Brett Kavanaugh confirmed to Supreme Court

[melm00se]

Source: cnn

The Senate confirmed Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court Saturday afternoon, likely cementing a conservative majority on the court for a generation and bringing to an end months of bitter partisan feuding marked by shocking allegations of sexual assault and vehement and angry denials from the nominee.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/06/politics/kavanaugh-final-confirmation-vote/index.html

[oberliner]

1. Sad day in US history

[uppityperson]

2. 50-48

[SunSeeker]

24. Isn't that the lowest vote percentage for any seated justice in history?

[kudzu22]

36. There was one guy in the 1800s who got in by 1 vote.

But yeah, it's razor thin.

[SunSeeker]

37. The Senate was smaller then. There were only 16 states in 1800.

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So there were 32 Senators. Now there are 100. Winning by 1 vote meant a much higher percentage back then.

On edit:

I Googled it and I believe you are referring to this 1881 vote:

In fact, only one other justice in the nation's history has been confirmed on a one-vote basis: former justice Stanley Matthews, who was first nominated in the closing days of Rutherford Hayes' presidency; the Senate did not act on that nomination. Hayes' successor, James Garfield, renominated Matthews, however, and he was confirmed on a 24–23 vote on May 12, 1881. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/chrisgeidner/kavanaugh-vote-supreme-court-historic

A 24 - 23 vote means the winner won by 51%. Today's vote of 50 - 48 means the winner won by 51%.

So the 1800s justice was confirmed by the same narrow 51% margin as Kavanaugh.

[gademocrat7]

3. Heartbroken

[forgotmylogin]

4. Manchin and Collins enabled this.

They are cemented as the left and right buttcheek of the TRMP statue being carved in hell.

McConnell is the nutsack.

[yardwork]

12. Bullshit. The Republicans own this. Manchin's vote wasn't needed.

[forgotmylogin]

15. If he'd have voted no it would have tied the vote.

It would have forced Pence to break it, which would have been a clearer message that Kav is illegitimate.

Manchin and Collins enabled and endorsed, the Repubelicans own it, I agree.

[yardwork]

16. Lol lol lol.

[forgotmylogin]

17. Are you laughing at me?

I edited my message and agreed with you. I'm in no mood for sardonic laughter if that's what you're implying.

[yardwork]

18. I'm laughing and pointing at anybody who tries to blame this on any Democrat.

[LiberalLovinLug]

23. Wow

So you are OK with Senators voting for Kavanaugh?




....as long as they have a D in front of their name?

wow

[yardwork]

26. Wow. You really are digging deep, aren't you?

[LiberalLovinLug]

33. Speak for yourself bud

wow

[SylviaD]

49. Explain, please, how Joe is responsible for Kavanaugh. nt

[Liberalagogo]

27. Welcome to ignore.

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n/t

[yardwork]

29. Are you blaming this on Democrats, too?

[murielm99]

38. Go ahead and put me on ignore, too.

[yardwork]

35. Don't understand your point. Are you blaming this on Harry Reid?

[sheshe2]

43. Yes they were!

[yardwork]

45. I wonder why. How odd.

[m-lekktor]

21. yep. DESPITE what Manchin's apologists say. bt

[George II]

46. You can blame all those who felt Clinton wasn't "pure" enough....

....so they either stayed home or voted for someone else.

You can also blame those who refused to support her enthusiastically during the General Election campaign.

[riverwalker]

5. I held it together until the official tally

I held out hope for a miracle, not believing he could actually be confirmed. Now I can’t stop crying.

[k8conant]

28. I thought I could keep from crying but I didn't.

[TexasBushwhacker]

39. Me too. How many women will die from illegal abortions

when they overturn Roe v Wade? How many elections will be bought by the highest bidder? How much will the theocrats be allowed to force their religious views on the rest of us?

[totodeinhere]

52. I don't think they will overturn Roe.

They are not that stupid. As long as Roe remains in force it will give them the same talking point they have used for years to keep winning elections. Their base will remain riled up over Roe and they will keep going to the polls to vote Republican. Overturning Roe takes that all away.

[totodeinhere]

51. My advice to you is stop crying and get back to work.

Our only recourse is to start winning more elections, especially presidential elections. A President Elizabeth Warren would have the opportunity to change the balance on the Court back to where it should be.

[Gymbo]

6. A Sad Day

The investigation needs to go forward, somewhere, there is stink to be discovered about this man. I hope it is found and he is forced to resign. The only consolation is this man will still never coach kids again or teach in a public university.

[Initech]

7. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

[mysteryowl]

25. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

[bluestarone]

8. Not a good day BUT

BLUE WAVE INVESTIGATION AFTER INVESTIGATION!!!!!!!!!! OUR time is coming!!!!!!!!!

[Union Label]

9. Fucking horrible

tell your little girls about this fucking sexual preditor and to fight like hell!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

10. Roger Taney's descendants must be breathing a sigh of relief right about now.

Roger B. Taney

Roger Brooke Taney (/ˈtɔːni/ TAW-nee; March 17, 1777 – October 12, 1864) was the fifth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, holding that office from 1836 until his death in 1864. He delivered the majority opinion in Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857), that ruled, among other things, that African Americans, having been considered inferior at the time the United States Constitution was drafted, were not part of the original community of citizens and, whether free or slave, could not be considered citizens of the United States. This ruling created an uproar among abolitionists and the free states of the northern U.S. He was the first Roman Catholic (and first non-Protestant) appointed both to a presidential cabinet, as Attorney General under President Andrew Jackson, and to the Court.

[BigmanPigman]

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[SunSeeker]

20. Got that right! We need a revolution to establish a true democracy in America.

And this Kavanaugh outrage has lit a fire under Democrats.

[Grokenstein]

14. To Everyone Who

...wanted to "shake up the system" because they thought they wouldn't feel the consequences, congratulations.

[ResistantAmerican17]

19. Now we have an even bigger shithole

supreme court. Hang out a neon shingle: now featuring TWO sexual predators. Supreme my ass——-partisan hacks and lying sacks of shit welcome.

[duhneece]

22. R for Republicans R for Rapists

R for Rapist R for Republican
Monsters,....I will not be idle with despair, but I'm feeling pissed beyond words.

[mbusby]

30. Repeal of Roe v. Wade in.....

5.... 4.... 3.... 2.... 1....

[SunSeeker]

47. It will be a dishonest repeal, of course. The case will left on the books in name only.

The Kavanaugh majority will determine that the "undue burdue" test on abortion regulations will never be met, that virtually any abortion regulation will not amount to an undue burden on abortion.

That is how Kavanaugh ruled in the case of the 17 year old immigrant girl who wanted an abortion. He ruled that requiring her to first get a government-assigned sponsor (something she had been unable to do) was not an undue burden. If needlessly requiring the impossible before she can get an abortion is not an undue burden, nothing is.

[LiberalLovinLug]

31. shoulda coulda

I know I know, its not healthy to dwell on that meme, but dammit!!!

If justice was served, The USA would be still respected around the globe. Have the first female President ever. Have a Democratic House, maybe Senate. But also, have a SCOTUS with Garland and some other justice put forth by Hillary Clinton, a clear majority of moderate and sane justices for decades. Paris accord would be adhered to. No nasty attacks on allies. The ACA fixed and strengthened, and perhaps opened up to a public option as a stepping stone towards single payer. None of the Obama accomplishments dismantled.

Its so extra depressing not because Democratic policy was simply stalled, but that it was literally reversed, gas pedal floored, and gone crashing into other cars houses people. sigh.

[Rizen]

40. Goddamnit

Not that this is unexpected. Fuck all the people who didn't vote for Clinton in 2016.

[yardwork]

41. Hillary warned the country that Trump would do this.

Too many people got up on their high horses and decided that they weren't "inspired" enough to vote for the Democratic candidate.

[sakabatou]

42. UGH!

[elmac]

50. all the rednecks around here are driving around waving flags, beeping horns

like its the second coming, I'm sure they will be happy to see me and my big, red soviet flag driving around tomorrow.

[Athenapallas]

53. The real reason for the rush to get Kavanaugh sworn tonight.

I know I am new but I had to share this and if some wants to post it as a new thread that is fine. If someone wants to tell me I am wrong that is fine. Yes Roe v Wade is a huge concern but this is something worse---in a sense.

Gamble vs United States,


https://www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/gamble-v-united-states/


https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-gamble-court-case/

Basically if Gamble wins it makes Presidential Pardon all powerful. The states will NOT be able to charge a person on a state level for a federal crime he was charge with and Pardon by the President.

Does anyone know about it?

[yardwork]

55. This is what it's all about.

[cstanleytech]

54. Or guys need to use the fact that the Repugnants appointed a potential sex offender to

SCOTUS as an issue to try and get more voters especially women to the polls.

[Socal31]

56. Don't take this as me disagreeing with you, because you are 100% correct.

But an audio tape of DT himself openly admitting he sexually assaults women wasn't enough, so BK should only be part of the message.

The one scandal of a large catalog that united the country across almost all demographics was locking up children in cages. I hope that we can somehow remind people what it felt like when they first heard a 6 year old child crying for their mother, surrounded by chicken wire. I know I will never forget.

[cstanleytech]

57. True but I suspect alot of people that voted for him assumed he was pretending to be batshit and

would settle down once sworn in but that did not happen and the Repugnants in Congress have shirked their Constitutional obligations in favor of trying to hold onto power.
Hopefully that will cause enough people to pull their heads out of their ass finally and maybe we will start seeing these assholes get voted out of office.