Posted on 09/06/2018 2:07:08 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Kavanaugh Will Kill the Constitution
The legitimacy of the Supreme Court is on the line.
By Paul Krugman
Opinion Columnist
Sept. 6, 2018
At a fundamental level, the attempt to jam Brett Kavanaugh onto the Supreme Court closely resembles the way Republicans passed a tax cut last year. Once again we see a rushed, nakedly partisan process, with G.O.P. leaders withholding much of the information that’s supposed to go into congressional deliberations. Once again the outcome is all too likely to rest on pure tribalism: Unless some Republicans develop a very late case of conscience, they will vote along party lines with the full knowledge that they’re abdicating their constitutional duty to provide advice and consent.
True, Kavanaugh is at least getting a hearing, which the tax bill never did. But he’s bobbing and weaving his way through, refusing to answer even straightforward questions, displaying an evasiveness utterly at odds with the probity we used to expect of Supreme Court justices.
No, the real difference from the tax bill story is that last year we were talking only about a couple of trillion dollars. This year we’re talking about the future of the Republic. For a Kavanaugh confirmation will set us up for multiple constitutional crises.
After all, if Kavanaugh is confirmed, we will be trying to navigate a turbulent era in American politics with a Supreme Court in which two seats were effectively stolen. First Republicans refused even to give President Barack Obama’s nominee so much as a hearing; then they will have filled two positions with nominees chosen by a president who lost the popular vote and eked out an Electoral College win only with aid from a hostile foreign power.
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K will kill the Constitution?
He just won every Democrat vote to confirm!
Why is Krugman still employed? His track record is abysmal, and characterized by failure after failure.
How is the NYT still in business? I guess that they cater to those with Trump Derangement Syndrome, a shrinking group.
An “anonymous inside source” said that his dog often craps in krugman’s shoes. Apparently, even his dog sees no value in this self-important loser.
Hey Paul, remind us again your production on the stock market after Trump won...
Oh for reference it’s up 40% since the election.
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Kavanaugh Will Kill the Constitution
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The legitimacy of the Supreme Court is on the line.
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You have to imagine Paul Krugman as a dying Lord Voldemort.
He sucks on unicorn blood under the moon to stay alive.
There is a different version of the United States Constitution for Liberals? Who knew?
The NYT is Paul Krugman’s horcrux.
Smash the NYT and you defeat Paul Krugman.
Yes, Krugman should be forever discredited based on that one alone, much less the previous examples. The NYT is basically the house organ of the Democratic Party/Deep State.
There’s no drama in that headline.
Krugman should read the constitution.
“Once again we see a rushed, nakedly partisan process”
To quote your “princess” Krugman:
“we have to pass it to find out what is in it”.
Flippin’ HYPOCRITE!
He’s hardly an economist, more a Marxist than anything.
That kind of foreign rhetoric is expected from a New Yuk publication.
The only subject Krugman knows less about than constitutional law is economics.
Eked out a electoral vote win. Yeah if you think 304 to 227 is ekeing.
Aid from a hostile power. Well, if by that you mean they were able to deliver information about Hillary (all true, by the way),that the U.S. media refused to address, maybe so. No evidence that this happened though.
Krugman, reliably feckless as always.
Krugman: How rushed & nakedly partisan was the passage of OBAMACARE?
Do you just have a short memory——OR do I & others have a LONG one???
I had to laugh with derision when I read that part of Krugman's rant!
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