Do We Now Have A "Perjury Trap" Set For Kavanaugh?

[ChoppinBroccoli]

I was thinking about this the other day when I read an article about how Democrats may try to impeach Kavanaugh if they take back Congress. They already have all the obvious instances of perjury that have been discussed on this board over the last couple of months, but I thought of another.

If Kavanaugh has testified under oath that Roe v. Wade is "settled law," (and I don't know if this is just a statement he made or if it was actual testimony under oath), then doesn't that mean that if a case to reverse Roe v. Wade comes before the Supreme Court and he votes to reverse, he has just committed perjury? And if that's true, shouldn't we be reminding him of this when the case to reverse Roe v. Wade inevitably comes before the Supreme Court?

If he has testified under oath that Roe v. Wade is settled law, then we can either successfully tie his hands and essentially coerce him into voting FOR upholding Roe v. Wade through threat of impeachment, or we can actually impeach him if he doesn't. Oh, I'm sure he'll find some way to weasel out of it (i.e. "I changed my mind based on the facts presented in this specific case," blah blah blah), but it might be a nice Ace in the hole to pressure him with. That's if he testified under oath.

[NoMoreRepugs]

1. Perjury for a change of opinion?

[Merlot]

2. I don't think a judicial opinion can qualify as perjury

Even if he does believe it's settled law, if it comes before the SC, then it's obviously not "settled"

And there is no such thing as a "perjury trap" unless you're trumpft and the very act of swearing to tell the truth is a "trap"

[brooklynite]

3. He has not stated that under oath...

It was reported that he said that to one or more Senators in private meetings.

[haele]

4. Perjury trap does not exist for opinions. It exists for actions.

So, the lies he told or tried to evade telling about in his hearings have already caught him. Unfortunately for us, currently the GOP is in charge, and they don't f'n care about anything but the taxpayer money they can scoop up for their private use. And Kavanaugh is their high cover for that.

Haele

[FBaggins]

5. He covered himself too well on that topic

He never said that he agreed with the legal reasoning or that the court couldn’t change their minds later.

Not that it really matters, because impeachment is a political act. If the court overturns Roe and somehow 2/3 of the Senate thought that was beyond the pale... they could remove him and anyone else who voted to overturn.


Neither of which is likely to happen

[Goodheart]

6. No.

[The_Counsel]

7. Certainly a Reason to Recuse, But Perjury...?

That might be a bit of a stretch.

There should be plenty of perjury to impeach just in his confirmation hearing testimony.

That is, if this were still a nation of laws, which the GOP keeps trying to prove it isn't...

[IphengeniaBlumgarten]

8. His odd financial situation is what we ought to look at closely.

Yes, he seems to have little compunction about bending the truth - e.g. the yearbook stuff, but we would look petty to worry about this stuff. If we were to find actual evidence of other lies -- and not sure we can -- he can always claim memory loss or misunderstanding or change of opinion...

But money can be tracked and if his mysterious finances could be explained by parental gifts, then he would surely have mentioned these already. His salary alone can't afford his expenditures. Who is his benefactor?

[tritsofme]

9. No, in fact our system is setup precisely to prevent the type of meddling you describe.

If Congress feels he should be impeached and removed, that is their prerogative, but there is absolutely no leverage to “coerce” him under threat of prosecution into voting as we like.

[jpljr77]

10. No, and stop. Kavanaugh will be a SCOTUS justice for 25+ years. It's over.

Barring some revelation that votes were changed on Nov. 8, 2016, leading to the immediate resignation of Trump, Pence, and every appointee over the past 20 months (which, not to be crass, would be literally pornographic to me), he's in there for life.

Well, I guess Mark Judge could also have a come to Jesus moment and spill the beans about what really happened that night, but I'm pretty sure that'll never happen, either.