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Happening now: The Senate Judiciary Committee is voting on a slate of nine lower court nominees, incl. 8th Circuit nominee Jonathan Kobes, who got a "not qualified" rating from the ABA, and DC district court nominee Carl Nichols. You can watch here: judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/10/11…
Grassley says they can't go the agenda yet re: voting on the judicial nominees because there aren't enough Republicans in the room.

Grassley: "I thank Democrats for taking their job very seriously"
More Republicans showed up so now they're voting. 8th Circuit nominee Jonathan Kobes has been approved by the committee along party lines, 11-10, ditto for WD-NC nominee Kenneth Bell
Here are the other committee votes on judicial nominees today:
Stephanie Gallagher, MD: 20-1 (Lee voted no)
Mary McElroy, RI: 19-2 (Lee and Kennedy voted no)
Carl Nichols, DC: 11-10 (party line)
Martha Pacold, ND-IL: 18-3 (Hirono, Booker, Harris voted no)

(cont'd)
(cont'd)
Mary Rowland, ND-IL: 16-5 (Cornyn, Lee, Cruz, Sasse, Crapo voted no)
Steven Seeger, ND-IL: voice vote

Grassley said they would hold over Oklahoma district court nominee John O'Connor — O'Connor also received a "not qualified" rating from the ABA
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NEW: The federal judiciary now expects to have enough money from other sources to keep the courts largely business-as-usual during the shutdown through Jan. 18 (previously it was Jan. 11) — this is the latest from the Administrative Office of the US Courts (HT @hsu_spencer)
In order to make the funds that the judiciary does have (absent a congressional appropriation) last as long as possible, "courts have been asked to delay or defer non-mission critical expenses, such as new hires, non-case related travel, and certain contracts"
DOJ, of course, is already affected by the shutdown, so most judges have been approving requests or issuing blanket orders to delay civil litigation involving the federal govt during the shutodwn (criminal cases still have to proceed as usual)
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Some fireworks in court this morning as a judge criticized the lawyer representing Concord Management & Consulting in the special counsel Russian troll farm case for his language and harsh words about Mueller's office in filings — "unprofessional, inappropriate, and ineffective"
The judge told attorney Eric Dubelier that his strategy was "ineffective" and that his approach to filings — including pop culture quotes (see: assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5676…) and accusing Mueller's office basically of lawlessness — was "undermining your credibility in this courthouse"
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Remember how prosecutors accused Paul Manafort of breaching his plea deal? His lawyers are due to file a response today about that — recall that at a Dec. 11 hearing, Manafort's lawyers said they needed more time to decide if they agreed or not with the govt's claims re: lying
There's no time deadline on this filing due today from Manafort's lawyer, so it could come at any time before midnight, which is always fun
For a refresher on what prosecutors accused Manafort of lying about after he signed his plea deal and was supposed to be cooperating with the government (including allegations that he lied about contacts with Trump admin officials): buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
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Here is an actual clause of the #USConstitution:

“...no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.”

US Constitution, Article VI, Clause 3

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Suppose that Article VI had a further Clause, Clause 4, that stated, “no racial identity shall ever be the basis for a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.”
Now, such a clause would prohibit the President from granting or withholding an office based on racial identity, and, in like vein, would prohibit the Senate from withholding consent to a nomination, or granting it, on the basis of racial identity.
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1/ UPDATED ACTION ITEM TO STOP KAVANAUGH; The ABA has issued a formal notice requesting that the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings be delayed pending a formal FBI investigation. In the meantime, the ABA continues to rate Kavanaugh as "well qualified." As no federal judge has ever
2/ been confirmed without a "well qualified" rating by the ABA, if the ABA were to rescind this rating (as it did once before in 2006) it could further derail Kavanaugh's confirmation. For all of you who hire lawyers or know lawyers please ask them to contact the ABA to urge the
3/ ABA to immediately withdraw Kavanaugh's rating of "well qualified" and institute a process to reconsider whether this rating is still appropriate after the surfacing of extremely negative information about Kavanaugh during his hearing with Dr. Ford. Of course this request
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🎯Lies🎯

What are likely provable lies Kav told under oath?

👉🏼Drinking on week days

👉🏼His definitions of Boofing, Devils Triangle, Rolfing.

👉🏼Excessive drinking = black outs likely

👉🏼His outrageous claims Dems are retaliating for the Clintons

👉🏼Renate alumnus
🎯Lies🎯

Kav’s little lies:

👉🏼July 1st = calendar aligns ard female senators.

👉🏼Judge’s grandma lived nearby

👉🏼His unwillingness to go to the FBI

👉🏼His yearbook entry speaks to his ‘Animal house’ rather than ‘American pie’ character.

👉🏼Under penalty of felony?
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Kav’s questionable temperament:

👉🏼His aggressive arrogance toward female senators.

👉🏼His belligerence on full display—likely he is a mean drunk.

👉🏼Yale classmates said Kav drank to excess.

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The American Bar Association is calling on the Senate Judiciary Committee to halt the consideration of Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh until an FBI investigation is completed. cnn.com/2018/09/27/pol…
Signed by Robert M. Carlson, President of the American Bar Association.
‘Impeaching Kavanaugh would be just like impeaching a president. What constitutes an impeachable offense, is less than completely clear.”
“high crime or misdemeanor.”
The best answer might be that an impeachable offense is whatever the House and Senate think it is.’
@voxdotcom
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Dis gon be good...

Judges…Are Bound To Decide Concrete Cases, Not Abstract Issues’

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