Fireworks erupt at beginning of Brett Kavanaugh hearing (1518 hits)
Fireworks erupt at beginning of Brett Kavanaugh hearing
Democrats call on Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley to adjourn a hearing for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh over unreleased documents concerning Kavanaugh's record.
What about the 42.000 pages of Kavanaugh records dumped on minority party about 15 hours before the Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh hearing?
Steve, do you think that the drop was proper procedure of 42.000 pages of Kavanaugh records dumped on minority party about 15 hours before the Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh hearing?
I think that Grassley has done a good job and the Democrats have been shameful. No harm done though. They've done themselves no good, just look like fools, and Kavanaugh will be confirmed.
Steve, don't run from this question: "What about the 42.000 pages of Kavanaugh records dumped on minority party about 15 hours before the Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh hearing?"
They weren't dumped on the minority party Ron. They were provided to the entire committee. We know that this is just another made up accusation because the minority party had already made up their minds within an hour after Kavanaugh's nomination. They had no inerest in any facts of the matter.
STOP THAT LIE, RIGHT NOW!!! This is what this video presentation is all about, which you can See the reactions of the committee Chairman. In short, you are saying, who are you going to believe, me or your lying eye’s.
Ron, I watched ALL of the "fireworks". The Democrats were desperate from the start because they have NO chance of preventing Kavanaugh's seating on the Supreme Court as a justice for LIFE. Get over it Ron, if you had watched these 4 days of testimony you would know his legal and moral credentials are impeccable.
Trump administration withholds 100K pages of Kavanaugh records ahead of confirmation hearing. You act like you did not hear about The Trump administration is withholding more than 100,000 pages of Brett Kavanaugh's records from the Bush White House on the basis of presidential privilege ahead of the Supreme Court nominee's confirmation hearing.
This is a cover-up and it is happening right before your eyes and you can't see that is because you don't want to see it.
The American people don't want Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in that LIFE TIME seat
Friday, September 7th 2018 at 6:26PM
Dea. Ron Gray Sr.
The American people will get Brett Kavanaugh, as well we should.
You still have not made mention any thing about the Trump administration withholds 100K pages of Kavanaugh records ahead of confirmation hearing. Don't you know that this is information about Kavanaugh history that is being withheld from you and me, the people of The States Of America?
Trump and his administration is in control of Kavanaugh 100K plus pages of records Steve and they did not want those records known to the American people so, we can make a creditable decision of a man who could effect the Freedoms that the American people enjoy to this day.
Saturday, September 8th 2018 at 1:52PM
Dea. Ron Gray Sr.
The National Archives and Records Administration is screening nearly 1 million pages related to Kavanaugh's time in the White House to make sure none of the material is subject to executive privilege under the Presidential Records Act. It says the review will not be completed until the end of October.
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent agency of the United States government charged with preserving and documenting government and historical records and with increasing public access to those documents, which comprise the National Archives.[6] NARA is officially responsible for maintaining and publishing the legally authentic and authoritative copies of acts of Congress, presidential proclamations and executive orders, and federal regulations. The NARA also transmits votes of the Electoral College to Congress.
The Presidential Records Act (PRA) of 1978, 44 U.S.C. §§ 2201–2207, is an Act of Congress of the United States governing the official records of Presidents and Vice Presidents created or received after January 20, 1981, and mandating the preservation of all presidential records. The PRA changed the legal ownership of the official records of the President from private to public, and established a new statutory structure under which Presidents must manage their records.
Once Kavanaugh became the nominee, Senate Republicans launched a separate operation to start obtaining the White House documents more quickly, directly from Bush's team.
However, Democrats complain that Bush's lawyer has been able to review and release the White House documents selectively and on an expedited basis without full oversight from the Archives.
The documents are being released by Burck as Bush's Presidential Records Act representative, a position he has served in since 2009. The lawyer noted in a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa) that the records were originally provided to the Bush administration from NARA.
On behalf of former President of the United States George W. Bush, we enclose an initial production of 45,083 documents totaling 125,035 pages from the presidential records of the Bush Administration. These documents were collected from data and documents relating to Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh’s service in the White House Counsel’s Office during the Bush Administration that were provided by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
Burck also noted Bush is under no obligation to release the documents. The records in question would not ordinarily become public without Bush's consent until 2021 under the Presidential Records Act.
"President Bush is under no obligation to produce records of his Administration but has authorized this production to assist the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary in its assessment of Judge Kavanaugh’s nomination to the United States Supreme Court and to advance education and research about his Administration," Burck said in his letter to Grassley.
I would hold up the info to, if there was proof that the person I hand picked to a life time position, proof that He had LIED to the committee about his record.
"But the current administration is also able to review the records, and the Trump White House "has directed that we not provide these documents," the letter says.
Excluded for Constitutional Privilege: 27,110 documents (101,921 pages) have not been provided because, as described above, they have been identified as traditionally protected by constitutional privilege, and the White House, after consultation with the Department, has directed that we not provide these documents for this reason.
Constitutional Privilege. Given the confidentiality of White House communications to which a senior White House attorney is a party, it was important to assess whether certain privileges—including the presidential communications privilege, the attorney-client communications privilege, and the deliberative process privilege—apply to these documents. Judge Kavanaugh, an Associate and Senior Associate White House Counsel, dealt with some of the most sensitive communications of any White House official. Every presidential record we reviewed was also provided to the Department of Justice for an independent assessment of its proper categorization and treatment. After completing this review, the Department of Justice and the White House have identified certain documents traditionally protected by constitutional privilege that have not been included in our productions to the Committee on that basis. Accordingly, the White House, after consultation with the Department of Justice, has directed that we not provide these documents. The most significant portion of these documents reflect deliberations and candid advice concerning the selection and nomination of judicial candidates, the confidentiality of which is critical to any President’s ability to carry out this core constitutional executive function. The remaining documents not provided likewise reflect functions within the Executive Office of the President the confidentiality of which has traditionally been considered at the core of a President’s constitutional privileges, including: advice submitted directly to President Bush; substantive communications between White House staff about communications with President Bush; and substantive, deliberative discussions relating to or about executive orders or legislation considered by the Executive Office of the President.
Those was interesting 6 page document, now let me bring you up to date because you ack like you did not know what Cory Booker had done to expose Kavanaugh.
Sept 9th at 8:18 AM PT -- Booker just released a batch of emails between Kavanaugh and other officials that date back to his early days in George W. Bush's administration as an associate of the White House Counsel at the time, Alberto Gonzales.
A lot of the emails appear to be internal communication from 2002 and include discussions on deciding how to screen people at airports and elsewhere in response to 9/11. Kavanaugh makes clear that racial profiling was on the table as an immediate -- and potential long-term -- option.
They also discuss a race-neutral system as ideal, but appear to acknowledge that using racial profiling in the interim would be most effective. Kavanaugh and his associates also seem to note legal loopholes they could invoke to get away with racial profiling and avoid liability. No word yet if Booker has been sanctioned for his actions.
Kavanaugh makes clear that racial profiling was on the table as an immediate -- and potential long-term -- option.
“The fact that there is nothing in that document that’s personal information, there’s nothing national-security-related, the fact that it was labeled as committee confidential exposes that this process, sir, is a bit of a sham,” Booker said.
Then Brooker goes on to say: “We are holding back not only — not only holding back documents, labeling committee confidential, but not even giving us the time to review those documents,” he continued. “I’m sure you can understand, sir, how it puts all of us in a very difficult situation when it’s not you . . . it’s somebody you have to go — then go back to a person named Bill Burck to decide if some document — who is an associate, who is an associate and colleague of the nominee — to figure out which documents are going to be released.”
There seems to be no way for the Democrats to stop Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation. The question is how much mileage will the two Democratic presidential candidates get from it?
Now that I have seen it Ron, I see you have no idea what was said in these 15 minutes, or the extent of those 2 hours of utter nonsense. Here Ron, educate yourself.
The reason why I asked you, this question: “Do you support racial profiling? If so, WHY?” Is because of your support of a man for supreme Court Justice who do.
Know if you are offended by my question then I apologize but there’s no need to fear of the education that l Brought brought fourth.
The reason why I asked you, this question: “Do you support racial profiling? If so, WHY?” Is because of your support of a man for supreme Court Justice who do.
Know if you are offended by my question then I apologize but there’s no need to fear of the education that l Brought brought fourth.
Then I guess we disagree on whether Kavanaugh supports rscial profiling. I watched the hearing Ron and I didn't get that from the exchange, and I don't trust Booker's motives one bit. Did tou watch the last day of testimony? Did you see the testimony given by Kenneth Christmas about Kavanaugh? Or with 4 days of testimony to consider do you just simple mindedly latch onto Booker's dishonest soundbite for your judgement?
Or with 4 days of testimony to consider do you just simple mindedly latch onto Booker's dishonest soundbite for your judgement?
Brett Kavanaugh was proven to be a liar and that he lied under Orth in those E-mails that Bookers exposed to this committee and I know you don't support a lair as a supreme Court Justice, now do you?
The Democrats are desperate. I listened to all 4 days testimony, a luxury not too many people have, and if they do have the time they are generally not interested. Like you Ron, most prefer to only listen to a few sound bites. Brett Kavanaugh is extremely well qualified and all this is is the Democrats continued collective outrage over your impotence.
So you really don't give a damn about Brett Kavanaugh was proven to be a liar and that he lied under Orth in those E-mails that Bookers exposed to this committee and I know you don't support a lair as a supreme Court Justice, now do you?
I don't believe Brett Kavanaugh lied under oath. I want to see a qualified Constitutional originalist confirmed. That's what he is and that's what we will get again.
What is the matter Steve, you don’t believe your own very own eyes 👀? In this link, you see Brett Kavanaugh say he was not involved with Stolen Democratic Memos https://www.democracynow.org/2018/9/10/ex_... but in the E-mails that the Trumpet ministration was trying to hold back from the Kavanaugh hearings, Tells a different story of his involvement, in other words he lied up under oath.
I know you don't support a lair as a supreme Court Justice, now do you?
You can see this with your own eyes Steve, use them.
I know that you hate that we won in November 2016 and in just few days will have another huge win in September 2018.
Tuesday, September 11th 2018 at 9:59PM
Steve Williams
I know you don't support a lair as a supreme Court Justice, now do you?
