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Who’s Attacking Political Norms Now? Democrats target the ‘legitimacy’ of the Supreme Court.
Wall Street Journal ^ | October 14, 2018

Posted on 10/15/2018 3:43:29 AM PDT by reaganaut1

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For Democrats, this return to normalcy is intolerable. They are doubling down on their war against the new Justice.

They have several related goals: Undermine Justice Kavanaugh’s authority on the Court, argue that his presence undermines the legitimacy of the Supreme Court itself, drive Justice Kavanaugh off the Court through impeachment if they win control of the House of Representatives, and, most fantastic of all, consider expanding the size of the Court if they regain control of the government.

At his political rallies, President Trump has taken to calling out “the radical Democrats.” Democrats are appalled at the President’s rhetoric. We can’t imagine why. If the party’s post-confirmation campaign against Justice Kavanaugh isn’t a radical departure from the norms of American politics, we can’t imagine what is.

Dianne Feinstein, speaking from her Senatorial platform on Twitter , wrote that Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation “undermines the legitimacy of the Supreme Court.” Possibly Twitter’s character limitations prevented Senator Feinstein from explaining exactly how the legitimacy of the Court was being undermined, but the idea has taken hold among Democrats.

Eric Holder, Barack Obama’s first Attorney General, took to Twitter to assert: “The legitimacy of the Supreme Court can justifiably be questioned.” Does this mean that Mr. Holder, once the nation’s highest legal officer, will next call for flouting Supreme Court decisions? The last time this happened was the South’s resistance to Brown v. Board of Education and school desegregation.

The pretext for these assertions and for the impeachment talk is that Mr. Kavanaugh “lied” to the Senate Judiciary Committee. The list of alleged lies justifying impeachment is extensive, including the controversies during the George W. Bush Presidency over enhanced interrogation and warrantless wiretaps.

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TOPICS: Editorial; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2018election; 2020election; abortion; brettkavanaugh; election2018; election2020; kavanaugh; maga; scotus; supreme; supremecourt
I actually agree with the Democrats that the legitimacy of the Supreme Court is debatable. When a court invents rights to same-sex marriage or abortion that are nowhere in the Constitution, it is acting like an unelected legislature. I hope Kavanaugh will be a more faithful interpreter of the Constitution than Kennedy and thus helps restore the legitimacy of the Supreme Court.
1 posted on 10/15/2018 3:43:29 AM PDT by reaganaut1
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To: reaganaut1

Whatever branch of government the Communists don’t control, they deem illegitimate


2 posted on 10/15/2018 3:51:02 AM PDT by Maranatha7757
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To: reaganaut1

The Supreme Court is settled law. The Commie Left needs to go screw...


3 posted on 10/15/2018 3:57:02 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: reaganaut1

In turn... Without Supreme Court decisions we would now already be a Communist Nation. Which is of course is still the goal behind this new effort.


4 posted on 10/15/2018 3:57:24 AM PDT by Openurmind
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To: Maranatha7757

The Commie Left deems the Constitution illegitimate.

Just ask RBG.


5 posted on 10/15/2018 3:57:55 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: reaganaut1

What all of this documents about the Democrats is that they have zero respect for the will, representation, and votes of those they disagree with and/or who won’t vote to give them power. In other words, they don’t believe in our Republic or our representative form of government. That one of our two major political parties thinks this way is frightening.


6 posted on 10/15/2018 4:10:40 AM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: a fool in paradise

All I heard from the libs and their media after obamacare was passed was “It is no the law of the land”. I heard that so many times I thought I was gonna barf. NOW however.....


7 posted on 10/15/2018 4:15:00 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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First they attacked Trump for not accepting the legitimacy of the election before throwing a tantrum that it wasn't fair, now they're call the Supreme Court illegitimate after sanctimoniously chiding President Trump for "attacking the courts' legitimacy" or whatever after he bashed their initial travel ban rulings on Twitter.

I can't keep up with all of the Left and media's constant changes in logic.

8 posted on 10/15/2018 4:33:14 AM PDT by Trump20162020
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It is absolutely imperative for the Trump administration and/or the congress to fully investigate Ford and then prosecute her. It must must must MUST be done. That woman is a psychopath, a sexual predator, and a liberal activist criminal, not some poor pathetic victim. She, and the people with her, must pay for what she has done, our nation depends on it. Pres. Trump must face the urgency and the necessity of this. This woman must be exposed.


9 posted on 10/15/2018 4:51:25 AM PDT by erkelly
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Democrats are appalled Pres Trump is calling them “radical.” If their slaughterhouse campaign
against Justice Kavanaugh isnt radical, we can’t imagine what Democrats believe IS radical.

Radical Democrats' goals (if they regain control):

<><> undermine Justice Kavanaugh’s authority b/c radicals believe he undermines USSC legitimacy,

<><> drive Justice Kavanaugh off the Court through impeachment, and,

<><> most fantastic of all, they would expand the size of the Court (packing it with like-minded radicals)

10 posted on 10/15/2018 5:03:42 AM PDT by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: reaganaut1; haffast

Impeach Kavanaugh
Impeach 45
Impeach Pence.

OK...that will your next 4 years...then what, bisshes?
What else you got?


11 posted on 10/15/2018 5:15:08 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: Maranatha7757

:: Whatever branch of government the Communists don’t control, they deem illegitimate ::

You have won today’s “legitimate government” thread.
Congratulations (tagline theft is imminent...)


12 posted on 10/15/2018 5:16:57 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: Liz
we can’t imagine what Democrats believe IS radical.

They probably think Motherhood and Apple Pie are radical departures from the sort of country Karl Marx envisioned when he founded America.

13 posted on 10/15/2018 5:42:29 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The MSM is in the business of creating a fake version of reality for political reasons.)
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I heard that an official can only be impeached for things done after they are in office, not before. So... what has Kavanaugh, Trump or Pence done since, in office, that is a high crime or misdemeanor?


14 posted on 10/15/2018 5:59:10 AM PDT by super7man (Madam Defarge, knitting, knitting, always knitting)
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To: reaganaut1
Communism 101,102,102 104, and the Masters Degree in Communistic Studies and Application, dictates first get communists openly in Govt (Roosevelt's ACLU), Hollywood and Press, deny God, breakdown families, and finally deny legimitacy of Elected Officials and branches ok f the Government.

Oba is a may have been illegitimate by birthright to the presidency. The Solialists legimitized in Sanders was good polling data sh ok wing the incubation period of Socialism had sufficient foot soldiers energized to be unleashed under the DNC's Big Tent Banner. Hillary's upshure of Sanders further proved to Solialists and communists that an illegitimate takeover of 1/2 of the governmental process by stealing the presidential nomination further proved the Rule of Law was subordinate to a Godless party under the Guise Of Liberalism. That the MSM could be owned, journalists bought, and levers of Government in (IRS 2011 and FBI-CIA-NSA in 2015-2018) illegally directed by a sitting president and his Political Party against his opponents in bought economic rulings and a presidential campaign shows an overreaching grab for total control of the USA.

Trump is America's Iron Man in analogy to Thacher of Britain. He has both won an election rigged against him by a complict MSM and Intelligence Services - and once in control of the presidency he was able to read the historical facts and activities of the Obama administration currently in place against his Election and his Presidency.

Trump has proven adept at power politics. He has both survived against a MSM acting as a lever if the DNC, and a continuing Intelligence Services coup playing out its drying shots in the SCOTUS case. Trump stood firm during this fray and both vanquished the CIA and gained the FBI in destroying the legimitacy of elected officials from the DNC (least not forget their illigimtacy in Hillary/Warren-Brazil nomination coup) and the unleashed Mobs.

This past weekend in Portland is or was a dry run to se if the Political Violence of the Left can gain traction in DNC controlled cities. Trump must counter this Mob-Ru and e Communist insurgency with an Executive Order directing State and Local Law Enforcement and Agencies of the Federal Government act to secures secure public safety of people and property activity without DNC officials interference with a public safety first priority. The ICE attempt to strip Portland City Mayor of this Violence Mob Rule Communist insurrection is going to be a National challenge to Trump in the days ahead.

Trump's legal system makeover in a Constitutionally divided manner and existing Rule of Law enforcement is the answer to the Democrats. This is both a law enforcement issue (to take a page from Workd Socialists stand on Iraqi and Afghanistan policy towards terrorism) and internal USA issue especially timed to Neutering the DSA and American Communist Party on grounds of outside Political interference (read FBI Russian investigative turned against the DNC).

15 posted on 10/15/2018 6:32:49 AM PDT by Jumper
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I would target the legitimacy of all the federal courts. Why stop at the Supreme Court?


16 posted on 10/15/2018 6:41:33 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: a fool in paradise

...a rusty drill.


17 posted on 10/15/2018 6:45:07 AM PDT by spacewarp (FreeRepublic, Rush's show prep since foundation.)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel
"""Impeach Kavanaugh
Impeach 45
Impeach Pence.

OK...that will your next 4 years...then what, bisshes? What else you got?"""

Tell those bad peaches to just #walkaway.

#redpill #vote #tiredofyappybeaches

18 posted on 10/15/2018 8:01:54 AM PDT by haffast (SUPERPOWER STATUS: ON!!)
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