“The Guard Rails Have Failed”

[ComradeRedBoilermaker]

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/the-guardrails-fall/572242/

“Whatever remained of the separation of powers within uniform Republican control of government melted away in the fracas over Kavanaugh’s confirmation. Senate Republicans abdicated their duty to oversee nominations by refusing to call the only witness to Ford’s allegations, Kavanaugh’s classmate Mark Judge, to testify publicly. The White House severely curtailed the FBI inquiry, making it unlikely to turn up evidence that Kavanaugh had lied under oath about his drinking or high-school behavior, despite one public report after another that showed his testimony to be false. The successful Trump administration effort to limit the investigation into Kavanaugh demonstrated that the stated commitments of Attorney General Jeff Sessions and FBI Director Chris Wray to resist political pressure in their enforcement of the law will crumble under sustained pressure. With his ascension to the Supreme Court, Kavanaugh will be able to make good on the threat of partisan vengeance he made in his testimony.”

 

[ComradeRedBoilermaker]

“In an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal Thursday, Kavanaugh insisted that he was an "independent, impartial judge," writing, "I was very emotional last Thursday, more so than I have ever been. I might have been too emotional at times. I know that my tone was sharp, and I said a few things I should not have said." That this non-apology was issued from the pages of the most prominent right-wing op-ed page in the country is no coincidence.

Kavanaugh’s charge that he was the victim of a left-wing conspiracy, and his threat of revenge, were in his prepared remarks; they were not a spontaneous emotional outburst. If Kavanaugh cannot even pretend to make a commitment to nonpartisanship without misrepresenting his own actions, his word is absolutely worthless. It is less than worthless. It is a winking performance of insincerity for a conservative audience that is in on the joke.”

 

[TwinDegrees2]

“In an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal Thursday, Kavanaugh insisted that he was an "independent, impartial judge," writing, "I was very emotional last Thursday, more so than I have ever been. I might have been too emotional at times. I know that my tone was sharp, and I said a few things I should not have said." That this non-apology was issued from the pages of the most prominent right-wing op-ed page in the country is no coincidence.

Kavanaugh’s charge that he was the victim of a left-wing conspiracy, and his threat of revenge, were in his prepared remarks; they were not a spontaneous emotional outburst. If Kavanaugh cannot even pretend to make a commitment to nonpartisanship without misrepresenting his own actions, his word is absolutely worthless. It is less than worthless. It is a winking performance of insincerity for a conservative audience that is in on the joke.”

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