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demmiblue

(36,865 posts)
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 01:19 PM Sep 2018

The Latest: GOP hires female attorney for Kavanaugh hearing

Source: AP

12:20 p.m.

Republicans have hired a female attorney to handle questioning during this week’s hearing with Christine Blasey Ford and Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

The attorney’s name has not been released. The hire was confirmed by a GOP aide to the Senate Judiciary Committee who was not authorized to speak publicly.

Ford’s lawyers have objected to Republicans hiring someone they call an “experienced sex crimes prosecutor.” They say the move is inconsistent with the GOP pledge to avoid a “circus.”

Attorney Michael R. Bromwich asked Republicans for the name of the attorney and the opportunity to meet with her before Thursday’s hearing.

Read more: https://www.apnews.com/a881d2d10d114dd6a7f67561ce90cd7d/The-Latest:-GOP-hires-female-attorney-for-Kavanaugh-hearing

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The Latest: GOP hires female attorney for Kavanaugh hearing (Original Post) demmiblue Sep 2018 OP
secret attorney- sounds about right irresistable Sep 2018 #1
I predict a... Mike Nelson Sep 2018 #2
It won't work DownriverDem Sep 2018 #5
Those GOP men are a bunch of cowards meow2u3 Sep 2018 #3
"They're not man enough" Well Trump did turn all of the Republicans in Congress into eunuchs cstanleytech Sep 2018 #16
Attack ads need to be made right away by each challenger showing these cowardly men TeamPooka Sep 2018 #41
Goddamned cowards. catbyte Sep 2018 #4
COWARDS!!!!!! COWARDS!!!!!!! nt LandOfHopeAndDreams Sep 2018 #6
no... handmade34 Sep 2018 #9
Thus do the Republicans make it look like Dr Ford is on trial, and avoid the optics of having Nitram Sep 2018 #7
Run Away Run Away PaulX2 Sep 2018 #8
Can Dr. Ford refuse to answer questions Delmette2.0 Sep 2018 #10
That is exactly what she should do. (eom) StevieM Sep 2018 #12
Thanks. Delmette2.0 Sep 2018 #37
Maybe they should have put a woman on the committee? CrispyQ Sep 2018 #11
Her opening statement ought to be a doozy. LibDemAlways Sep 2018 #13
Is her name Serena Joy? TomCADem Sep 2018 #14
probably that lunatic katz........ getagrip_already Sep 2018 #34
I think her last name is, Judas. watoos Sep 2018 #15
She goes by Judy. Dave Starsky Sep 2018 #32
..Goat. Mad_Mongol Sep 2018 #38
What is the procedure here? Jim__ Sep 2018 #17
Absolutely. If one questioner can interview Ford, then one should be able to interview kavanaugh mainer Sep 2018 #19
I vote for Senator Harris mjvpi Sep 2018 #22
She would be amazing bettyellen Sep 2018 #31
Was about to post that. OilemFirchen Sep 2018 #47
Anybody else opposed to a non-Senator asking questions during a Senate hearing? LonePirate Sep 2018 #18
Are they saying women are not important enough to be named? bucolic_frolic Sep 2018 #36
Ridiculous. She doesn't have a vote in the Senate. kairos12 Sep 2018 #20
Aunt Lydia. kairos12 Sep 2018 #21
Yes. Here she is DesertRat Sep 2018 #49
tripling down on a sexual predator. Way to go conservatives & conservative voters! ffr Sep 2018 #23
Doesn't this deny Ford's First Amendment rights to petition the Government for redress? procon Sep 2018 #24
They've privatized the Senate Comittee! Their dream come trye. Bfd Sep 2018 #29
Now, do Democrats hire an attorney to question Kav? Aroar-ra Sep 2018 #25
See! Look! It's one of them women. We're good, right? underpants Sep 2018 #26
Trying the victim...again B Stieg Sep 2018 #27
Kelly Anne CON-way? guillaumeb Sep 2018 #28
Dina Bash. Polly Hennessey Sep 2018 #30
Set the WABAC machine to the summer of 1987. mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2018 #33
Bizarre by any measure: the people's business conducted in secrecy bucolic_frolic Sep 2018 #35
I bet it's Kelly Ayotte RandySF Sep 2018 #39
Ayotte is too stupid watoos Sep 2018 #42
Their voters will be so happy to know these men are afraid of questioning this woman. TeamPooka Sep 2018 #40
I know! I know! COLGATE4 Sep 2018 #43
Kristan Gillibrand said if they are afraid to do their job they should resign. True Blue American Sep 2018 #44
Disgusting. nt Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #45
According to turtle, "We have hired a female assistant..." demmiblue Sep 2018 #46
See, this is how the GOP views women! She is NOT an assistant! DesertRat Sep 2018 #48

meow2u3

(24,764 posts)
3. Those GOP men are a bunch of cowards
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 01:23 PM
Sep 2018

They're not man enough to question Dr. Blasey Ford, so they hide behind a woman. True to form!

cstanleytech

(26,299 posts)
16. "They're not man enough" Well Trump did turn all of the Republicans in Congress into eunuchs
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 01:44 PM
Sep 2018

so its hardly surprising.

TeamPooka

(24,231 posts)
41. Attack ads need to be made right away by each challenger showing these cowardly men
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 03:05 PM
Sep 2018

the congressman you voted for is afraid to question a witness.
Why did you vote for them again?

Nitram

(22,822 posts)
7. Thus do the Republicans make it look like Dr Ford is on trial, and avoid the optics of having
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 01:25 PM
Sep 2018

old white misogynists challenging an account told by a sexual assault survivor. This is why Ford's attorney insisted that the Senators themselves should question her.

CrispyQ

(36,482 posts)
11. Maybe they should have put a woman on the committee?
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 01:34 PM
Sep 2018

Fucking cowards. They shouldn't be able to get away with this. I hope it backfires big time.

I'm calling Grassley & telling him what a coward he is.

(202)224-****

Grassley (IA) 3744

LibDemAlways

(15,139 posts)
13. Her opening statement ought to be a doozy.
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 01:36 PM
Sep 2018

Perfect opportunity to condemn this cowardly action, to call out the idiots who are already on record as having made up their minds, and to remind everyone of the reasons why victims of sexual assault hesitate to come forward. Very much looking forward to hearing her testimony.

getagrip_already

(14,768 posts)
34. probably that lunatic katz........
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 02:33 PM
Sep 2018

She is an attorney and fresh out of material now that obamma is out of office.

Jim__

(14,078 posts)
17. What is the procedure here?
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 01:45 PM
Sep 2018

Normally, each individual senator gets a few minutes to ask questions and then the floor passes to another senator. This really limits the ability of any one senator to build a significant case - they don't have the time. But, with one questioner, even if her time is interrupted as it is passed to a democratic senator, she can build the better case by building a narrative across the entire hearing, where the democrats will not have that ability.

If the republicans are going to use one questioner, I think the democrats should use one questioner too. I do believe one questioner with extensive time can do better than a series of individuals all trying to emphasize different points.

mainer

(12,022 posts)
19. Absolutely. If one questioner can interview Ford, then one should be able to interview kavanaugh
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 01:51 PM
Sep 2018

No passing around questions among senators. Prolonged and one on one. Both ways.

OilemFirchen

(7,143 posts)
47. Was about to post that.
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 05:34 PM
Sep 2018

Harris should be the only Senator questioning Kavanaugh, and for the entirety of the Democrats' allocated time. We don't need to hire a bulldog. We own one.

LonePirate

(13,426 posts)
18. Anybody else opposed to a non-Senator asking questions during a Senate hearing?
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 01:48 PM
Sep 2018

Replace one of the male Senators on the committee with a female Senator if need be. Non-elected people should not be asking questions or doing the work for Senators during this hearing.

bucolic_frolic

(43,202 posts)
36. Are they saying women are not important enough to be named?
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 02:36 PM
Sep 2018

It's a subliminal, as if saying Dr. Ford should just shut up and go away. Quietly.

ffr

(22,671 posts)
23. tripling down on a sexual predator. Way to go conservatives & conservative voters!
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 01:59 PM
Sep 2018

We know you by your true colors.

procon

(15,805 posts)
24. Doesn't this deny Ford's First Amendment rights to petition the Government for redress?
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 02:00 PM
Sep 2018

"The right to petition is protected by the First Amendment in the Bill of Rights.
In the United States the right to petition is guaranteed by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, which specifically prohibits Congress from abridging "the right of the people...to petition the Government for a redress of grievances".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_petition_in_the_United_States



Ford has a right to ask the actual governmental body of elected officials to solve a problem, and they agreed. The Senate cannot shirk their Constitutional obligations and deny her petition by farming out their duties to a non-governmental facsimile to avoid making a decision that might make them looks like the idiots and fools that that really are.
 

Bfd

(1,406 posts)
29. They've privatized the Senate Comittee! Their dream come trye.
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 02:19 PM
Sep 2018

All that's required is to show up to vote & collect their taxpayer welfare ck.

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,515 posts)
33. Set the WABAC machine to the summer of 1987.
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 02:30 PM
Sep 2018
Iran-Contra Affair Hearings, Key Players

Major Witnesses
Maj. Gen. Richard Secord (Ret.), co-founder of the Enterprise
Robert McFarlane, former national security advisor
Adolfo Calero, leader of the Nicaraguan Democratic Force
Felix Rodriguez, former CIA agent
Elliott Abrams, assistant secretary of state for inter-American affairs
Albert Hakim, co-founder of the Enterprise
Fawn Hall, former secretary to Lt. Col. Oliver North
Lt. Col. Oliver North, former staff member of the National Security Council
Vice Adm. John Poindexter, former national security advisor
George Shultz, secretary of state
Edwin Meese, attorney general
Donald Regan, former chief of staff
Caspar Weinberger, secretary of defense

House Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran
Rep. Lee Hamilton (D-IN), chairman
Rep. Thomas Foley (D-WA)
Rep. Peter Rodino, Jr. (D-NJ)
Rep. Jack Brooks (D-TX)
Rep. Louis Stokes (D-OH)
Rep. Les Aspin (D-WI)
Rep. Edward Boland (D-MA)
Rep. Ed Jenkins (D-GA)

Rep. Dante Fascell (R-FL), vice chairman
Rep. Dick Cheney (R-WY), ranking member
Rep. William Broomfield (R-MI)
Rep. Henry Hyde (R-IL)
Rep. Jim Courter (R-NJ)
Rep. Bill McCollum (R-FL)
Rep. Michael DeWine (R-OH)

John Nields, Jr., chief counsel
George Van Cleve, chief minority counsel

Senate Select Committee on Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Nicaraguan Opposition

Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI), chairman
Sen. George Mitchell (D-ME)
Sen. Sam Nunn (D-GA)
Sen. Paul Sarbanes (D-MD)
Sen. Howell Heflin (D-AL)
Sen. David Boren (D-OK)

Sen. Warren Rudman (R-NH), vice chairman
Sen. James McClure (R-ID)
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
Sen. William Cohen (R-ME)
Sen. Paul Trible (R-VA)

Arthur Liman, chief counsel
Mark Belnick, executive assistant to the chief counsel

Here is Oliver North being questioned by Arthur Liman, Chief Senate Counsel:



I was looking for video of John Nields, but I can't find any.

bucolic_frolic

(43,202 posts)
35. Bizarre by any measure: the people's business conducted in secrecy
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 02:34 PM
Sep 2018

This is a show trial. Fixed. Crooked. RIGGED.

But I do think this guy is fried whether he's confirmed or not. These issues will not go away.

COLGATE4

(14,732 posts)
43. I know! I know!
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 03:13 PM
Sep 2018

It has to be Victoria Toensing. They can get a twofer with Joe Di Genova playing backup.

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