Posted on 09/09/2018 2:55:28 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Under the unusual circumstances surrounding his selection, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh should have agreed to recuse himself from deciding cases involving the investigation of President Trump. The reason Kavanaugh asserted at his confirmation hearing for refusing to make such a pledge that it would violate the imperative of judicial independence is entirely unconvincing.
In turn, senators should decline to approve Kavanaughs nomination unless he does so. And, since thats not likely to happen, in the event that a case involving the Trump investigation were to come before a Justice Kavanaugh, he should not participate for his own good and the good of the institution he is poised to join.
The unusual circumstances are these: The president selected a Supreme Court nominee while under criminal investigation. The nominee he chose happened to be one who has expressed clear and controversial views about the wisdom of investigating a sitting president.
In addition, that nominee suggested that the leading case on the presidents responsibility to comply with a subpoena, U.S. v. Nixon, maybe ... was wrongly decided heresy though it is to say so. Finally, although I wouldnt go so far down this conspiracy rabbit hole myself, the nominee did not appear on the original lists of potential Supreme Court choices; his name was only added to a list released after the special counsel investigation was launched....
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So, let’s turn this scenario to the other direction.
If Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama are indicted and a case comes before the SC, then certainly Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Elena Kagan and Sonja Sotomayor will be obliged to recuse themselves too!
Why Kavanaugh specific ally? Why not Gorsuch?
Will the very successful coach of the Blessed Sacrament School’s girls team be ostracized - because he is a prominent, practicing Catholic gentleman? The sight of his team showing up in court just before the conclusion of the Friday session, must have sent daggers into the hearts and souls of every anti-Christian bigot in the room. I could have id’d them as Democrats, but that would be redundant.
Hey, Ritchie, you ignorant moron...your side lost. Get over it, Freak.
The President can’t fire a judge, the appointment is for life barring impeachment, Kav would be free to betray Trump if he wished on any vote, without consequence, so there is no reason for recusual .
Marxists don't "win". They've never won. They take power. Weak people allow it.
It is up to US to not be weak and to stop them.
No other answers.
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