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1. After I refuted "perjury" claims against Judge Kavanaugh re: his testimony on the Pryor nomination, some asked about the claim that Kavanaugh perjured himself re: #Memogate. So here goes. #SCOTUS #KavanaughHearings #KavanaughConfirmationHearings
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Because character assassination has become an essential element of the process.
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For R nominees only, it would seem.
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Lol. Bro. We can agree what's being spewed out here is wrong, but please don't try to make this a one-sided thing or pretend like this isn't happening at all from the other side.
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Did it happen to RBG, Breyer; Sotomayor or Kagan?
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Not to the same extent, but some attacks on Sotomayor misrepresented things she had said and crossed the line. http://volokh.com/posts/1244505308.shtml …
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Great post,
@jadler1969; couldn't agree with you more on "(re)establish[ing] a norm of focusing on a nominee's experience & credentials, instead of their judicial philosophy." Not that looking at philosophy is totally illegitimate, but "focus" is right word. -
Ah yes, high-minded “Norms” cough...Merrick Garland...cough cough
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