American Bar says NO VOTE UNTIL FBI Investigation is complete. PER CNN

[FromTheAshes]

Don Lemon, Manu Raju reporting.

[Cha]

1. KR I hope it's good news.

[FromTheAshes]

2. American Bar Association says HOLD UP ON BRETT VOTE until after FBI investigation complete!!!

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

3. Lol! Hell yeah!

[blueniteflower]

5. hurray! n/t

[Cha]

8. YAY! There's That!

[BigmanPigman]

4. The American Bar Assoc wants to delay it until after an FBI investigation.

I doubt it will have any effect on the GOP....they are ready to shove this through by Mon.

[FromTheAshes]

23. Was it the ABA that bretty boy was saying that he had a high rating with for judicial

temperament?

[BigmanPigman]

29. I guess he hasn't any longer.

He was also in a Jesuit school and they have also withdrawn their endorsement of him. No respect for his religion or for his chosen profession any longer. He only has respect for white, entitled men in positions of power.

https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2018/09/27/editors-it-time-kavanaugh-nomination-be-withdrawn

[Hortensis]

53. Surprisingly vague and ambiguous, but

"this nomination is no longer in the best interests of the country." Guess I expected more crisp reasoning from Jesuits to give me words, but I certainly agree. They are not proud of this product.

[pangaia]

39. Yuppers.

[FromTheAshes]

6. American Bar IS DEMANDING AN FBI PROBE. Bye Bye Brett. nt

[Alhena]

10. You realize the ABA has no actual power, right?

[FromTheAshes]

12. Yes but still...it's not a good look that that body is calling for an FBI investigation. Seems like

everybody thinks an investigation would be a good idea except good ole bretty boy.

[LenaBaby61]

43. Yes but still...it's not a good look...

Do you honestly think for ONE minute that thuglicans care one bit about how they look? NOPE, because if that was the case, they wouldn't be acting like the despicable, evil, racist, sexist asses they're been acting like. Dems better learn WHO they're fooling with once and for ALL and fight back. Look at that circus shit show today--Brett Kavanaugh WILL more than likely be confirmed. thuglicans have left a permanent stain on the Supreme Court forever unless Kavanaugh is removed from the High Court. It's bad enough that Thomas is on there.

thuglicans don't CARE what Dems or what a majority of the country thinks because if they did, they wouldn't be supporting a treasonous, sexually assaulting, lying, racist, mentally ill piece of human shit like tRump whose trying to turn this country into the USSA, because putin WANTS him to. He's trying to DESTROY this country. thuglicans don't care about shit but about remaining in power forever and about destroying Dems.

[Volaris]

16. They can still disbarr him?

Would the GOP REALLY be that ballsy, to put a DISBARRD LAWYER on the goddamn SC?

I think Roberts wouldnt have it.

[onenote]

24. no

The ABA is not a licensing organization. Lawyers are admitted to practice by state bars and can only be disbarred by state bars.

[Volaris]

38. Yes I understand that (and it makes sense)

But if his State Bar assoc DISBARRD him tomorrow do u think the GOP would have the guts to still vote him dispite the fact that a SC non doesn't have to have any prerequsite qualifications?
I can't imagine even they would have that kind of moxy...

[bench scientist]

32. Also fun fact there are no legal qualifications required to sit on the Supreme Court.

We have had many Justices that did not go to or complete law school. The last was Justice Jackson.

[Volaris]

40. Jackson didn't finish law school, but he did pass the bar exam for his State...

So says wikipedia lol

[Jarqui]

33. I do not see why they cannot

Usually, when one jurisdiction suspends or disbars, the rest follow accordingly.

Another member of the bar can initiate proceedings.

I think anyone can file a complaint but it is probably best done by someone living in the jurisdiction to help give the complaint standing
http://www.dcbar.org/attorney-discipline/for-the-public/file-an-attorney-complaint.cfm

All Supreme Court Justices have been lawyers

Complaints might look into his sexual conduct but evidence of him lying (perjury) might be easier to get them to sanction him.

It is an interesting route that might give them pause.

[spooky3]

7. Good news!

[Leghorn21]

9. Are you shittin me!!???

OH PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

prayer hands

[FromTheAshes]

11. I swear it...not the Kavagnaw kind either...TRUTH HERE!!!!! I was about to go to bed...now I'm

wired!

[Leghorn21]

17. See below, your post is CONFIRMED

THANK YOU ASHES

We can BREATHE AGAIN

[FromTheAshes]

28. Hey Leghorn, thanks for doing that Legwork !

Corny I know.

[Leghorn21]

36. Yeah but I LIKE CORN, Ashes!!!

WOW!!!!




So happy!!!!

[Iliyah]

13. This may lead to term limits for the USA SC

The USA citizens are pissed.

[at140]

34. Yes, ALL gov't service should be term limited

8 years for president,
12 years total for congress,
16 years for judges/justices,
18 years max for bureaucrats.

20 years total for all gov't positions served combined.

There is no reason for anyone to have a life long job
in the government.

[LovingA2andMI]

37. Agreed....

NO MORE LIFETIME APPOINTMENTS and Term Limits at ALL Levels of Federal Government.

[Leghorn21]

14. CONFIRMED

NEW: The American Bar Association calls on
Senate Judiciary Committee to halt Kavanaugh
proceedings until after the FBI completes a
probe of the sexual assault allegations,
effectively siding with Democrats.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/27/politics/kavanaugh-american-bar-association/index.html …

Link to tweet

OH HOLY SHIT

[oasis]

15. Now let's see Sen. Graham discredit the ABA.

[Volaris]

19. Yeah...and say what u will about Roberts otherwise,

something tells me he won't be inclined to host this drunk for dinner once a week.
Just saying.

[Hoyt]

18. That seems the only legitimate way forward, "for both sides" as trump normally says.

[dalton99a]

20. The rapist bragged and bragged about his ABA well-qualified rating today

[FromTheAshes]

25. Right....? And he's done it other times too for sure...his "judicial temperament"...it was the ABA

he was touting ....right????? This is PRECIOUS!

[Stellar]

21. here, here!

https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/27/politics/kavanaugh-american-bar-association/index.html

[Cognitive_Resonance]

22. The Republicans have been pushing the American Bar Association as "the gold standard" as

recently as today during Graham's put-on fit.

[oasis]

31. MSM must play this up to the max.

[FromTheAshes]

35. This news is dropping just in time for Good Morning America etc... tee heeeee nt

[NickPeace]

26. Please Oh Please

I need some hope 🙏🏻

[renate]

27. This at least might give some cover for Sen. Flake

And it dramatically increases the size of the asterisk next to his name forevermore if he’s confirmed.

[musicblind]

47. Flake once said this about the ABA:

"I think the ABA’s long history of liberal political activism makes it very hard to see how their process isn’t biased."

I hope his opinion has changed since announcing his retirement.

[triron]

30. Good.

[triron]

41. kick for visibility

[R B Garr]

42. Fantastic! True patriots!

Investigate Kavanaugh’s lies. This is a great development.

[musicblind]

44. Holy shit! This is huge.

If the GOP ignore it... that's huge.

If the GOP agrees to the investigation... that's huge.

Either way, wow.

For the American Bar Association to step in like this, that's incredible. A good majority of the Senate are members. Lindsey Graham just called them the gold standard.

[musicblind]

45. However, Senator Jeff Flake once said:

"I think the ABA’s long history of liberal political activism makes it very hard to see how their process isn’t biased."

Flake said that before he announced retirement, though. So, who knows.

That was said because the ABA only considered 93% of Trump's judicial nominees to be qualified rather than an infallible 100%.

[Initech]

46. The GOP got their marching orders from the Kochs and Putin.

They'll vote on this if it kills them.

[musicblind]

48. And it will. n/t

[Talitha]

49. Amen!!!

Gotta keep BRAT Kavanaugh from being approved!!!

[john657]

50. You do realize that the ABA has no power to stop the vote don't you?

The pubs will just ignore them and procede with the procedural vote tomorrow.

[musicblind]

51. It will make them look horrible, partisan, and at least mildly unhinged

if they were to just outright ignore the American Bar Association.

[Garrett78]

52. It's all on Flake, Murkowski and Collins to demand an investigation.

[demmiblue]

54. K&R