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SCOTUS 12: Will Kavanaugh Be Confirmed?

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-cards="hidden" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Republican governor calls Brett Kavanaugh allegations "sickening," says a vote should be postponed <a href="https://t.co/XttUWsGfUo">https://t.co/XttUWsGfUo</a> <a href="https://t.co/mbRQjfpRaV">pic.twitter.com/mbRQjfpRaV</a></p>— Newsweek (@Newsweek) <a href="https://twitter.com/Newsweek/status/1045513450175254528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hillary Clinton- Deposed for 11 hours...did not flinch<br><br>Brett Kavanaugh- Deposed for 20 minutes...can't stop crying</p>— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) <a href="https://twitter.com/tonyposnanski/status/1045399140363055104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 27, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Facebook's chief lobbyist publicly supporting BK but only in a "personal capacity." Actually, that's not how it works. <a href="https://t.co/iqI4u6O41t">https://t.co/iqI4u6O41t</a></p>— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) <a href="https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1045515862546026497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hillary Clinton- Deposed for 11 hours...did not flinch<br><br>Brett Kavanaugh- Deposed for 20 minutes...can't stop crying</p>— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) <a href="https://twitter.com/tonyposnanski/status/1045399140363055104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 27, 2018</a></blockquote>
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He was so shrill. He really should've tried smiling more.
 
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">NEW: The American Bar Association calls on Senate Judiciary Committee to halt Kavanaugh proceedings until after the FBI completes a probe of the sexual assault allegations, effectively siding with Democrats. <a href="https://t.co/auHhznj8FY">https://t.co/auHhznj8FY</a></p>— Manu Raju (@mkraju) <a href="https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1045520480889901056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2018</a></blockquote>
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This is kind of a big deal...of course some around here will tell us they dont matter.

In a strongly worded letter obtained by CNN Thursday, the organization said it is making the extraordinary request "because of the ABA's respect for the rule of law and due process under law," siding with concerns voiced by Senate Democrats since Christine Blasey Ford's decades-old allegations became public.
"The basic principles that underscore the Senate's constitutional duty of advice and consent on federal judicial nominees require nothing less than a careful examination of the accusations and facts by the FBI," said Robert Carlson, president of the organization, in a Thursday night letter addressed to Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley and ranking Democrat Dianne Feinstein.
"Each appointment to our nation's Highest Court (as with all others) is simply too important to rush to a vote," Carlson wrote. "Deciding to proceed without conducting additional investigation would not only have a lasting impact on the Senate's reputation, but it will also negatively affect the great trust necessary for the American people to have in the Supreme Court."
The comments are striking because the organization gave Kavanaugh its highest rating of unanimous, "well-qualified" for the Supreme Court. Kavanaugh himself touted that rating at Thursday's emotionally-charged hearing where he denied Ford's sworn testimony that he attempted to rape her when they were teenagers.
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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
A majority of lawyers are libs. Of course the ABA doesn't matter. :)
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Pretty sure that isnt true but yes that is what they will say. ;)

The ABA unanimously backed him before this. The ABA doesnt like even the appearance of impropriety and that is all we have here.
 
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-cards="hidden" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Alan Dershowitz: Postpone Kavanaugh confirmation until FBI can investigate accusations against him <a href="https://t.co/pOg3Z1MWJk">https://t.co/pOg3Z1MWJk</a></p>— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamParkhomenko/status/1045527746594689025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Oh boy...
 
Handyman said:
Pretty sure that isnt true but yes that is what they will say. ;)

The ABA unanimously backed him before this. The ABA doesnt like even the appearance of impropriety and that is all we have here.
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Lawyers are overwhelmingly liberal. Not completely, but I'd be shocked if it's not 2/3 or so.
 
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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
A majority of lawyers are libs. Of course the ABA doesn't matter. :)
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The ABA did just give Kavanaugh their highest rating for a SCOTUS nominee. So in theory, they should have quite a bit of credibility on the subject. But its funny how things change.
 
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unofan said:
Lawyers are overwhelmingly liberal. Not completely, but I'd be shocked if it's not 2/3 or so.
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I know plenty of conservative lawyers...but that is neither here nor there. The ABA is not some flaming liberal organization or they wouldnt have backed Kavanaugh in the first place. (or Gorsuch)

I mean even Dersh is saying delay...he hasnt said a liberal thing since Trump got into office.
 
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There will be no delay. He's either in, or out via withdraw, or voted down.

If the latter two, in about 1-2 months, there is a non-zero chance we will hear he's entered a rehab facility for sex and booze, and "requests privacy for his family during this difficult time."
 
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I dunno...now they can delay without looking like wimps. If they were smart they would take the "out" and delay.

Oh wait we are talking the GOP...they will pass him on and let the really bad stuff break over the weekend before the full Senate vote then complain some more. ;)
 
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-cards="hidden" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">"At some point, prosecutor Rachel Mitchell decided she believed Christine Blasey Ford," lawyer <a href="https://twitter.com/pagepate?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@pagepate</a> writes for <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNOpinion?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CNNopinion</a> -- and "perhaps that's why Republican senators decided to drop her when the time came to confront Judge Kavanaugh" <a href="https://t.co/Oh4Zhp5hDv">https://t.co/Oh4Zhp5hDv</a></p>— CNN (@CNN) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1045540997323796480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2018</a></blockquote>
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I like the way this guy writes. Unlike Dersh he is concise.
 
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-cards="hidden" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A woman who identified herself as a survivor of rape confronted Sen. Lindsey Graham as he spoke to reporters.<br><br>"Sen. Graham, I was raped 13 years ago," she told Graham, adding later, "I don't remember the exact date, but do you believe me?" <a href="https://t.co/HmKL0oA0MH">https://t.co/HmKL0oA0MH</a> <a href="https://t.co/dkeIaSvKor">pic.twitter.com/dkeIaSvKor</a></p>— CNN (@CNN) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1045547683228913664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Apparently the Clintons are so devious they planted information in a therapist’s notebook six years before they conspired to lose the election to Trump so that he would nominate the man they were seeking to destroy. They sacrificed the White House to take down some kid from Yale.</p>— Heather Anne Campbell (@heathercampbell) <a href="https://twitter.com/heathercampbell/status/1045454645315829760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 27, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Yes, yes they are :)
 
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...and ashley said, 'we should pray for the woman'.
that's a lot of wisdom for a ten year old.

:D
 
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Just finished watching Kavanaugh's testimony. Will watch Dr. Ford's tomorrow night. I was waiting for Grassley to break out a stick and start angrily shaking it. Very predictably partisan circus, but I thought the Dems had the better of the questions.

As an aside, the inability for anyone to understand basic english in a Senate hearing (whether testifying, or the Senators themselves) never ceases to amaze me. So many broken records and irrelevant answers.
 
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