Posted on 09/09/2018 6:21:33 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Senate Minority Leader Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) warned on Sunday that Brett Kavanaugh will allow President Trump to "overreach" his authority if he is to be confirmed to the Supreme Court.
In an interview with AM 970 The Answer in New York, Schumer told host John Catsimatidis that, of a list of 25 potential Supreme Court nominees, Kavanaugh was the one "most willing" to allow the president to overstep his authority.
"[W]ith a president who seems to want to overreach in terms of his power, Kavanaugh, of the list of 25, was the one who is most willing to allow the president to overreach," Schumer said. "He said a president should never be investigated or subpoenaed."
Schumer said that he "hopes" the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings for Kavanaugh, which began last week, will demonstrate to the American people that Kavanaugh's views on presidential power are inappropriate and that the nominee would supposedly vote to overturn Roe v. Wade.
"If the American people truly believe that Kavanaugh would overturn Roe and undo healthcare, there will be a bipartisan majority, Democrats and Republicans, to defeat him," Schumer says. "Whether the hearings prove that sufficiently to people, we will see."
Kavanaugh this week underwent a days-long, heated confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee amid a barrage of Democratic criticism.
Democrats took issue with the timing of the hearings, which came shortly after President Trump was implicated a felony by his former attorney, Michael Cohen.
"It's a game changer. It should be. ... In my view, the Senate Judiciary Committee should immediately pause the consideration of the Kavanaugh nomination," Schumer said from the Senate floor late last month. "At the very least, the very least, it is unseemly for the president of the United States to be picking a Supreme Court justice who could soon be effectively a juror in a case involving the president himself."
Democrats have raised alarms that Kavanaugh has a broad view on executive authority and could try to protect Trump from special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into possible obstruction of justice charges.
Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court depends on Senate Republicans preventing more than one defection against the nominee.
Is this list put out every time a SC nominee comes up or is this a new list that was compiled just for Trump and Kavanaugh?
Heh, and folks thought that a certified cretin could not function as a senator.
Schumickie seems to be under-reaching in his demagoguery.
Good thing he has not much power.
I believe your token halfblack said that?
(A) The president selected a Supreme Court nominee while he is under criminal investigation.
(B) The nominee has expressed clear — and controversial — views about the wisdom of investigating a sitting president.
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REALITY CHECK
(A) Pres Trump is NOT the target of a criminal investigation----that is an outright lie.
(B) Kavanaugh was referring to the impeached Bill Clinton who got lewinskied in the oval office.
What’s th4e matter Chuckie? Afraid he’ll do something unconstitutional like create DACA?
Chuck-U needs a prayer to defeat Kavanaugh.
Good luck with it.
Is the Sparticus dynamic of martyrdom so strong that Schumer will commit seppeku on the Senate floor?
Go for it Schumer et. al. , you trash talking liberal fascists.
Save us the trouble!
Come on, give the guy a break. Schumer was busy speed-dialing EMS for Nancy Pelosi
as she comes to grips with the pending Democrat annihilation.
Must be me, but I could have sworn Obama was the president who over-reached his executive powers.
Schumer borking Kavanaugh. Schumer learned from the best - corrupt, degenerate liar Ted Kennedy.
Ted Kennedy is the Leftist template for trying to keep the Supreme Court corrupt and unconstitutional in its decisions.
Corrupt, degenerate liar Schumer and the Delusional Lying Left learning well from their mentor, Ted Kennedy.
By saying that, Schumer slanders and dismisses the other four conservatives, since Kavanaugh has only one vote. To hear Schumer squeal, one would think that nobody on the court has a vote.
Love the comment in this article about your screech owls in this article:
"(The exchanges were hilariously ironic: “We will not be silenc…” [Scuffling. Door slam.])"
https://amgreatness.com/2018/09/08/all-out-of-eyerolls/
Democrats are the party of overreach. Every time they take power, they go crazy, which causes blowback and the election of a Republican administration. Exhibit A: Trump
Schumer tossing shade on Catsimatidis’ show = establishment Democrat effluent flowing through an establishment Democrat pipeline.
See the screed I just posted from the atlantic at:
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3686116/posts
And yes I mispelled Kavanaugh’s name everyplace I put it. Early and coffee IV isn’t up to speed yet. ;-)
Ted Kennedy is the Leftist template for trying to keep the Supreme Court corrupt and unconstitutional in its decisions.
Corrupt, degenerate liar Schumer and the Delusional Lying Left learning well from their mentor, Ted Kennedy.
Why all this nonsense continually from the Left?
Because THE LEFT IS THE ENEMY OF THE CONSTITUTION, our only legal bulwark of freedom against tyranny, and the CONSTITUTION IS THE ENEMY OF THE LEFT.
The Constitution LIMITS federal power and the goal of the Left is TOTALITARIN govnemt power.
It's not rocket science. It's actually pretty simple to understand.
If Chuckles the Clown is so assured that DJT will be impeached... Then why is he worried about over reach?
And, that Prayer has a name: "Collins-Murkowski."
Hey Schmuckie, he has the power to choose a SC Justice. End of discussion.
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