I absolutely do not want this bozo on the court - but this particular argument makes me uncomfortable. Are you really comfortable with just dismissing these 65 women as liars and/or irrelevant? Isn't that what the reichwing is doing to the woman who brought the charge?
Great post. Thank you Ms. Ford for your courage. So, Brett and these 65 women who KNEW Brett (or of Brett) all went to different high schools together. Why have a letter ready from 65 women matter how he behaved in high school? Seriously, other than Ms. Ford's testimonial, who cares how Brett conducted himself in high school in this conduct toward women.
Remember the context here. This nominee went into hearings with the Republicans having censored all the problems out of his record. Forget the letter from the 65 women. I want to see was in those other 40,000 documents that will withheld? If I'm about to post
If this is what it looks like it might be — a letter prepared in advance against the possibility of public disclosure of a sexual assault in high school — then it is another one of those coffin nails I keep hearing for the United States Senate. If advice and consent by the Senate is allowed to be fixed by the party in the majority, with a lot of unseemly reasons to support certain nominees, then the Supreme Court will be the next to be lost. If the Senate is unable to provide advice and consent because of the corruption of its processes, then why do we have a Senate? Right now, the Senate is one of the most undemocratic institutions in the United States today. 600,000 citizens of Wyoming get two votes for a United States Supreme Court Justice, equal to the number of votes apportioned to 40 million Californians.
I think we may only just be starting to appreciate the level of damage that started when Merrick Garland didn't get his hearing. For myself, I think it's time for some radical thinking about the role of the Senate. There are over 2 million people living in Queens New York. There are five states with total populations of barely 2 million who have 10 senators ( overwhelmingly Republican) among them. When the Borough of Queens, New York has 10 senators, then the Senate will be a more democratic institution.
If Kavanagh were confirmed tomorrow, if the House turns over, the new Democratic Chair of Government Operations--Trey Gowdy's roost--Jerry Nadler will surely begin impeachment hearings promptly. Supreme Court Judges are lifetime appointees, but can be impeached if they are not "on good behavior." It happened once, in 1805.
so if the GOP considers signed letters such important evidence of a nominee's suitability for a SCOTUS seat, why did they ignore one released two months ago by a group of Yale law school grads (with around a thousand signatories)? Kavanaugh's rulings were described as those of "an intellectually and morally bankrupt ideologue intent on rolling back our rights and the rights of our clients."https://yaledailynews.com/b...
Stupid question, but judges can be removed, right? If people find evidence of them doing crime?
I know this opens up a whole frigging Pandora's box or Reich-wingers going after every judge they don't find is enough of an "activist but only for them," but I'm pretty sure they're going to bust that box open with a hammer eventually. Doing it first might keep Roe vs Wade alive for a few months.
Also, if Kavanaugh was clean, why would Donny the Tramp even want him for a judge?
Serial rapists tend to be prolific, but no, not most rapes are committed by a small number of people. The overwhelming majority of rapes are still by someone the victim knew and trusted. Family friends and family are most of the rapists, not stranger danger rape.
It does go more after Democrats, but to say it hasn't gone after a single Republican is wrong.
"This isn’t to say the Right has gone unscathed by the anti-abuse campaign. On the contrary, we can credit #MeToo for outing former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, failed Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore, former member of the Rhode Island Senate Nick Kettle, and former Reps. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., Patrick Meehan, R-Pa., and Blake Farenthold, R-Texas. #MeToo also brought forth accusations against notable right-wingers like Sylvester Stallone, Eric Bolling, and Fox News favorite Scott Baio (I'd add Bill O'Reilly and President Trump to this list, but the respective allegations against them predate #MeToo)."
I find it interesting that they had a statement of 65 women ready to release at the very mention of this. Also, he went to an all boys school and he knew 65 girls? Hell my class had 180 students in it, about half if them girls, and I didn't even know all of them other than to recognize their presence as we passed in the hallway....so this is bullshit. It stinks.
It doesn’t indict the movement when credible accusations are met with disbelief, outrage, and namecalling from one side. Just as it doesn’t discredit solid policy proposals when they are smeared with falsehoods and similar outrage and namecalling. Sorry you don’t like #MeToo. Hope if you’re ever sexually assaulted you take comfort knowing there are people who will believe you and support you regardless of the outcome with your assaulter.
This is not what I’d call a traditional interpretation of American law... or English common law, or “Judeo-Christian ethics and laws”. So, I see Trump is actually nominating people who are wildly creative, à la legal Cubism or perhaps Surrealism. But legal realism is definitely passé.
I believe having a letter signed by 65 women who knew the mean boy 35 years ago speaks louder about what happened than the victims account does. It says the Judge told those vetting him that this "incident" might arise and they worked very hard to find the women and collect their signatures - "just in case"
To me this says Brett Kauvaugh held the girl down, forced himself on her and that his friends helped. Thank goodness she got away or she might have been raped by all the boys.
I absolutely do not want this bozo on the court - but this particular argument makes me uncomfortable. Are you really comfortable with just dismissing these 65 women as liars and/or irrelevant? Isn't that what the reichwing is doing to the woman who brought the charge?
Um...I know. You know I am not the original troll, right? Thanks for being pendantic on the dick joke blog though?
Great post. Thank you Ms. Ford for your courage. So, Brett and these 65 women who KNEW Brett (or of Brett) all went to different high schools together. Why have a letter ready from 65 women matter how he behaved in high school? Seriously, other than Ms. Ford's testimonial, who cares how Brett conducted himself in high school in this conduct toward women.
Remember the context here. This nominee went into hearings with the Republicans having censored all the problems out of his record. Forget the letter from the 65 women. I want to see was in those other 40,000 documents that will withheld? If I'm about to post
If this is what it looks like it might be — a letter prepared in advance against the possibility of public disclosure of a sexual assault in high school — then it is another one of those coffin nails I keep hearing for the United States Senate. If advice and consent by the Senate is allowed to be fixed by the party in the majority, with a lot of unseemly reasons to support certain nominees, then the Supreme Court will be the next to be lost. If the Senate is unable to provide advice and consent because of the corruption of its processes, then why do we have a Senate? Right now, the Senate is one of the most undemocratic institutions in the United States today. 600,000 citizens of Wyoming get two votes for a United States Supreme Court Justice, equal to the number of votes apportioned to 40 million Californians.
I think we may only just be starting to appreciate the level of damage that started when Merrick Garland didn't get his hearing. For myself, I think it's time for some radical thinking about the role of the Senate. There are over 2 million people living in Queens New York. There are five states with total populations of barely 2 million who have 10 senators ( overwhelmingly Republican) among them. When the Borough of Queens, New York has 10 senators, then the Senate will be a more democratic institution.
If Kavanagh were confirmed tomorrow, if the House turns over, the new Democratic Chair of Government Operations--Trey Gowdy's roost--Jerry Nadler will surely begin impeachment hearings promptly. Supreme Court Judges are lifetime appointees, but can be impeached if they are not "on good behavior." It happened once, in 1805.
so if the GOP considers signed letters such important evidence of a nominee's suitability for a SCOTUS seat, why did they ignore one released two months ago by a group of Yale law school grads (with around a thousand signatories)? Kavanaugh's rulings were described as those of "an intellectually and morally bankrupt ideologue intent on rolling back our rights and the rights of our clients."https://yaledailynews.com/b...
Stupid question, but judges can be removed, right? If people find evidence of them doing crime?
I know this opens up a whole frigging Pandora's box or Reich-wingers going after every judge they don't find is enough of an "activist but only for them," but I'm pretty sure they're going to bust that box open with a hammer eventually. Doing it first might keep Roe vs Wade alive for a few months.
Also, if Kavanaugh was clean, why would Donny the Tramp even want him for a judge?
Serial rapists tend to be prolific, but no, not most rapes are committed by a small number of people. The overwhelming majority of rapes are still by someone the victim knew and trusted. Family friends and family are most of the rapists, not stranger danger rape.
Kave-naw.
It does go more after Democrats, but to say it hasn't gone after a single Republican is wrong.
"This isn’t to say the Right has gone unscathed by the anti-abuse campaign. On the contrary, we can credit #MeToo for outing former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, failed Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore, former member of the Rhode Island Senate Nick Kettle, and former Reps. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., Patrick Meehan, R-Pa., and Blake Farenthold, R-Texas. #MeToo also brought forth accusations against notable right-wingers like Sylvester Stallone, Eric Bolling, and Fox News favorite Scott Baio (I'd add Bill O'Reilly and President Trump to this list, but the respective allegations against them predate #MeToo)."
https://www.washingtonexami...
".....asking for a friend."
Too bad his children and wife have to take shit because he's an ASSHOLE.
personally Kav. seems so gay. doesn't matter, but a tad soft looking. anyway if true, which it probably is, I hope he burns for it, deeply.
I find it interesting that they had a statement of 65 women ready to release at the very mention of this. Also, he went to an all boys school and he knew 65 girls? Hell my class had 180 students in it, about half if them girls, and I didn't even know all of them other than to recognize their presence as we passed in the hallway....so this is bullshit. It stinks.
It doesn’t indict the movement when credible accusations are met with disbelief, outrage, and namecalling from one side. Just as it doesn’t discredit solid policy proposals when they are smeared with falsehoods and similar outrage and namecalling. Sorry you don’t like #MeToo. Hope if you’re ever sexually assaulted you take comfort knowing there are people who will believe you and support you regardless of the outcome with your assaulter.
This is not what I’d call a traditional interpretation of American law... or English common law, or “Judeo-Christian ethics and laws”. So, I see Trump is actually nominating people who are wildly creative, à la legal Cubism or perhaps Surrealism. But legal realism is definitely passé.
I believe having a letter signed by 65 women who knew the mean boy 35 years ago speaks louder about what happened than the victims account does. It says the Judge told those vetting him that this "incident" might arise and they worked very hard to find the women and collect their signatures - "just in case"
To me this says Brett Kauvaugh held the girl down, forced himself on her and that his friends helped. Thank goodness she got away or she might have been raped by all the boys.