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Time to End the Judiciary Circus
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Why Another FBI Investigation of Kavanaugh Would Be Pointless
by Thomas Jipping.
GOP agrees to limited FBI investigation into Kavanaugh
by Susan Ferrechio{washingtonexaminer.com} ~ Senate Republican leaders announced Friday they have agreed to demands from two moderate Republicans to give the FBI a week to investigate sexual assault allegations... against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, did not say when the Senate would hold a confirmation vote on Kavanaugh, but said he was optimistic a vote would happen. He also said the Senate would start the process by holding the first procedural vote on Kavanaugh Saturday at noon. Senate Republican leaders announced Friday they have agreed to demands from two moderate Republicans to give the FBI a week to investigate sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, did not say when the Senate would hold a confirmation vote on Kavanaugh, but said he was optimistic a vote would happen. He also said the Senate would start the process by holding the first procedural vote on Kavanaugh Saturday at noon... Trump and Kavanaugh also agreed.
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by sundance{theconservativetreehouse.com} ~ “Kavanaugh stood up for those people yesterday. He raised a middle finger to their tormentors; and they love him for it... Kavanaugh is far more popular with republican voters today than any single republican senator; and he’s incalculably more popular than the senate as a whole.” … “Kavanaugh now has a constituency, a powerful one; and they will long remember whether republicans defend him in his moment of need”. https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/09/28/tucker-on-kavanaugh/
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Senator Graham's Message To Protesters
by Benny Johnson
{dailycaller.com} ~ Protesters followed Sen. Lindsey Graham through the Senate building while shouting at him after Thursday’s Kavanaugh hearing... making his interview with Fox News difficult to decipher. The Senate has been replete with loud, angry leftist protesters since the Kavanaugh nomination began. Graham had a message for the protesters on Friday morning, tweeting, “These people can yell all they want to. Doesn’t matter. I believe Judge Kavanaugh and thought what they did to Judge Kavanaugh was despicable.”Graham created one of the most theatrical moments of the hearing when he questioned Kavanaugh Thursday. The South Carolina senator forcefully shouted at the dummycrats-Democrats sitting across from him, “What you want to do is destroy this guy’s life, hold this seat open and hope you win in 2020. You’ve said that. Not me. You’ve got nothing to apologize for. When you see Sotomayor and Kagan, tell them that Lindsey said ‘hello’ because I voted for them. I would never do to them what you’ve done to this guy.” Graham fumed, “Boy, you all want power. God, I hope you never get it. I hope the American people can see through this sham — that you knew about it and you held it. You had no intention of protecting Dr. Ford. None. She’s as much of a victim as you are.” http://dailycaller.com/2018/09/28/lindsey-graham-message-protesters/Tucker on Kavanaugh
by sundance.
There Are No ‘Credible Allegations’ against Kavanaugh
{judicialwatch.org} ~ Leftists are trying to kick the Senate confirmation for a Supreme Court nominee down field and past the November elections... They have shown they will do so at any cost. While compelling emotionally, Ms. Ford has no witnesses and no facts to back up her story. There was no legitimate reason the allegations were not summarily evaluated, and a Judiciary Committee vote taken this week. I was honored to be able to attend yesterday’s Kavanaugh hearing – a hearing that should never have taken place. It was intense, dramatic, emotional, and outrageous, but nothing changed. The allegations are not sufficient to derail Judge Kavanaugh's nomination. Leftist law breaking, rule breaking, violence, and disruption have already marred the public Kavanaugh confirmation hearings. The Senate has allowed this circus to continue, and in the process has delayed a timely confirmation vote on Judge Kavanaugh. The vote to confirm can't come soon enough. That the Senate hasn't voted yet is shameful. https://www.judicialwatch.org/video-update/tom-fittons-video-weekly-update-september-28-2018/?utm_source=deployer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly+update&utm_term=members&utm_content=20180929155806
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Time to End the Judiciary Circus
by Cal Thomas
{ townhall.com } ~ The Ringling Brothers & Barnum and Bailey Circus announced last year it was closing after a 146-year run, largely because of high operating costs, costly legal battles with animal rights groups and declining ticket sales, especially after elephants were retired from the show.
Brett Kavanaugh's embattled nomination for the Supreme Court has become a circus, and it's time for the Senate Judiciary Committee to consider closing it to the public. As Kavanaugh's nomination has shown, these hearings only serve the objectives of special interests and certain politicians, not the general public.
The Constitution is silent on congressional committees, which were established well after the document was ratified. The Senate Committee on the Judiciary its official name was, in fact, not established until 1816. Its purpose was to serve as a forum for public discussion on social and constitutional issues and to discover the views on these issues from nominees to federal courts and other high offices within the judicial system.
In modern times, this committee has been used as a stage for political theater. During the Kavanaugh hearings, activists from far-left groups disrupted the proceedings, hoping, presumably, to get their pictures in the papers. Their rude behavior guarantees it. Defenders say they are exercising their First Amendment rights, but should those rights deny others their right to speak without being interrupted?
Why does it seem that incivility is mostly practiced by the left? When a dummycrats-Democratic president nominates someone for the Supreme Court, one doesn't usually see Republican and conservative activists shouting and displaying signs in the hearing room. In the case of recent nominees by dummycrats-Democratic presidents, the GOP obstructionist power play over the nomination of Merrick Garland notwithstanding, though even in that case, we did not see the virulent cast of characters we're seeing today, some Republicans have voted to confirm, believing that elections have consequences and as long as the jurist is qualified, he or she should be approved. Not so with dummycrats-Democrats, who appear to see the court as a cover for their inability to get unpopular laws through Congress, for example the outlawing of prayer and Bible reading in public schools and the striking down of all state abortion laws.
If order and decorum are to be protected during future hearings for Supreme Court nominees, the committee should ban the public from attending. In a technological age where television networks can be accessed on smartphones, why is it necessary to have people filing in and out of the hearing room? What does the public gain from having such access? If activists want to exercise their First Amendment rights let them do so outside the building. That way, the rights of those inside will also be protected. Isn't that fair to everyone?
If public access is allowed to continue and should President Trump get one or possibly two more opportunities to name a conservative judge to the court, these demonstrations and allegations of misconduct are likely to get worse.
Like the shuttering of the Ringling circus, it's time to shut down this judicial circus. We can start by locking the door and conducting these hearings in an orderly and respectful way that honors everyone's rights, including the right of senators and the public to hear from the nominee uninterrupted by people whose parents, apparently, never taught them manners.
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