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Isn't the Supreme Court awfully small for a country of this size? Time to expand. (And investigate Kavanaugh).

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Kavanaugh should certainly be impeached. After his performance at his hearing he absolutely doesn’t belong. I would argue that Thomas should also be impeached. Neither one are of SCOTUS judicial fiber.

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Kavanaugh has had some very shady financial windfalls. HCR has alluded to this before, and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse has been following his smelly trail closely.

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a35853157/sheldon-whitehouse-brett-kavanaugh-debts/

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Have you ever read Sen. Whitehouse's piece on the Federalist Society? https://medium.com/senator-sheldon-whitehouse/the-third-federalist-society-f8a3ff2e19fd

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They were approved by the Senate and constitutionally they're the only ones a nominee has to satisfy as to their fitness. Now, if we can find some actual wrongdoing, that would be sweet, you're right!

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I would support that, for sure! Pretty steep hill to climb, though.

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If we let them get away with that crap, we’ll never get truth and accountability in government. Which is why I support ACLU and SPLC as best as I am able because they actually do the legal work for accountability. I very thankfully don’t see people throwing up their hands because it’s hard. Unfortunately accountability takes a long time because thankfully for most anyway we still presume not guilty.

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I certainly agree. Unfortunately, our outrage doesn't move the needle much legally. I would be surprised--but pleasantly surprised--if any action is taken.

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As I have said before here, any weapon we use against them will eventually, inevitably, be used against us. Dems were the first to limit the filibuster for judicial appointments, a policy that was then extended by the Rs, for example. SCOTUS could be expanded by each party successively more or less forever.

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