...and then a decision will be made and that is a decision that goes beyond me...but we're not dominated by the polls...what we're dominated by are the facts and the truth and I do believe the truth will set us free...there are many things that the president does that are completely out of the question that are not impeachable...and they're about the election...
...but when it comes to violating the Constitution of the United States, as he undermines our national security, jeopardizes the integrity of our elections, dishonors his own oath of office...that's about impeachment...I really have a real discomfort level of responding to what Republicans say because they are in denial about what has happened in the country...
...the majority in the Senate et al. are behaving like a parent who enters a room to discover their toddler is smearing feces on the wall and joins in hoping to create a Picasso...
Associate Justice Antonin Gregory Scalia dies at age 79—he preached a static and stale legal pedanticism that neither our language nor Constitution could carry.
...the earlier (2018) lower judicial council investigating 83 complaints against Kavanaugh ended when it decided it had no authority to investigate the higher Supreme Court...not a disability for Congress with its impeachment power...
...when you begin removing the wrapping around a carefully packaged Kavanaugh you discover misleading statements, dissembling, lies, lack of candor, and earlier contact with potential witnesses...sounds like our unstable, unfit, unwell, and unbalanced "new" alt-white-house et al. and its Republican Party schlepps in the senate...
...Kavanaugh is an unstable, unfit, unwell, and unbalanced nomination to our Supreme Court made by our unstable, unfit, unwell, and unbalanced "new" alt-white-house et al...both are boorish, bullying belligerent liars...
...the Republican's hearing on sexual misconduct allegations against Kavanaugh is little more than their sham (Senator Graham (R-S.C.) and Kavanaugh doth protest too much∅) efforts to continue efforts to cram-down another unfit justice...but as Bob Dylan might say "The Times They Are A Changin'"
...appointing a female proxy prosecutor to conduct questioning for the majority committee of elderly all white male senators is a wonderful metaphor for a devolving and obsolete Republican Party...
∅ ...yes Senator Graham (R-S.C.), if you stand in a line awaiting your turn to sexually assault an impaired women you are a "gang rapist", whether you actually sexually assault the impaired women...your "righteous indignation" without the required FBI background investigation and thorough vetting is meaningless...
...the "Federalist" is arguing a criminal case that doesn't exist and likely will not exist...
...nor is this a "he said-she said" or "innocent until proven guilty" case...
...it is she says with 91-98% veracity that she was sexually mistreated in a nation, which has a historical pattern of ignoring, dismissing, and mistreating women when they report sexual mistreatment (unsurprisingly, resulting in significant underreporting)...
...as a national policy on sexual mistreatment of women (and men) our nation must clearly, loudly, and continuously broadcast to our women (and men) that anytime you are sexually mistreated and report you will be believed, full stop...regardless of who your assaulter is...
...Blasey's assertion that she was sexually mistreated by Kavanaugh are enough to end his bid for a justiceship returning him to his judgeship on the DC Court of Appeals...
...conduct a fair investigate of the allegations of the sexual mistreatment and end his judgeship, if reasonable...
...FBI interviews into the background of candidates for public trust positions is de rigueur...conflating these interviews with a criminal investigation mischaracterizes their purpose... (also, National Background Investigations Bureau)
..."cramming down" Kavanaugh amid ongoing sexual assault allegations is likely to further accelerate an already fast declining Republican Party (some might say already imploded) and decaying Supreme Court of the United States...
..."educated" is just one attribute and not the most important, which "qualifies" a person to sit on our United Supreme Court...Judge Kavanaugh lacks some of those other attributes...if Kavanaugh cannot answer a "hypothetical" whether a president can self-pardon for crimes committed before or during their presidency, maybe he can articulate a "hypothetical" in which a president can self-pardon...
...Kavanaugh is "independent" like our unstable, unfit, unwell, and unbalanced "new" alt-white-house et al. is a "truth-teller"...imagine our unstable, unfit, unwell, and unbalanced "new" alt-white-house et al. as a "unitary executive" and Kavanaugh joining Scalia's dead dicta to tell us that we cannot subpoenaed, indict, prosecute or otherwise get rid of our unstable, unfit, unwell, and unbalanced "new" alt-white-house et al. so long as it occupies the Executive Office of the President of the United States...
...kudos to Senators Kolbuchar, Coons, Harris, Blumenthal, Mazie Hirono, Booker, Flake, et al...their questioning has begun to show pursuit of an imbalanced democratic governance agenda underpinned by dogma, drivel, and doctrinaire...or as the Chief Justice might say, gobbledygook...
...not only must the Senate decline to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh, it must await the renomination and senate vote on Judge Merrick Garland, before filling any vacancy on the Supreme Court...
...Judge Kavanaugh...an acolyte of the deceased Scalia, Federalist Society protege, and docent of the "originalism" dogma docket is highly unlikely to do well a primary duty of an active justice, complement court credibility...
...without credibility what is a court's announcement that a business baker can decide whether to deliver cakes into the steam of commerce based on his interpretation of the gospel according to Jesus...makes the constitutional interpretive efforts of originalism seem stupendously scientific...
He's "mainstream" while attending Federalist Society meetings with its claimed membership estimated at 70,000 (6/7th lawyers and 1/7th law students)! However, such a small clique or core cabal of lawyers committed to pursuing an extreme libertarianism (aka neo-anarchism) is hardly representative of "mainstream" America, especially if they wear black robes on our Supreme Court.
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It is not clear if criteria of the ABA Federal Judiciary Standing Committee's rating considers such a stagnant, extreme, and dogmatic2 judicial temperament in a justice of our Supreme Court?
Efforts to disguise libertarian dogma and doctrine (aka neo-anarchism) in black robes is likely to backfire while seriously harming our Supreme Court and nation.
Justices who pretend they can interpret our frabjous1Constitution within today's context are preferable to those who pretend they can interpret it within yesterday's context.
2. Dogma by definition is stagnant and not an element in the desirable set of attributes required of any lawyer, much less a nominee lawyer to our Supreme Court. An ABA Federal Judiciary Standing Committee, which rates a dogmatic lawyer "well qualified" is either unaware of the dogma or evaluating the nominee as "well qualified" to enforce an implicit agenda.
Horrifyingly, it is possible that the the ABA Federal Judiciary Standing Committee is ignoring the dogma and evaluating a Supreme Court nominee as "well qualified" to enforce an explicit agenda?
Originally Published February 14, 2016; Last Updated November 17, 2019; Last Republished November 16, 2019:
...kudos to Speaker Pelosi, Chairman Schiff and House Intelligence Committee et al. for providing an orderly and fair impeachment process to the unstable, unfit, unwell, unbalanced, unlawful, untrustworthy and mentally ill occupant of The Executive Office of the President of the United States cum "very stable genius" with "great and unmatched wisdom"...any indulgence of circus, conspiratorial or congressional clowns will detract from that orderly and fair impeachment process...
...if the GOP-RNC cum RAG Party want to use circus, conspiratorial and congressional clowns in defense of their unstable, unfit, unwell, unbalanced, unlawful, untrustworthy and mentally ill occupant of The Executive Office of the President of the United States cum "very stable genius" with "great and unmatched wisdom" they can do so on the Capitol and court-house steps...
...the RNC-GOP cum RAG Party& will drag the carcass of their unstable, unfit, unwell, unbalanced, unlawful, untrustworthy and mentally ill occupant of The Executive Office of the President of the United States cum "very stable genius" with "great and unmatched wisdom" to our Supreme Court hoping it will "saddle up" for a terminal ride...
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&...RNC-GOP cum RAG Party silence is not a proxy for disassociation with their unstable, unfit, unwell, unbalanced, unlawful, untrustworthy and mentally ill occupant of The Executive Office of the President of the United States cum "very stable genius" with "great and unmatched wisdom"...
...the district court should dismiss Kupperman et. al's complaint and impose Rule 11 sanctions...if Kupperman et. al want to void a congressional subpoena they can file a motion to quash the subpoena...
...structuring a routine motion to quash as a standoff between the congressional and executive branches of government is unnecessarily abusive...attaching an opinion from the Office of Laughable Legal Counsel and a laughable letter from White House Counsel (Pat Cipollone), which asserts absolute presidential immunity does not lessen the abusiveness (but it may increase it!)...
...at best the complaint requests the judiciary to join a wacky conspiracy masquerading as a legal proposition...
...it's getting difficult for the GOP-RNC Party cum RAG Party et al. to use ruse, artifice and gimmickry to deceive our nation into supporting their unstable, unfit, unwell, unbalanced, unlawful, untrustworthy and mentally ill occupant of The Executive Office of the President of the United States cum "very stable genius" with "great and unmatched wisdom"...
..."The Senate hereby orders and decrees and it is hereby adjudged that the respondent, Donald J. Trump, President of the United States be, and he is hereby, removed from office, and that he be, and is hereby, forever disqualified to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States, and that the Secretary be directed to communicate to the President of the United States and to the House of Representatives the foregoing order and judgment of the Senate, and transmit a copy of same to each." --Deschler's Precedents--***...
*** ...with some creativity the above order could be tailored to accommodate those wanting to both remove the unstable, unfit, unwell, unbalanced, unlawful, untrustworthy and mentally ill occupant of The Executive Office of the President of the United States cum "very stable genius" with "great and unmatched wisdom" and accommodate the 2020 electorate vote for removal...
...the unstable, unfit, unwell, unbalanced, unlawful, untrustworthy and mentally ill occupant of The Executive Office of the President of the United States cum "very stable genius" with "great and unmatched wisdom" is not working for America...
...it is highly likely that the unstable, unfit, unwell, unbalanced, unlawful, untrustworthy and mentally ill occupant of The Executive Office of the President of the United States cum "very stable genius" with "great and unmatched wisdom" will deliberately destroy everything on its way out the door (and hopefully into prison)...MAGA!
...cleanup of the aftermath after impeachment and conviction will exceed the State's super sh*t scoopers' expertise...events preceding the current toxic environment are not meaningfully or fully explained by excessively "polarized party partisanship"...
...the unstable, unfit, unwell, unbalanced, unlawful, untrustworthy and mentally ill occupant of The Executive Office of the President of the United States cum "very stable genius" with "great and unmatched wisdom" eviscerated Ukraine diplomacy in pursuit of personal corruption then tells us he'll deploy diplomacy to halt the slaughter he started in Syria...
...then sycophant GOP-RNC cum RAG Party member Cheney (R-WY At-large District) goes on Fox News to tell supporters of the unstable, unfit, unwell, unbalanced, unlawful, untrustworthy and mentally ill occupant of The Executive Office of the President of the United States cum "very stable genius" with "great and unmatched wisdom" that the slaughter in Syria is the fault of Democrats...
...it is highly likely the unstable, unfit, unwell, unbalanced, unlawful, untrustworthy and mentally ill occupant of The Executive Office of the President of the United States cum "very stable genius" with "great and unmatched wisdom" and its GOP-RNC cum RAG Party sycophants are not even aware of the enormous damage these self-inflicted incidents have inflicted on America...
...we can only hope that the unstable, unfit, unwell, unbalanced, unlawful, untrustworthy and mentally ill occupant of The Executive Office of the President of the United States will send its menagerie of "lawyers", including the Office of Legal Laughable Counsel and Attorney General Barr...ator to the Supreme Court...asking Justices Kavanaugh and Gorsuch et. al to explain that under "unitary executive theory" the President of the United States cannot be investigated, prosecuted or impeached...period...⚖
"...The scope of the power of inquiry, in short, is as penetrating and far-reaching as the potential power to enact and appropriate under the Constitution.
Broad as it is, the power is not, however, without limitations. Since Congress may only investigate into those areas in which it may potentially legislate or appropriate, it cannot inquire into matters which are within the exclusive province of one of the other branches of the Government. Lacking the judicial power given to the Judiciary, it cannot inquire into matters that are exclusively the concern of the Judiciary. Neither can it supplant the Executive in what exclusively belongs to the Executive. And the Congress, in common with all branches of the Government, must exercise its powers subject to the limitations placed by the Constitution on governmental action, more particularly, in the context of this case, the relevant limitations of the Bill of Rights..." --Barenblatt v. United States, 360 U.S. 109 (1959) @ 111--
...ok, so what Congress can't "penetrate"..it can defund...drivel on Federalist Society acolytes...
...only Congress can declare war...as usual the unstable, unfit, unwell, unbalanced, unlawful, untrustworthy and mentally ill occupant of The Executive Office of the President of the United States gets it wrong...do we thank god for this "very stable genius" with "great and unmatched wisdom"...
...hey GOP-RNC cum RAG Party, it's a sad day when employees need a "witness protection program" to protect them from an unstable, unfit, unwell, unbalanced, unlawful, untrustworthy and mentally ill occupant of The Executive Office of the President of the United States...
....the actions of the unstable, unfit, unwell, unbalanced, unlawful, untrustworthy and mentally ill occupant of The Executive Office of the President of the United States are more nefarious and baleful than "theatrics and distraction"...it's wittingly soliciting unfriendly foreign intelligence agencies to take part in its misinformation-disinformation campaign against our nation...these so-called "theatrics and distraction" can quickly morph into a destructive clusterfuck...then what!!!
...the unstable, unfit, unwell, unbalanced, unlawful, untrustworthy and mentally ill current occupant of The Executive Office of the President of the United States just took a sh*t on the Capitol steps then wiped his ass with our Constitution...
...channeling his inner self, mobster and favorite television characters...asks "whadd'ya gonna do about it?...
...if you're a corrupt f^ck seeking to transact business or recruit acolytes don't call the unstable, unfit, unwell, unbalanced, unlawful, untrustworthy and mentally ill current occupant of The Executive Office of the President of the United States...if you have legitimate business with the United States of America please call the United States Department of State...don't ask for Pompeo, he's in the process of self-destruction and office removal, too...
...we are in the process of removing the unstable, unfit, unwell, unbalanced, unlawful, untrustworthy and mentally ill current occupant of The Executive Office of the President of the United States...we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause...
...former Senator Jeff Flake's advice comes much too late...as does the conservative Republicans "Rule-of_Law" campaign (the GOP cum RAG Party is not salvageable...start over with a new brand):
...if the RAG Party wants to "drain the swamp" it can start by draining the sh*t overflowing from The Executive Office of the President of the United States...
...hey, John Yoo hold your pedantic legal lecture on unitary executive theory until after the The Executive Office of the President of the United States is sanitized and a bio-hazmat team has declared it suitable for pedantic professorial lectures...
"...In the course of my official duties, I have received information from multiple U.S. Government officials that the President of the United States is using the power of his office to solicit interference from a foreign country in the 2020 U.S. election. This interference includes, among other things, pressuring a foreign country to investigate one of the President’s main domestic political rivals. The President’s personal lawyer, Mr. Rudolph Giuliani, is a central figure in this effort. Attorney General Barr appears to be involved as well..."--whistleblower complaint--
...really!!!, this is the best our politicos have to offer our nation...an unstable, unfit, unwell, unbalanced, unlawful, untrustworthy and mentally ill president that believes oversight is spying, treason, and part of a deep state conspiracy to undermine its otherwise "perfect presidency"...
...all members of congress equivocating on the need to immediately rid our nation of the excrement occupying The Executive Office of the President of the United States should immediately leave politics...
...how does our nation benefit from the RAG Party, Office of the United States Attorney General and Executive Office of the President of the United States' hindrance of the impeachment proceedings...not only must Congress impeach or otherwise remove from office the unstable, unfit, unwell, unbalanced, unlawful, untrustworthy and mentally ill president...additionally, Congress must remove the United States Attorney General William Barr from office...the RAG Party's obliterated credibility or integrity is not recovered by a foreign government's hacking of our elections...
...that's the thing with mental illnesses...it's not about intelligence or dumbness...it's about understanding...the unstable, unfit, unwell, unbalanced, unlawful, untrustworthy new alt-white-house et al. and mentally ill president has little or no understanding of his current environment much less an ability to respond appropriately...the RAG Party is behaving like most wealthy parents do when a family member is mentally ill and floundering about...
...but the RAG Party's response (or more accurately, lack of response), if it continues, will highly likely destroy the RAG Party and harm our nation for a generation or more...
...kudos to the Speaker and Democrats for proceeding with impeachment of the unstable, unfit, unwell, unbalanced, unlawful, untrustworthy and mentally ill president..does the RAG Party really think it can unilaterally disfigure the magisterial office of the presidency into an autocracy and a corrupt one at that, with impunity???!!!...
UPDATED 09/20/2019 AP, Trump Dismisses Whistleblower Complaint As ‘Hack Job’ ...notice any patterns, yet?!..hey RNC-GOP cum RAG Party are you ready to impeach, yet?!..or is the RAG Party and "Attorney General" Barr arguing you can't impeach a president while in office?!..
