Posted on 09/25/2018 4:31:22 AM PDT by knarf
Like most everyone else here in Jim's living room, I have been very supportive of Judge Kavenaugh and critical of the attacks and attackers attempting to stop his nomination and election to the Supreme court.
Even in my local election(s), If I wanted more information than a name and the print bytes they want to propose ..
"A family man serving for 45 years"
or something, you almost have to have gone to school with the person or know someone that knows the judge.
So when all of this nomination process escalated into the circus it became, I was angry at the democrats for being so disruptive and immature.
THEN they pulled out Dr Ford .... followed by others and finally,
precedent broken.
A sitting judge has been as exposed as pulling back the shower curtain.
My first thought throughout all this is anger towards the ones intentionally destroying a good man and his family.
THAT then prompted me to think that wise Republican politicians should even now, be crafting legislation to prevent this behavior in the future. after all, the Supreme Court may sit in on the State of The Union address, but they NEVER show appreciation nor displeasure in what they hear.
On further axamination of my own thinking, I've decided that, hard as this may be, we may be witnessing a precedent established for future judge candidates in EVERY categary ...... local county, city and state judgeships may now be more exposed for the common voter who WANTS to elect (or retain) good people.
As it stands now, as far as I know, unless I comb the internet for decisions any particular judge has handed down, which may now be no longer trusted because of the alleged censorship of internet entities.
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If anyone doubted the Brown SHirt Media is the enemy the events of the last week should have put an end to that. Our highest priority should be to smash the Brown Shirt Media into a billion pieces that are individually punished and then burned to the ground. Everything will fall into place afterwards.
Can you even begin to imagine how you would go about explaining to two little girls how they need to be careful because hundreds of people have threatened to rape and murder them?
Once again, the enemy has added another twist to the knot that will hang themselves.
Elections have consequences and actions have reactions.
Let's be a little less sterile in our thinking and look at this in real time.
It makes a terrible anger rise up in my heart when I think of the public sexual harassment and hideous public humiliation of this good man and his family.
We all know people (I do, anyway) that are adamant in their socialist politics and cannot be reasoned with and every ONE of them is a conduit and mouthpiece to people that THEY hang with.
Networking was the word of the '70's and it is alive and well today.
It's a muslims make babies vs, white Conservatives don't sort of thing.
I'd like to see every educational intitution do nothing but teach the basics, read'n, writ'n n' 'rithmetic ..... history, science and political science in high school so that the high school graduate that wants to turn a wrench can go out there speaking comprehensive English and THINKING like an American.
No band, no football (in school) and etc.
THOSE things should be organized through communities, not schools.
College should be for higher education in the professions, not liberal arts.
America's problems begin in pre-school (beginning with the parent that thinks their child "needs" it or is too lazy to take the time to teach their own child.
I have to disagree with you knarf. I understand where you are coming from, but there is absolutely nothing redeeming in this process that I can see.
MY concern is of course, The USA.
It would take two generations to eliminate the bumper sticker mentality that is groomed through our children txt LOL l8r.
No one takes the time to read much any more (we in FR are dinosaurs, imo)
I welcome discourse on this because it MAY be a good idea ...
I could also be suckin' canal water.
It is one of the very many reasons I utterly despise and detest the Democrats.
Guilty until proven innocent does not benefit the republic.
In 43 days we’ll know if America holds or not. Either way the political left will grow more violent. It’s time to get in shape physically & spiritually and be prepared to defend yourself and family.
MY poinjt is the public exposure of judges.
I would like to vote for my local judge because I know what I'm doing.
As it is, I never even see a party affiliation on any judge candidate fliers.
I understand your point of view entirely...I just view this as a one-way ratchet by the Left. They will do this kind of thing with gusto and excess.
Our side won’t, because that is the way we roll. We might, if we had a spine, do it in relevant ways (unlike this process) but...probably not.
Frank,
The leftist thrashers and trashers will only become emboldened if there isn’t a strong, justified push-back against this clearly Alinksy-inspired sham.
Understand that the left ONLY cares about disruption and delay, which will continue unabated without tough consequences.
The tertiary benefit of ‘more info on judges’ is misplaced in this context because the next nominee will face even worse treatment and a greater spectacle if senate Republicans don’t ensure a vote by the entire senate and soon.
I disagree. A solid background in the humanities and sciences provides the student with good personal values, wisdom as opposed to specialized knowledge, and the ability to make wise choices in life and to think for himself as opposed to joining the mob. Unfortunately, you can't find that sort of a curriculum at most colleges and universities today.
The whole world has seen the demonrats exposed with this and it’s not a pretty sight. They have overplayed their hand and have essentially proven everything Trump has said about fake news and the stinky swamp.
Even more appalling, they're doing all this lying and character assassination because they've utterly convinced themselves:
that he can only vote in a way that harms Roe v Wade...
that a Roe v Wade challenge WILL come to SCOTUS (there have only been about 6 in the 43 yrs since Roe, and only 1 was a direct challenge)...
that they can block every Trump nominee for more than 2 years...
that any change to Roe will be a negative thing...
and that there is no effort that can be counterproductive to their objectives and goals.
They're flat-out wrong on 4 of those 5 presumptions, and could be wrong on the 5th.
unfortunately that falls on all of us.<\p>
Senators,Our system of jurisprudence has always been based on the tenet of the presumption of innocence. The accuser must meet the burden of proving the accusation is true.
As a Justice on the Supreme Court, would you have had me rule that the burden was on Dredd Scott to show why he should be an American citizen, or should that burden have been on Sandford to demonstrate why Mr. Scott should not be a citizen?
Should the burden have been on Oliver Brown to show that the separate school his daughter was forced to attend was not equal to closer white-attended schools, or should that burden have been placed on the Topeka Board of Eductation to prove that "separate but equal" schooling was necessary?
Should I rule that the burden was on Ernesto Miranda to know his full legal rights when he was arrested, or should Arizona police have to inform Mr. Miranda of his right to an attorney when they arrested him?
Should Norma McCorvey have to justify to the state why she needed an abortion? Should Fred Korematsu have to prove his loyalty to the United States? Should women have to demonstrate their competency to sit on juries? Should the Cantwell family have to prove that their public expression of religion was not a breach of the peace and a public disturbance?
In our system, the accused has a right to know the specific charges and factual evidence against him or her. It is a mockery of our judicial system to suggeest that a sitting federal appellate judge, or anyone else for that matter, has to prove his innocence against vague, unspecified, and suddenly recalled allegations, when the very essence of being a judge is to balance the rights of the accused with the rights of the accuser. The burden of proof is on those who make the claims, not on those who are their targets.
Thank you.
-PJ
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