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https://crooksandliars.com/2021/07/elie-mystal-brett-kavanaugh7/24/21 9:38am
MSNBC Analyst Ticks Off Reasons Kavanaugh Is An Impeachable Sleaze
"[Kavanaugh] does not belong on the Supreme Court," says Elie Mystal. Also: Democrats, and Democrats alone can fix it.
By Aliza Worthington
Normally I am not into Democrat-on-Democrat grousing, but one of the things that differentiates and frankly, distinguishes us from the GOP is our ability to handle criticism and self-reflection, resulting in actively seeking paths towards ethical enlightenment and improvement. While in no way should we ever, EVER allow the fascist, misogynistic Republican party off the hook for Brett Kavanaugh's appointment to the highest court in the land, we can and should be actively trying to remove him now that we hold the tools to do so.
Consider this list of reasons, spouted off by Elie Mystal quite possibly the only human capable of pulling me out of vacation mode to write a post for work.
Whooooo, doggie.
Listen, It's not like these Dems don't already have enough to do right now, what with reuniting babies with their families, rolling out measures to reverse the avalanche of pandemic death unleashed by TFG's criminal and power-hungry neglect, fight to maintain voting rights being stripped from the very folks who've brought them their slim and potentially short-lived majorities to begin with, deal with economic crises, and restore our nation's standing in the world. But if we Democrats have shown anything it is that we can multitask. Mystal's drum has always been court-reform and justice, and if he wasn't beating that drum, he wouldn't be him.
Democracy has a lot of work to do after the reign of terror that was the previous administration, and the aftereffects it has unleashed in red states around the nation. Kavanaugh's appointment, though, was absolutely one of the most egregious, aggressively symbolic abuses by that disgusting orange-sprayed hair-plugged failed realtor, AND the party that hosted and feted him, having every bit the reach of any of the others.
Democrats, and Democrats alone can fix it.
Kingofalldems
(38,360 posts)tinrobot
(10,848 posts)Can you sit on the Supreme Court from jail?
madville
(7,397 posts)Well past the statute of limitations on most possible crimes from his younger days.
brooklynite
(93,840 posts)He certainly won't be convicted and removed.
Enter stage left
(3,389 posts)I was a Realtor for almost 30 years, and we had a code of ethics that was beyond reproach.
He is a real estate salesperson just slightly above (maybe not in this case) a used car salesman.
The Realtor community watches and reports on transgressions, and ethics violations.
I know, I did it on numerous occasions, and served on the Realtor Ethics Commission in Utah.
I managed a 75-80 agent brokerage for 5 years, and only had 2 complaints against our agents in that time. That was due to the extreme training we put our agents through, and the standards we held them to.
Please, I beg you, learn the difference between a real estate salesperson (notice no caps) and a Realtor.
Maraya1969
(22,441 posts)that alone would cause his exit from SCOTUS
Lochloosa
(16,018 posts)Resignation. Which won't happen
Death. We can only wish.
Impeachment. Which won't happen.
Faux pas
(14,582 posts)JoeOtterbein
(7,697 posts)So I did not have to do the same!
Corgigal
(9,291 posts)if youre listening. We have 4,500 tips on a possible male predator.
madville
(7,397 posts)You need 2/3 of the Senate to convict, not gonna happen in our lifetimes.
keithbvadu2
(36,360 posts)IOIYAAR
RANDYWILDMAN
(2,644 posts)He didn't get 60 or close to 60 and should never have been on the court.