There is absolutely no justice in an accused criminal being allowed to choose his own judges. As long as President Donald Trump is an unindicted coconspirator under investigation for federal crimes, the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh should not be confirmed.
Protesters were escorted out of Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing just minutes after it began this morning. pic.twitter.com/w8WJqB7krG
— POLITICO (@politico) September 4, 2018
Protesters at the confirmation hearing made their voices heard. Some dressed in costumes from The Handmaid’s Tale, some were arrested, but all showed up to speak out against Kavanaugh or any other nominee from President Trump to the Supreme Court.
WATCH: Sens. Harris, Klobuchar and Blumenthal interject as Sen. Grassley attempts to begin SCOTUS nominee Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing pic.twitter.com/fPowXWbMl3
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) September 4, 2018
President Obama’s nominee to the Supreme Court to fill the late Justice Antonin Scalia’s seat, Merrick Garland, was blocked by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell during his final year in office because McConnell said that the people had the right to have their voices heard in the 2016 presidential election before another justice was seated.
The people certainly deserve to have their voices heard today, as well, but they’re being dragged out of a hearing and arrested for protesting the appointment of a justice to a Supreme Court that is supposed to represent them and their wishes. A majority of people in this country did not vote for Donald Trump, neither did they choose to have him appoint justices to the highest court in the land.
BREAKING: Protesters arrested at Kavanaugh hearing #StopKavanaugh pic.twitter.com/SZQS2dH6mO
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) September 4, 2018
Republicans, however, has pushed it through. They’ve rushed his hearing without all of the legally requested documents and information needed to make a judgment. They have forced a vote on ill-prepared senators and on the majority of American citizens who do not want it done.
So much for “of the people, for the people, by the people,” right?
“It is very hard to perform our role of 'advise and consent' when we do not have a thorough vetting of the background of the candidate,” Democratic Sen. Cory Booker said, answering why he and other Democrats want Kavanaugh's hearing after his records are made available. pic.twitter.com/n3vIYjFTuz
— POLITICO (@politico) September 4, 2018
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