"The Cruelty is the Point."

2seaoat wrote:“We all remember that Atticus Finch was a lawyer who did not believe that a mere accusation was synonymous with guilt,” Cornyn said. “We could learn from Atticus Finch now, during this time when there has been such a vicious and unrelenting attack on the integrity and good name of this nominee.”

Thank you for making the proper connection.  This is the essence of American character and due process cannot be discarded because the mob failed at the polls to advance their agenda.  This is no less evil than what happen to that man in a courtroom.........you are either a protector of equal protection, or you are not.......and do not let the lemming in front of you make that decision for you.

othershoe1030 wrote:

2seaoat wrote:“We all remember that Atticus Finch was a lawyer who did not believe that a mere accusation was synonymous with guilt,” Cornyn said. “We could learn from Atticus Finch now, during this time when there has been such a vicious and unrelenting attack on the integrity and good name of this nominee.”

Thank you for making the proper connection.  This is the essence of American character and due process cannot be discarded because the mob failed at the polls to advance their agenda.  This is no less evil than what happen to that man in a courtroom.........you are either a protector of equal protection, or you are not.......and do not let the lemming in front of you make that decision for you.

This would have gone down much differently had the culture of our society not been so patriarchal in nature. All this baggage, while in the process of being corrected by the sexual revolution of the 70's and the current #metoo movement is still the water we swim in and can't be discounted.

I see that retired Supreme Court Justice (Republican) Stevens has stated that Kavanaugh's performance at his hearing should be enough to disqualify him.

By Robert Barnes October 4 at 6:42 PM
Retired Justice John Paul Stevens said Thursday that he no longer believes Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh should be confirmed to the Supreme Court, citing Kavanaugh’s heated performance during a Senate hearing last week.

Stevens, 98, made the comments in Boca Raton, Fla., before a group of retirees, according to the Palm Beach Post and the journalist who interviewed Stevens at the event.

Stevens, who served on the Supreme Court from 1975 to 2010, told the audience that he had praised one of Kavanaugh’s rulings on campaign finance in a book that Stevens wrote in 2014.

“At that time, I thought [Kavanaugh] had the qualifications for the Supreme Court should he be selected,” Stevens said, according to the Palm Beach Post. “I’ve changed my views for reasons that have no relationship to his intellectual ability. . . . I feel his performance in the hearings ultimately changed my mind.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/retired-justice-stevens-calls-kavanaughs-hearing-performance-disqualifying/2018/10/04/70c4a36e-c81a-11e8-b2b5-79270f9cce17_story.html?utm_term=.b2923817d18d

2seaoat wrote:

I was talking about the ABA President's opinion countering the ABA standing committee.  In regard to a judicial rating from 12 years ago.  Not relevant to his current ratings.  He may have in fact deserved those ratings in 2006, and he most certainly deserves the ratings he has received from the standing committee.

He was NEVER downgraded by the committee which makes the ratings.

2seaoat wrote:

I thought the reference was the current ABA President making statements, not the committee.