Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) plans to introduce a resolution Tuesday calling for an impeachment inquiry into Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, in the light of the newest allegation against him.
“Sexual predators do not deserve a seat on the nation’s highest court and Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation process set a dangerous precedent,” she said, per the Hill. “We must demand justice for survivors and hold Kavanaugh accountable for his actions.”
Pressley echoes multiple 2020 candidates in her sentiments, including former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX), Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) and former HUD Director Julián Castro, all who have called for his impeachment.
In a new account published in the New York Times this weekend, Kavanaugh allegedly dropped his pants and, with friends, forced his penis into a Yale classmate’s hand at a party. That accusation was brought by a witness, not by the alleged victim herself, who says she doesn’t recall the incident.
The newest accusation is similar to one brought by Yale alumna Deborah Ramirez during Kavanaugh’s confirmation process, who said that he drunkenly forced his penis into her face at a different Yale party. Kavanaugh was also, most famously, accused of trying to sexually assault professor Christine Blasey Ford at a high school party.
Dumb. Dumb. Dumb. Choose your battles. Stop stunting.
How about instead initiating real impeachment hearings into Trump? Yeah, Kegger Kavanaugh is a terrible person who committed perjury in his confirmation hearings, and sexually assaulted women. But Trump is far worse, and as “president” harms our country and the world.
Wake up Pelosi and company! Start doing your jobs.
“Sexual predators do not deserve a seat on the nation’s highest court and Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation process set a dangerous precedent,” she said, per the Hill. “We must demand justice for survivors and hold Kavanaugh accountable for his actions.”
True, he should not be on the Supreme Court. But, you can’t hold Kavanaugh accountable now for what he did decades ago and impeachment on that basis is going nowhere.
The confirmation process did set a dangerous precedent. Not fully investigating credible allegations, but more importantly letting him get away with flat-out lies about how his debt disappeared, his drinking, his past behavior, his views on jurisprudence, and his unfair, unhinged partisan attacks on anyone who opposed him are shameful.
Nadler is already on record as saying that Kavanaugh will have to wait his turn…
that said, I’m all for Pressley presenting the resolution. Even if we can’t get to it right away, its important to make it clear that Kavanaugh’s lies are unacceptable.
If sexual predators have no place on SCOTUS, will she call for Thomas’ impeachment, too?