Does this farce of a hearing give Dems future grounds for impeaching Kavanaugh?

[MoonRiver]

Hundreds of thousands of documents were dumped/shredded by Idiot without him exerting executive privilege. I say the whole process was clearly tainted.

[mainstreetonce]

1. I would think so.

But I am not a lawyer.

[MoonRiver]

3. Hope we are both correct.

If Kavanaugh had any decency, I know, he would withdraw his name immediately.

[Funtatlaguy]

9. If he was decent , Kavanaugh would agree to a postponement until the Dems get

their requested materials and the time to read it.
Would make him look a little above the fray.
Of course, he isn’t and won’t.
Total farce, as always with the modern Trumpublican Party.

[KewlKat]

11. That's what I said to my husband. He has no integrity.

[DeminPennswoods]

22. He's a political hack with a law degree

nt

[Wounded Bear]

2. Doubtful...

Unfortunately, Dems have to follow precedent and there is none for that kind of action that I know of.

[FBaggins]

4. Nope

Better put... sure... an impeachable offense is anything that the majority of the House says is an impeachable offense. But then you have to get 2/3 of the Senate to agree to remove him.

Obviously, that means that you need bunches of Republicans to agree... and if they could get even a couple to agree that the hearings are a "farce"... there wouldn't be any hearings.

[tonyt53]

5. Highly, highly doubt it. He could only be impeached over his actions on the SCOTUS.

But then, I'm not a lawyer either, but I have watched some on TV shows and my neighbor is one.

[onenote]

7. Not so. He could be impeached for actions taken before or during his tenure on the Court

and whether or not they related directly to his judicial activities.

However, he's not going to be impeached because of the process by which he is confirmed, which while unfair, is perfectly legal.

[tonyt53]

17. Only if those actions prior to his tenure were proven to be illegal, could he be impeached for them

[DeminPennswoods]

23. Well, there's a good chance he lied to Congress during

his 2006 confirmation hearing.

[hack89]

6. No nt

[unblock]

8. a democratic congress willing to play constitutional hardball certainly could impeach

if we had 67 senators, that is, something not in the cards for a good while, unfortunately.

congress can largely determine what is a "high crime and misdemeanor" and getting to office through illegitimate means, insufficient candor, etc. could certainly be argued qualifies as a high crime and misdemeanor.

in practice, don't hold your breath.

[vlyons]

10. Dems will impeach Kavanaugh for lieing under oath

at his last judgeship hearing. Unless, of course, they continue to wield butter knives in a fight.

[MoonRiver]

13. They've got the sharp knives out today.

Hopefully they keep them pointed at Grassley all day.

[vlyons]

14. not sharp enough!

nt

[KitSileya]

20. So tell me, what do you think the Democrats should do that they aren't already doing?

What do you think would be "sharper knives"?

[vlyons]

21. Tell Grassley that the hearing is a shameful disgrace

That under the hearing circumstances, a Kavanaugh Justice would illigitimate -- just like the current presidency.

[malaise]

15. I see what you did there

[brooklynite]

12. We don't impeach people over arguments of process...

[Hortensis]

16. Something they may be trying to hide docs for is

whether Kavanaugh lied to congress at a hearing in 2009. He denied being involved in the Bush II admin's planning right after 9/11 for illegal torture, secret overseas prisons, kidnapping of foreign citizens, etc.

After confirmation the...WaPo I think reported evidence that he was involved in one of the meetings (nothing to rule out others). A couple of our senators who are there in today's hearing requested the DoJ investigate, but the DoJ decided there was not enough evidence to proceed. Alberto Gonzales, the same one who formulated a supposed legal basis for torture, was the AG at the time.

Kavanaugh will undoubtedly be asked about that and many other things in this hearing. If he lied then or lies now, he could theoretically be removed for that.

Of course, removing a sitting justice by congress would not be easy, even for cause. It could only happen at a time when the electorate, in their wisdom, put enough Democrats and good Republicans in office to do it, and today's Republican running dogs know that.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

18. No.

Only one Supreme Court justice has ever been impeached, and he was acquitted by the Senate. That was Samuel Chase, in 1805. Some federal court judges have been removed from office over the years but in all of those cases they had been personally involved in serious crimes, usually bribery or fraud. If the process is tainted because the WH won't release those documents, that's not Kavanaugh's crime.

[MrsCoffee]

19. Grounds for impeaching Kavanaugh and Gorsuch should include traitors not getting to stack the

supreme court. When Dump is found guilty, there needs to be some major actions taken.