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Kavanaugh Will Kill the Constitution [Paul Krugman.......]
New York Times ^ | Paul Krugman

Posted on 09/06/2018 2:07:08 PM PDT by Sub-Driver

Kavanaugh Will Kill the Constitution

The legitimacy of the Supreme Court is on the line.

By Paul Krugman

Opinion Columnist

Sept. 6, 2018

At a fundamental level, the attempt to jam Brett Kavanaugh onto the Supreme Court closely resembles the way Republicans passed a tax cut last year. Once again we see a rushed, nakedly partisan process, with G.O.P. leaders withholding much of the information that’s supposed to go into congressional deliberations. Once again the outcome is all too likely to rest on pure tribalism: Unless some Republicans develop a very late case of conscience, they will vote along party lines with the full knowledge that they’re abdicating their constitutional duty to provide advice and consent.

True, Kavanaugh is at least getting a hearing, which the tax bill never did. But he’s bobbing and weaving his way through, refusing to answer even straightforward questions, displaying an evasiveness utterly at odds with the probity we used to expect of Supreme Court justices.

No, the real difference from the tax bill story is that last year we were talking only about a couple of trillion dollars. This year we’re talking about the future of the Republic. For a Kavanaugh confirmation will set us up for multiple constitutional crises.

After all, if Kavanaugh is confirmed, we will be trying to navigate a turbulent era in American politics with a Supreme Court in which two seats were effectively stolen. First Republicans refused even to give President Barack Obama’s nominee so much as a hearing; then they will have filled two positions with nominees chosen by a president who lost the popular vote and eked out an Electoral College win only with aid from a hostile foreign power.

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1 posted on 09/06/2018 2:07:08 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver

Just like Trump killed the economy?


2 posted on 09/06/2018 2:07:56 PM PDT by StoneRainbow68
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To: Sub-Driver

I like how these twits suddenly care about the constitution - as if their judicial picks ever cared about the constitution.


3 posted on 09/06/2018 2:08:35 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: Sub-Driver

You kill it by upholding it? I hope these morons do eventually face God and see how foolish they were.


4 posted on 09/06/2018 2:09:46 PM PDT by BRL
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To: Sub-Driver

Rushing through, no debate? He’s finally criticizing Democrats for how they passed Obamacare?


5 posted on 09/06/2018 2:10:52 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Skywise

I like how these twits suddenly care about the constitution

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They don’t give a damn about the constitution. They only want to use and exploit it when it is to their advantage.


6 posted on 09/06/2018 2:11:40 PM PDT by Starboard
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To: Sub-Driver
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7 posted on 09/06/2018 2:12:21 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: Sub-Driver

Logic circuits in liberals, if ever existed, is long gone.


8 posted on 09/06/2018 2:13:21 PM PDT by chief lee runamok (mongrel at large)
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To: Sub-Driver

Right on cue......now they care about the constitution??? Pfft.


9 posted on 09/06/2018 2:13:21 PM PDT by ColdOne ((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
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To: Sub-Driver

Who is Paul Krugman and why is he an authority on ANYTHING.

I know who Paul Krugman is, and I am aware of his claims to fame. But he has become so radically unhinged in his reasoning and logic, it is a wonder that his associates and family are not seeking some kind of medical intervention.


10 posted on 09/06/2018 2:13:22 PM PDT by alloysteel (UWE Pttern)
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To: Sub-Driver

The Constitution is in serious danger folks. It isn’t from Judge Kavanaugh. Stay well, stay safe, stay armed.


11 posted on 09/06/2018 2:13:59 PM PDT by mosaicwolf
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To: Sub-Driver

I’m sure someone is compiling these absurd proclamations into a list.


12 posted on 09/06/2018 2:14:52 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: Sub-Driver

I see Krugman is still an idiot...


13 posted on 09/06/2018 2:16:46 PM PDT by Popman ("GOD´S NOT LOOKING FOR PARTNERSHIP WITH US, BUT OWNERSHIP OF US")
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“Once again we see a rushed, nakedly partisan process, with G.O.P. leaders withholding much of the information that’s supposed to go into congressional deliberations. Once again the outcome is all too likely to rest on pure tribalism:”

I’m sure he wrote these same things about the Obamacare bill...


14 posted on 09/06/2018 2:16:59 PM PDT by woweeitsme
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To: Sub-Driver

Judge Kavanaugh’s appointment to the Supreme Court merely restores the 5-4 balance that has existed for many years.

Can you imagine how unhinged the left will be when Trump chooses Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s replacement, and makes it 6-3?

Talk about a meltdown of epic proportions!


15 posted on 09/06/2018 2:17:21 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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He's already killed Burt Reynolds.

This is too much.
When will it end!!

16 posted on 09/06/2018 2:17:41 PM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves.)
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To: Sub-Driver

He won’t kill the Constitution. But he may do some damage to the penumbras, assumptions, presumptions, the stuff that is written between the lines, the stuff that “should be in there but isn’t”, and the outright lies that the left tells about it.


17 posted on 09/06/2018 2:18:07 PM PDT by Bryanw92
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To: StoneRainbow68

He will kill women. He will kill the constitution.

I wonder what other dastardly plans he has.


18 posted on 09/06/2018 2:21:07 PM PDT by ModelBreaker
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To: Sub-Driver

Everything Paul Krugman says sounds like Valley Girl hysteria. It’s both idiotically emotional and over-the-top juvenile at the same time. How did this man ever graduate from grammar school?


19 posted on 09/06/2018 2:21:12 PM PDT by WashingtonSource (T)
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To: Sub-Driver

Well, Krugman is still a nutjob. Nothing’s changed.


20 posted on 09/06/2018 2:21:49 PM PDT by mlo
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