Kavanaugh SCOTUS hearings

[Dill]

(09-04-2018, 07:52 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Fair enough; however, I do not see how releasing any documents that the Bush Admin considers worthy of protection is going to have any bearing on Kavanaugh; as I disagree with you and Matt that the Staff Sec makes any policy. He/she is just routing documents to the correct authority. Has 0 to do with his qualifications as SCOTUS member.

Of course I have also taken the stance that the Press Sec does not have to agree with everything the Administration does/states and that has been met with equal objection.

A couple of quick points:

1. Bush is fine with turning over the documents. It is the Trump administration which is withholding them.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-to-withhold-100000-pages-of-kavanaughs-white-house-records/2018/09/01/217cf9e0-adf9-11e8-8f4b-aee063e14538_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.8d68cffaafb1

2. The documents could tell us a great deal about Kavanaugh's character. When appointed to the circuit court of appeals, he swore to the Senate he had nothing to do with the Bush WH torture policy, in no way shape or form.  Turns out that he was involved, at least verbally, with the policy process.  It looks like he lied to the Senate back then; the documents currently withheld might shed more light on that adventure.