Republican Sen. Jeff Flake (AZ) was not able to get Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh to answer his questions, inspired by a President Trump tweet this week, about whether a President can abuse his authority by directing independent agencies to take certain actions for political reasons.
Two long running, Obama era, investigations of two very popular Republican Congressmen were brought to a well publicized charge, just ahead of the Mid-Terms, by the Jeff Sessions Justice Department. Two easy wins now in doubt because there is not enough time. Good job Jeff……
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 3, 2018
“I don’t think we want judges commenting on the latest political controversies,” Kavanaugh said at first.
Flake tried multiple times to rephrase his question to make it more abstract.
“I think that hypothetical that you’re asking is directly analogous to the current events,” Kavanaugh said, later adding that he needed to stay not just away from the line, but “but three zip codes away from the line.”
Well how about your Marathon times? Like three hours right? Very Ryan-esque. Ok great, that’s all we need.
Near future Flake:
I talked to Kavanaugh… he assured me… I’m not going to get hung up on one thing… overall his answers…
Or insert whatever other pat phrase we’ve heard republicans use so many times to justify doing what is in the best interest of their monied overlords & themselves.
This guy’s a fucking Stepford judge.
Well, points to Flake for trying.
WATCH OUT - his lips are moving again and we all know what that means.
I did not know you could have the life drained out of you by watching someone say nothing so consistently for so long, but apparently you can. I have been Kava-gnawed. This guy eats Wonder bread and shits marshmallows. He apparently has no opinions on anything. Genocide? Might be an upcoming case, really can’t comment. Pedophilia? I wouldn’t want to prejudice any possible future rulings. Presidential overreach? Not sure what that phrase means, Senator. Strikes and balls - all progressive ideas being, by definition, balls, and all conservative made-up horseshit case are down the middle strikes. Impartial - that’s me.