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Brett Kavanaugh Confirmed to the Supreme Court of the United States

posted by takyon on Saturday October 06 2018, @08:10PM   Printer-friendly
from the let-'er-rip dept.

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: 1) by khallow on Sunday October 07 2018, @03:15AM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Sunday October 07 2018, @03:15AM (#745342) Journal

    You missed anther critical point: the judge is misleading the public and gaslighting a victim.

    Unless, of course, that didn't happen.

    If instead he said "yeah, I'm really very sorry, and I'm so glad to have learned how wrong some of our actions were. It's past the statue of limitations, and I'm not the dumb teenager I was. I hope we can educate our youth to behave better than that. It was wrong, and I spend my life in service of justice now." then cool, cool.

    "Cool" because that would mean he wouldn't get the nomination? One should consider whether a nomination process that tends to reward your alleged gaslighting is a good idea.