Former Nixon Aide Warns Kavanaugh Would Shield the White House
Source: Bloomberg
President Richard Nixons White House counsel John Dean warned the U.S. Senate Friday that confirming Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court would weaken the judiciarys check on presidential powers.
"If Judge Kavanaugh is confirmed, I submit we will have the most pro-presidential-powers Supreme Court in the modern era," Dean said in testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Dean, who was White House counsel for almost three years, was the star witness in the congressional hearings that led to Nixons 1974 resignation. Dean pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice.
During his Senate confirmation hearing, Kavanaugh refused to say whether he would recuse himself from any case stemming from Special Counsel Robert Muellers investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-07/nixon-aide-dean-warns-trump-court-pick-would-shield-white-house
sandensea
(21,670 posts)Plus, emboldened by corporate billions.
The ultimate threat to democracy and, to use a favorite GOPee catchphrase, our way of life.
madaboutharry
(40,220 posts)Brett Kavanaugh is a partisan hack, exactly the kind of SC Justice the republicans want to put on the court. 😥
Stuart G
(38,448 posts)sakabatou
(42,176 posts)LudwigPastorius
(9,177 posts)He's seeking a way to avoid the federal orange jump suit.
appalachiablue
(41,174 posts)John Dean warns against Kavanaugh confirmation.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,367 posts)Hopefully, one or two decent Republicans will vote their conscience.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,595 posts)As opposed to Donnie Two Scoops, who's just a moron.