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The Dems Are Up in Arms Over Kavanaugh Again, But Removing Him Is a Tall Order
westernjournal.com ^ | 7/26/2021 | Aron Solomon

Posted on 07/29/2021 7:20:32 PM PDT by bitt

Last week we learned that — according to a group of Democratic senators — newly released materials show the FBI failed to fully investigate sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh when he was nominated to the court in 2018.

In response, the FBI said it had received more than 4,500 tips on Kavanaugh, providing what it deemed to be relevant ones to former President Trump’s White House team.

Almost immediately upon learning the news, social media was abuzz with calls for Justice Kavanaugh’s impeachment.

Public outrage aside, the bar to impeach a sitting Supreme Court justice is significantly higher than most people would imagine. It simply isn’t a realistic path for those seeking to remove Justice Kavanaugh from the nation’s highest court.

Only one justice has ever been impeached. In 1805, Justice Samuel Chase was impeached by the House of Representatives but later acquitted by the Senate.

But what about the threat of impeachment? Justice Abe Fortas resigned in 1969 before he could be impeached for taking $20,000 a year for life from the family of a Wall Street executive who was under investigation for securities violations.

Could the threat of impeachment work here? Maybe, but probably not.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government
KEYWORDS: kavanaugh; scotus
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1 posted on 07/29/2021 7:20:32 PM PDT by bitt
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2 posted on 07/29/2021 7:20:45 PM PDT by bitt (<img src=' 'width=500>)
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To: bitt

Show trials, get your show trials here! Can’t be Commie pinko scum without show trials!


3 posted on 07/29/2021 7:24:16 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: bitt

Fake tips?


4 posted on 07/29/2021 7:25:13 PM PDT by vigilante2
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To: bitt

Let them y ry.

Much as I detest him, he should not be removed. Not before Sotomayor and Kagan, at any rate.


5 posted on 07/29/2021 7:26:27 PM PDT by sauropod (Amateurs built the ark; Professionals built the Titanic. Anon)
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To: bitt

Proof that Kavanaugh is a good guy, demsheviks hate (iow “fear”) him.


6 posted on 07/29/2021 7:29:22 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Nothing is more important than Truth)
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To: bitt

Summer of next year....and ‘24.


7 posted on 07/29/2021 7:35:31 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Ballots)
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To: vigilante2

the official background check is not a criminal matter and the rules for OPM or FBI are to check what has happened since his last check, not using the “go back machine” for childhood indiscretions. I worked for the Bureau of Prisons and OPM background checks are done every 5 years, Judge Kavanaugh was a District court Judge for 12 years so any check was done back to his previous check. 4500 tips and the best the opposition could come up with was maybe something almost happened on an unknown date at an unknown party that may have been disturbing to a tween at a place she shouldn’t have been.


8 posted on 07/29/2021 7:48:59 PM PDT by bdfromlv (Leavenworth hard time)
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To: bitt

Rubbish. Kavanaugh is a done deal.


9 posted on 07/29/2021 7:55:04 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard (resist the narrative. .)
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To: little jeremiah
Proof that Kavanaugh is a good guy, demsheviks hate (iow “fear”) him.

Which is strange because Kavanaugh is basically a clone of either John Roberts or Anthony Kennedy.

10 posted on 07/29/2021 7:56:33 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: bitt

it’s all intended to scare Kavanaugh into ruling the way the left wants him to rule. The left has already threatened the court with packing and this is just another form of intimidation.


11 posted on 07/29/2021 7:58:19 PM PDT by euram
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Proof that Kavanaugh is a good guy, demsheviks hate (iow “fear”) him

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He is a piece of crap traitor just like Barrett and Gorsuch. The language in the Constitution that they ignored regarding the election could not have been clearer ( and written by men a thousand times more intelligent) yet they still chose to ignore it.


12 posted on 07/29/2021 8:02:22 PM PDT by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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To: euram

Bingo.


13 posted on 07/29/2021 8:10:00 PM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: bdfromlv

WhT about Tara Reid?


14 posted on 07/29/2021 8:11:05 PM PDT by dandiegirl (BOBBY m)
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To: dandiegirl

Tara Reade was not a background check as she was alleging misconduct that was never investigated by a candidate she knew the dates times and worked for Xiden, many female secret service agents are sworn to secrecy about POTUS indiscretions/gropings


15 posted on 07/29/2021 8:39:20 PM PDT by bdfromlv (Leavenworth hard time)
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To: MinorityRepublican

So you say, so you say.


16 posted on 07/29/2021 9:15:21 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Nothing is more important than Truth)
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To: bramps

There is much thought that SCOTUS could not take the election fraud cases as foreign governments were involved along with US citizen traitors, and thus it was an act of war, which is beyond the scope of the courts. Plus some of the evidence would be classifed, which the justices do not have clearance for.

FR used to have more rational thought and discussion. tsk tsk. It’s really unpleasant what FR has turned into.


17 posted on 07/29/2021 9:18:02 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Nothing is more important than Truth)
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To: bitt

Why in the heck would they want to remove Kavanaugh? He turned out to be their best friend.


18 posted on 07/29/2021 9:29:50 PM PDT by Revel
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To: little jeremiah

The only issue in front of the Supreme Court concerning the election was whether or not the legislatures of the states legally changed the rules. The words could not be any clearer and they were put there for a reason by brilliant men.

That is the TRUTH.

our entire post is speculation that ignores the facts.


19 posted on 07/30/2021 5:35:57 AM PDT by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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To: little jeremiah

‘Your’ entire post


20 posted on 07/30/2021 5:38:31 AM PDT by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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