My position on the #Kavanaugh confirmation: Both outcomes are completely unacceptable.
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Imagine this court has to intervene in an election, or confront one of the difficult issues that divides the nation. Kavanaugh's involvement will undermine the legitimacy of any decision in which he votes along expected lines.
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On the other hand, we can't have a republic with veto-by-accusation, even if most accusations are true. The incentive to weaponize accusation will drag such a system quickly into an accusation-arms-race in which cooperation becomes impossible, and true victims are ignored.
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This lose/lose situation is the same position we had on election night, 2016. It's telling. Our system has gone into a phase in which we are regularly forced to choose between unacceptable options. Normal tools won't save us. To survive we must embrace the new and unknown. Let's
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I strongly believe the allegation only came forward because the other checks weren't working. He is clearly unfit, but the Senators don't care. He should never have been nominated, he's been an ideologue with fringe ideas for a long time.
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Veto by accusation is the perfect description of this fiasco. I’m going to steal it.
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Do you think he was treated fairly by Democrats? Do you doubt they treat him like this because of who he is and the threat he poses to Roe v. Wade ( and not to "believe the survivor")? Is he partisan for pointing it out?
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I genuinely have no idea what this man is like, however he should be appointed or not on his merits. Far from there being no corroborating evidence, it appears the evidence sought has shown no substance to the allegations.
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This is the keystone issue. Lack of due process and not challenging accusations for their veracity is the same method used in the South for lynchings
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