Five Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee walked out of a meeting Friday morning after a vote on Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation was scheduled for 1:30 p.m. ET on Friday.
The Democrats vocally protested the move to schedule Kavanaugh’s confirmation vote. When Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) then turned to his opening remarks for the committee meeting, where there are other issues on the committee’s plate to consider, Sens. Kamala Harris (D-CA), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) left the meeting.
I hope 4 members of the Supreme Court walk out the first Monday of October
They might as well, as if they will have any say, with the other 5 making up a majority.
It’s the right choice. Do not confer upon this process even a veneer of legitimacy.
It’s probably about time for another Civil War. Goddamn Lincoln should have razed the South and salted the earth when he had the chance. This isn’t getting fixed via normal legislative, judicial and executive branch means. Our government wasn’t designed to deal with a party controlling all three branches of government that was OK with rampant criminality in their ranks, foreign governments having a say in our elections, and a sizable portion of the populace having to climb multiple onerous hurdles to cast a ballot. Personally I think we’re cooked.