Hasn’t Collins already signaled her intent to vote to confirm?
Suppose she could fall for this charade.
There, fixed it.
What a diaper load!
-—If Collins were to vote to confirm Kavanaugh, her reputation as an independent voice would likely suffer a blow as that decision would be met with a barrage of criticism from Democrats and advocates of the “Me Too” movement.——
Oh, so let me get this straight: You can only be an “independent voice” if you always go against your own Party? I thought the whole point of “independence” is that you may vote with or against based on the issue at hand, not some knee-jerk need to side with the Dims.
But we all know how the media frames things, don’t we?
Join in the “MELT THEIR PHONE LINES!!” Campaign.
CALL!!
numbers to call.. Ask them to vote to confirm before October 1.
Susan Collins 202-224-2523
Lisa Murkowski 202-224-6665
Heidi Heitkamp 202-224-2043
Joe Manchin 202-224-3954
Joe Donnelly 202-224-4814
Chuck Grassley 202-224-3744.
https://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
I do not believe Ford will show and expect an announcement by her attorneys tomorrow to that effect.
Ford should already be on the road. Doesn't sound like that has occurred...as we would have seen a helicopter in the sky by now.
We are in this mess because the GOP would not help Roy Moore in his election.
There are a few democrats from Trump supporting states that will probably vote for Kavanaugh, such as Manchin.
Manchin, Heitkamp, Tester, McCaskill, Nelson, and Donnelly all decided to retire in NOV?
“Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), a prominent moderate voice and one of the Senate’s most conscientious members, is poised to make or break Brett Kavanaugh’s chance at becoming a Supreme Court justice. A big reason for that is several Senate colleagues are waiting to see what Collins will do before announcing their positions.”
Yeah, right. If I were in the Senate I’d certainly hold my breath to see which way this cretin was going to vote before I cast my vote./s
Then Kavanaugh is fine. Collins is smoke-signalling she is a Yes.
Sisterhood of the Vagina trumps all else.
If Kavanaugh is voted down, President Trump will renominate him after the midterm election - IF the Rs pick up additional Senate seats. There is no rule against it and President Trump is a pretty determined guy.
Of course, if the Republican senate can't do the right thing now, many people may walk away from them in November.
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
“Kavanaugh’s fate rests with Sen. Collins”
Collins’ fate rests with Collins too.
“Over her 22-year Senate career, Collins has built a reputation as a fair-minded, practical swing vote...”
Her, and the other hag from Maine, Olympia Snowe, built up a reputation as unreliable idiots.