Not getting elevated to SCOTUS ≠ punishment Don't need to believe Kavanaugh's guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Just need to think an alternative would be better for the country (it would). Removed from DC Circuit = punishment Requires higher standard of proof. Hasn't been met.
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Replying to @NGrossman81
A thing that could possibly be met if an investigation by law enforcement of any flavor got involved. And that's what he's so mad about.
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Replying to @TLColson
Possibly, but I doubt it. The reasonable doubt standard would need more than victim testimony. Physical evidence unlikely, since case is so old. Something dramatic--like Judge hypothetically testifying that Kavanaugh did it--would be needed. Otherwise criminal trial would acquit.
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Replying to @NGrossman81
The line of questions from the prosecutor involving the July 1 calendar entry and 3 names seems like the beginnings of possible corroboration. Of course, no one will ever know because it won't be investigated.
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Replying to @TLColson
Possible. Though I think the most likely result would be continued uncertainty. Meaning: it's possible Kavanaugh was at a party like the one Blasey Ford describes, but that doesn't prove he was at that specific party, nor prove that he did what she accuses him of.
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Replying to @NGrossman81
And this rabbit hole does not negate the fact that he does not show the temperament or rationale to sit in that bench. So many dangling questions. I wouldn't hire him for an in house counsel job.
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Right. That's why I distinguished between elevating him to SCOTUS and removing him from DC Circuit. We know enough to think he shouldn't be confirmed. But would need hard proof to impose a punishment, such as removal from his current position.
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