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  1. 4 minutes ago, scottsins said:

     


    How has the “ship sailed”? Is that some legal argument that you are making? It’s confusing because the senate can conduct its confirmations any way that it wants to.

     

    It's not a legal argument or even a Senate rules argument.  It's my fairness argument. 

    I think that in a political fight both sides need a fair bite at the apple.  Then it's time to move on.  I think, assuming she declines to come Monday, the opponents had their chance. I think this argument will carry the day.  We'll see.

  2. Is the objective to give "justice" to Professor Ford or to the Supreme Court confirmation process?

    If it's to give Professor Ford her "justice" there is no reason it needs to be tied to the confirmation process.  Or any reason why the Senate needs to be involved.  She she get her justice the same way any other citizen does.

     

    If the objective here is to do the confirmation process correctly then the ship has sailed.  The opponents of Kavanaugh had their chance and they passed it up.

  3. 15 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

    Or path three:  get a better person than Kavanaugh

    I could go with that if we could do it right. We need to solve the problem of a 4-4 Court in October.  A Ginsburg resignation would address this issue.  A Breyer resignation is also acceptable.  Even better would be a resignation by Kagan and best of all would be a resignation by the Wise Latina.

    If the new plan produces a better Court by October 1 I'm all for it.

    Out of curiosity, who on Trump's list, is better than Kavanaugh?  Would you preser, say, Amy Coney Barrett?

  4. 9 minutes ago, Mojo Hand said:

    So are we going to get testimony from this Mark Judge guy? 

    Yeah.  Here's what he'll say:

    Oh, I remember that!  That was the party at Steve's house.  Jim and Joe were there too.  The four of us used to get smashed together all the time.  And Steve told her his name was Brett.  Any time Steve was up to no good, or even ordering food he'd say his name was Brett because Brett was such a goody two shoes.  ... Yeah, Steve did that.  I was there.

  5. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/09/17/sen-orrin-hatch-says-kavanaugh-denied-being-at-party-described-by-accuser-ford.html

     

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    Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, told reporters Monday that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh categorically denied allegations that he committed sexual assault at a high school party in the early 1980s -- and told the senator he was not at a party similar to what his accuser described.

    Kavanaugh's accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, made her name and her accusations public in an interview with The Washington Post Sunday. She claimed Kavanaugh pinned her to a bed, tried to remove her clothing and put his hand over her mouth when she tried to scream.

    In a statement to Fox News, Hatch's office said that Kavanaugh told the senator "he was not at a party like the one [Ford] describes" and added that Ford "may be mistaking [Kavanaugh] for someone else."

     

    I think the process starts by understanding how she knows he was there - that he was the one.  And there is a very short list of people whose opinion matters - two of Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Jeff Flake and Bob Corker.

  6. https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/kavanaugh-sexual-assault-allegation-dle/index.html

    Senate judiciary chair: I'm working to hear Kavanaugh's accuser out

    From CNN's Ariane de Vogue and Manu Raju

    Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman for the Senate Judiciary Committee, released a statement Monday where he pointed to the standard procedure for updating nominee's background checks.

    "The standard procedure for updates to any nominee’s background investigation file is to conduct separate follow-up calls with relevant parties. In this case, that would entail phone calls with at least Judge Kavanaugh and Dr. Ford.Consistent with that practice, I asked Senator Feinstein’s office yesterday to join me in scheduling these follow-ups. Thus far, they have refused. But as a necessary step in evaluating these claims, I’ll continue working to set them up."

    Grassley goes on to say they are "working diligently to get to the bottom of these claims," but does not make any indication about the possibility of delaying the vote.

    This needs to happen before the vote Thursday.

  7. The Masculinity Coordinator should be a former Marine drill instructor credited with the creation of the successful "Zero Tolerance for Pussies" program.  His (and it needs to be a man) mission needs to be to implement his program for dorm weenies who don't have the benefit of a good fraternity hazing program.

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