Posted on 07/09/2018 4:43:05 PM PDT by LiveFreeOrDie2001
Thread for discussions before & after President Donald J Trump SCOTUS Pick!
You’re right. Some people here make mountains out of molehills.
Dear Lord, please grant Judge Kavanaugh to rule wisely from the highest bench in the land. May he do as he promises and protect our individual liberties that are the foundation to the greatness of this country and something that distinguishes us like the shining city on a hill.
Also God, please protect our President Trump and may he serve you and the country for six more wonderful years.
Amen.
I am, but what make that the “wrong” case?
It is the case where Chief Justice Roberts betrayed the people and the Constitution.
I need to know more than just one person’s viewpoint etc.
Kavanaugh will probably get confirmed and so I want the whole picture on him.
Well, that is interesting!
Ditto. The pearl clutching brigade is on the march tonight. The President has done well. No reason to doubt his choice.
“He pushed all the wrong buttons for me.”
And the post just above yours was Jeb’s tweet — another “wrong button” — because Jeb likes the pick.
Chuck-U hates him - that’s all I need to know about Brett Kavanaugh.
A solid conservative pick by President Trump tonight.
In the first place the opinion was written not by Kethledge but by Merritt. All three judges on the panel voted to reverse and did so because of a recent Supreme Court decision noting that the law requiring deportation was for "crimes of violence" and the SC has held on multiple times that this phrase is ambiguous and not well defined in law.
These three judges UPHELD THE LAW. Don't like the law, get Congress to pass a new one. And they did so applying the 2008 Decision of the SC which SCALIA WROTE. The judges here explained:
Justice Scalia recently explained in Santos that the rule of lenity prevents courts from having to "read the mind" of Congress and is a "venerable" requirement that the federal courts have applied for two centuries when interpreting ambiguous criminal statutes. When a criminal statute is ambiguous as to its intent, the "tie" goes to the defendant. Because we cannot find that auto theft is "unambiguously" a crime of violence under Section 16(b), we should follow the ancient rule and overrule the administrative agency in this case..
I don't know about vetting the various choices, but I have vetted Ann here and she is a liar. As an attorney should should know better as well.
Thanks, I see it was Stanford and Northwestern respectively. Quite a while ago, Reagan and Ford.
He sort of has to SAY something like that to force the hand of Red State Democrat senators.Yep. Those are confirmation hearing talking points. He didn't just decide to list those by accident or by himself.
I'm a little surprised that more people in this thread seem not to have such things in mind.
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Harvard and Yale are certainly leftist pits of commiepukedom but that doesn’t mean every single person with a degree from either one is a commiepuke themself.
Plus he was wearing buttons. Proof positive he is a liberal!
From nomination to confirmation, it's all politics. So I would discount anything he said/says until confirmed. It's all about the record & post opinions and decisions.
Jay Sekulow will be on Hannity in a few to discuss Kavanaugh. I will be interested on his take on the new Justice.
bkmk
Let’s begin.
Judge Kavanaugh’s neighbor’s friend’s boss’s hairdresser’s plumber’s mechanic’s son’s teacher’s dog ...
... humped my leg!
Very good points on why this selection made the best bet to be confirmed. Thank you.
I just checked - you are right. Time flies...
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