[AMV] Amerikaanse politiek #562: papa's pocketmoney

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Op donderdag 4 oktober 2018 23:44 schreef Nintex het volgende:
Ik denk dat Roe vs. Wade een mijnenveld is waar niemand in wil stappen.
Het voelt een beetje aan als de Obama: "Ik sluit Guantanamo" retoriek.

Trump richt zich toch vooral op de economie en geen ander republikein heeft het platform of de steun om zoiets ingrijpends te doen.

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jason_howerton twitterde op donderdag 04-10-2018 om 23:23:58 REPORTER: "What did [Kavanaugh] specifically testify to that you believe is a lie?LUDINGTON: “I have seen Brett drunk to the point he could easily be passed out.”REPORTER: “But you never saw him passed out?”LUDINGTON:https://t.co/gDlQ0S8qao reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 4 oktober 2018 23:38 schreef Monolith het volgende:

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Welke hij?
Ik denk in ieder geval dat veel mensen hier niet heel erg op de hoogte zijn van het Amerikaanse recht als je op Martijn doelt.

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Op donderdag 4 oktober 2018 23:56 schreef Nintex het volgende:
De goalpost is weer een stukje opgeschoven

"Did you see him pass out?"

"No, but I saw him quite drunk"

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jason_howerton twitterde op donderdag 04-10-2018 om 23:23:58 REPORTER: "What did [Kavanaugh] specifically testify to that you believe is a lie?LUDINGTON: “I have seen Brett drunk to the point he could easily be passed out.”REPORTER: “But you never saw him passed out?”LUDINGTON:https://t.co/gDlQ0S8qao reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 5 oktober 2018 00:07 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Welke hij = martijnde3e.

Ik vatte het in ieder geval op tegoedentrouw. Dus zoals de situatie gaat zijn, niet zoals hij letterlijk schreef. Ik kan dat verkeerd geïnterpreteerd hebben.

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Op vrijdag 5 oktober 2018 00:12 schreef Monolith het volgende:

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Tussen het (gedeeltelijk) terugdraaien van Roe v. Wade en een federaal verbod op abortus zit echt een wereld van verschil. Als je dat niet expliciet benoemt, betwijfel ik ook of je dat snapt.

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Op donderdag 4 oktober 2018 23:54 schreef Monolith het volgende:

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Je snapt er niet heel veel van. Trump is volstrekt irrelevant.
De SC kan een zaak krijgen waarin wordt gevraagd uitspraak te doen over een beperkende maatregel die door een conservatieve staat is ingevoerd. Op dat moment komt Roe v. Wade om de hoek kijken.
Met een mijnenveld heeft dat niets van doen.

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SenCapito twitterde op donderdag 04-10-2018 om 23:26:14 My full statement on my support for Judge Brett Kavanaugh and my decision to vote to confirm him to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court: https://t.co/kwvvGYXb6C reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 5 oktober 2018 00:35 schreef Nintex het volgende:

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SenCapito twitterde op donderdag 04-10-2018 om 23:26:14 My full statement on my support for Judge Brett Kavanaugh and my decision to vote to confirm him to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court: https://t.co/kwvvGYXb6C reageer retweet

Pats boem. Weer een confirmed vote.

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Op vrijdag 5 oktober 2018 00:35 schreef Nintex het volgende:

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SenCapito twitterde op donderdag 04-10-2018 om 23:26:14 My full statement on my support for Judge Brett Kavanaugh and my decision to vote to confirm him to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court: https://t.co/kwvvGYXb6C reageer retweet

Pats boem. Weer een confirmed vote.

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Op vrijdag 5 oktober 2018 00:39 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Waarom ben jij voor deze rechter dan en waarom vind je het geen probleem dat hij een linkse conspiracy ziet als wraak voor de Clintons zonder enig bewijs?

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Op vrijdag 5 oktober 2018 00:50 schreef Nintex het volgende:

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Hij ziet geen linkse conspiracy. Hij was pis woest, omdat hij 9 dagen lang was afgeslacht in de media en als verkrachter werd neer gezet. De oorspronkelijke aanklacht was niet eens verkrachting.

Daarnaast, er is niets van gelogen. De social media accounts die normaal gesproken anti-Trump en boe-Rusland propaganda spuwen van MoveOn, NowThis etc. dingen vol op het anti-Kavanaugh orgel. Je ziet er ook geen enkel terugkrabbelen nu de zaken toch niet zo 'zeker' zijn als ze in eerste instantie hadden verwacht.

Logisch ook. Het gaat om een belangrijk politiek spel en veel macht. Geen van beide partijen gaat ooit toegeven dat ze fout zitten.

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seungminkim twitterde op vrijdag 05-10-2018 om 01:02:27 Spokeswoman for @SteveDaines confirms that he will indeed be walking his daughter down the aisle on her wedding day on Saturday, won’t be present for a Kavanaugh confirmation vote if it happens then. 👰 reageer retweet

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Mike Pence has claimed that Russian interference in US elections “pales in comparison” with Chinese meddling, which he said was aimed at ousting Donald Trump.

The vice-president’s allegation echoes a similar claim made by the president at the UN last week, but it has been contradicted by cybersecurity experts and the administration has yet to provide any supporting evidence, other than to point to instances of overt lobbying.

The administration’s own secretary of homeland security, Kirstjen Nielsen, said: “We currently have no indication that a foreign adversary intends to disrupt our election infrastructure.

“We know they [the Chinese] have the capability and we know they have the will. So we’re constantly on alert to watch. But what we see with China right now are the influence campaigns, the more traditional, longstanding, holistic influence campaigns,” Nielsen said on Tuesday at a Washington Post cybersecurity conference.

In his remarks on Thursday, Pence alleged a far more focused Chinese assault on US democracy.

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Pence launches broadside against China's meddling

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President Trump and his conservative allies now see their effort to confirm Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh as central to salvaging the Republican Party’s fortunes in the midterm elections, and hope to use the fervent liberal opposition to his nomination to the Supreme Court as a graphic example of the threat posed by a Democratic return to power in Congress.

The increasingly aggressive attacks on Judge Kavanaugh’s main accuser and the dark warnings about Democrats from his supporters are part of an effort to harness Republicans’ outrage over what they see as a Democratic plot to steal a pivotal Supreme Court seat.

“What the Kavanaugh controversy has done is increase Republican voting intensity so that it is approaching Democratic intensity, which is already through the roof,” said Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster. “Republicans perceive that Judge Kavanaugh is a man who has led an upright and honorable life, certainly as an adult, and feel like his reputation is being trashed and his nomination is being railroaded.”

But even as Senate Republicans are increasingly confident that Judge Kavanaugh will be confirmed, some party leaders fear his confirmation could dissipate some of the anger and sap the party of a powerful source of energy.

To keep that anger alive, conservatives like Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union, argue that the intensity with which Democrats went after Judge Kavanaugh should frame for Republicans the threat posed by the loss of one or both chambers of Congress in November.

Democrats “don’t just disagree with Trump, they hate him and they want him in prison,” Mr. Schlapp said. “The Kavanaugh confirmation is the personification of that.”

“What this election is about,” he added, “is, No. 1, if the Democrats win the House, they will impeach him; No. 2, we’re finally getting our country back, and the Democrats want to pull us off course; No. 3, we want Kavanaugh.”

Other allies of the president have been just as blunt.

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I Am an Independent, Impartial Judge

Yes, I was emotional last Thursday. I hope everyone can understand I was there as a son, husband and dad.

I was deeply honored to stand at the White House July 9 with my wife, Ashley, and my daughters, Margaret and Liza, to accept President Trump’s nomination to succeed my former boss and mentor, Justice Anthony Kennedy, on the Supreme Court. My mom, Martha—one of the first women to serve as a Maryland prosecutor and trial judge, and my inspiration to become a lawyer—sat in the audience with my dad, Ed.

That night, I told the American people who I am and what I believe. I talked about my 28-year career as a lawyer, almost all of which has been in public service. I talked about my 12 years as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, often called the second most important court in the country, and my five years of service in the White House for President George W. Bush. I talked about my long record of advancing and promoting women, including as a judge—a majority of my 48 law clerks have been women—and as a longtime coach of girls’ basketball teams.

As I explained that night, a good judge must be an umpire—a neutral and impartial arbiter who favors no political party, litigant or policy. As Justice Kennedy has stated, judges do not make decisions to reach a preferred result. Judges make decisions because the law and the Constitution compel the result. Over the past 12 years, I have ruled sometimes for the prosecution and sometimes for criminal defendants, sometimes for workers and sometimes for businesses, sometimes for environmentalists and sometimes for coal miners. In each case, I have followed the law. I do not decide cases based on personal or policy preferences. I am not a pro-plaintiff or pro-defendant judge. I am not a pro-prosecution or pro-defense judge. I am a pro-law judge.

As Justice Kennedy showed us, a judge must be independent, not swayed by public pressure. Our independent judiciary is the crown jewel of our constitutional republic. The Supreme Court is the last line of defense for the separation of powers, and for the rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution.

The Supreme Court must never be viewed as a partisan institution. The justices do not sit on opposite sides of an aisle. They do not caucus in separate rooms. As I have said repeatedly, if confirmed to the court, I would be part of a team of nine, committed to deciding cases according to the Constitution and laws of the United States. I would always strive to be a team player.

During the confirmation process, I met with 65 senators and explained my approach to the law. I participated in more than 30 hours of hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, and I submitted written answers to nearly 1,300 additional questions. I was grateful for the opportunity.

After all those meetings and after my initial hearing concluded, I was subjected to wrongful and sometimes vicious allegations. My time in high school and college, more than 30 years ago, has been ridiculously distorted. My wife and daughters have faced vile and violent threats.

Against that backdrop, I testified before the Judiciary Committee last Thursday to defend my family, my good name and my lifetime of public service. My hearing testimony was forceful and passionate. That is because I forcefully and passionately denied the allegation against me. At times, my testimony—both in my opening statement and in response to questions—reflected my overwhelming frustration at being wrongly accused, without corroboration, of horrible conduct completely contrary to my record and character. My statement and answers also reflected my deep distress at the unfairness of how this allegation has been handled.

I was very emotional last Thursday, more so than I have ever been. I might have been too emotional at times. I know that my tone was sharp, and I said a few things I should not have said. I hope everyone can understand that I was there as a son, husband and dad. I testified with five people foremost in my mind: my mom, my dad, my wife, and most of all my daughters.

Going forward, you can count on me to be the same kind of judge and person I have been for my entire 28-year legal career: hardworking, even-keeled, open-minded, independent and dedicated to the Constitution and the public good. As a judge, I have always treated colleagues and litigants with the utmost respect. I have been known for my courtesy on and off the bench. I have not changed. I will continue to be the same kind of judge I have been for the last 12 years. And I will continue to contribute to our country as a coach, volunteer, and teacher. Every day I will try to be the best husband, dad, and friend I can be. I will remain optimistic, on the sunrise side of the mountain. I will continue to see the day that is coming, not the day that is gone.

I revere the Constitution. I believe that an independent and impartial judiciary is essential to our constitutional republic. If confirmed by the Senate to serve on the Supreme Court, I will keep an open mind in every case and always strive to preserve the Constitution of the United States and the American rule of law.

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Op vrijdag 5 oktober 2018 07:19 schreef Igen het volgende:
Kavanaugh heeft een open brief in de WSJ geschreven:

https://www.wsj.com/artic(...)2?mod=article_inline

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Op vrijdag 5 oktober 2018 07:17 schreef DustPuppy het volgende:
Kavanaugh naar SCOTUS heeft volgens analysten 2 gevolgen.

De Democraten hebben nu meer kans om de Midterms te winnen.

En alles wat er uit de SCOTUS komt, kan veel makkelijker weer worden teruggedraaid, zeker als Kavanaugh een beslissende stem erin had.

So much winning!

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Op vrijdag 5 oktober 2018 07:24 schreef Lyrebird het volgende:

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Win win dus. Iedereen blij.

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Op vrijdag 5 oktober 2018 07:19 schreef Igen het volgende:
Kavanaugh heeft een open brief in de WSJ geschreven:

https://www.wsj.com/artic(...)2?mod=article_inline

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Op vrijdag 5 oktober 2018 01:26 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

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seungminkim twitterde op vrijdag 05-10-2018 om 01:02:27 Spokeswoman for @SteveDaines confirms that he will indeed be walking his daughter down the aisle on her wedding day on Saturday, won’t be present for a Kavanaugh confirmation vote if it happens then. 👰 reageer retweet

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SteveDaines twitterde op vrijdag 28-09-2018 om 17:41:36 Just got off the phone with Judge Kavanaugh. Very proud to share that the great people of Montana are standing behind him and I look forward to casting my vote to confirm him. #KavanaughConfirmation https://t.co/f266UKVuNp reageer retweet