Regardless of the fate of Brett Kavanaugh's nomination, the Senate should censure the ranking Democratic member of the Judiciary Committee, Dianne Feinstein.
As a matter of institutional integrity, the Senate cannot let this wrong go unaddressed.
Censure is appropriate in this case for the Senate to defend its procedures and institutional reputation.
We don't know what contact she had thereafter with the accuser or the accuser's Democrat-activist Washington lawyer - but we do know that Feinstein kept the information from her Senate colleagues, ensuring it was untested and unmentioned in the committee's hearings.
The Chronicle specifically noted that her treatment of the more than three-decade-old assault charge was "Unfair to Feinstein's colleagues - Democrats and Republicans alike - on the Senate Judiciary Committee." Across the political aisle, her conduct was called "Totally dishonest and dirty" in the pages of the Washington Examiner; the Wall Street Journal, more restrained, described her conduct as "Highly irregular."
No one should know better than Feinstein herself that such deceptive and obstructive conduct, widely regarded as "Unacceptable," "Fully deserves censure," so that "Future generations of Americans ... know that such behavior is not only unacceptable but also bears grave consequences," bringing "Shame and dishonor" to the person guilty of it and to the office that person holds, who has "Violated the trust of the American people." These quoted words all come from the resolution of censure Feinstein herself introduced concerning President Bill Clinton's behavior in connection with his sex scandal.
If the Senate gives Feinstein a pass for her irresponsible and self-serving abuse of the chamber's processes, that number will deservedly fall still further.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/09/kavanaugh-hearings-dianne-feinstein-senate-should-censure/
As a matter of institutional integrity, the Senate cannot let this wrong go unaddressed.
Censure is appropriate in this case for the Senate to defend its procedures and institutional reputation.
We don't know what contact she had thereafter with the accuser or the accuser's Democrat-activist Washington lawyer - but we do know that Feinstein kept the information from her Senate colleagues, ensuring it was untested and unmentioned in the committee's hearings.
The Chronicle specifically noted that her treatment of the more than three-decade-old assault charge was "Unfair to Feinstein's colleagues - Democrats and Republicans alike - on the Senate Judiciary Committee." Across the political aisle, her conduct was called "Totally dishonest and dirty" in the pages of the Washington Examiner; the Wall Street Journal, more restrained, described her conduct as "Highly irregular."
No one should know better than Feinstein herself that such deceptive and obstructive conduct, widely regarded as "Unacceptable," "Fully deserves censure," so that "Future generations of Americans ... know that such behavior is not only unacceptable but also bears grave consequences," bringing "Shame and dishonor" to the person guilty of it and to the office that person holds, who has "Violated the trust of the American people." These quoted words all come from the resolution of censure Feinstein herself introduced concerning President Bill Clinton's behavior in connection with his sex scandal.
If the Senate gives Feinstein a pass for her irresponsible and self-serving abuse of the chamber's processes, that number will deservedly fall still further.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/09/kavanaugh-hearings-dianne-feinstein-senate-should-censure/
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