Kavanaugh SCOTUS hearings

[Benton]

(09-06-2018, 03:41 PM)bfine32 Wrote: It also begs the question: Who are Corey Booker and Mazie Hirono to violate Senate rules? Or is OK to violate the rules if we agree with the reason?

Senators. It wouldn't make a ton of sense for a construction worker from Ohio to break Senate rules, as he largely can't. Or isn't bound with them. Or tasked with enforcing them. Or tasked with changing them.

In this case, Booker's rule breaking points out the larger problem that dates back through several decades and multiple administrations: the government is lying to people. I haven't had a chance to see exactly what was released, but from the description it's trivial information on racial profiling. Possibly something irrelevant to the nomination. And it's something likely to get cherry picked to make either him or the Bush administration look bad, but it doesn't sound like anything that should be shielded for security purposes.