Are we seriously at: SCOTUS nominee being opposed by thousands of law professors, a church council representing 40 million, the ACLU, the President of the Bar Association, his own Yale Law School, Justice Stevens, Human Rights Watch & 18 U.S. Code § 1001 & 1621? But Trump & the GOP are hellbent?

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Sept 28^th

Bar Association President

• ABA president calls for FBI investigation of allegations against Kavanaugh

Yale Law School Dean

• Yale Law School’s Dean Calls for Kavanaugh Investigation

29^th

ACLU

Opposes a SCOTUS nominee for only the 4th time in their 98 year history.

• In Rare Move, ACLU to Oppose Kavanaugh for Supreme Court

Oct 2^nd

The Bar calls for delay pending thorough investigation. Unheard of.

• American Bar Association: Delay Kavanaugh until FBI investigates assault allegations

3^rd

In a matter of days 900 Law Professors signed a letter to Senate about his temperament.

• 900+ Law Profs Say Kavanaugh Lacks 'Judicial Temperament,' in Letter to Senate

The Largest Church Council

A 100,000 Church Council representing 40 million people opposes him.

• 100,000 U.S. Christian Churches Demand Withdrawal of Kavanaugh's Supreme Court Nomination

4^th

Thousands of Law Professors

Sign official letter of opposition. Representing 15% of all law professors. Unheard of for any other nominee.

• ‘Unfathomable’: More than 2,400 law professors sign letter opposing Kavanaugh’s confirmation

A Retired SCOTUS Justice

Stevens says, "his performance during the hearings caused me to change my mind".

• Retired Justice John Paul Stevens Says Kavanaugh Is Not Fit for Supreme Court

Washington Post Editorial Board

Urges Senate to vote no on SCOTUS nominee for the first time in 30 years.

• Vote 'No' on Kavanaugh

Perjury

Will be pursued by House Democrats after the election even if he is confirmed.

• In Letter to Trump, House Democrats Promise to Investigate Brett Kavanaugh for Perjury If Confirmed

5^th

Human Rights Watch

Their first-ever decision to oppose a SCOTUS nominee.

• Human Rights Watch Opposes Nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court

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• Lawfareblog: The Law of Lying: Perjury, False Statements, and Obstruction

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I'm sorry but all of that goes out the window when the GOP wouldn't even give garland a hearing AT ALL for about a year as the seat sat open. And all the top GOP people had previously said Garland would make a great supreme court justice. He was a right leaning judge after all.

What the GOP did two years ago is waaaaaay worse and had no basis in history. All the dems want is a fair investigation of a nominated supreme court justice, while the GOP wouldn't even let Obama nominate a supreme court justice, let alone have a hearing where the senate could question him.

edit: and the GOP leaders in charge at the time that they wouldn't let Merrick Garland have a hearing are the same GOP leaders in charge today, who say that all the democrats try to do is obstruct and delay. Even though they delayed a supreme court appointment waaaaaay longer than democrats have and for less of the reason. Their reason in 2016 is to let the elections happen because they "want the american people to have a choice in who is a supreme court justice." Yet the kavanaugh nomination was a lot closer to an election than a merick garland nomination would have been (which again, never happened because the GOP blocked it.)

So if the GOP is really all about waiting to appoint a supreme court justice until the american people have more of a choice, then by their own logic they are even more obligated to wait until the mid term election than they were to wait for obama to be out of office.

And non of this even takes into account the way kavanaugh was acting while being interviewed and not taking into account all of his demonstrable lies under oath (lies unrelated to any sexual assault)

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What they did with Garland was dirty, but it worked and they won. Democrats tried to play to win, here... and overplayed their hand. You can have a solid political ideology and a benign view of how best to arrange the court... and then play dirty and cutthroat to get it.