Senate Democrats seek delay in Kavanaugh hearings, citing Cohen's guilty plea

[DonViejo]

Source: The Washington Post



By John Wagner, Reporter
Mike DeBonis, Reporter

August 22 at 2:27 PM

Senate Democrats on Wednesday called for delaying confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh in the wake of a guilty plea by Michael Cohen, President Trump’s former attorney, on campaign-finance counts that involve the president.

Democrats, who have been seeking leverage to slow down Kavanaugh’s consideration, argued that a new justice could be forced to decide questions directly relating to Trump, including whether he must comply with a subpoena from prosecutors and whether he can be indicted while in office.

“It is unseemly for the president of the United States to be picking a Supreme Court justice who could soon be effectively a juror in a case involving the president himself,” Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) said during a floor speech. “The prospect of the president being implicated in some criminal case is no longer a hypothetical that can be dismissed.” Schumer said he was asking Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) to delay confirmation hearings scheduled to start Sept. 4 — a request Grassley dismissed a couple of hours through a spokesman.

White House spokesman Raj Shah dismissed the request as a sign of Democratic desperation.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/senate-democrats-seek-delay-in-kavanaugh-hearings-citing-cohens-guilty-plea/2018/08/22/855ec5e4-a613-11e8-8fac-12e98c13528d_story.html

[Achilleaze]

1. It would be worse than "unseemly"

To let Dirty Donny* pick his own judge would be a huge KGOP republican FUCK YOU to every last American citizen, and the very concepts of honesty, decency, propriety, and loyalty to core American principles and values.

* aka republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

[DeminPennswoods]

2. The President conspired to influence the 2016 election in his favor

The DoJ and FBI have the hard evidence to prove it. This is the message. Don't mince words.

[mopinko]

3. they need to say it like this-

he is an illegitimate and unfit president.
obama was just brown.
we need to delay this until after the midterms. let the people speak.
these are not normal times. we should not follow normal precedents.

[BigmanPigman]

4. KAVANAUGH PROTESTS in 150+ cities Sunday Aug 26th.

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Planned protests against SCOTUS nominee Kavanaugh have been building steam and over 150 US cities will protest for our rights and civil rights for all on Aug 26th.

Join us on August 26th as we hold a national day of action in all 50 states to fight Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and demand that our representatives in Washington act NOW to protect our most fundamental rights and freedoms. Roe v. Wade, voting rights, workers' rights, LGBTQ rights, immigrant rights, and much more are all in grave danger if this Supreme Court nominee is confirmed. With so much at stake, we cannot back down.

People across the country are rising up to demand that their Senators stop Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination, and protect our most fundamental rights. Everyone agrees: the balance of the Supreme Court is on the line with this lifetime appointment.

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