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[homoe]

All 83 ethics complaints against Brett Kavanaugh dismissed....

The big picture:

The complaints included allegations that Kavanaugh made false and partisan statements during his confirmation hearings, lacked judicial temperament and disrespected members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. The panel of federal judges behind the decision called the complaints against Kavanaugh "serious," but said the cases had to be dismissed given Supreme Court justices are not bound by the same code of conduct that dictates the process for pursuing complaints against other judges.

Sidebar: I'm posting this because it was a concern that was brought up at today's confirmation hearing in case you missed it.

[Cin]

"Under committee rules, at least two members of the minority party must be present for a vote to take place. But on Thursday morning, with Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) the only Democrat in attendance, Graham moved forward with a motion setting Barrett's Judiciary Committee vote for 1:00 pm ET on October 22."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/20...e-vote-barrett

So rules are only rules if you chose to obey them? If you don't feel like it you just ignore the rules and apparently there are no consequences. We may has well have anarchy if that's how our government can conduct itself.

[BullDog]

Originally Posted by Cin

"Under committee rules, at least two members of the minority party must be present for a vote to take place. But on Thursday morning, with Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) the only Democrat in attendance, Graham moved forward with a motion setting Barrett's Judiciary Committee vote for 1:00 pm ET on October 22."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/20...e-vote-barrett

So rules are only rules if you chose to obey them? If you don't feel like it you just ignore the rules and apparently there are no consequences. We may has well have anarchy if that's how our government can conduct itself.

Unfortunately, that appears to be the case. When I was reading up on how Democrats could try to stall the process, I read several times that a lot of the rules could be ignored or changed by the Chairman (Graham) or McConnell whenever they wanted to, including the quorum. Why they would even have rules if they don't need to be followed is truly beyond me.

The Democrats can't stop this. The only thing that will is if 2-4 Republican Senators (depending on how much you trust Collins and Murkowski to vote No) actually die before the vote is taken. Contracting coronavirus is definitely not enough because they will just wheel their infected bodies onto the Senate floor to vote.

If the Democrats win the Presidency and Senate, during the first 2 years they need to pass as much significant legislation as possible that will really make a difference

Get rid of the fillibuster. Yes, it could bite us in the ass later. Harry Reid changed the rules on federal judges so you didn't need 60 votes because the Republicans were blocking all of Obama's appointees and then McConnell did it on the Supreme Court Justices. That's how these Trump appointees are getting through to the Supreme Court without needing 60 votes. Break or ignore any rules if need be and act like the majority. The House has passed a lot of bills already so the Senate has plenty to work with. Basically, the way it works now is you have to be in the majority and then use brute power.

[homoe]

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Begging again for money on Fox news this morning.....