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If you’re arguing that Kavanaugh’s falsehoods and misrepresentations are not technically perjury, you’re missing the point.
Kavanaugh fought to impeach a president over such questions.
1. Um, his sheer hypocrisy...
2... compounds the illegitimacy of hiding his records...
3... compounds his remarkable evasiveness, inconsistencies, and straight-up misrepresentations about his own record on presidential power... e.g. Humphrey’s and his threat to upend independent agencies...
4...which compounds the problem that he signaled about as clearly as a circuit judge could that he’d threaten agency independence just when we need it the most. (For the record, I agree w/ the PHH holding that CFPB design was unconstitutional). slate.com/news-and-polit…
5... which compounds the illegitimacy of a Supreme Court appointment by a president who is directly implicated in felonies (campaign finance etc.) and facing impeachment, and would find Kavanaugh’s views rather convenient. slate.com/news-and-polit…
6...and two big points:
A. No president facing concrete and direct00"" evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors has ever appointed a Justice before. Ever.
And...
7. High crimes and misdemeanors are not the same as felonies. One does not have to commit a crime by the books technically to have abused power. I’m NOT saying Kavanaugh should be impeached, but the technical definition of a felony does not have to be the standard for impeaching.
8. And it is crazy to confirm anyone to a lifetime seat on the Supreme Court until these serious charges are resolved. Maybe he has a good defense, but how can he be confirmed until it is resolved?
The GOP is packing the Court and delegitimizating it. slate.com/news-and-polit…
9. To put the point more bluntly:
If you feel like you need to defend your party’s nominee from felony charges on narrowly technical grounds...
You might want to re-think your priorities in life.
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This is not a fact check. It's a bad take, @AP @AP_Politics, a false check.
When two sides hit a budget impasse, they pass continuing resolutions to continue status quo as negotiations continue.
Shutdowns happen since 1995 only when one side refuses CRs to change status quo...
2/ In 1995, Gingrich & Dole refused to pass a status quo continuing resolution. Their CR included Medicare premium increases, environmental deregulation & a balanced budget requirement.
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4 clear pieces on the law of “national emergency” and the wall: @MargLTaylor
@BobbyChesney in @lawfareblog; @LizaGoitein in @Atlantic; and @charlie_savage in @nytimes (links here).
My bottom line: Congress has given the president too much discretion.
nytimes.com/2019/01/07/us/…
2/ @MargLTaylor: “On closer inspection, relevant statutes delegate substantial authority to the president, and it is possible to imagine arguments...courts could find convincing if they are predisposed to defer to the president on a national emergency.” lawfareblog.com/declaring-emer…
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1. A notice of any allegation in writing alleging gross misconduct on the part of the President. This notice must be signed by not less than one-third of the members of the National Assembly.
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Simple, right?

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