Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Corruption in the Senate Confirmation Process

What's happening to Judge Brett Kavanaugh - who, for the record, I do not know - recalls the confirmation battle over now-Third Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Brooks Smith in 2001-2002.

Left-wing lobbyists wrote both the oral and written questions of Democratic Senators to Judge Smith.

Chief Justice Rehnquist, two years earlier, had his staff directly contact the Washington Post to complain about a "Partnership" between the paper and the CRC.Senator Feingold requested an opinion on Judge Smith's ethics from NYU Law School Vice Dean Stephen Gillers.

Suffice to say Judge Smith, who today is the Chief Judge of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, has served since his appointment with honor, dignity, and integrity.

At the end of it all, Karen Smith, the Judge's wife, said to me something that no doubt Mrs. Brett Kavanaugh is right about now understanding vividly.

Based on my experience and research, the entire Senate judicial confirmation process has become corrupted with a capital "C." Liberal special interest groups, as I learned firsthand, write the research and questions for liberal Senators - who then submit those questions verbatim directly to the nominee.

How many questions, both written and oral, to Judge Kavanaugh from Hawaii's Senator Democratic Sen. Mazie Hirono were written by liberal interest groups and not Senator Hirono? Documents from all concerned should be presented to the Senate - and the public.


https://spectator.org/corruption-in-the-senate-confirmation-process/?utm_source=American+Spectator+Emails&utm_campaign=f26f03e251-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_09_25_08_35&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_797a38d487-f26f03e251-104520165

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