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What Is Normal, in 2018 ?
People have been shouting ", This is not normal !" The press and media announce their amazement at the lack of normality.
Abnormal behaviour, abnormal events, abnormal activities, have become impossible to ignore.
Democratic Senator Klobuchar Says Kavanaugh Confirmation Process “Is Not Normal"
September 2, 2018
The confirmation process for Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh “is not normal,” Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar said on Sunday. “You have a nominee with excellent credentials, with his family behind him. You have the cameras there. You have the senators questioning. But this isn’t normal” she said on NBC’s Meet the Press. Specifically, Klobuchar was referring to the way in which the White House has decided to withhold records from the Senate because of constitutional privilege while others were shared with lawmakers but can’t be made public.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics...amy-klobuchar-says-process-is-not-normal.html
Republicans in the Senate are racing to hold confirmation hearings, despite the fact that Senators have yet to see the overwhelming majority of documents related to Kavanaugh’s time working in the George W. Bush White House.
Aug 29, 2018
With 200 events all across the country, protesters gathered on Sunday for the single-day #UniteForJustice action, demanding Senators reject Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court. The #UniteForJustice day of action was organized by more than 30 organizations including NARAL Pro-Choice America and the People’s Defense, to raise awareness about the fundamental rights that would be at risk if Kavanaugh is confirmed as the next Supreme Court Justice.
“Every indication is that Brett Kavanaugh will gut Roe v. Wade, which will lead to the criminalization of abortion in many states,” said Eleanor Smeal, president of the Feminist Majority Foundation. FMF recently released a video featuring women who oppose Brett Kavanaugh citing their own experiences of how a lack of access to abortion care has impacted their lives.
http://feminist.org/blog/index.php/2018/08/29/protesters-unite-for-justice-and-reject-kavanaugh/
Amy Klobuchar Slams Brett Kavanaugh's Confirmation Process As "Not Normal" For One Striking Reason
The Guardian reported, Klobuchar outlined her concerns on NBC's Meet the Press on Sunday. On the show, the senator claimed that the Trump administration is refusing to release thousands of documents related to Kavanugh's professional record, saying that it is withholding these documents per executive privilege. Klobuchar characterized this as abnormal and unsettling, saying "It’s not normal, because we are not able to see 100,000 documents because the administration has said we can’t see them, exerting their executive power.”
https://www.bustle.com/p/amy-klobuc...s-not-normal-for-one-striking-reason-11481446
It is not normal, to decide to become complicit
Elizabeth de la Vega
@Delavegalaw
Can you imagine being nominated for the United States Supreme Court and being so ashamed of your own writings that you would be complicit in hiding them from Congress and the public? What does that say about one's integrity and prospects for ethical conduct as a jurist
6:32 PM · Sep 2, 2018
Chuck Schumer
✔
@SenSchumer
Republicans in the Senate and the President of the United States are colluding to keep Judge Kavanaugh’s records secret, and trying to hide their actions from the American people by doing it on the Friday night of a holiday weekend.
What are they trying so desperately to hide?
9:39 AM - Sep 1, 2018
Senator Dick Durbin
@SenatorDurbin
·
35m
The stakes for this SCOTUS nom are enormous. The next justice could be the swing vote on the highest court for a generation or more. And yet Senate Republicans are utterly failing to do their job of conducting a thorough, transparent review of the nominee.
#WhatAreTheyHiding
6:13 PM · Sep 3, 2018
SEPT. 2, 2018
White House Invokes Executive Privilege on Vast Cache of Kavanaugh Documents
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/09/brett-kavanaugh-documents-supreme-court.html
"A lot of the questions that we really focus on in hearings, like Roe v.
Lawmakers have spent the weeks since Trump nominated Kavanaugh digging through his record in an attempt to learn how he'd rule on a slew of issues, from executive power to health care to abortion rights. Plus, each committee member may choose to question him on one of their signature issues: Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) might ask about assault weapons, while Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) could ask about criminal justice reform.
"due process" and "equal protection"
With a young, conservative majority in place, the Supreme Court could pave the way states to pass anti-abortion legislation for years to come. Roe wouldn't have to be overturned outright for women in some states to see their access to abortion restricted or eliminated altogether.
Executive Power
A question at the heart of Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing will be whether he believes a sitting president can be indicted while in office. It's worth remembering that President Trump is reportedly being investigated for obstruction of justice, and that whether a president can be indicted while in office is a serious legal grey area. That means Trump has hand-picked the person who may one day decide whether he faces charges while in office.
https://www.bustle.com/p/the-brett-...ate-the-week-heres-what-to-watch-for-10237675
CNN
@CNN
·
1h
These key moments from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's past confirmation hearings could help shape the fight ahead
Kavanaugh has issued some 300 opinions from the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, to which he was ultimately confirmed, making him immune from accusations that he has no judicial experience.
On Friday, Grassley was informed that the White House had concluded that any documents reflecting Kavanaugh's "deliberations and candid advice concerning the selection and nomination of judicial candidates" were covered by constitutional privilege and would not be released.
The White House's refusal to release documents on one of Kavanaugh's core responsibilities, and Grassley's refusal to release documents from the nominee's service from 2003 to 20006, means this issue and others, like what Kavanaugh's actions were during the response to Hurricane Katrina, will not be made public.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/03/poli...tent=2018-09-03T20**A50**A01&utm_source=twCNN
Kavanaugh is the perfect pick for Trump
Mother Jones
@MotherJones
·
1h
Brett Kavanaugh has a nearly perfect record of speeding up extinction
6:00 PM · Sep 3, 2018
Mother Jones
@MotherJones
·
6h
Brett Kavanaugh is the least popular Supreme Court nominee since Robert Bork
1:00 PM · Sep 3, 2018
People have been shouting ", This is not normal !" The press and media announce their amazement at the lack of normality.
Abnormal behaviour, abnormal events, abnormal activities, have become impossible to ignore.
Democratic Senator Klobuchar Says Kavanaugh Confirmation Process “Is Not Normal"
September 2, 2018
The confirmation process for Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh “is not normal,” Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar said on Sunday. “You have a nominee with excellent credentials, with his family behind him. You have the cameras there. You have the senators questioning. But this isn’t normal” she said on NBC’s Meet the Press. Specifically, Klobuchar was referring to the way in which the White House has decided to withhold records from the Senate because of constitutional privilege while others were shared with lawmakers but can’t be made public.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics...amy-klobuchar-says-process-is-not-normal.html
Republicans in the Senate are racing to hold confirmation hearings, despite the fact that Senators have yet to see the overwhelming majority of documents related to Kavanaugh’s time working in the George W. Bush White House.
Aug 29, 2018
With 200 events all across the country, protesters gathered on Sunday for the single-day #UniteForJustice action, demanding Senators reject Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court. The #UniteForJustice day of action was organized by more than 30 organizations including NARAL Pro-Choice America and the People’s Defense, to raise awareness about the fundamental rights that would be at risk if Kavanaugh is confirmed as the next Supreme Court Justice.
“Every indication is that Brett Kavanaugh will gut Roe v. Wade, which will lead to the criminalization of abortion in many states,” said Eleanor Smeal, president of the Feminist Majority Foundation. FMF recently released a video featuring women who oppose Brett Kavanaugh citing their own experiences of how a lack of access to abortion care has impacted their lives.
http://feminist.org/blog/index.php/2018/08/29/protesters-unite-for-justice-and-reject-kavanaugh/
Amy Klobuchar Slams Brett Kavanaugh's Confirmation Process As "Not Normal" For One Striking Reason
The Guardian reported, Klobuchar outlined her concerns on NBC's Meet the Press on Sunday. On the show, the senator claimed that the Trump administration is refusing to release thousands of documents related to Kavanugh's professional record, saying that it is withholding these documents per executive privilege. Klobuchar characterized this as abnormal and unsettling, saying "It’s not normal, because we are not able to see 100,000 documents because the administration has said we can’t see them, exerting their executive power.”
https://www.bustle.com/p/amy-klobuc...s-not-normal-for-one-striking-reason-11481446
It is not normal, to decide to become complicit
Elizabeth de la Vega
@Delavegalaw
Can you imagine being nominated for the United States Supreme Court and being so ashamed of your own writings that you would be complicit in hiding them from Congress and the public? What does that say about one's integrity and prospects for ethical conduct as a jurist
6:32 PM · Sep 2, 2018
Chuck Schumer
✔
@SenSchumer
Republicans in the Senate and the President of the United States are colluding to keep Judge Kavanaugh’s records secret, and trying to hide their actions from the American people by doing it on the Friday night of a holiday weekend.
What are they trying so desperately to hide?
9:39 AM - Sep 1, 2018
Senator Dick Durbin
@SenatorDurbin
·
35m
The stakes for this SCOTUS nom are enormous. The next justice could be the swing vote on the highest court for a generation or more. And yet Senate Republicans are utterly failing to do their job of conducting a thorough, transparent review of the nominee.
#WhatAreTheyHiding
6:13 PM · Sep 3, 2018
SEPT. 2, 2018
White House Invokes Executive Privilege on Vast Cache of Kavanaugh Documents
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/09/brett-kavanaugh-documents-supreme-court.html
"A lot of the questions that we really focus on in hearings, like Roe v.
Lawmakers have spent the weeks since Trump nominated Kavanaugh digging through his record in an attempt to learn how he'd rule on a slew of issues, from executive power to health care to abortion rights. Plus, each committee member may choose to question him on one of their signature issues: Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) might ask about assault weapons, while Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) could ask about criminal justice reform.
"due process" and "equal protection"
With a young, conservative majority in place, the Supreme Court could pave the way states to pass anti-abortion legislation for years to come. Roe wouldn't have to be overturned outright for women in some states to see their access to abortion restricted or eliminated altogether.
Executive Power
A question at the heart of Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing will be whether he believes a sitting president can be indicted while in office. It's worth remembering that President Trump is reportedly being investigated for obstruction of justice, and that whether a president can be indicted while in office is a serious legal grey area. That means Trump has hand-picked the person who may one day decide whether he faces charges while in office.
https://www.bustle.com/p/the-brett-...ate-the-week-heres-what-to-watch-for-10237675
CNN
@CNN
·
1h
These key moments from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's past confirmation hearings could help shape the fight ahead
Kavanaugh has issued some 300 opinions from the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, to which he was ultimately confirmed, making him immune from accusations that he has no judicial experience.
On Friday, Grassley was informed that the White House had concluded that any documents reflecting Kavanaugh's "deliberations and candid advice concerning the selection and nomination of judicial candidates" were covered by constitutional privilege and would not be released.
The White House's refusal to release documents on one of Kavanaugh's core responsibilities, and Grassley's refusal to release documents from the nominee's service from 2003 to 20006, means this issue and others, like what Kavanaugh's actions were during the response to Hurricane Katrina, will not be made public.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/03/poli...tent=2018-09-03T20**A50**A01&utm_source=twCNN
Kavanaugh is the perfect pick for Trump
Mother Jones
@MotherJones
·
1h
Brett Kavanaugh has a nearly perfect record of speeding up extinction
6:00 PM · Sep 3, 2018
Mother Jones
@MotherJones
·
6h
Brett Kavanaugh is the least popular Supreme Court nominee since Robert Bork
1:00 PM · Sep 3, 2018
