The FBI investigation into Kavanaugh is officially over according to Hannity as reported on Fox News tonight. The senate will look over the report tomorrow. I wonder when they will vote on it. Nothing new was found according to Hannity and it pretty much restated everything that was already known. Well, I wonder how this will play out and what new tactics the democrats will try to do to stall.
My prediction will be that Feinstein will try to discredit the report. Before the news broke out on the report being finalized, Feinstein stated as I will paraphrase, "The FBI Investigation can't be credible if they won't even question Ford." We most likely will see this same rhetoric being used to try and dismiss the FBI Investigation that She requested, to again try to delay the vote or call another investigation to further delay.
I think people are getting sick of their games but we have at least 5 swing voters that can go either way. Let's hope and pray that we have enough votes and that he is Confirmed.
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Anyone know if he is in favor of horse fucking and horse fucking related activity?
>>177104
When it comes to our sacred doctrine, the US Constitution, then I feel this is a good thing. not so FineStine, the filthy jew that she is already cried on national television when questioning Kavanaugh on "Why why why you think we shouldn't ban all guns, I mean 'assault weapons'?! How can you say that guns are in common use?" And if that doesn't speak out of her "Character" Try that time she insulted Amy Barret for being a devout christian saying "The dogma runs through you" Fienstein should never of got in the Senate. Filthy jew.
When it comes to our sacred doctrine, the US Constitution, then I feel this is a good thing. not so FineStine, the filthy jew that she is already cried on national television when questioning Kavanaugh on "Why why why you think we shouldn't ban all guns, I mean 'assault weapons'?! How can you say that guns are in common use?" And if that doesn't speak out of her "Character" Try that time she insulted Amy Barret for being a devout christian saying "The dogma runs through you" Fienstein should never of got in the Senate. Filthy jew.
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who?
>>177098
It looks like Liberals have moved on to criticisms about Chad's drinking, and trying to make it look like he "lied" when describing his habits in highschool.
They never actually gave a shit about the FBI investigation in the first place.
It looks like Liberals have moved on to criticisms about Chad's drinking, and trying to make it look like he "lied" when describing his habits in highschool.
They never actually gave a shit about the FBI investigation in the first place.
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If he is voted down because of this then I don`t think Trump is going to find any MEN fit for the position as all that is required is a vague accusation. Would be interesting if Trump now picks a woman how they will try and scupper it.
If trump wanted to really fuck things up he would nomiate Hillaries Daughter or Hillary herself. That should warrnat some FBI interferance.
If trump wanted to really fuck things up he would nomiate Hillaries Daughter or Hillary herself. That should warrnat some FBI interferance.
>>177129
As for horsefucking it is legal in America if you are so drunk you don`t remember and the horse or your room mate and college friends do not want to mention it for the next 30 years.
As for horsefucking it is legal in America if you are so drunk you don`t remember and the horse or your room mate and college friends do not want to mention it for the next 30 years.
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>>177122
They keep moving the goalposts, it doesn't matter what Rs do, they're just going to keep stalling. The only way for them to win is to stop playing.
They keep moving the goalposts, it doesn't matter what Rs do, they're just going to keep stalling. The only way for them to win is to stop playing.
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>>177134
They changed the subject as soon as the investigation started.
Now the narrative is that he doesn't have the "temperment" to be on the SCOTUS, because he dared to show emotion when his reputation was being torn to shreds.
They changed the subject as soon as the investigation started.
Now the narrative is that he doesn't have the "temperment" to be on the SCOTUS, because he dared to show emotion when his reputation was being torn to shreds.
>>177138
Like I said, this is just how these crooks operate. They need to just vote, let the dems squawk since they're going to either way.
Like I said, this is just how these crooks operate. They need to just vote, let the dems squawk since they're going to either way.
>>177137
I wonder if they finally will move to Canada as they have promised all this time. I hope that every leftist who has a government job or applies for a government job is thoroughly checked. If they at one point said they would move to Canada and didn't they have been found lying and should be denied job in gov forever.
I wonder if they finally will move to Canada as they have promised all this time. I hope that every leftist who has a government job or applies for a government job is thoroughly checked. If they at one point said they would move to Canada and didn't they have been found lying and should be denied job in gov forever.
>House Intern Arrested For Reportedly Doxing Senator During Kavanaugh Hearing
>Capitol Police have arrested a suspect for allegedly publishing to the internet restricted personal information about South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsay Graham.
>Jackson A. Cosko of Washington, D.C., who identifies as a "Democratic political professional" on his LinkedIn page, was charged with making public restricted personal information, witness tampering, second-degree burglary, threatening interstate communications, unauthorized use of a government computer, identity theft and unlawful entry.
>Last week, Gizmodo reported that personal information belonging to GOP Sens. Lindsey Graham, Mike Lee and Orin Hatch of the Senate Judiciary Committee was posted online as the lawmakers heard testimony from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Kavanaugh of sexual assault.
>Information including home addresses, private cellphone numbers and more was reportedly added to the lawmakers' respective Wikipedia pages in a series of edits. Home addresses of politicians are generally public information, thanks to campaign filings, but their personal cell phone numbers are not. Screenshots of the personal information circulated throughout Twitter.
>On his LinkedIn page, Cosko, 27, lists experience as a legislative corespondent and technology systems administrator at the Senate. He is also a graduate student studying cybersecurity policy and compliance at the George Washington University's School of Engineering and Applied Science.
>Politco reports that Cosko was working as an intern in the office of Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas at the time of his arrest and that he has since been fired.
>Capitol Police say their investigation continues and that additional charges may be added.
https://archive.is/uSox1
>Capitol Police have arrested a suspect for allegedly publishing to the internet restricted personal information about South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsay Graham.
>Jackson A. Cosko of Washington, D.C., who identifies as a "Democratic political professional" on his LinkedIn page, was charged with making public restricted personal information, witness tampering, second-degree burglary, threatening interstate communications, unauthorized use of a government computer, identity theft and unlawful entry.
>Last week, Gizmodo reported that personal information belonging to GOP Sens. Lindsey Graham, Mike Lee and Orin Hatch of the Senate Judiciary Committee was posted online as the lawmakers heard testimony from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Kavanaugh of sexual assault.
>Information including home addresses, private cellphone numbers and more was reportedly added to the lawmakers' respective Wikipedia pages in a series of edits. Home addresses of politicians are generally public information, thanks to campaign filings, but their personal cell phone numbers are not. Screenshots of the personal information circulated throughout Twitter.
>On his LinkedIn page, Cosko, 27, lists experience as a legislative corespondent and technology systems administrator at the Senate. He is also a graduate student studying cybersecurity policy and compliance at the George Washington University's School of Engineering and Applied Science.
>Politco reports that Cosko was working as an intern in the office of Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas at the time of his arrest and that he has since been fired.
>Capitol Police say their investigation continues and that additional charges may be added.
https://archive.is/uSox1
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Feinstein and Schumer just did a Live press briefing.
"Waaaaah, they didn't do the investigation how we wanted them to! Waaaaah, it didn't take long enough! Waaaah, they were supposed to interview like 20 people! Waaaah, its Trump's fault!!" - Feinsten
"I'm with Her." - Schumer
There was alot of political speak, but that was the gist. No questions were taken.
"Waaaaah, they didn't do the investigation how we wanted them to! Waaaaah, it didn't take long enough! Waaaah, they were supposed to interview like 20 people! Waaaah, its Trump's fault!!" - Feinsten
"I'm with Her." - Schumer
There was alot of political speak, but that was the gist. No questions were taken.
A rather good OpEd in the New York Times, worth reading.
>For Once, I’m Grateful for Trump
>In the president, one big bully stands up to others.
>For the first time since Donald Trump entered the political fray, I find myself grateful that he’s in it. I’m reluctant to admit it and astonished to say it, especially since the president mocked Christine Blasey Ford in his ugly and gratuitous way at a rally on Tuesday. Perhaps it’s worth unpacking this admission for those who might be equally astonished to read it.
>I’m grateful because Trump has not backed down in the face of the slipperiness, hypocrisy and dangerous standard-setting deployed by opponents of Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court. I’m grateful because ferocious and even crass obstinacy has its uses in life, and never more so than in the face of sly moral bullying. I’m grateful because he’s a big fat hammer fending off a razor-sharp dagger.
>A few moments have crystallized my view over the past few days.
>The first moment was a remark by a friend. “I’d rather be accused of murder,” he said, “than of sexual assault.” I feel the same way. One can think of excuses for killing a man; none for assaulting a woman. But if that’s true, so is this: Falsely accusing a person of sexual assault is nearly as despicable as sexual assault itself. It inflicts psychic, familial, reputational and professional harms that can last a lifetime. This is nothing to sneer at.
>The second moment, connected to the first: “Boo hoo hoo. Brett Kavanaugh is not a victim.” That’s the title of a column in the Los Angeles Times, which suggests that the possibility of Kavanaugh’s innocence is “infinitesimal.” Yet false allegations of rape, while relatively rare, are at least five times as common as false accusations of other types of crime, according to academic literature.
https://archive.is/XNYZ0
>For Once, I’m Grateful for Trump
>In the president, one big bully stands up to others.
>For the first time since Donald Trump entered the political fray, I find myself grateful that he’s in it. I’m reluctant to admit it and astonished to say it, especially since the president mocked Christine Blasey Ford in his ugly and gratuitous way at a rally on Tuesday. Perhaps it’s worth unpacking this admission for those who might be equally astonished to read it.
>I’m grateful because Trump has not backed down in the face of the slipperiness, hypocrisy and dangerous standard-setting deployed by opponents of Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court. I’m grateful because ferocious and even crass obstinacy has its uses in life, and never more so than in the face of sly moral bullying. I’m grateful because he’s a big fat hammer fending off a razor-sharp dagger.
>A few moments have crystallized my view over the past few days.
>The first moment was a remark by a friend. “I’d rather be accused of murder,” he said, “than of sexual assault.” I feel the same way. One can think of excuses for killing a man; none for assaulting a woman. But if that’s true, so is this: Falsely accusing a person of sexual assault is nearly as despicable as sexual assault itself. It inflicts psychic, familial, reputational and professional harms that can last a lifetime. This is nothing to sneer at.
>The second moment, connected to the first: “Boo hoo hoo. Brett Kavanaugh is not a victim.” That’s the title of a column in the Los Angeles Times, which suggests that the possibility of Kavanaugh’s innocence is “infinitesimal.” Yet false allegations of rape, while relatively rare, are at least five times as common as false accusations of other types of crime, according to academic literature.
https://archive.is/XNYZ0
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>some positive tweets
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Soon
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>>177161
That reminds of this parody from a couple years back. The credibility of a study to these people depends entirely on whether or not the study agrees with them.
That reminds of this parody from a couple years back. The credibility of a study to these people depends entirely on whether or not the study agrees with them.
>>177171
Nice...
>Key Republicans signal satisfaction with FBI report, increasing confirmation odds for Kavanaugh
>A pair of key Republican senators expressed satisfaction Thursday with a new FBI report, increasing the odds of Senate confirmation this weekend of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee who has faced sexual misconduct allegations.
>Sen. Susan Collins (Maine), one of three Republicans who had not indicated how they plan to vote, said Thursday that “it appears to be a very thorough investigation, but I’m going back later to personally read the interviews.”
>Shortly afterward, Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), who requested the investigation, told reporters that “we’ve seen no additional corroborating information.”
>Collins, Flake and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) are the critical votes that could ensure Kavanaugh’s ascension to the nation’s highest court.
http://archive.is/qURmh
Nice...
>Key Republicans signal satisfaction with FBI report, increasing confirmation odds for Kavanaugh
>A pair of key Republican senators expressed satisfaction Thursday with a new FBI report, increasing the odds of Senate confirmation this weekend of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee who has faced sexual misconduct allegations.
>Sen. Susan Collins (Maine), one of three Republicans who had not indicated how they plan to vote, said Thursday that “it appears to be a very thorough investigation, but I’m going back later to personally read the interviews.”
>Shortly afterward, Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), who requested the investigation, told reporters that “we’ve seen no additional corroborating information.”
>Collins, Flake and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) are the critical votes that could ensure Kavanaugh’s ascension to the nation’s highest court.
http://archive.is/qURmh
>>177170
wait a minute, that faggot with the usa brony avatar, is that Dr. Kage from Jims first Kero video? The guy who said "Dont go to furry conventions in BDSM gear." who was drinkink alcohol?
wait a minute, that faggot with the usa brony avatar, is that Dr. Kage from Jims first Kero video? The guy who said "Dont go to furry conventions in BDSM gear." who was drinkink alcohol?
>>177175
I have no idea. I just screencapped some tweets I found via search for "Kavanaugh" on twitter.
I have no idea. I just screencapped some tweets I found via search for "Kavanaugh" on twitter.
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>>177154
The first, this guy is the perfect example of why everything is shit in politics. Too stupid to actually understand something simple like that.
The first, this guy is the perfect example of why everything is shit in politics. Too stupid to actually understand something simple like that.
Senators McConnell, Grassley, Hatch, Cornin, Lee, and Tellin held a press conference about 1/2 hour ago after viewing the FBI report on the findings of the recent Kavanaugh investigation.
https://youtu.be/S5bogm15OUk
"The FBI found no corroborating evidence pertaining to the allegations" - McConnell
https://youtu.be/S5bogm15OUk
"The FBI found no corroborating evidence pertaining to the allegations" - McConnell
>>177206
Love it. You can see that they had to restrain themselves not to show what they really feel about the process. The Democrats have no idea of what they have created.
Love it. You can see that they had to restrain themselves not to show what they really feel about the process. The Democrats have no idea of what they have created.
>Kavanaugh in op-ed defends getting ‘emotional’
>"I was very emotional last Thursday, more so than I have ever been. I might have been too emotional at times. I know that my tone was sharp, and I said a few things I should not have said," he wrote.
>"After all those meetings and after my initial hearing concluded, I was subjected to wrongful and sometimes vicious allegations. My time in high school and college, more than 30 years ago, has been ridiculously distorted. My wife and daughters have faced vile and violent threats," Kavanaugh wrote.
>"My hearing testimony was forceful and passionate. That is because I forcefully and passionately denied the allegation against me. At times, my testimony-both in my opening statement and in response to questions-reflected my overwhelming frustration at being wrongly accused, without corroboration, of horrible conduct completely contrary to my record and character," he added.
>"The Supreme Court must never be viewed as a partisan institution. The justices do not sit on opposite sides of an aisle. They do not caucus in separate rooms. As I have said repeatedly, if confirmed to the court, I would be part of a team of nine, committed to deciding cases according to the Constitution and laws of the United States. I would always strive to be a team player," he wrote.
>"I revere the Constitution. I believe that an independent and impartial judiciary is essential to our constitutional republic. If confirmed by the Senate to serve on the Supreme Court, I will keep an open mind in every case and always strive to preserve the Constitution of the United States and the American rule of law," Kavanaugh added.
http://archive.fo/t9Zud
>"I was very emotional last Thursday, more so than I have ever been. I might have been too emotional at times. I know that my tone was sharp, and I said a few things I should not have said," he wrote.
>"After all those meetings and after my initial hearing concluded, I was subjected to wrongful and sometimes vicious allegations. My time in high school and college, more than 30 years ago, has been ridiculously distorted. My wife and daughters have faced vile and violent threats," Kavanaugh wrote.
>"My hearing testimony was forceful and passionate. That is because I forcefully and passionately denied the allegation against me. At times, my testimony-both in my opening statement and in response to questions-reflected my overwhelming frustration at being wrongly accused, without corroboration, of horrible conduct completely contrary to my record and character," he added.
>"The Supreme Court must never be viewed as a partisan institution. The justices do not sit on opposite sides of an aisle. They do not caucus in separate rooms. As I have said repeatedly, if confirmed to the court, I would be part of a team of nine, committed to deciding cases according to the Constitution and laws of the United States. I would always strive to be a team player," he wrote.
>"I revere the Constitution. I believe that an independent and impartial judiciary is essential to our constitutional republic. If confirmed by the Senate to serve on the Supreme Court, I will keep an open mind in every case and always strive to preserve the Constitution of the United States and the American rule of law," Kavanaugh added.
http://archive.fo/t9Zud
>Exhausted by Ugly Process, Senators Ponder Supreme Court Term Limits
>One approach that has sparked a bit of interest on the Hill, is the idea of applying term limits to Supreme Court Justices, who are, under the constitution, given lifetime appointments to the bench.
>“That has been discussed,” Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) told The Daily Beast. “One of the real merits of that proposal, in the abstract, is that you could set it up such that every presidency had a certain number of predictable Supreme Court seats. So, look, there is some intellectual appeal to the idea.”
>There’s just one problem, as Coons went on to note. There’s a close-to-zero probability that Supreme Court term limits could end up becoming law. Doing so would require the passage of a constitutional amendment, which can only be done through a two-thirds majority vote in both chambers of Congress or a constitutional convention called for by two-thirds of the states.
>“It has piqued my mind,” said Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO). “We are now in a situation where, at least for the immediate future and maybe forever, we are going to put people on the Court by the barest partisan majority. We will have to have a president and the Senate from the same party [for a nominee to be confirmed]. That is an incredible distortion in our system and it hasn’t been the way it’s worked until now.”
>Mainly, however, the reason Senators aren’t rushing to consider term limits for Supreme Court Justices is because literally none of them think that the concept could ever be put into practice. At a time of intense partisan bickering, the notion that any proposal would get two-thirds support in both chambers seems downright fanciful.
>And so, Senators appear resigned to the likelihood that subsequent Supreme Court confirmation fights will be remain nasty political affairs—perhaps not as openly hostile as the Kavanaugh one, but certainly combative.
>“You’ve got a bunch of people on there with lifetime appointments,” said Bennet. “But they’re getting on there through a process that, hopefully, will not be as perpetually terrible as it is right now.”
Asked why he felt the process would improve, Bennet replied: “Only because I don’t think we want to end up being Ancient Rome.”
http://archive.fo/sc9gs
Apparently the Democrats think an impartial Supreme Court is bad. Their wish is to politicize it, and because they weren't allowed to politicize it because Hillary lost they want to change the rules.
>One approach that has sparked a bit of interest on the Hill, is the idea of applying term limits to Supreme Court Justices, who are, under the constitution, given lifetime appointments to the bench.
>“That has been discussed,” Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) told The Daily Beast. “One of the real merits of that proposal, in the abstract, is that you could set it up such that every presidency had a certain number of predictable Supreme Court seats. So, look, there is some intellectual appeal to the idea.”
>There’s just one problem, as Coons went on to note. There’s a close-to-zero probability that Supreme Court term limits could end up becoming law. Doing so would require the passage of a constitutional amendment, which can only be done through a two-thirds majority vote in both chambers of Congress or a constitutional convention called for by two-thirds of the states.
>“It has piqued my mind,” said Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO). “We are now in a situation where, at least for the immediate future and maybe forever, we are going to put people on the Court by the barest partisan majority. We will have to have a president and the Senate from the same party [for a nominee to be confirmed]. That is an incredible distortion in our system and it hasn’t been the way it’s worked until now.”
>Mainly, however, the reason Senators aren’t rushing to consider term limits for Supreme Court Justices is because literally none of them think that the concept could ever be put into practice. At a time of intense partisan bickering, the notion that any proposal would get two-thirds support in both chambers seems downright fanciful.
>And so, Senators appear resigned to the likelihood that subsequent Supreme Court confirmation fights will be remain nasty political affairs—perhaps not as openly hostile as the Kavanaugh one, but certainly combative.
>“You’ve got a bunch of people on there with lifetime appointments,” said Bennet. “But they’re getting on there through a process that, hopefully, will not be as perpetually terrible as it is right now.”
Asked why he felt the process would improve, Bennet replied: “Only because I don’t think we want to end up being Ancient Rome.”
http://archive.fo/sc9gs
Apparently the Democrats think an impartial Supreme Court is bad. Their wish is to politicize it, and because they weren't allowed to politicize it because Hillary lost they want to change the rules.
>If Kavanaugh is confirmed, impeachment could follow. Here’s how.
>“Much of Washington has spent the week focusing on whether Judge Brett Kavanaugh should be confirmed to the Supreme Court,” Lisa Graves wrote in a Slate column on Sept. 7, more than a week before the New Yorker published the then-anonymous sexual assault claims of Christine Blasey Ford. “After the revelations of his confirmation hearings, the better question is whether he should be impeached from the federal judiciary. I do not raise that question lightly, but I am certain it must be raised.”
>Whether Kavanaugh returns to the D.C. Circuit or, as appears increasingly likely, is confirmed to the Supreme Court, impeachment proceedings could follow. They would be contingent on Democrats regaining control of the House, the only body that can bring an article of impeachment.
>Reps. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-Ill.) and Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) have already flirted with the possibility of impeachment, and Axios recently noted that “top Democratic operatives are already talking about impeachment of Brett Kavanaugh as a 2020 campaign issue if he gets confirmed to the Supreme Court,” adding, “A well-known Democratic strategist says the ‘only question is: Who calls for it first?’ ”
>“It’s as likely as the Democrats winning the House,” said Jed Shugerman, a professor at Fordham University School of Law.
>“If they take back the House, I would be surprised if they don’t put forth impeachment proceedings in the next Congress,” Shugerman told The Washington Post.
>“At the moment,” according to the Cook Political Report, “Democrats are substantial favorites for House control.”
>Even then, though, Shugerman called Kavanaugh’s removal “exceedingly unlikely,” given the supermajority threshold in the Senate.
>But there are 51 Republicans and 49 Democrats in the Senate, where Republicans maintain a 7-in-9 chance of keeping control, according to FiveThirtyEight’s calculations — leaving no window for the Democrats to gain a supermajority, even in a best-case scenario.
>If Democrats take control of the House when the next Congress is sworn in come January, it’s possible the House Judiciary Committee would quickly move to investigate Kavanaugh and draft articles of impeachment. Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), who would chair the committee, has already said he would support such an action.
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>“Much of Washington has spent the week focusing on whether Judge Brett Kavanaugh should be confirmed to the Supreme Court,” Lisa Graves wrote in a Slate column on Sept. 7, more than a week before the New Yorker published the then-anonymous sexual assault claims of Christine Blasey Ford. “After the revelations of his confirmation hearings, the better question is whether he should be impeached from the federal judiciary. I do not raise that question lightly, but I am certain it must be raised.”
>Whether Kavanaugh returns to the D.C. Circuit or, as appears increasingly likely, is confirmed to the Supreme Court, impeachment proceedings could follow. They would be contingent on Democrats regaining control of the House, the only body that can bring an article of impeachment.
>Reps. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-Ill.) and Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) have already flirted with the possibility of impeachment, and Axios recently noted that “top Democratic operatives are already talking about impeachment of Brett Kavanaugh as a 2020 campaign issue if he gets confirmed to the Supreme Court,” adding, “A well-known Democratic strategist says the ‘only question is: Who calls for it first?’ ”
>“It’s as likely as the Democrats winning the House,” said Jed Shugerman, a professor at Fordham University School of Law.
>“If they take back the House, I would be surprised if they don’t put forth impeachment proceedings in the next Congress,” Shugerman told The Washington Post.
>“At the moment,” according to the Cook Political Report, “Democrats are substantial favorites for House control.”
>Even then, though, Shugerman called Kavanaugh’s removal “exceedingly unlikely,” given the supermajority threshold in the Senate.
>But there are 51 Republicans and 49 Democrats in the Senate, where Republicans maintain a 7-in-9 chance of keeping control, according to FiveThirtyEight’s calculations — leaving no window for the Democrats to gain a supermajority, even in a best-case scenario.
>If Democrats take control of the House when the next Congress is sworn in come January, it’s possible the House Judiciary Committee would quickly move to investigate Kavanaugh and draft articles of impeachment. Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), who would chair the committee, has already said he would support such an action.
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Trump is still drawing yuuge crowds at his rallies. Do you think a single one of them responds to polls? No one in the media has the foggiest idea how the mid-terms will go, any more than they did in '16.
In fact, I'd wager that voters are more motivated to vote in the midterms than they were in '16 because - self included - many had given up on the viability of elections then, but NOW are simply not done winning.
Trump is still drawing yuuge crowds at his rallies. Do you think a single one of them responds to polls? No one in the media has the foggiest idea how the mid-terms will go, any more than they did in '16.
In fact, I'd wager that voters are more motivated to vote in the midterms than they were in '16 because - self included - many had given up on the viability of elections then, but NOW are simply not done winning.
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