NightlyPoe said:
OlfinBedwere said:
The way Murphy's Law works, however, the Republicans would likely end up changing things to make it easier to push nominees through uncontested, only for the next vacancy not to pop up until the Democrats have retaken the White House and/or Congress.
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I don't see a downside to that. Democrat nominees don't face the sort of smears that Republican nominees do. Heck, Sotomayor made a statement of her inherent gender and ethnic superiority multiple times. Statements that should have scuttled her nomination, but hardly made a ripple.
SuaveSocialist said:
No one should be appointed as a judge while they are under investigation for a serious crime. Doing so throws their court into disrepute and undermines public confidence in the sanctity of their station. If confirmed, it should include conditions that must be met before his duties begin. The investigation should reach its natural conclusion, and if they press charges, he must be found Not Guilty on all counts. Innocent until proven guilty, but having someone act as judge while under criminal investigation is a conflict of interest of epic proportions. |
Kavanaugh isn't under any criminal investigation whatsoever.
they're not investigating this criminally.
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Didn’t mean to say they were, but they are investigating a serious crime (as opening statement indicates), so apart from needing to rephrase my closing statement, everything before it still stands.
