Official Brett Kavanaugh Thread, Part 3

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Anonymous wrote:If they make a vote NEXT week, will that be too late for Kavanaugh to rule on this Supreme Court cycle of cases?

I hope so! The goal is to keep him off the court forever, or for as long as possible. If that means he is destroyed in the process, so be it. All's fair in politics.

Merrick Garland.

Yup. To quote the esteemed Judge Kavanaugh, "if you sow the wind you will reap the whirlwind."

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https://twitter.com/NPR/status/1045744528223883264

JUST IN: Alaska GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a key swing vote in Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation, told reporters she backed Sen. Jeff Flake’s request for a one week delay for an FBI investigation.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m not against an FBI invest. But I’m confused on a few points
-I thought they, the FBI, had considered and decided no. I brought this up yesterday but it got lost in the massive Part 2 thread.
-as I’ve heard legal experts suggest (liberal ones too!), the FBI doesn’t judge on the matter. You will still have 98% probability that no conclusion will be made. The 2% chance is worth it I suppose but as I heard someone on LRC put it, the FBI isn’t “magical.”
-what is their exact jurisdiction on this? In the way they investigate cases, they don’t usually take on 35yo cases in which no charges were filed. (Educate me here)

The FBI wasn't asked after these allegations were made and (like in the Anita Hill case asked by Pres Bush) they would conduct an investigation if the president asked
They don't reach conclusions but would corroborate or refute what the allegations are... adding proof to her case or not, which would help Senators decide which way to vote.

Here’s the deal: there is no proof. They would interview BK CBF, Judge, Leland keyser. That’s been done. What proof? What proof exists after 36 years?

No it has not been done. If you think Mike "determined to confirm" Davis is running an investigation, I have a bridge to sell you.

You do understand that the FISAs were gotten via the same type of sworn testimony/letters that Keyser, Judge, etc signed, right? They were good enough then.

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Anonymous wrote:Murkowski is on board, per NBC.

On board with what, PP?

She joined Flake in saying she wants the FBI Investigation.

Super. She wanted that, I recall.

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Anonymous wrote:Murkowski is on board, per NBC.

On board with what, PP?

She joined Flake in saying she wants the FBI Investigation.

Hallelujah. At least even if the GOP votes in Kavanaugh, we can say that we haven't handled this case worse than that of Anita Hill (who got an investigation without any of this drama).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If they make a vote NEXT week, will that be too late for Kavanaugh to rule on this Supreme Court cycle of cases?

I hope so! The goal is to keep him off the court forever, or for as long as possible. If that means he is destroyed in the process, so be it. All's fair in politics.

Merrick Garland.

I know. Let's just seat Garland and be done with it. I think that's the only fair thing to do at this point.

It would restore some decency to the process, that’s for sure.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a feeling this investigation will bring us no closer to the truth here. The witnesses who have already denied this happening will do so again. Ford will reiterate that though she doesn’t remember much else, shes 100% sure BK was the one who assaulted her. It will still be down to credibility

But won't they question Mark Judge at that point?

I would think they need to question:

Mark Judge

All of the men and women listed on his calendar in 1982. (The Post reported that his GP classmates made a vow to not speak on the record about him.)

Whelan

Chris Garret - not only about that summer, but if he knew he was being framed

The people who wrote testimony about Ford

The friends who have made character statements on social media

And, on...

No one needs to be questioned. Ford says it was definitely him. That's the end of it.

I agree that she is credible (I believe her version entirely), however if there is an investigation it will only help her. Preferably the Republicans nominate someone else. It seems like it would be smart for them politically because they would get another conservative justice, but it would also stem the blue wave. I'd be happy with that. I'd wait for a blue wave to not have someone so despicable on the court.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If they make a vote NEXT week, will that be too late for Kavanaugh to rule on this Supreme Court cycle of cases?

I hope so! The goal is to keep him off the court forever, or for as long as possible. If that means he is destroyed in the process, so be it. All's fair in politics.

Merrick Garland.

Yup. To quote the esteemed Judge Kavanaugh, "if you sow the wind you will reap the whirlwind."

Garland is no whirlwind, that's the entire point. Just a decent, non-Kavanaugh-histrionics bloke that is professionally qualified to sit on the Supreme Court.

Whoever gets nominated next should get his or her past WELL looked-into. I don't want any more sketchy people!

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How concerned is BK with the investigation? Does he stick with this?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If they make a vote NEXT week, will that be too late for Kavanaugh to rule on this Supreme Court cycle of cases?

I hope so! The goal is to keep him off the court forever, or for as long as possible. If that means he is destroyed in the process, so be it. All's fair in politics.

Merrick Garland.

Yup. To quote the esteemed Judge Kavanaugh, "if you sow the wind you will reap the whirlwind."

That’s one of my favorite Bible verses. It’s so delightfully vengeful.

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Ford's building permit was from 2008, not 2012, now verified by the local paper.

https://padailypost.com/2018/09/25/building-permit-shows-christine-blasey-ford-really-did-put-a-backdoor-on-her-bedroom/

[Anonymous]

It was a little scary that those women were able to harass Flake in an elevator. He didn’t sexually assault anyone. Where was security? They should seek therapy and protest through legal channels rather than harassing and cornering an innocent man in an elevator. Excuse me if I don’t think that these bullies were heroes. And BTW, I say this as a sexual assault victim.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ford's building permit was from 2008, not 2012, now verified by the local paper.

https://padailypost.com/2018/09/25/building-permit-shows-christine-blasey-ford-really-did-put-a-backdoor-on-her-bedroom/

Oh no! Too bad we've had no opportunity to grill her for hours about every relevant or irrelevant detail of her recollections about relevant and irrelevant things. If only...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If they make a vote NEXT week, will that be too late for Kavanaugh to rule on this Supreme Court cycle of cases?

I hope so! The goal is to keep him off the court forever, or for as long as possible. If that means he is destroyed in the process, so be it. All's fair in politics.

Merrick Garland.

Yup. To quote the esteemed Judge Kavanaugh, "if you sow the wind you will reap the whirlwind."

Garland is no whirlwind, that's the entire point. Just a decent, non-Kavanaugh-histrionics bloke that is professionally qualified to sit on the Supreme Court.

Whoever gets nominated next should get his or her past WELL looked-into. I don't want any more sketchy people!

I wasn't calling Garland the whirlwind. I was referring to the response to Kavanaugh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It was a little scary that those women were able to harass Flake in an elevator. He didn’t sexually assault anyone. Where was security? They should seek therapy and protest through legal channels rather than harassing and cornering an innocent man in an elevator. Excuse me if I don’t think that these bullies were heroes. And BTW, I say this as a sexual assault victim.

Congressmen get yelled at a lot. That's part of their job.