It's time the Senate wake up and notice the poor quality of people Mr. Trump is nominating to all really important positions in OUR government, remember it is the government of ALL of us, not just the rich, white, males. The latest nominee is Brett Kavanaugh, a Yale trained lawyer and judge on the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals.
There are problems already with this nominee. It seems Mr. Kavanaugh does not think it matters if he tells the truth to the Senate, as exemplified in his previous hearing for a judicial position (which he got despite his lies). The Senate did nothing about it back then and I predict Mr. Kavanaugh is sure they will ignore it again. The Senate probably will, at least the Republicans will.
Mr. Kavanaugh served with Mr. Starr to indict Mr. Clinton for lying about stuff he should never have been asked. Then, he writes about not ever indicting a sitting president because of the chaos it would cause. Yep, he only worries about a presidential indictment after he tried to bring down a sitting Democratic president. Mr. Trump is delighted because he knows Mr. Mueller's commission is looking into his activities that his handlers, at least, know are illegal and unethical. Mr. Kavanaugh will save him.
There is no evidence Mr. Kavanaugh cares about women's right to choose, in fact, there is plenty of evidence he is against it, despite the fact that a super majority of Americans want the right to choose.
There is evidence this nominee does not respect the LGBTQ community or anyone who is not white for that matter. He loves BIG BUSINESS and will give them everything they ask for, demand, or take without permission. His prior record makes that clear.
The environment, this is not anything Mr. Kavanaugh cares about unless he chooses to encourage drilling, pipelines , digging for coal, and more, none of which will benefit anyone but the company owners and shareholders. This is obscene!
Mr. Kavanaugh opposes the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, one of the few agencies to actually protect consumers from the harmful practices of BIG BANKS AND BIG BUSINESS. What does that do for the people who are getting screwed by those companies? Oh well, too bad guys. We are so far above you, we just don't care, we conservatives, but we can pretend to care if you want us to.
Mr. Kavanaugh's prior rulings raise serious concerns for some about where he stands on issues like employees’ right to organize, workplace discrimination, voting rights, marriage equality, access to healthcare and corporate responsibility. It is pretty clear to most of us where he stands. What average Americans let alone special interest groups need is irrelevant to conservatives these days and Mr. Kavanaugh has a history of sticking to the conservative line and justifying it, no matter how crazy.
So, it's going to be hard to fight this one. It's been 30 years since a Supreme Court nominee, Robert Bork, was rejected. With 30 years of hindsight, we are hearing what a terrible thing it was to reject this "good man" as several Republicans and a few centrist Democrats have said, because now candidates will not answer any real questions about their positions. But Bork was not that great. He, too, had little respect for anyone who was not white, rich, straight, and male. How would that have helped the majority of us?
We are so good at revisionist history that we have turned Ronald Raegan who allowed all kinds of illegal and questionable things to happen during his presidency into almost a saint. He wasn't. Mr. Bork was such a good man. Not really! Justice Kennedy was such a centrist, our only hope. This was true only when it suited him.
We still live with the consequences of Mr. Reagan's union busting, tax cutting, disregard for government operations, and the change of the American understanding that the government is for the common good. We have already felt the devastation of Mr. Kennedy's vote on Citizens United declaring money as speech. Really a stupid decision, but conservatives always have to side with the wealthy and business, no matter how ridiculous. Voting rights was not Mr. Kennedy's big thing either.
We don't know exactly what Mr. Kavanaugh would contribute to the harming of the American system, but his influence would be considerable. There is no evidence that Mr. Kavanaugh cares. Perhaps, he will be like Mr. Trump who wants to cause as much chaos for as long as he can, raking in money and power with impunity.
We have to find ways to reject Mr. Trump's crazy nominees for all government jobs, including Supreme Court justice. Maybe if enough are rejected, he will start trying to find people who are actually qualified and who give a damn about the United States, its citizens, its allies, and our planet.
The next Supreme Court justice should be fair, independent and committed to safeguarding the rights and freedoms that protect everyone. I suspect Mr. Kavanaugh cannot truthfully commit to this. The current conservative justices claim fairness, independence, and the ability to commit to protecting the rights of all Americans. They are none of these things. How sad that conservatives have to harm everyone to keep their conservative bona fides. I do not see Mr. Kavanaugh stepping up to be concerned for the rights of anyone but himself and those like him. There is just no courage among Republicans or conservatives whether it is in Congress, on the Court, or as head of any of the executive branch departments. That's too bad for all of us, since for now, they are in charge of everything.
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