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Joseph Britt Retweeted
Praise, pity and Trump: a look back. https://www.facebook.com/jedward.britt.7/posts/1388131807892577 …
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Joseph Britt Retweeted
Back in November 2016, Evan Osnos wrote a piece that I've thought about a lot since -- and especially now in light of the Woodward revelations and the NYT op-ed: Resisting Trump from Inside the Governmenthttps://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/11/21/resisting-trump-from-inside-the-government …
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Thread. On Kavanaugh, by senior Judiciary Committee Democrat
@SenatorLeahy — this was obviously prepared by Leahy & staff prior to today’s hearing, but after Trump WH asserted executive privilege to keep Bush WH records secret.https://twitter.com/SenatorLeahy/status/1037415316375134210 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
Thread. This is probably true.https://twitter.com/gingergibson/status/1037406709478764545 …
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A President would be too busy (invading Iraq & watching the economy collapse & such) to be bothered with investigations as Clinton had been. Kavanaugh would now, if confirmed, deploy his conviction on behalf of a President who spends half his time watching TV and playing golf.
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9/11: a terrorist attack made possible by an indolent, careless President asleep at the switch. After it happened, Kavanaugh — having been hired by that same President — adopted the conviction that a President must not be questioned while in office.
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9/11, so Kavanaugh now says, was a seminal event for him, changing the very aggressive attitude he had taken, as part of the Starr inquest of Bill Clinton, about questions a President should have to answer in an investigation of suspected wrongdoing.
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...without some federal agency telling them they can’t. The Federalist Society crowd from which Kavanaugh springs is lavishly funded by the very sources of concentrated wealth, so he takes their side. This irony isn’t the only one.
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...complex situations throughout a vast country without specific direction in statute language. This so-called Chevron precedent is loathed by concentrations of economic power; if they want to dump toxic waste in a river to avoid some expense, by God they want to do it...
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Kavanaugh, in particular, would abandon the very sensible reasoning Scalia relied on as to agency discretion in how laws passed by Congress can be applied & enforced. Agencies are established by Congress to have subject matter expertise; Congress expects them to manage...
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Addendum: I can’t keep myself from noting some powerful ironies in the above. Kavanaugh takes a wildly broad view of the Chief Executive’s powers, but a very narrow one of Executive Branch agency authority.
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@ThePlumLineGS may be right about this. It is a simpler message, and in campaign politics simpler is generally better. In any event, Sargent’s argument deserves careful attention.https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2018/09/05/how-bad-will-trumps-abuses-get-todays-kavanaughs-hearing-could-provide-a-clue/ …Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
6. In terms of political messaging, an electorate anxious for some kind of check on Trump might be especially receptive to criticism of a “blank-check” Justice, and of the Republicans eager to put him on the Court to defend The Leader.
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@ThePlumLineGS thinks Kavanaugh’s view of Presidential power is more salient. His record suggests Kavanaugh would rule Constitutional almost anything the President who appointed him did. This could tempt recklessness in a President prone to it.Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
4... they make it easier for Republican candidates to win elections. Some of these decisions have trashed precedent in this cause. Kavanaugh would do the same. I still think corruption of justice to serve party is a theme with kick, but
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3....Kavanaugh is giving now — may not have always been consistently conservative, but have absolutely been consistently Republican. Decisions including Shelby County, Citizens United, Husted, Abbott, and Janus have one common thread:
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2. I have thought the best message for Democrats involved the theme of corruption that applies to so much of the Republican Party. Specifically, GOP-appointed Justices on the Court now — who all gave the same assurances about respecting precedent & calling balls and strikes...
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<Thread> on Kavanaugh. I have taken the view that Senate Republicans will most likely unite in defense of Trump & Trump’s Supreme Court nominee. Kavanaugh will therefore be confirmed. Democrats had best come away from this fight with a clear political message.https://twitter.com/theplumlinegs/status/1037342894653362176 …
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Getting worn down by the continual rain here in southern Wisconsin. I feel like I’m living on Ferenginar.
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Joseph Britt Retweeted
Brett Kavanaugh essentially just admitted that he'd overturn Chevron deference if he gets on the court. This is the biggest reason why big business is so pumped about him and has spent millions to get him confirmed. It would dramatically undermine the administrative state.
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Interested in social media’s response to Russian and other information operations?
@MollyMcKew is live-tweeting Senate Intelligence Committee’s overdue hearing on the subject this morning.https://twitter.com/mollymckew/status/1037334880441561088 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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