Potentially having a gambling problem. I have no idea if this is a real concern but we’ll never know until after he’s been confirmed because the republicans in the senate don’t care about doing their job of vetting him. There’s enough to suspect the truth of this claim that we should at least confirm it one way or the other. But, as I mentioned upthread, integrity is not a republican strong point anymore. Sad.
I find it such a waste of time to be grandstanding in confirmation hearings. The Constitution doesn’t require such shows. It’s rather simple. The President makes a nomination, they vote yes or no. They don’t have to have a reason why. For that matter, there is no requirement the person must be a learned or experienced jurist. And personally I’d be satisfied if they reduced the number of justices. There’s no requirement for nine. And I’d like to see a reaffirmation vote every eight years....except they’d use that for more grandstanding. The only requirement for a justice to remain on the court is his/her “good behavior”. That turns out to be a life appointment....but isn’t stated as such in again....THE CONSTITUTION!
It’s not a waste of time if you’re trying to rev up the voters for November. You can play the tough prosecutor. You preen and strike heroic poses with no risk except perhaps beclowning yourself. You can brandish anonymous accusations at the eleventh hour like a badly plotted movie. You can strut and fret your hour upon the stage without having to pay for air time.
I'll let John Roberts take credit for coining the balls and strikes jurist phrase. Personally i'm smart enough to realize that there is no such thing. If there were we could fire the whole damn court and just ask Siri to make the decisions.
And I suppose it'll be hilarious when Kavanaugh is sitting on the court pretzelizing his logic in ways Scalia could only have dreamed of in order to justify whatever decision he is making.
I suppose at the end of the day you guys are right. The advise part of advise and consent doesn't really mean anything. After all, the party not in power really has no say in this process so they might as well have just skipped the hearing entirely and voted the clown in on the initial go around. At least that would've been more honest and honorable than this sham fraud of a confirmation hearing where they weakly pretended to vet the guy. But honor is not a character trait that any republican senator seems to have at this point. The last one with any honor died a couple of weeks ago.
I assume then that the Democrats hope to win the house and then no judges will come up for a vote. They will say Garland didn’t get a vote so now it’s payback time. And from here on out unless one party or the other controlles all three branches, nothing will get done. Unless of coarse it benefits the ruling class.
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