Discussion: Kavanaugh In 2002: Campaign Contribution Limits 'Have Some Constitutional Problems'

[captain_america]

Truly wet.

[outis]

I presume that he also feels that the founding fathers (emphasis on the fathers) meant for the country to be owned by an elite few, so it is all easily within the idea of original intent.

[outis]

@nemo

Schumer is blowing this totally, in case people haven’t noticed. He has directed Senate Ds to complain about the documents. Fine. But not one Senate D has come out and said what must be said, which is that the legitimacy of the Kavanaugh nomination, and by extension the Supreme Court, is contingent on normal procedures of scrutiny being observed. Democrats must expressly reserve their position on any future action in relation to Kavanaugh’s appointment by virtue of a clearly illegitimate process. The Court as an institution has been broken by the GOP. Our spineless senators would do the country an enormous disservice by ratifying what has happened–as they did with Garland/Gorsuch–instead of pointing out the terrible damage that the GOP has done.

As Democrats, we were always going to lose this battle for the nomination. We do not currently have the power to stop it by legal means, and, being Democrats, we do not resort to other means. At most, we can drag it out and hope for a better landscape following the mid-terms, but there are limits to how much dragging can be done from our current position. The best we can do with the current nomination, probably, is make the case for why this needs to be the last nominee like this that gets a free ride to a lifetime appointment on the Supreme Court (where he will contribute to real interpretations that have real implications for our way of life, and almost certainly negatives ones for most of us), and in so doing encourage the voters to give the country a new direction.

[captain_america]

News of Tomorrow, Today!

In 2028, having repealed the Declaration of Independence and submitting itself to Charles III as constitutional monarch, and joining the Commonwealth, the American Parliament reorganized itself after the British model. Of 1000 MPs, a hundred were further delegated to sit in the Mother of All Parliaments as representatives of the American nation. Minor details of the Settlement followed, the American PM being subject to approval by the reigning Monarch, and all revenue bills subject to review by the House of Lords. As the MP from Leicester remarked, “I trust the Americans will have no longer objection to taxation, having obtained seats in Parliament.”

[outis]

@caltg

Whatever happened to all the “transparency” tha Trump and all his Repuglican shills touted during the campaign?

I think their motives in this case look pretty transparent to me. (I hate those motives, but they seem really obvious.)

[littlegirlblue]

Issuing cyberspace complaints about what’s not being done and what is possible to get done with Democrats in the minority and well funded RW groups supporting Kavanaugh are easy. So, instead of the splineless senators shit, offer up some answers.

[littlegirlblue]

Like it or not, it’s a fact that any given president’s nominee for SCOTUS seat (or any Cabinet head for that matter) almost always get confirmed with the rare exception in the modern era of Bork. We will see tremendous pushback from a couple of CA Dems on the Judiciary Committee, Feinstein the ranking member and Harris the most junior member. But his nomination will eventually be passed to the full Senate with a committee party line vote.

The confirmation hearing may be little more than Kabuki theater, a stylized exercise where the outcome is already determined. But Feinstein, Harris and the other Democrats will play it out, making their points and painting a very different picture of Kavanaugh from the one Trump and the Republicans want to display.

[jtx]

I hear you, the Dems did ACT and passed the ACA and have lost Senate, House, and President since.

It seems to me we should provide them with tools needed to continue with the work for the people by supporting them.

You have to.vote first and give them the power.

I have voted for Dems for 50 years I wonder where the hell the rest of you have been?

[tena]

I remember the Impeach Earl Warren billboards. The conservatives absolutely hated that court.

Hated it like we hate this one.

[outis]

@tena

I remember the Impeach Earl Warren billboards. The conservatives absolutely hated that court.

Hated it like we hate this one

Well, we hate only about half of it, and probably soon to be slightly more than half (again).

[aiddon]

Of course he turns out to be a contemptible zealot, they always are. Get out and vote, people

[inversion]

@frantastic

Couldn’t this be said about all aspects of government

unless it involves voting out the current majority

[longtimeobserver]

Dead candidate walking. Too conflicted to approve.

[inversion]

@nemo

Fine. But not one Senate D has come out and said what must be said, which is that the legitimacy of the Kavanaugh nomination, and by extension the Supreme Court, is contingent on normal procedures of scrutiny being observed.

https://twitter.com/maziehirono/status/1032290595795021824?lang=en

cc: @littlegirlblue, @geofu54, @tena

[southerndem]

Too conflicted to approve.
This is the Republican party we are talking about, no such thing exist

[longtimeobserver]

Nah, even they don’t eat where they crap.

[rascal_crone]

but they don’t - they fail, lose business, make bad decisions, and park their assets overseas - but they do equal lobbyists

[theod]

Perhaps they do, but keeping individual and corporate names secret behind the opacity of anodyne names of corrupt 501©4 orgs is anti-democratic, too. Make all donors public; the fear of ridicule is a phony excuse for opacity.

In fact, all politicians should wear track suits with logos just like race car drivers do. Why keep secrets?

[thunderclapnewman]

@captain_america

Too bad Roy Cohn is gone to his reward.

Not really.
Especially since his “reward” was a reserved seat in Hell.

[thunderclapnewman]

@nemo

Schumer is blowing this totally,

Nope.

He has no power in the senate, and is doing all that he can do.

You, on the other hand, don’t understand how Congressional politics works, so all you do is whine, complain, and generally piss and moan because Dems aren’t doing what you personally want.

Grow the fuck up.