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Brett Kavanaugh stares down his critics as he finally gets his say at chaotic SCOTUS confirmation...
DAILY MAIL UK ^ | Sep 4, 2018 | Emily Goodin, U.s. Political Reporter and David Martosko For Dailymail.com and Francesca Chambers F

Posted on 09/04/2018 3:03:21 PM PDT by Morgana

FULL TITLE: Brett Kavanaugh stares down his critics as he finally gets his say at chaotic SCOTUS confirmation - as 70 are arrested and howling protesters dressed as Handmaids force his daughters to be escorted out for their own safety

Brett Kavanaugh vows to be an 'umpire - a neutral and impartial arbiter' on the Supreme Court as the first day of his confirmation hearing was disrupted by protesters and Democrats alike.

'A good judge must be an umpire—a neutral and impartial arbiter who favors no litigant or policy,' Kavanaugh told senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday afternoon, over two hours after he was originally scheduled to speak.

Day one of his time before the Senate committee was interrupted continuously by protesters expressing concerns about his record on abortion rights and Democratic senators demanding the hearing be postponed so they could have more time to read the documents from his time in the government.

Seventy protesters were arrested, according to a statement from U.S. Capitol Police.

The day grew dragged on and grew so contentious that Kavanaugh's two young daughters were escorted from the room although they returned in the afternoon to hear their father's opening statement.

'My judicial philosophy is straightforward. A judge must be independent and must interpret the law, not make the law. A judge must interpret statutes as written. A judge must interpret the Constitution as written, informed by history and tradition and precedent. In deciding cases, a judge must always keep in mind what Alexander Hamilton said in Federalist 83: 'the rules of legal interpretation are rules of common sense,'' Kavanaugh said.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: abortion; alexanderhamilton; brettkavanaugh; federalist83; maga; prolife; scotus
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They are getting nervous
1 posted on 09/04/2018 3:03:21 PM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

The Umpire needs to call the ‘Rats out....


2 posted on 09/04/2018 3:04:47 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Morgana

So the whole McCain-inspired new era of bipartisanship is over on day 1?

That lasted, say, 8 minutes after business hours started on capitol hill.


3 posted on 09/04/2018 3:07:45 PM PDT by ilgipper
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To: Paladin2

The Umpire needs to call the ‘Rats out....


The Umpire can do that from the bench, where it matters

This is just a formality, there is nothing he can do or say that would make the left stop, in fact, letting them to continue on their middle school antics just shows the rest of the electorate how petty they are.

The is great theater, let it continue I say, it does not hurt us one bit.


4 posted on 09/04/2018 3:07:51 PM PDT by Trump.Deplorable
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To: Morgana

Include Judge Kavanaugh and his family in your prayers tonight. They were attacked by evildoers today and need the strength and assurance that God supplies to His chosen ones.


5 posted on 09/04/2018 3:08:32 PM PDT by txrefugee
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To: Morgana
A good judge must be an umpire—a neutral and impartial arbiter who favors no litigant or policy

That description does not exist in the democrats mind. They believe a judge should force their agenda on all Americans. Since Trump has been elected, it's been a real eye opener.
6 posted on 09/04/2018 3:09:19 PM PDT by JoSixChip (He is Batman!)
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70 .... howling protesters dressed as Handmaids

So that's what those bizarre costumes were. How do you explain this to your children? Hell, how do you explain this to any sensible adult?

Well, you see, long time ago and far away...

7 posted on 09/04/2018 3:10:25 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: Morgana

Good grief!

He invoked “common sense”!

The left can’t even begin to grasp that concept. It’s utterly alien to them, because they are ruled by their emotions.


8 posted on 09/04/2018 3:10:30 PM PDT by Westbrook (Children do not divide your love, they multiply it)
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To: Trump.Deplorable
I would be concerned if Kavanaugh didn't inspire fear and loathing in the Chuck Scummer demonicRATs.
9 posted on 09/04/2018 3:10:49 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Morgana

nobody has the right to disrupt a senate hearing.
the senate is doing OUR, the voters’, work

disrupting the senate is an attack on our entire representational system of governance

which is, of course, exactly what its intended to be...

imho, the SorozNazi and other seditionists need to be rounded up, tried, and dealt with appropriately
if our nation is to survive with ANY civil liberties left AT ALL
imho
Soroz learned how to overthrow a republic’s elected government from his Nazi managers and pals in WW2...
please note that these are exactly the SAME tactics he learned from his fellow Nazis in Europe, exactly the same

and it worked there ..with far, far less (thought it did have some for sure!) $$$ backing and organizational capacities......so it will work here unless we stop it
while we can


10 posted on 09/04/2018 3:13:21 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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To: Trump.Deplorable

Yes, I think this is going to hurt the Dems. I don’t know about you but I don’t want spoiled children with no courtesy and little self-control representing me.


11 posted on 09/04/2018 3:15:09 PM PDT by tiki
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To: Morgana

Gee and just WHO made it chaotic?!


12 posted on 09/04/2018 3:16:39 PM PDT by cld51860 (Volo pro veritas)
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To: faithhopecharity

These paid “disrupters” (I refuse to call them protesters) should be jailed and have to admit who paid them...The payer then needs to be arrested and prosecuted...This is NOT the way out government should be administered....


13 posted on 09/04/2018 3:18:11 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: tiki

Any sane people who watched the proceedings should be totally disgusted by the way the democrat members acted and the way the proceedings were interrupted by obviously paid disrupters...


14 posted on 09/04/2018 3:19:43 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: Morgana

So let me get this straight. His daughters had to be escorted off of the senate floor for their own safety? WTF?


15 posted on 09/04/2018 3:21:04 PM PDT by mikeandike
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To: ilgipper
So the whole McCain-inspired new era of bipartisanship is over on day 1?

McCain would have loved the bedlam of the disruptors today.

16 posted on 09/04/2018 3:23:44 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: JBW1949

we absolutely agree


17 posted on 09/04/2018 3:25:57 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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"howling protesters dressed as Handmaids"

LOL. Still children, they were suckled on Harry Potter and never grew up. It's Halloween dress-up every day of the year.

Handmaids? Ooooooh! Scary stuff! Ooooh!

 

18 posted on 09/04/2018 3:27:50 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ("Nature, Mr. Allnut, is what we are put in this world to rise above.")
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“dressed as Handmaids”

That refers to the Margret Atwood (Fiction) book “The Handmaid tail” about a society dominated by what are supposedly fundamentalist Christians but whose theology is actually Islam. The book is simply vile in its misrepresentation of Christianity but is required reading in many undergraduate programs. The fact that there never has been a society in a Christian culture like that but that they do exist in Islamic cultures is lost on the femidiots.


19 posted on 09/04/2018 3:28:18 PM PDT by Fai Mao (There is no rule of law in the US until The PIAPS is executed.)
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To: Morgana

He’s going to be a good one. I can feel it... they are terrified of him.


20 posted on 09/04/2018 3:29:00 PM PDT by miliantnutcase
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