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Brett Kavanaugh has been confirmed as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. The vote was 50-48 in favor of Kavanaugh.
Senators Collins, Flake, and Manchin had already announced their intentions to confirm Kavanaugh before the vote was held. Senator Lisa Murkowski, who was previously ready to vote "no", agreed to vote "present" instead so that Senator Steve Daines could attend his daughter's wedding instead of being present in the Senate to support Kavanaugh.
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(Score: 5, Insightful) by Whoever on Saturday October 06 2018, @11:58PM (3 children)
Lets turn that around shall we? If Kavanaugh and Garland would issue the same decisions, why didn't the Republicans confirm him?
Clearly, the Republicans' move was pure partisan politics. They did not confirm Garland simply because Obama nominated him, not because of any perceived ideological position.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by hemocyanin on Sunday October 07 2018, @02:38AM (2 children)
Of course it works that way. We have two right wing pro-war pro-bankster parties who do their best to come up with bullshit issues to say there's some difference between them.
(Score: 4, Informative) by Phoenix666 on Sunday October 07 2018, @12:39PM (1 child)
Yes, that is so. They pretend to have differences to give the illusion of choice to the public while there is no real choice at all. That is designed to keep the public fighting each other instead of fighting the material agenda of the elites.
I would point out that those parties are not really right wing. They're not left wing, either, as those on the self-identified right assert. Rather, they're about power first, last, and always. It's the only value they hold. That we on the outside characterize them as "left" or "right" is entirely according to their design; it incites people on the "other" side, who indignantly stand up and say no no no you guys are the ones who are the baddies--you are responsible for all this.
I keep waiting for the mike to drop, for both sides to pause, comprehension dawning on their faces as they slowly turn and regard the figures in the shadowy alcoves who have been sipping champagne, eating caviar, and petting their white cats while watching the fireworks. It never happens, though.
I want a party that can represent regular people, with big, sensible ideas, like the Progressive Party of 1912, which introduced child labor laws, the FDA, the 40-hr work week, social security, worker's comp, and much, much more. Read their party platform [teachingamericanhistory.org]. We could almost adopt it word for word now, because the same conditions they were fighting then obtain now.
Just read what they had to say about the Democratic and Republican parties, and decide if was really written in 1912 or was ripped from yesterday's headlines:
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 07 2018, @01:48PM
It sounds like you want the Socialist Equality Party [socialequality.com]. It looks like Niles Niemuth over in Ann Arbor, MI and western Detroit is their only candidate. It'll be interesting to see where that party goes.
The Green Party [gp.org] is another good choice.