Kavanaugh SCOTUS hearings

[Belsnickel]

(10-08-2018, 02:31 PM)bfine32 Wrote: So I will add you with Fred , Dino, Dill, and others that state presumption of innocence is not a basic human right and that it should not have been extended to Kavs in this case. 

Misrepresenting what I said isn't new for you, so this isn't surprising.

(10-08-2018, 03:15 PM)Benton Wrote: I think the perception was there well before that, mostly due to the GOP. 

After the Clinton impeachment, Republican lawmakers led the "the Democrats are rigging the system" charge about the executive and judicial branches (never mind the fact that the SCOTUS said the sexual harassment suit it stemmed from couldn't wait until he was out of office and that it was a Senate vote, not a SCOTUS decision on obstruction or perjury). They've fostered that implied idea with CLiton and outright with abortion (even though they've had executive and legislative authority since Roe V Wade and not made a realistic attempt to dent pro-choice laws).

And, most likely, Democrats will now do the same. "Vote for us, it's the only way to make sure the millionaires in the GOP don't crush you in the courts." When, in truth, the majority of the court is already pro-business, anti-individual already.

Oh, I agree the perception was there before that. Bush v. Gore is another example. We could go back and look at many cases that provide this perception, pretty much all the way to the beginning. There has just always been a correction at some point. The court gets highly partisan, and then there is something like the court packing threat from FDR that makes everyone realize things have gone too far and there is a course correction. This current path is thanks in large part to the Federalist Society and their efforts to politicize the courts, which have been extremely successful.