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Brett Kavanaugh critics: Nomination a Trump scheme to combat Mueller investigation
The Washington Examiner ^ | July 9, 2018 | Diana Stancy Correll

Posted on 07/09/2018 8:03:28 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Critics of President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, connected Kavanaugh’s selection to the ongoing Russia investigation, citing an article Kavanaugh wrote that claimed presidents should not be tied up in lawsuits and probes and warning that the commander in chief might be looking for a way to protect himself in a legal challenge.

In a 2009 Minnesota Law Review article, Kavanaugh claimed that presidents should not be caught up in “time-consuming and distracting” lawsuits and investigations. He argued that they “would ill serve the public interest, especially in times of financial or national security crisis.”

“In choosing Brett Kavanaugh, Donald Trump is declaring he wants a fight,” Brian Fallon, executive director of Demand Justice, said in a statement Monday. “Brett Kavanaugh will be hostile to Roe, hostile to Obamacare, and friendly to Donald Trump in showdown with Robert Mueller.”

“No other candidate on Trump’s shortlist better satisfies every one of Trump’s litmus tests,” Fallon, a former aide to former Attorney General Eric Holder and ex-Hillary Clinton campaign press secretary, added. “Those litmus tests will now be an anchor around the feet of this nominee.”

Demand Justice was founded by Fallon and was designed to “fight for progressive change,” according to the organization’s website....

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Issues; Parties; U.S. Senate
KEYWORDS: bknominated; brettkavanaugh; democrats; fallon; hillary; kavanaugh; maddow; mueller; muellerinvestigation; schiff; scotus; supremecourt; trump; trumpmueller; trumprussia; trumpscotus
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1 posted on 07/09/2018 8:03:28 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Jesus, Mary and Joseph.


2 posted on 07/09/2018 8:04:19 PM PDT by onyx (JOIN 300 CLUB BY DONATING $34 MONTHLY! TRUMP'S WAY IS THE WIINNING WAY)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

To the extent the charge is true (not bloody likely), this is GREAT!


3 posted on 07/09/2018 8:05:31 PM PDT by Paladin2 (no spelchek, no problem...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Demand Justice opposed any Trump nomination. Now these goobers at the Bolshevik Examiner give them a forum for the stupidity they just made up.


4 posted on 07/09/2018 8:05:32 PM PDT by Luke21 (The Hill sucks.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Trump strategy to stop the silent coup going on at SCOTUS.

Without SCOTUS, no coup is possible.

Kagen
Sotomayor
Ginsgerb

All part of the Soros plan to dismantle America brick by brick.

Go Trump!


5 posted on 07/09/2018 8:06:06 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Lol

I think these idiot liberals really believe what they say sometimes. Do they really think this supreme court nomination was just another Russian conspiracy?


6 posted on 07/09/2018 8:09:54 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Roy Moore for the Supreme Court of the USA!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Been trollin on DU because it’s kinda dull here tonite. I don’t know much about this nominee, but I figured “they” would be freaking out about it.

They’re not.

Trump. You sposed to make ‘em mad bro....

Best comment I’ve seen so far is (no...not linking it)....

“I’m hoping I can schedule a colonoscopy for tomorrow morning. I’ll be busy getting ready for that.”


7 posted on 07/09/2018 8:11:48 PM PDT by 1_Inch_Group (Country Before Party)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Kavanaugh is a threat to all of our civil liberties isn’t he?

Isn’t he wanting to see women impaled on coat hangers?

I heard somebody criticize his record on environment issues. My God, he wants us to have dirty air and dirty water. He hates a clean environment.

All sarcasm, to make the point, that the left is going to make this man the biggest threat to our nation since, well, since at least Trump was elected.


8 posted on 07/09/2018 8:11:54 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Oh, damn, I had this all wrong. I thought Kavanaugh was a Putin plant.


9 posted on 07/09/2018 8:13:38 PM PDT by gubamyster
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.


10 posted on 07/09/2018 8:16:44 PM PDT by seowulf
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To: 1_Inch_Group

The Dems aren’t that unhappy with this pick. They were expecting a real firebreather. They know they dodged a bullet. There will be some faux outrage, but he will pass.

Schumer might even come up and make nice with Trump.


11 posted on 07/09/2018 8:17:17 PM PDT by Luke21 (The Hill sucks.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Odd that they pick this out to whine about

Just who was President in 2009 and deserved to be indicted for Fast and Furious?


12 posted on 07/09/2018 8:22:07 PM PDT by digger48
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To: Luke21

All I’ve really seen about this guy *that matters in my brain* is that Trump thinks he’s the Judge that other Judges go to.

Has he set precedents? In our favor?

Don’t know.

Maybe this is just a ploy to install a mostly conservative judge........but not such a rabid one.

So they don’t get too mad and will still work with him.........

Knowing he’s going to appoint at least one more in his 8 year gig.

LOL

Winning with secret winning jelly filling?


13 posted on 07/09/2018 8:23:07 PM PDT by 1_Inch_Group (Country Before Party)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The Clinton’s always believed that once they got to be President, all of their legal problems went away.


14 posted on 07/09/2018 8:24:59 PM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I’ll take Kavanaugh, despite being for Amal Thapur. Maybe next time.

Bushie nominee, Trump reaching out to the one wing of the Bush family he can deal with (hasn’t insulted). Kavanaugh is strong Executive Power.


15 posted on 07/09/2018 8:25:28 PM PDT by ameribbean expat
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Dems outraged that President Trump would dare to nominate someone who would base decisions on what’s actually in the U.S. Constitution.


16 posted on 07/09/2018 8:26:51 PM PDT by freefdny
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Who was president in 2009?
Oh, I remember now.


17 posted on 07/09/2018 8:38:51 PM PDT by calljack (Sometimes your worst nightmare is just a start.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

The dems should be looking at his russian connectiond


18 posted on 07/09/2018 8:38:59 PM PDT by joshua c (To disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives. Do nothing and we lose.)
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To: 1_Inch_Group

“Knowing he’s going to appoint at least one more in his 8 year gig.”

Thomas could easily decide to retire at the end of the next session.


19 posted on 07/09/2018 8:41:51 PM PDT by Paladin2 (no spelchek, no problem...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

For a bunch of morons who claim they are the smartest people in the universe, they sure are a bunch of stupid bastards.


20 posted on 07/09/2018 8:50:05 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Don't pass up the opportunity to use the Second Amendment today! IT'S FREE!)
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