Schumer demands Kavanaugh recuse himself from Mueller cases
Source: cnn
Updated 3:53 PM ET, Wed July 18, 2018
Washington (CNN)..................................................
"Considering everything we know about Judge Kavanaugh's expansive view of executive power and accountability, the fact that Morrison v. Olson, of all the cases in the history of the Supreme Court, is the first case he could think of overturning is deeply, deeply troubling," the New York Democrat said Wednesday.
The remarks from Schumer signal Democrats plan to use this as an opportunity to call for Kavanaugh to commit to recusing himself from weighing in on special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.
Schumer was referencing recently resurfaced comments that Kavanaugh made two years ago expressing his desire to overturn a three-decade-old Supreme Court ruling upholding the constitutionality of an independent counsel, a comment bound to get renewed scrutiny in his confirmation proceedings to sit on the high court.
Speaking to a conservative group in 2016, Kavanaugh bluntly said he wanted to "put the final nail" in a 1988 Supreme Court ruling. .....................................................................
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video of Kavanaugh speaking at link
colorado_ufo
(5,715 posts)I feel so much better now.
BigmanPigman
(51,430 posts)I am glad he is speaking up. The Dems must not allow Kavanaugh, or any nominee, to be a new justice while the fake prez is "possibly involved" with the Mueller investigation.
appalachiablue
(41,047 posts)SWBTATTReg
(21,856 posts)those who say that they'll do something and then don't.
DetroitLegalBeagle
(1,904 posts)SCOTUS justices can pretty much do whatever they want when it comes to recusals.
bringthePaine
(1,726 posts)crikey Chuck, just like Sessions and Nunez recusals
solved stuff, huh?
marybourg
(12,540 posts)disillusioned73
(2,872 posts)Schumer has already folded on letting him get seated???
Maybe DEMAND the Dems fight..
[link:https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/6/28/1776228/-Dems-CAN-prevent-a-Trump-Supreme-pick-Deny-them-a-quorum|