Monday, September 16, 2019

SCOTUS JUSTICE UNDER FIRE FOR ANOTHER SEXUAL MISCONDUCT ALLEGATION GOING BACK 30 YEARS

Harris bashes Kavanaugh's 'sham' nomination process, calls for his impeachment after sexual misconduct allegation

By Aris Folley

The Hill
September 15, 2019

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), a 2020 presidential contender, on Sunday called for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh to be impeached following the latest allegations of sexual misconduct against him, blasting his confirmation process as a “sham.”

“I sat through those hearings,” she tweeted, referring to the Senate hearings after multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct.

“Brett Kavanaugh lied to the U.S. Senate and most importantly to the American people," she added. "He was put on the Court through a sham process and his place on the Court is an insult to the pursuit of truth and justice. He must be impeached."

Harris is the second Democratic White House hopeful to call for Kavanaugh’s impeachment after a report published by the New York Times late Saturday detailed another allegation of sexual assault against the justice.

The Times reported that one of Kavanaugh’s former male classmates witnessed him allegedly press his genitals against a woman without her consent. The paper also reported that the allegation had not been investigated by the FBI.

Kavanaugh has denied all of the allegations he has faced, calling them politically motivated, and he declined to answer questions about the new allegations to the Times on Saturday.

Democratic presidential candidate Julián Castro also called for the justice’s impeachment hours after the report was published.

“It’s more clear than ever that Brett Kavanaugh lied under oath. He should be impeached,” he tweeted on Saturday night. “And Congress should review the failure of the Department of Justice to properly investigate the matter.”

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), a 2020 presidential contender, on Sunday called for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh to be impeached following the latest allegations of sexual misconduct against him, blasting his confirmation process as a “sham.”

“I sat through those hearings,” she tweeted, referring to the Senate hearings after multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct.

“Brett Kavanaugh lied to the U.S. Senate and most importantly to the American people," she added. "He was put on the Court through a sham process and his place on the Court is an insult to the pursuit of truth and justice. He must be impeached."

Harris is the second Democratic White House hopeful to call for Kavanaugh’s impeachment after a report published by the New York Times late Saturday detailed another allegation of sexual assault against the justice.

The Times reported that one of Kavanaugh’s former male classmates witnessed him allegedly press his genitals against a woman without her consent. The paper also reported that the allegation had not been investigated by the FBI.

Kavanaugh has denied all of the allegations he has faced, calling them politically motivated, and he declined to answer questions about the new allegations to the Times on Saturday.

Democratic presidential candidate Julián Castro also called for the justice’s impeachment hours after the report was published.

“It’s more clear than ever that Brett Kavanaugh lied under oath. He should be impeached,” he tweeted on Saturday night. “And Congress should review the failure of the Department of Justice to properly investigate the matter.”

President Trump, however, took aim at news media and what he called the “radical left Democrats” on Twitter the morning after the report, accusing them of trying to “scare” Kavanaugh “into turning liberal.”

“Now the Radical Left Democrats and their Partner, the LameStream Media, are after Brett Kavanaugh again, talking loudly of their favorite word, impeachment. He is an innocent man who has been treated HORRIBLY,” he tweeted. “Such lies about him. They want to scare him into turning Liberal!”

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) also took aim at The New York Times after the report, saying on Sunday that he thinks “this article just shows the obsession with the far left with trying to smear Justice Kavanaugh by going 30 years back with anonymous sources.”

"I bet you, the next Democratic debate, they'll all be saying, 'Impeach Kavanaugh. Impeach Trump,'" Cruz also said. "There's nobody they don't want to impeach. And at some point, they just have to let the anger go and recognize that the democratic process actually moves on."

EDITOR’S NOTE: Personally, I believe most of the sexual misconduct charges that have been made against Justice Kavanaugh are true. But that was 30 years ago at a time when men were more prone to treat women as sex objects. Then excessive drinking and lewd behavior were quite common among college fraternity members. Kavanaugh should be judged by his post-college conduct, and there is nothing in that conduct which would justify his impeachment.

4 comments:

bob walsh said...

The left is DESPERATE to get rid of Kavanaugh before RBG kicks the bucket or it will leave them seriously up shit creek if Trump gets to appoint her replacement. Having a decent majority of judges on SCOTUS who have actually read the U S Constitution and believe that words have meaning would be very dangerous to the left.

Personally I don't care if Kavanaugh did some flag waving at a drunken college party three decades ago.

Dave Freeman said...

Personally, I believe most of the sexual misconduct charges that have been made against Justice Kavanaugh are utter bullshit. NONE have been substantiated. And the New York Times just this morning is backing down from this latest bullshit allegation.

Innocent until proven guilty, Howie. Especially against unsubstantiated allegations made against someone that allegedly occurred over 30 years ago, by someone with a political agenda.

Unless of course, you are "woke." Are you "woke", Howie. You sure as hell sound like it. We expect better from a man who completed a career in law enforcement and who taught criminal justice at the college level.

BarkGrowlBite said...

Dave, apparently you were never around frat brothers 30 years or more ago. I've personally observed the excessive drinking and lewd behavior Kavanaugh has been accused of at several colleges and there should be no reason to believe the Justice acted any differently when he was in college.

Kavanaugh testified that "I liked beer. I still like beer. But I did not drink beer to the point of blacking out." That sounds like the drunk driver admitting to the cop who stopped him that he did drink some beer, but only three beers.

Dave Freeman said...

Well Howie, I guess you're right after all. You say you've been around frat brothers that acted crazy, therefore you figure Kavanaugh is probably guilty of sexual misconduct.

You've got a keen legal mind Howie. You missed your calling.