Archives to produce the millions of documents relating to Kavanaugh’s record, Republicans have relied on a group of lawyers for Bush to review documents ― a parallel and partisan effort that a National Archives official has described as “something that has never happened before.”
Democrats want to know whether Kavanaugh, as a former staff secretary to Bush, authored or edited any documents concerning that administration’s torture and warrantless wiretapping programs.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) blasted the Trump administration’s decision..as a “Friday night document massacre.” Trump’s decision “to step in at the last moment and hide 100,000 pages of Judge Kavanaugh’s records from the American public is not only unprecedented in the history of Supreme Court nominations, it has all the makings of a cover-up,” Schumer said in a statement on Saturday.
He said Senate Republicans and Trump “are colluding to keep... Kavanaugh’s records secret..trying to hide their actions from the American people by doing it on the Friday night of a holiday weekend. What are they trying so desperately to hide?”...
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/brett-kavanaugh-documents_us_5b8c0a28e4b0cf7b00373cf9
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justice who served on the SC in the 1790s was impeached in 1804 for allowing his partisan views to impact decisions. But he was acquitted by the Senate and remained on the court. ~ In these times, the Constitution may be amended before long! Also it would be disappointing if something happened to any evidence. Who knows, best if they could have stopped the process. ~ (Wiki) "According to federal statute, the Court normally consists of the Chief Justice of the United States and eight associate justices who are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate. Once appointed, justices have lifetime tenure unless they resign, retire, or are removed after impeachment.[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
US Senate Website, Senate Prepares For Impeachment- Samuel Chase
On November 30, 1804, for the third time in its brief history, the Senate began preparations for an impeachment trial. In 1798 and 1799, the Senate had tried a senator previously expelled on grounds of treason. Because that senator no longer served, the Senate dismissed the case citing lack of jurisdiction. The second impeachment trial, in 1804, removed a federal judge for reasons of drunkenness and insanity. More than the first two proceedings, however, this third trial challenged the Senate to explore the meaning of impeachable crimes. Samuel Chase had served on the Supreme Court since 1796. A staunch Federalist with a volcanic personality, Chase showed no willingness to tone down his bitter partisan rhetoric after Jeffersonian Republicans gained control of Congress in 1801. Rep. John Randolph of Virginia, at the urging of President Thomas Jefferson, orchestrated impeachment proceedings against Chase, declaring he would wipe the floor with the obnoxious justice.
The House voted to impeach Chase on March 12, 1804, accusing Chase of refusing to dismiss biased jurors and of excluding or limiting defense witnesses in 2 politically sensitive cases..https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Senate_Tries_Justice.htm
national organization and legal pipeline of law students, law interns, lawyers and judges that has taken over the nation. Est. 1982, funded by megadonors, the Libertarian Kochs, Mercers, more.
Speaking at the society's 25th anniversary, Scalia said, "We thought we were just planting a wildflower among the weeds of academic liberalism, and it turned out to be an oak."
"How Conservatives Built A Powerful Judicial Pipeline," The Week, Aug. 2018.
https://theweek.com/articles/791928/how-conservatives-built-powerful-judicial-pipeline
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But I wish that each and every one of them world be a lot more outspoken and proactive then they are! They can't be unaware of the discontent in this country right now, we need some reassurance that there's a light at the end of this dark tunnel! 
I think he started there first. And it's now undisputed fact that the Russians interfered in our election and that it went much deeper than that - and is still going on! With that information, I'd expect to see more of a "hair on fire" reaction from our representatives, we elected them to speak for us!
As for our Canadian neighbors, they are our closest ally. That's another reason for outrage, we seem to be turning our back on our allies - but Canada is also our closest neighbor and friend, so that's not just harmful, but senseless!
Just remembered years back at a restaurant there was some rustling, whispering at our table and around. Cuz Borky was seated nearby..
