KLAMarine said:
I'm not sure if it's that automatic. I imagine those accusations are followed up with some amount of investigation. |
Then why haven't these accusations been followed up with an FBI investigation? That's the next logical step here, but it's like they're afraid or something. If he's so damn confidant he did nothing, then an investigation will give him the legitimacy to say so with authority and truly clear his name with the public. Besides, it's a job interview, not a trial. No sane company would hire an applicant with this much baggage, especially with so many other highly qualified applicants. If you want a trial with a full investigation and a guilty or not guilty verdict, there would have to be criminal charges filed, but then we wouldn't be deciding if he gets a job, but rather whether or not he goes to jail. That could come after he was withdrawn, and would probably end with him being acquitted and keeping his current lifetime appointment, so it wouldn't even end his career. Wouldn't that be worth protecting the reputation and trust of the Supreme Court? Gorsuch didn't get these accusations, instead he sailed through and got multiple Dem votes, so it is possible to do even in these polarized times. We need the SC to be the final arbiter of all laws and disputes in the entire country. It would be dangerous to damage trust in it by confirming someone like this to it. Again, this is a job interview, not a trial. Nothing bad happens to Kavanaugh if he isn't confirmed. He just doesn't get a promotion. You have to think about the institution you're hiring him for before you think about him and what you think he may or may not personally deserve. Trump has a long list of applicants just as qualified as him, if not more. It's no harm to Kavanaugh if he's denied, but it's terrible for the SC's reputation if he's confirmed. And that's amongst not just liberals and Dems, but independents and centrists as well, and even many Republicans, especially Republican women. We need the American people to be able to trust the SC. Whatever Republicans hope to accomplish by sacrificing that reputation isn't worth it.
