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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: 2) by Reziac on Sunday October 07 2018, @02:40PM (2 children)

    by Reziac (2489) on Sunday October 07 2018, @02:40PM (#745490) Homepage

    Yes, I agree entirely, but there does exist a core of genuine, committed, well-paid Antifa -- look how different they are in Europe (where Antifa is mostly genuinely dangerous thugs who don't back down) from the mostly-LARPers in the U.S. Once our LARPers crumble, the committed types will remain. Not many, but enough to be a problem, at least in the cities where they've made a habit of letting thugs operate as they please. Here in flyover country, their careers would get, ah, truncated.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday October 07 2018, @03:02PM (1 child)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Sunday October 07 2018, @03:02PM (#745503) Homepage Journal

    They're not enough to be a problem now, even if they were all committed to the cause. They would be a non-issue if mayors and police chiefs didn't tell their cops to stand down and let them do whatever they like.

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    • (Score: 2) by Reziac on Sunday October 07 2018, @03:40PM

      by Reziac (2489) on Sunday October 07 2018, @03:40PM (#745521) Homepage

      And there's the rub. Knock a few of 'em into the bushes and the LARPers would all slink away. The rest aren't a serious problem YET. Hopefully those cities will get their act together and keep 'em that way, but I wouldn't count on it.

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