[familyop]

"The ideas that the court is just another political branch and that the presumption of innocence no longer applies..."

The presumption of innocence hasn't been applied in many cases related to feminism in lower courts for a couple of generations. It's also obvious, that the Supreme Court was worse than politicized--socio-politicized--a long time ago.

It's time to stop the nonsense, stop the lies, and to nominate the best potential justice every time. The Executive should not be a pimp, and the Supreme Court should not be treated like Sugar Daddy's playpen with some mockery of fairness for the minds of children...or of fragrant tyrants.

And by the way, a conservative (old fashioned, originalist) perspective towards the Constitution is the only proper way for a Supreme Court Justice. No compromise is proper for pleasing "progressives" or to satisfy any "balance" of the sexes. The Supreme Court is not a toy for elitists to control.

[wastoute]

I am only recently learning about an attempt to lower standards in sex crimes to ”more likely than not” as opposed to the old “Preponderance of evidence”. It seems this is one thing COllins wanted to accomplish and why she made a point of bringing it up in her speech. I bet that went right by 99% of the people listening.