Kavanaugh just cited the ‘Ginsburg principle.’
There’s no such thing as the ‘Ginsburg principle.’
There’s no such thing as the ‘Ginsburg principle.’
There’s no such thing as the ‘Ginsburg principle.’
There’s no such thing as the ‘Ginsburg principle.’
There’s no such thing as the ‘Ginsburg principle.’
There’s no such thing as the ‘Ginsburg principle.’
There’s no such thing as the ‘Ginsburg principle.’
There’s no such thing as the ‘Ginsburg principle.’
Orrin Hatch just quoted someone saying that “Brent Kavanaugh is a mensch,” which I suppose is great news for “Brent Kavanaugh,” wherever he is
Per Hatch's patronizing question just now: What do the "mentoring and coaching [Kavanaugh] has provided [to women] over the years" have to do with anyone's bodily autonomy?
I mean, what??
I mean, what??
Here's what Kavanaugh _isn't_ talking about right now, BTW: the harassment happened in the chambers of disgraced judge Alex Kozinski, right under Kavanaugh's nose. thecut.com/2018/09/kavana…
Hmmm, hmm hmm hmm hmmmmmm.
Ah. Seems significant. #StopKavanaugh
Yep.
Lindsey Graham just going waaaaaaay out of his way to give Kavanaugh a breather in the form of a rambling, exhausting non-question. 🙄 #StopKavanaugh
"I just we could have a hearing where the nominee's children could show up," Graham goes on, serving viewers of the #StopKavanaugh hearing a steaming ladle of oleaginous nonsense.
Graham: "I just wish we could have a hearing where the nominee's children could show up"
Fred Guttenberg: "Hm … my children at the hearing. Yes, I'd like that."
Fred Guttenberg: "Hm … my children at the hearing. Yes, I'd like that."
Another good point about Graham's handkerchief-wringing lament about the "kind of country we've become":
Whitehouse just now, to Kavanaugh: "Forty-nine percent of Americans think a corporation will get a fairer shot in the courts than an individual."
Dang. #StopKavanaugh
Dang. #StopKavanaugh
Klobuchar, zeroing in on a point Whitehouse made yesterday (below) & Kavanaugh's disingenuity about saying "Congress should step in," says K has a notable pattern of stepping in to strike down the regulatory arrangements set up by Congress. #StopKavanaugh
Me listening to Coons right now, TBH:
Kavanaugh’s mouth, to Hirono just now:
“I believe the Supreme Court has said that persons in the United States have constitutional rights …”
Kavanaugh’s inner monologue, just after:
“… but I didn’t say access to abortion is necessarily a constitutional right.”
#StopKavanaugh
“I believe the Supreme Court has said that persons in the United States have constitutional rights …”
Kavanaugh’s inner monologue, just after:
“… but I didn’t say access to abortion is necessarily a constitutional right.”
#StopKavanaugh
Yep, Erica catches the same omission.
What Kavanaugh said: SCOTUS has held that persons in the United States have constitutional rights.
What he *declined* to say: the term ‘constitutional rights’ encompasses access to abortion.
What Kavanaugh said: SCOTUS has held that persons in the United States have constitutional rights.
What he *declined* to say: the term ‘constitutional rights’ encompasses access to abortion.
‘Persons have constitutional rights’ amounts to cold comfort to anyone who followed Kavanaugh’s work in the Garza case.
Does he consider women’s access to abortion a constitutional right? I doubt it. I doubt that very much.
Does he consider women’s access to abortion a constitutional right? I doubt it. I doubt that very much.
Now with video … Kavanaugh: “The Supreme Court has recognized that persons in the United States have constitutional rights …”
The question was about women’s constitutional right to obtain an abortion, though. And he didn’t answer it.
The question was about women’s constitutional right to obtain an abortion, though. And he didn’t answer it.
Also: kudos for Mazie Hirono for not only cornering Kavanaugh about #JusticeforJane, but also tying his past dismissal of native Hawaiians’ rights to rulings that could affect Alaska natives — a prospect sure to concentrate @lisamurkowski’s mind.
A+ job all around.
A+ job all around.
Wow, the obnoxiousness of the late-’90s Kavanaugh op-ed that Hirono flagged is on display from the very first lines:
“The Aloha State has two classes of citizens: there are Hawaiians and then there are _real_ Hawaiians.”
“The Aloha State has two classes of citizens: there are Hawaiians and then there are _real_ Hawaiians.”
“After all, Hawaiians originally came from Polynesia, so why not [offer] the same [legal status] for groups from Africa or Europe?”
Er … by Kavanaugh’s logic here, Native Americans should lose their legal status because they “originally” came from Asia. 🤔
Er … by Kavanaugh’s logic here, Native Americans should lose their legal status because they “originally” came from Asia. 🤔
More: “That’s not all. By claiming that native Hawaiians deserve special privileges because their ancestors lived in Hawaii, [DOJ’s] position is also fiercely anti-immigrant, flouting the principle that all Americans have equal rights regardless of when they became citizens.”
👏🏾 HAWAIIANS
👏🏾 WERE
👏🏾 DIS-
👏🏾 POSSESSED
👏🏾 OF THEIR SOVEREIGNTY,
👏🏾 DUDE
… just as Native Americans were.
This isn’t, like, hard.
👏🏾 WERE
👏🏾 DIS-
👏🏾 POSSESSED
👏🏾 OF THEIR SOVEREIGNTY,
👏🏾 DUDE
… just as Native Americans were.
This isn’t, like, hard.
Harris just now: “Have you ever heard of the term ‘racial spoils system’?”
Kav: “I believe that’s a term … that is used”
Um, dude: you used it.
Kav: “I believe that’s a term … that is used”
Um, dude: you used it.
And then Harris drops the hammer: “are you aware this is a term used by white supremacists?”
Funny: he’s quick to say Plessy was wrongly decided, quick to say Youngstown Sheet & Tube was rightly decided, but as soon as women’s constitutional rights to privacy or bodily autonomy come up …
Kav: Brown v Board was right
Kav: Korematsu was wrong
Harris: How about precedents relating to government’s ability to make health decisions over one’s own body?
Kav:
Kav: Korematsu was wrong
Harris: How about precedents relating to government’s ability to make health decisions over one’s own body?
Kav:
🤷🏾♂️
Oh, this silly Tillis question:
T: “Are you Judge Kozinski?”
Kav: “No.”
Me: (*ahem*) … but you worked in his chambers, my dude. And the relationship hardly ended with a short gig “25 years ago.” washingtonpost.com/national/kavan…
T: “Are you Judge Kozinski?”
Kav: “No.”
Me: (*ahem*) … but you worked in his chambers, my dude. And the relationship hardly ended with a short gig “25 years ago.” washingtonpost.com/national/kavan…
Another former Kennedy clerk: “If [Kavanaugh] says he never heard anything, that’s where I raise my eyebrows. Why am I hearing this stuff? I’m nobody. I wasn’t a Kozinski clerk, I didn’t have that much contact with him.” thecut.com/2018/09/kavana…
“25 years ago,” Tillis said. Ah.
Apropos of nada, here’s a picture of Kavanaugh & Kozinski on a panel together in 2015. motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
Apropos of nada, here’s a picture of Kavanaugh & Kozinski on a panel together in 2015. motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
