Kavenaugh hearings today.

[Hoosier8]

Public. The Democrats opening statements will be entertaining.

The American Bar Association (ABA) rated Judge Brett Kavanaugh “well qualified” for the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, the highest rating possible from the organization that Senate Democrats call the “gold standard” for nominees.

[Hoosier8]

Hah, dems are now throwing tantrums and not allowing proper order.

[Hoosier8]

Wow, protesters are now screaming.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8il9dAhA00

[Hoosier8]

Sen. Chuck Grassley can barely get the hearing going before being interrupted by Sen. Kamala Harris, who wants a delay to review just released documents. Grassley denies it and is trying to press forward. Also sounds like we've got a few protesters. ~ Rob Schroeder of Marketwatch

[Hoosier8]

A nutcase keeps screaming in the background.

[Hoosier8]

Sources tell @Kasie (https://twitter.com/kasie) and me that this is a coordinated effort by Senate Dems on the Judiciary Committee, and that it was discussed during the holiday weekend on a call organized by Schumer. ~ Frank Thorp V

[barb012]

The Democrats have lost their minds and they should not have a say in this.

[Hoosier8]

Going on an hour now and not even gotten to opening statements. Grassley is being very patient allowing democrats to speak while not recognized.

[Hoosier8]

Well that's new: Grassley raises the prospect of these hearings going into the weekend. Considering that so far this has consisted of arguing about delaying the hearing, that could be a possibility. ~ Rob Schroeder of Marketwatch

[Hoosier8]

Evidently they can't shut the hyena up in the gallery.

[Hoosier8]

Democrats still objecting and still no opening statements. An hour now.

[midcan5]

The Robert's court greatest achievement so far, making money a person, adding Kavanaugh may make money the judiciary.

"Few American institutions have inflicted greater suffering on ordinary people than the Supreme Court of the United States. Since its inception, the justices of the Supreme Court have shaped a nation where children toiled in coal mines, where Americans could be forced into camps because of their race, and where a woman could be sterilized against her will by state law."


https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22715946-injustices


"Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished." Jeremy Bentham

[Hoosier8]

The Robert's court greatest achievement so far, making money a person, adding Kavanaugh may make money the judiciary.

"Few American institutions have inflicted greater suffering on ordinary people than the Supreme Court of the United States. Since its inception, the justices of the Supreme Court have shaped a nation where children toiled in coal mines, where Americans could be forced into camps because of their race, and where a woman could be sterilized against her will by state law."


https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22715946-injustices


"Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished." Jeremy Bentham
Pretty much a nonsense statement not based in reality.

[Tahuyaman]

Liberals melting down. I love it.

[Hoosier8]

Another hyena in the background protesting.

[Tahuyaman]

The Robert's court greatest achievement so far, making money a person, adding Kavanaugh may make money the judiciary.

No one made money a person. Get a grip.

[Hoosier8]

The hyenas are absolutely unbelievable.

[Common]

Grassley should have the hecklers forceably removed if necessary

[Tahuyaman]

The Democrats were just grandstanding. They know that they can’t stop the hearing.

[Stark]

This has been a very shameful display to the point where I'd call the behavior seen by leaders and protesters alike a national embarrassment. Protesters are drug out kicking and screaming and long standing Senators break the decorum and rules of the Senate for cheap hits. This clown show is hardly representative of what the average American expects from his government. I wonder how much it pays to protest a senate hearing these days?

[Hoosier8]

This has been a very shameful display to the point where I'd call the behavior seen by leaders and protesters alike a national embarrassment. Protesters are drug out kicking and screaming and long standing Senators break the decorum and rules of the Senate for cheap hits. This clown show is hardly representative of what the average American expects from his government. I wonder how much it pays to protest a senate hearing these days?

There was an interesting history lesson on hearings for SCOTUS. Relatively new and the first one was because of the concern the nominee was Jewish and when they went south with partisanship when dems started personally trashing nominee's with Bork.

[Stark]

I might have missed this....

but when does Kavanaugh get to speak?

I don't think I've heard him speak during this entire thing other than some passing greetings, etc. It's just been Democrats grandstanding with angry and at times factually incorrect monologues.

Take Senator White House here....his monologue has so much hypocrisy in it that I lost track after awhile. Kavanaugh just has to sit there while this ideologue spouts nonsense at him?

[Hoosier8]

I might have missed this....

but when does Kavanaugh get to speak?

I don't think I've heard him speak during this entire thing other than some passing greetings, etc. It's just been Democrats grandstanding with angry and at times factually incorrect monologues.

Right now it is each Senator's time to make their opening Statements. An hour and 1/2 late due to the democrat tantrums.

[Hoosier8]

Booker sends out fundraising email on Kavanaugh just now

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DmQWFgkWsAAZxKN.jpg

[Stark]

Fear mongering will earn desperately needed campaign funds from his sheep. Roe vs Wade isn't even at risk. That narrative was entirely fabricated by Democrats the moment a new SCOTUS seat even opened. He hasn't shown any hostility towards ACA; in fact he's done his job concerning such. Really, this letter just echos what the Democrats have been doing today. They're trying to tie Kavanaugh to Trump, Big Business, and to the failure of ACA.

[Tahuyaman]

Booker sends out fundraising email on Kavanaugh just now

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DmQWFgkWsAAZxKN.jpg
Booker’s statement concerning Kavanaugh’s record is complete fiction.

[Hoosier8]

The hysteria about the nomination process is 31 years old since nominee Bork.

[Captdon]

*sigh from Kavnaugh. Thinking-"What a bunch of asses."*

[Hoosier8]

The judiciary has become controversial because the main legislative body, Congress, is more interested in staying in power than legislating and has given away more and more power to the President and rely on the judiciary to make the law.

[Tahuyaman]

This has been a very shameful display to the point where I'd call the behavior seen by leaders and protesters alike a national embarrassment. Protesters are drug out kicking and screaming and long standing Senators break the decorum and rules of the Senate for cheap hits. This clown show is hardly representative of what the average American expects from his government. I wonder how much it pays to protest a senate hearing these days? As embarrassing as it is, this is what our political discourse has devolved into. I don’t see it getting better any time soon. I believe it’s going to get worse.

[Captdon]

Sen, Ben Sasse had the best remark; "Congress doesn't write laws. We pass laws for agency heads to do whatever they see fit."

[Hoosier8]

Sasse, best speech so far and nails the problems in DC.

[Tahuyaman]

I wonder how many times Kavanaugh will be asked if he will vote to overturn Roe vs Wade?

[MMC]

Demos have to show their base they will at least put up a fight. Got to earn that Demo money they need so desperately like.

[MMC]

LOL Grassley had protestors removed.

[Hoosier8]

It appears the dems are just repeating the same thing over and over and it appears this is all about Trump and not Kavenaugh.

[roadmaster]

LOL, Trump keeps electing Germans in the courts. If you are right of the Marxist Stalin you are a Nazi.

[Hoosier8]

Evidently voting for the most qualified nominee in recent history means 'rigging the system'.

[Stark]

Turned the TV back on. First thing I hear is Corey Booker talking about how slaves we're only worth 3/5th of a person. Now he's expounding the race card.

I'm going to turn the TV back off. I'll youtube when Kavanaugh actually gets a chance

[nathanbforrest45]

Turned the TV back on. First thing I hear is Corey Booker talking about how slaves we're only worth 3/5th of a person. Now he's expounding the race card.

I'm going to turn the TV back off. I'll youtube when Kavanaugh actually gets a chance
There were only worth 3/5's of a person because of the Democrats. The North didn't want to count them at all. It had nothing to do with their worth as a person but everything to do regarding the number of representatives a state was allowed based on its population. By counting the slaves a 3/5's of a person the South was awarded with more representatives then their numbers should have allowed. The North wanted only freemen to be counted toward the number of representatives.

So, Mr. Booker, it was your party that would count them as 3/5's of a person for the purpose of stealing elections.

[nathanbforrest45]

As embarrassing as it is, this is what our political discourse has devolved into. I don’t see it getting better any time soon. I believe it’s going to get worse.

Well, no one has beat anyone with a cane on the Senate Floor yet.

Note it was a Democrat beating a Republican. They have always been a violent breed.

http://www.ushistory.org/us/31e.asp

[gamewell45]

As embarrassing as it is, this is what our political discourse has devolved into. I don’t see it getting better any time soon. I believe it’s going to get worse.

It will get worse; when the democrats (or the successor party) take both houses of congress and the Executive branches expect tit-for-tat. If criticized, they'll simply state: "it was okay for you run things the way you felt best, now it's our turn like it or not". Yes, it's going to get ugly down the road, very ugly.

[Captdon]

I wonder how many times Kavanaugh will be asked if he will vote to overturn Roe vs Wade?

49

[Chris]

If this hearing is democracy, as one Democrat claimed, then democracy is a failure. Democracy would depend on reasoned discourse, not shouting. This is mobocracy.

[Stark]

Any of you catch the end before the break. Chuck Grassley is pissed. He feels the confirmation got out of control and he lost his handle on it.

"I will not let happen tomorrow what I shouldn't have let happen today"

[MMC]

Kick the audience out of the Brett Kavanaugh hearing already (https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/kick-the-audience-out-of-the-brett-kavanaugh-hearing-already) Before the Senate Judiciary Committee really even got going, protesters started screaming about the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. And then they kept hollering and hollering.

[Stark]

Kavanaugh is finally being allowed to make his statements. Only took all damn day.

[Tahuyaman]

I’m not a big fan of Lindsay Graham, but his remarks were the est of the day.

[MMC]

Reminder: Key Democrats Demanding More Time and Documents Announced Their Kavanaugh Opposition in July.....


At this morning's circus (https://hotair.com/archives/2018/09/04/video-dems-try-adjourning-kavanaugh-judiciary-confirmation-hearing/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_term=video-dems-try-adjourning-kavanaugh-judiciary-confirmation-hearing&utm_content=0&utm_campaign=PostPromoterPro) in the Senate Judiciary Committee -- during which Democratic members launched (https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2018/09/04/here-we-go-the-highstakes-kavanaugh-hearings-start-today-n2515437) dozens of interruptions, and a seemingly endless string of shrieking left-wing protesters were dragged out of the room -- the opposition focused the bulk of their complaints on documents being withheld from the committee (here's some useful context (https://twitter.com/JCNSeverino/status/1037005691968466945) on that). Some of their points actually seemed relatively fair and reasonable, and I think the administration erred by dropping thousands (https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/democrats-raise-alarm-white-house-decision-withhold-kavanaugh/story?id=57563344) of previously-unseen documents the day before the hearings began. Other objections seemed more contrived and cynical.


What was particularly difficult to take seriously were supposedly good-faith demands for more time and more documents, offered by Senators who've already stated their opposition to the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh. The three members who led the charge with the most interruptions (https://twitter.com/michael_ahrens/status/1036985939397144576) (two of whom just happen to be presidential aspirants) were Cory Booker of New Jersey, Kamala Harris of California, and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, who repeatedly lied (https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/18/nyregion/18blumenthal.html) about serving in Vietnam. Were any of these three genuinely interested in reviewing additional materials, in order to learn more about the nominee and his record? Their own public statements suggest not.


Meanwhile, we've also learned (https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2018/09/04/democrats-plan-collective-temper-tantrum-act-insane-to-stop-kavanaugh-hearing-n2515643) that in spite of Democrats' many protestations about the majority's eleventh-hour document dump, the plot to interrupt and derail the hearing was hatched (https://twitter.com/kasie/status/1036977506090405889) before that dispute arose and became their "hook." This was a Schumer strategy, cooked up over the weekend:


As Senators on both sides of the aisle drone on with opening statements throughout the day, this bottom line takeaway is the most important:

Ryan Fazio @ryanfazio
(https://twitter.com/ryanfazio)

(https://twitter.com/ryanfazio/status/1036996825667055623)

Brett #Kavanaugh (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Kavanaugh?src=hash) spent 12 years on the second-most influential court in the US, writing ~300 opinions--13 of which #SCOTUS (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SCOTUS?src=hash) adopted & only one reversed--all in his own name. The allegation there is not sufficient evidence for the Senate to advise on his nomination is nonsense.
10:18 AM - Sep 4, 2018 (https://twitter.com/ryanfazio/status/1036996825667055623) …..snip~

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2018/09/04/reminder-several-committee-democrats-demanding-more-time-and-documents-have-already-announced-their-opposition--to-kavanaugh-n2515660




Guy Benson
✔ @guypbenson
(https://twitter.com/guypbenson)

(https://twitter.com/guypbenson/status/1037024283594248194)

Politico/Morning Consult poll: Public support for Kavanaugh confirmation at (+8): https://morningconsult.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/180842_crosstabs_Politico_v1_.pdf … (https://t.co/EDR9mXsVNa)

[Safety]

Merrick Garland is laughing at the hard right in this thread.

[Chris]

For members like Safety:

https://i.snag.gy/Uwm6G2.jpg

[Hoosier8]

Merrick Garland is laughing at the hard right in this thread.
Reminds me of the usual FAIL from the lefties.


https://youtu.be/XvgnOqcCYCM

[nathanbforrest45]

Merrick Garland is laughing at the hard right in this thread.
And why would the destruction of the Senate be an object of mirth?

[Mr.Soxes]

All I heard was ooking and eeeking on the radio!:afro:

[nathanbforrest45]

If this hearing is democracy, as one Democrat claimed, then democracy is a failure. Democracy would depend on reasoned discourse, not shouting. This is mobocracy.
Many of the Founding Fathers thought of democracy as mob rule and wanted no part of it. We are rapidly degenerating into a Third World Country.

[Captdon]

Merrick Garland is laughing at the hard right in this thread.

Why? He's sitting on his ass at home while Kavanaugh is being fitted for his robe. Get ready for 30 years of liberal losing.

[Tahuyaman]

Merrick Garland is laughing at the hard right in this thread.

I think he’s more ashamed of the conduct of every Democrat on that committee. If he’s not, he wasn’t fit to be a Supreme Court Justice.

[Admiral Ackbar]

The Democrats are really Monkeying Up this hearing

[barb012]

The hearing was a joke with so many people yelling in the background. The Democrats allowed this behavior only to make them worst in the process.

[Tahuyaman]

The hearing was a joke with so many people yelling in the background. The Democrats allowed this behavior only to make them worst in the process.

The Democrats didn't advance their cause today. They just demonstrated that they are not capable of acting like serious adults. It's going to get worse tomorrow.

[Jeb!]

These appointment hearings make me laugh because the Democrats are seething with rage but can't stop him.

I feel nostalgic thanks to Trump, remembering the days when supreme court picks were made based on qualifications and merit, and not identity politics. Bill Clinton and Barack Obama appointed a bunch of masculine lesbians to the courts to make a mockery of our judicial system.

[Tahuyaman]

This might be the thing that destroys the chances for the Democrats to make gains in the mid term elections.

[Hoosier8]

The dem senators are playing to their hate filled base but it really isn’t making a difference. Three more days of democrat grandstanding about abortions.

[Hoosier8]

https://youtu.be/3-ZIfUbRSaI

[MMC]

Day 2.....its going to be a rough day for the Demos. They have to use their 2 brain cells to formulate a question for Kavanaugh. This will exhaust them for day 3.

[Hoosier8]

The hyenas in the audience are at it again today.

[Hoosier8]

Wow, the opposition in the audience really makes themselves look like idiots.

[Hoosier8]

At least 4 or 5 interruptions so far during the first 1/2 hour.

[Hoosier8]

Feinstein bragging about her failed gun control.

[Hoosier8]

Feinstein, gun control and abortions. Wonder how many times Kavenaugh will be asked the same thing.

[Chris]

It's a circus with all the political speeches but the peanut gallery makes it worse.

[Hoosier8]

So far no demonstrators yelling while Feinstein is interviewing.

[nathanbforrest45]

Feinstein, gun control and abortions. Wonder how many times Kavenaugh will be asked the same thing.
Wasn't one of the previous picks asked how he would rule on a case and he said that wasn't a valid question because he would rule based on the law and he didn't know all of the circumstances of a rhetorical question? It seems to me the left wants to just throw away the law and the Constitution and rule based on feelings.

[Hoosier8]

Durbin evidently doesn't understand that a judge decides based on the law.

[Hoosier8]

The dems are still whining about emails that have nothing to do with Kavenaugh's decisions as a judge.

[Hoosier8]

My God, the left is really embarrassing themselves in their opposition to Kavenaugh.

[Hoosier8]

Evidently the lefties are upset that Kavenaugh overturned a denial of benefits to a mentally ill woman.

[Tahuyaman]

Pat Leahy asked the same question over and over. He asked the same question over and over yesterday too. He got the same answer every time.

Lindsay Graham just asked an interesting question. He asked if one can use the word liberty to find a right not addressed in the constitution, what are the limits to that?

[Tahuyaman]

My God, the left is really embarrassing themselves in their opposition to Kavenaugh.
Durbin is at least being honest. He's making it clear that he's opposing Kavanaugh simply because he was nominated by Trump.