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A devastating and

artappraiser — Sun, 30 Sep 2018 19:43:42 +0000

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A devastating and comprehensive analysis of Kavanaugh’s lying, misdirection and dissembling Thursday. Hope the FBI reads this https://t.co/0unerPXCgw
— Laura Rozen (@lrozen) September 30, 2018

Judge Kavanaugh talked

artappraiser — Sun, 30 Sep 2018 19:37:18 +0000

In reply to The American Bar Association had concerns about Kavanaugh 12 years ago. Republicans dismissed those, too.

Judge Kavanaugh talked yesterday about the “politics of search and destroy.”
This memo tells you how to do it, provided the accused is a Democrat and the sex is consensual.

How to handle sexual misconduct hearings, in Kavanaugh’s own words https://t.co/M8Lg22Yvo6 via @qz
— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) September 28, 2018

John Dean:

artappraiser — Sun, 30 Sep 2018 19:32:04 +0000

In reply to The American Bar Association had concerns about Kavanaugh 12 years ago. Republicans dismissed those, too.

John Dean:

If you have read the work of former CIA expert(s) on the telling traits of liars — Spy the Lie by Phil Houston (St. Martin’s 2013 — you know the Judge Kavanaugh’s testimony was filled with lies. It was blatant, and conspicuous, perjury! His testimony alone should disqualify him.
— John Dean (@JohnWDean) September 29, 2018

Big test in the FBI investigation of Kavanaugh. All the world has seen his angry blustery denials of rape. The FBI — which has been mercilessly attacked by Trump — can redeem its honor by finding hard info to end Kavanaugh’s bid for the Court. That’s real justice, a proper end!
— John Dean (@JohnWDean) September 29, 2018

History in the making...https://t.co/TLDDZm1072
— John Dean (@JohnWDean) September 30, 2018

John Brennan:

Key takeaways this week: Dr. Ford is a national treasure; Sen. Jeff Flake is an admirable man with a conscience, while craven politician Lindsey Graham is not; Kavanaugh’s temperament and blatant partisanship are disqualifying of a Supreme Court seat.
— John O. Brennan (@JohnBrennan) September 29, 2018

Silver posts, "But he's very

ocean-kat — Sun, 30 Sep 2018 04:58:35 +0000

In reply to Nate Silver & Josh Marshall

Silver posts, "But he's very comfortable with lying (under oath no less). He doesn't even bother coming up with good, believable lies." Yeah, we all see it. Are they going to just confirm him anyway?

Nate Silver & Josh Marshall

artappraiser — Sun, 30 Sep 2018 03:15:36 +0000

In reply to Comey's small lies matter

Nate Silver & Josh Marshall on the "small lies matter" meme; click on the post date and you'll get 2 more comments by Silver, it's a thread:

During the Whitehouse questions about the yearbook, he's literally almost sneering with contempt while launching into a series of wildly implausible explanations on ralphing, devil's triangle, Renate Dolphin, "boofed", etc.https://t.co/lAowwKhkcz https://t.co/Hj6VmMbufS
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) September 29, 2018

Comey's small lies matter

artappraiser — Sun, 30 Sep 2018 01:57:33 +0000

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In reply to Comey's small lies matter tweet, Benjamin Wittes translates into legalese from case law: the well-settled principle that false exculpatory statements are evidence - often strong evidence - of guilt:

Once upon a time, a judge I very much admired signed an opinion in a Guantanamo habeas case with which I very much agreed. One passage from Al Adahi v. Obama has been haunting me all day. The opinion is here:https://t.co/DCTSDybNEG https://t.co/zKEMnIb1KJ
— Benjamin Wittes (@benjaminwittes) September 28, 2018

The passage reads as follows: pic.twitter.com/BgYD52DlH5
— Benjamin Wittes (@benjaminwittes) September 28, 2018

Dean of Yale Law School

artappraiser — Sun, 30 Sep 2018 01:45:56 +0000

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Dean of Yale Law School endorses ABA request for further investigation @ USAToday, Sept. 28

The dean of Yale Law School – Brett Kavanaugh's alma mater – has joined the American Bar Association in asking the Senate Judiciary Committee to suspend its consideration of Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court until an FBI investigation is completed into multiple sexual assault allegations [....]

Dean Heather Gerken, from the Yale Law School, issued a statement later Friday morning in support of the ABA's decision.

"I join the American Bar Association in calling for an additional investigation into allegations made against Judge Kavanaugh," the statement reads. "Proceeding with the confirmation process without further investigation is not in the best interest of the Court of our profession." [....]

Again, it's the non-judicial

artappraiser — Sun, 30 Sep 2018 01:38:58 +0000

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Again, it's the non-judicial temperament after being accused of assault, stupid:

Kavanaugh’s evasive testimony probably wouldn’t have been allowed in his own courtroom

By Deanna Paul @ WashingtonPost.com, Sept. 29

[....] That defiance seemed to be a device to deflect substantive answers during the hearing. Kavanaugh interrupted and talked over senators and sometimes asked them questions. He also sat in stone-faced silence. He acted in a manner that might compel a judge to hold a witness in contempt of court.

An exemplary moment came when Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) questioned Kavanaugh about excessive drinking, asking whether he had ever “blacked out” after consuming alcohol [....]

From the bench, Kavanaugh surely would have shut down the dialogue immediately, making clear who was running the show [....]

“As a federal judge, you always want the best evidence, don’t you?” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) asked Kavanaugh at the hearing.

As a presiding justice, Kavanaugh’s answer must be yes. Yet as the accused, that’s not what he said. Kavanaugh demurred when asked whether he would welcome an FBI investigation into the allegation, saying, “I welcome whatever the committee wants to do.”

He decried the suggestion that he take a polygraph, saying that “they’re not admissible in federal court because they’re not reliable” — even though he has in the past supported polygraphs as a valuable government tool.

He also offered affidavits in lieu of witness testimony, referring to them on at least four occasions. Yet he failed to mention, however, that the documents would also not be admissible in court. Instead, as a presiding judge, Kavanaugh would have ordered the individuals to appear in court and testify under oath.

His testimony was at times halting and his tears heartbreaking. Some of his points were valid and helpful: Kavanaugh does have a stellar record advocating for female attorneys and selecting law clerks from diverse backgrounds — 21 of his 25 clerks have been women, according to the National Law Journal [....]

Fit with the article that

artappraiser — Sun, 30 Sep 2018 01:23:48 +0000

In reply to The American Bar Association had concerns about Kavanaugh 12 years ago. Republicans dismissed those, too.

Compare with the article that Peracles posted on a previous thread that reminds of Sen. Feinstein's statement at the committee's meeting.

The above was the # 1 most

artappraiser — Sun, 30 Sep 2018 01:14:30 +0000

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The above was the # 1 most popular story @ WaPo until a few minutes ago; by the time I finished reading it it had been knocked down to #2 by this new headline story:

FBI reaches out to 2nd woman who has accused Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct

The FBI has begun contacting people as part of an additional background investigation of Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh. It was unclear whether agents had yet interviewed Deborah Ramirez, who was a classmate of Kavanaugh's at Yale. President Trump said Saturday the FBI investigation “will be a blessing in disguise. It will be a good thing.”

By Shane Harris, Matt Zapotosky, Tom Hamburger and Seung Min Kim
1 hour ago

I note with interest the detail that this story has been filed by WaPo under the category "National Security."