Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) asked the Senate Judiciary Committee should “immediately pause” the consideration of Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court, given Michael Cohen’s implication of the President in campaign finance law violations.
“Kavanaugh’s refusal to say a President should comply with a duly issued subpoena and Michael Cohen’s implication of the President in a federal crime, makes the danger of Brett Kanvanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court abundantly clear,” Schumer said on the Senate floor Wednesday morning. “It’s a game-changer. (It) should be.”
Schumer referenced Kavanaugh’s refusal to offer his opinion on the jurisprudence of previously decided Supreme Court cases — like Roe v. Wade — during their meeting as fodder for his call for a delay.
Schumer said those and other frustrations, coupled with Cohen’s saying he carried out hush payments for Trump in the final days of the campaign to keep two women quiet about alleged affairs with the President, were reason enough to delay the nomination hearing, which is set to begin Sept. 4.
.@SenSchumer: "In my view, the Senate Judiciary Committee should immediately pause the consideration of the Kavanaugh nomination." #SCOTUS pic.twitter.com/gGYhwAVzwD
— CSPAN (@cspan) August 22, 2018
I have a feeling the Kavanaugh nomination will die. I’m not sure of it, but it does appear moribund at this point.
The report is that Cohen has information regarding Russian conspiracy. If he does and it can be proven does that mean that the Trump presidency is illegal? And does it also mean that Pence is in office illegally? Can any of the actions taken by Trump be revoked because they were not done by a legal president?
Does the constitution cover such eventualities?
Sen.s Hirono and Markey have just announced that they are cancelling their meetings with Brett Kavanaugh, apparently indefinitely.
Nice try, but fat chance, Chuck. Remember it’s the GOP Crime Family you’re dealing with…
For the GOP, the constitution stops at the 2nd Amendment, so no…