Legal/scotus thread

[sturg33]

They should have asked him how man sexual partners hes had and his freakiest sex positions in front of his wife and kid.

And then we could have assumed he was lying and should have impeached him!

Missed opportunity for the Dems

[57Brave]

Thanks striker for your explanation but you did miss the caveat of setting BK issues aside. I had forgotten hearing Yang propose 18 year terms on CSPAN --- I wonder why not ?

[striker42]

Thanks striker for your explanation but you did miss the caveat of setting BK issues aside. I had forgotten hearing Yang propose 18 year terms on CSPAN --- I wonder why not ?

My analysis wasn't related to BK stuff.

There are plenty of proposals for term limits and plenty of people who would support term limits for federal judges. The problem is it would likely take a constitutional amendment to make it happen. The lifetime appointment of federal judges is pretty much a settled issue and this point, constitutionally speaking.

I think there are other reforms I'd make the court before term limits to be honest.

[50PoundHead]

They should have asked him how man sexual partners hes had and his freakiest sex positions in front of his wife and kid.

And then we could have assumed he was lying and should have impeached him!

Missed opportunity for the Dems

Given that community standards dictate the definition of pornography, anything Kavanaugh would have said to Congress regarding his proclivities (provided he has any) would not have been judged pornographic.

Seriously, McConnell warned Trump that Kavanaugh may have some issues that would lead to a rockier road to confirmation than some of the other judges on the short list and more of that may be coming out. But he's there and I wouldn't waste a ton of effort trying to remove him if I were the Dems. Heck, Scalia went on hunting trips with Dick Cheney and that, to me, raises more red flags than Kavanaugh's behavior as an adolescent. I'm not minimizing the damage those actions may have caused, but continually dredging up stuff from people's youth really doesn't serve the country well in the long run. I admit the lying under oath is a different kettle of fish and I thought Kavanaugh's performance during the hearings on his confirmation was pretty deplorable (and that's not to say that some of the committee members were any better), but he's not going anywhere.

[57Brave]

I dont get "continually dredging things up" --- this is a book published by 2 independent investigative reporters. Who picked up the ball the Senate Judiciary dropped.
The woman Molly quoted above put out a book praising the selection of BK. Is that too "dredging" ?

My money says the Senate flips, he is going somewhere
Accountability anyone
What is more concerning is before the allegations the unveiling of his lying to Congress in 2006

There is a woman in Texas that got 5 years for falsifying forms to get her kid in a better school