The ongoing hearing and “investigation” concerning Judge Kavanagh’s appointment to the U.S Supreme Court is a farce. If he is or isn’t “Guilty” of the sexual allegations have nothing, whatsoever, to do with his qualifications for the job.
I do not care, one way or another, about whatever nasty things he did or did not do over 30 years ago. People of his age are seldom, if ever, the same person they were in high school.
I have my doubts to his qualifications for the job, none of which are based on anything he did so long ago. My doubts have to do with his actions while working on the George W Bush’s White House lagal team.
He is put forward as a strict “Constitutionalist”, that is, one who thinks the rules and laws of the Republic should be based on the Constitution as written. I am at sea, wondering how this stance can be reconciled with his actions while working for President Bush.
He helped write the “Patriot Act”, ( To learn the purposes behind any Congressional Act simply read the act’s name and reverse the meaning), this act is on par with some of
This act has given the Federal government freedom to do things past administrations could only wish for. Spying on a citizen without cause, without a valid warrent, with only the permissin of a secret court. A “secret” court is not acountalble to the people and mostly’ rubber stamps any warrent request that comes before it.
Kavanaugh is/was in favor of all these extra-legal exercises of governmental powers. Not only in favor but,
Any man with so little