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Today 10/6/2018 the U.S. Senate is going to vote on one Brett Kavanaugh (Original Post) turbinetree Oct 2018 OP
Jurists of exceptional integrity dalton99a Oct 2018 #1
Yeah considering he even lied when he got on the court................ turbinetree Oct 2018 #2

dalton99a

(81,543 posts)
1. Jurists of exceptional integrity
Sat Oct 6, 2018, 11:44 AM
Oct 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/06/us/politics/conservative-supreme-court-kavanaugh.html
Confirming Kavanaugh: A Triumph for Conservatives, but a Blow to the Court’s Image

In his year-end report in 2011, Chief Justice Roberts said justices could be trusted to decide for themselves whether they should recuse — because they have been vetted by the Senate.

“I have complete confidence in the capability of my colleagues to determine when recusal is warranted,” Chief Justice Roberts wrote. “They are jurists of exceptional integrity and experience whose character and fitness have been examined through a rigorous appointment and confirmation process.”


What a fucking joke

turbinetree

(24,709 posts)
2. Yeah considering he even lied when he got on the court................
Sat Oct 6, 2018, 01:46 PM
Oct 2018

I get the American Prospect Magazine and after I read this article, I knew that we were screwed over more when coupled with the Citizens United decision and the Gore vs Bush decision, and the Shelby vs Holder decision

http://prospect.org/article/roberts-rules-protecting-corporations


http://prospect.org/article/repealing-20th-century


Even thou we have in the Constitution the right to sue and have our grievances addressed, he cut that leg out from under us and this jerk ever since he became a lawyer hates the poor and the middle class>

He is another supporter of the libertarian Federalist Society, and the "guy" in this below article is a KOCH operative and has been for an extremely long time


https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/04/17/the-conservative-pipeline-to-the-supreme-court


Nancy Maclean: Democracy in Chains

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30011020-democracy-in-chains

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