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As senators undertake their constitutional duty to advise and consider whether to consent to Kavanaugh, they must focus on the need for a Supreme Court that offsets power imbalances in society, rather than exacerbates them.
America’s highest court should be a symbol of justice for all. It must not:

-Take away a woman’s right to control her body

-Reflexively side with Trump in the legal issues regarding potential obstruction of justice or related matters that may very well land at the Supreme Court
-Enable racist policy

-Empower corporations to cheat and injure consumers

-Turn the First Amendment into a tool to protect corporations from regulatory controls

-Eviscerate our democracy by undermining voting rights or further empowering the superrich to dominate our elections
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#Kavanaugh tweet storm beginning now:

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Who Won, Anyway?

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#Kavanaugh REALITY CHECK:

Nominated by a president who may be guilty of federal crimes.

Credibly accused of sexual assault by multiple women.

Repeatedly and demonstrably lied under oath.

Gave unhinged, belligerent, conspiratorial testimony.

AND NOT ONE REPUBLICAN VOTED NO.
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