History has been always made by the moment of decision-making: Now, it's the moment of testing "equal justice under law" - who got weigh in on the selection and confirmation of justice for a life time?
My conviction: human has limitation of knowing the truth, at the moment of happening - it takes time to pan out the truth. Often, people rush up and jump into conclusion - patience is something particularly lacked in powerful people - top-down approach mentality. Big shots don't need to take the consequence of their action - they can get away with their resources (tools), which grassroots don't have.
GOP Sen. Ben Sasse (Neb.) said on Wednesday night that he urged President Trump to nominate someone besides Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court earlier this year.
"Although I've said many complimentary things about Judge Brett Kavanaugh and his distinguished record ... I will say that I urged the president back in June and early July to make a different choice before he announced this nomination," Sasse said as part of an emotional speech from the Senate floor about sexual assault.
Sasse did not say who he urged Trump to nominate but that he "urged the president to nominate a woman." Circuit judges Joan Larsen and Amy Coney Barrett were considered to be on the White House's short list for the Supreme Court vacancy created by Anthony Kennedy's retirement.
Kavanaugh slugfest could boost GOP in midterms, as polls show voter interest rising
The historic partisan rancor surrounding Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh could wind up helping Republicans keep control of the Senate in November, new polls and on-the-ground data suggest, as the controversy appears to galvanize conservative voters.
Political headwinds normally work against the party of incumbent presidents in their first midterm elections. According to an analysis by former George W. Bush administration official Bruce Mehlman, in the past 11 such midterm seasons, new presidents saw their party make net gains only once in the House, four times in the Senate and zero times in state gubernatorial contests.
Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) on Thursday morning said the FBI investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh was nothing more than a "cover up" by Senate Republicans.
Markey on "CNN Newsroom" said the bureau's probe, which did not include interviews with Kavanaugh or one of the women accusing him of sexual assault, Christine Blasey Ford, made a "mockery" of the Senate.
Opposition among Americans to Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, has increased in the wake of his testimony last week before a U.S. Senate committee in which he defiantly denied sexual misconduct allegations, Reuters/Ipsos polling data showed on Wednesday.
In the latest seven-day average in a survey of U.S. adults, 41 percent of respondents opposed Kavanaugh, 33 percent supported the conservative federal appeals court judge and 26 percent said they did not know.
Opposition to Kavanaugh grew 4 percentage points after the Sept. 27 Judiciary Committee hearing in which university professor Christine Blasey Ford detailed a sexual assault allegation against Kavanaugh and he denied it, portraying himself as the victim of a "political hit."
Opposition grew every day after the hearing in the poll, conducted between Sept. 25 and Oct. 1.
Hundreds of law professors sign letter urging the Senate to reject Brett Kavanaugh's nomination
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As of Wednesday evening, nearly 1,000 law professors had signed an open letter to the US Senate stating that Brett Kavanaugh lacks the "judicial temperament" to be approved to the Supreme Court.
new open letter to Senate, from diverse group of law profs from many diff schools: "We believe that Judge Kavanaugh did not display the impartiality and judicial temperament requisite to sit on the highest court of our land." letter, sign-on here: https://bit.ly/2OwdBAr
Judicial temperament is one of the most important qualities of a judge, write more than 650 law professors (and counting), who say the Senate should not confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court https://nyti.ms/2NZM5f8pic.twitter.com/138pzHjRlR
"We are united, as professors of law and scholars of judicial institutions, in believing that Judge Kavanaugh did not display the impartiality and judicial temperament requisite to sit on the highest court of our land." #StopKavanaughhttps://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/kavanaugh/card/1538509930…
"We have differing views about other qualifications of Judge Kavanaugh. But we are united, as professors of law and scholars of judicial institutions, in believing he did not display the impartiality and temperament requisite to sit on the highest court." https://trib.al/efle9Md
More than 500 law professors condemn Brett Kavanaugh for "lack of judicial temperament" https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/kavanaugh-judicial-temperament-law-professors_us_5bb40200e4b028e1fe38cf9d?section=politics&ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000016… via @matthewferner
I try to keep my Tweets focused on patents & innovation. But few things worry me more than increasing polarization and entrenchment of views without interest in underlying facts. Even though I initially thought Judge Kavanaugh should be confirmed, I've signed this letter:https://twitter.com/akapczynski/status/1047184990205894657…
Lisa L. Ouellette added,
Amy Kapczynski@akapczynski
new open letter to Senate, from diverse group of law profs from many diff schools: "We believe that Judge Kavanaugh did not display the impartiality and judicial temperament requisite to sit on the highest court of our land." letter, sign-on here: https://bit.ly/2OwdBAr
650+ law professors (and counting) believe Brett Kavanaugh lacks the judicial temperament to be approved to the Supreme Court. Read their letter explaining why. https://nyti.ms/2O68Can
In Opinion 650+ law professors (and counting) signed a letter saying that Brett Kavanaugh lacks the judicial temperament to be approved to the Supreme Court. Read their letter explainin…
650+ law professors (and counting) believe Brett Kavanaugh lacks the judicial temperament to be approved to the Supreme Court. Read their letter explaining why. https://nyti.ms/2O68Can
Kathy Johnson Clarke, OLY Retweeted The New York Times
How many judicial law experts need to weigh in to be listened to? How many of these educated opinions and well-informed voices are going to be ignored or essentially muted?https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1047622836104441856…
Kathy Johnson Clarke, OLY added,
The New York TimesVerified account@nytimes
In Opinion 650+ law professors (and counting) signed a letter saying that Brett Kavanaugh lacks the judicial temperament to be approved to the Supreme Court. Read their letter explainin…
Three former Yale Law School students who endorsed SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh are calling for a "fair and credible investigation" into the sexual misconduct allegations against him, the @washingtonpost reports.https://twitter.com/i/moments/1044788642529533952…