Kavenaugh OMG

[Martina]

Originally Posted by WheatToast

You may be right, but IMO, with the entire staff of the FBI authorized to dig up dirt on Judge Brett Budweiser by acting director Rod Rosenstein, I suspect they will do whatever it takes

Rod Rosenstein is not acting director of anything. He is deputy attorney general. There is a director of the FBI, Christopher Wray. Rod Rosenstein will have nothing to do with this investigation.

[WheatToast]

Originally Posted by Martina

Rod Rosenstein is not acting director of anything. He is deputy attorney general. There is a director of the FBI, Christopher Wray. Rod Rosenstein will have nothing to do with this investigation.

I stand corrected.

Yet, I believe the justice department and the FBI have a symbiotic relationship via mutualism. Further, Trump has insulted and cast aspersions on so many American institutions that involve justice and national security, their team leaders tend to blur for me.

[tantalizingfemme]

Shocked? Not shocked.

White House limits scope of the FBI's investigation into the allegations against Brett Kavanaugh

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...-brett-n915061

Trump told FBI it can’t seek records of when Mark Judge worked at grocery store that would confirm Blasey Ford account

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/09/tru...y-ford-report/

[Kätzchen]

Senator Jeff Merkeley (D- Oregon) filed suit in Federal District Court to stop the SCJ Nomination process on Wednesday, September 26th, 2018.

Not sure if my state Democratic Senator's actions will be taken seriously, but Merkeley does make an point about senators not being able to have complete access to Kava-Not's records (which go as far back as the Bush administration, etc).

Excerpt from the article:

"Americans deserve a justice whose lifetime appointment is not tainted by political gamesmanship and whose appointment comes after full release and examination of his records," declared Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, which is representing Merkley, along with the firm Mehri & Skalet.

"We are witnessing a U.S. Supreme Court nomination process that, from its onset, is an executive branch power grab giving the president unchecked authority over choosing this important lifetime appointment without a vigorous review of the nominee's records," she added. "At every turn, this process has been one shrouded in secrecy and is discordant with the process as laid out in the Constitution" ~ Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director of the Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.

LINK to article, below:


After Latest Sexual Assault Allegation, Sen. Merkley Announces Lawsuit Against McConnell and Trump to Halt Kavanaugh Nomination

[Kätzchen]

I am listening to Amy Goodman on Democracy Now news cast online and followed journalistic endeavors, all weekend long, to give those who know this SCJ candidate and spent countless hours of time with Kava-Not at Yale social gatherings, which included snapshot accounts of the candidate's conduct.

Kava-Not apparently has an long established conduct record which is opposite of what he has stated under oath.


None of the people who have come forward with information about Kava-Not has anything to gain politically, other than to present accurate accounts of his prior behaviors concerning sexual assault, drinking behaviors, bullying behaviors, behaviors that do not exemplify what is expected of candidates who seek executive branch seats of power (in this case, it's the Supreme Court Justice).

I think there is ample evidence to impeach Kava-Not from his seat of power as an Federal District Court Judge, as well as to stop the SCJ nomination too, based on committing perjury under oath.

On one hand, we have clear examples of Democracy in action when people speak up and participate in democratic ways. We have Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, then two or three other women who came forward to speak to the manner in which they spoke to behaviors which are connected to the case of sexual assault behaviors (etc). On top of the sexual assault discovery, we also have evidence entered into the public realm which speaks to the fact that Kava-Not is lying about his drinking behaviors, to the extent that, separate from situations of sexual assault, one man came forward to state that at an certain party, Kava-Not was so drunk that the incident escalated into an kerfuffle (of bar room brawl drama) which led to one of that specific group of friends being jailed.... when it was Kava-Not who landed the punches and walked away without consequences for his behavioral choices.


As far as I can see, Kava-Not has basically bullied his way to power. Kava-Not has not been held accountable for his long practiced ability to lie, lie, lie about anything X, Y or Z.


I worry, like many other's I imagine, that if the corrupt GOP confirm Kava-Not in light of serious, egregious sets of behaviors set forth in the Senate Judiciary Committee time-line of events, which goes back as far as Kava-Not's college days at Yale and from there forward, then indeed, an grave injustice will be committed against the will of the American people and an irreversible threat to what shreds of democracy exist in the wake of an corrupt Supreme Court Justice nomination process.



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For those interested in listening and viewing today's news broadcast by Amy Goodman @ Democracy Now, here's an link to headline news from earlier this morning concerning Kava-Not's track record on the DC Circuit Court:

Report Finds Judge Kavanaugh Ruled Against Public Interest in Almost All of His District Court Cases

[WheatToast]

Fantastic post! Thanks for the information.