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Atticus

(15,124 posts) Mon Oct 1, 2018, 08:29 PM Oct 2018

First, there were endless hours of televised discussion about whether a man

nominated for a seat on the US Supreme Court had violently attempted to rape a 15 year old girl when he was 17. That was bad.

Then, there were hours of back and forth about whether this same nominee is a serial perjurer, having lied under oath in Senate testimony both in the recent hearing and in his prior 2006 confirmation proceedings. That was also bad.

But, now----and it is very important, IMHO, that we recognize and acknowledge this----NOW some of these same folks are discussing whether IF this man did try to rape that girl and IF he did in fact commit perjury during his Senate testimony, either of those crimes should disqualify him for a SCOTUS seat.

Will we really participate in this? Will we really permit this "discussion" to take place without raising more hell than this nation has seen since the Sixties?

That's all I got.

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First, there were endless hours of televised discussion about whether a man (Original Post) Atticus Oct 2018 OP

Double bladed sword... yuiyoshida Oct 2018 #1

That pretty much sums it up. pangaia Oct 2018 #4

Conviction in the Senate takes 66 votes. That won't happen. bitterross Oct 2018 #5

Republicans seem hell bent on pushing him through yuiyoshida Oct 2018 #7

k and r..I gree with you.. Stuart G Oct 2018 #2

I know - he should have been disqualified on the first day of the hearings FakeNoose Oct 2018 #3

K will be a stain on the SCOTUS should he get in. oasis Oct 2018 #6

Reasonable doubt is enough to dismiss Kavanaugh. Confirmation is not a court case. Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2018 #8

yuiyoshida

(41,853 posts)

1. Double bladed sword...

Reply to Atticus (Original post)

Mon Oct 1, 2018, 08:35 PM

Oct 2018

Republicans may push him though, and if so, the Dems will have to impeach him and Trump if they win the house (and maybe a lot of the Senate) On the other hand, if he is on The Supreme Court nothing can be done about Trump till the next big Presidential election, and he is voted out..but remember we have the Russians to contend with, especially if the Republicans refuse to do anything about the them tampering with our election. IF The Dems fail on the house and Senate, than we may see Democracy disappear as we know it.

That's about right, correct? Did I forget anything?

pangaia

(24,324 posts)

4. That pretty much sums it up.

Reply to yuiyoshida (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 1, 2018, 11:21 PM

Oct 2018

I suspect we are very, very far down the road to an authoritarian right-wing, theocratic dictatorship.

I do not have confidence it can be stopped..

Daily the water come closer to the death dealing full boil.

bitterross

(4,066 posts)

5. Conviction in the Senate takes 66 votes. That won't happen.

Reply to yuiyoshida (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 1, 2018, 11:27 PM

Oct 2018

Yes, we may win the mid-terms and we may be able to impeach Kavanaugh. There still have to be 66 Senators to vote to convict on the charges. I don't see that happening any time soon.

He really must not be confirmed.