# The Supreme Court Nominee: Brett Kavanaugh shares certain tastes with Trump. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 16, 2018, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-supreme-court-nominee-brett-kavanaugh-shares-certain-tastes-with-trump/821459 "2018-09-16T20:28:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2018, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-supreme-court-nominee-brett-kavanaugh-shares-certain-tastes-with-trump/821459/101 "2018-09-30T06:06:50Z")
Those are solid points John. I can’t tell from news reports whether the constraints permit reasonable investigation to take place. If not, we’d expect charges of whitewash. (Of course we’d expect charges of that anyway, but they could have better or worse grounding.) The refusal to investigate Swetnick’s charges is pretty serious. My internal reference point is Anita Hill. The debate was murky until solid reporting by 2 WSJ reporters after Thomas was seated. I doubt whether the 1 week investigation will prove pointless from the perspective of evidence or due diligence, even with the constraints. I could be wrong. If I am… I’ll have to update my preconceptions regarding the benefits of investigation. My impression is that the FBI is good at what they do, though I’d expect the report to apply neutral language. Then again, with this administration, you can’t rely on norms. > [@](#): > > I also think it would an incredible stroke of luck if Safeway still had employment records from 1982 filed away somewhere, even if the FBI were allowed to talk to them. Is it Safeway? They are unionized. It’s weirdly possible that Mark Judge has a small pension there. If so… records. Certainly, it’s plausible/likely there are records of _other_ employees who worked there at the time. And if you need to keep data for some, you may as well keep data for all. Maybe. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2018, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-supreme-court-nominee-brett-kavanaugh-shares-certain-tastes-with-trump/821459/102 "2018-09-30T14:15:45Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Why bother? His confirmation is in the bag. Whatever comes up, he’ll be sitting in the Supreme Court in no time. This is probably true. Kavanaugh is on record as having said the president (Trump) should not be “distracted” by investigations of any kind (never mind his involvement with Clinton - he worked with Ken Starr, he was deeply involved in the Whitewater “investigation”, he personally urged Starr to expand the Whitewater investigation to include looking at the death of White House staffer Vince Foster). He apparently thinks only Trump should be immune. He is a darling of the anti Roe vs Wade bible thumpers. He has shown himself to be a rabid partisan hack (in his screed against Democrats) during his own hearing. He claimed the women speaking against him were hired by Democrats. He already has a history of pushing conspiracy bullshit. And there is the upcoming case of Gamble vs. USA, which is all about separate sovereignty - allows **both federal and state prosecution** of the same crime as the governments are “separate sovereigns”. … and which would directly to Trump, who could then really **weaponize his pardons to** even stop **investigations at the state level**. _The case has been analyzed in **the context of the Special Counsel investigation into the Trump campaign; if the separate sovereigns doctrine is overturned, a pardon of federal charges from Donald Trump may prevent state prosecution**.[1][5] United States Senator Orrin Hatch filed an amicus brief in the case, arguing against the separate sovereigns doctrine; a spokesperson for him denied any relation of the brief to the investigation, saying that Hatch wants the doctrine to be overturned due to “the rapid expansion of both the scope and substance of modern federal criminal law.”[1]_ - Yeah uh huh. Yeah. That’s the ticket. Trump wants him NOW. Why? He is Trump’s boy. The religious freaks want him because he will help them overturn Roe vs Wade. The fat cats want him because he is rabidly pro-corporation. He is a toxic fucking stew of everything shitty crooked they want. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2018, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-supreme-court-nominee-brett-kavanaugh-shares-certain-tastes-with-trump/821459/103 "2018-09-30T14:18:58Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > Sure, because everybody knows that rape and Satanic ritual abuse are about equally common occurrences. Consequently, bringing up Satanic ritual abuse in a thread about rape is not at all a disingenuous rhetorical tactic intended to make rape accusations seem less credible. Of course not. I think his point was, it wouldn’t make any difference. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2018, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-supreme-court-nominee-brett-kavanaugh-shares-certain-tastes-with-trump/821459/104 "2018-09-30T14:20:54Z")
> [@JB99](#): > > Go fuck yourself, shitbag. > > Your only function is to **rubber stamp anti-abortion laws and protect Trump from impeachment. You have been a Republican partisan shill for decades** , and your fate was sealed the moment you aligned yourself with the Orange Fuckstain. > > You want to cry about your tattered reputation and unfair Senate hearings? You can eat shit and die. … and die **slowly and painfully**. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2018, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-supreme-court-nominee-brett-kavanaugh-shares-certain-tastes-with-trump/821459/105 "2018-09-30T14:22:41Z")
> [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#): > > Kavanaugh tries to act like he is outraged at the accusations, \*\*but he doesn’t want an FBI investigation. \*\* > > The 3 **witnesses against him want an FBI investigation** , though it would involve legal consequences if they were shown to be lying. > > Kavanaugh also **doesn’t want he former drinking buddy, Mark Judge, to testify**. He [continues to lie](https://twitter.com/allegrakirkland/status/1045407105610657792). > We passed the point of ridiculousness long ago. Yes. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-supreme-court-nominee-brett-kavanaugh-shares-certain-tastes-with-trump/821459/106 "2023-01-21T20:54:35Z")
A new documentary at Sundance: > **[Inside Sundance's Top-Secret Brett Kavanaugh Documentary](https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/inside-justice-sundance-top-secret-brett-kavanaugh-documentary-doug-liman-deborah-ramirez-1234665450/)** > > Justice, director Doug Liman’s (The Bourne Identity) film exploring the allegations of sexual misconduct against the Supreme Court Justice, debuted at the Sundance Film Festival > **[New Damning Brett Kavanaugh Sexual Assault Allegations in Secret Sundance Doc](https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-brett-kavanaugh-sexual-assault-allegations-in-secret-sundance-doc-justice)** > > A surprise, last-minute addition to the Sundance lineup, the rage-inducing film “Justice” features new on-the-record allegations of Kavanaugh assaulting women at Yale. > **[Sundance Surprise Movie ‘Justice’ Reveals More About Brett Kavanaugh Sexual...](https://variety.com/2023/film/news/brett-kavanaugh-sexual-assault-documentary-justice-sundance-film-festival-premiere-1235497169/)** > > “Justice,” a documentary that delves into sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, was secretly in the works for more than a year before it was added as… ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2023, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-supreme-court-nominee-brett-kavanaugh-shares-certain-tastes-with-trump/821459/107 "2023-04-28T12:55:21Z")
> **[Revealed: Senate investigation into Brett Kavanaugh assault claims contained...](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/28/brett-kavanaugh-investigation-omissions-senate-sexual-assault-claims)** > > 2018 investigation in the lead up to supreme court justice’s confirmation found ‘no evidence’ to substantiate claims of sexual assault ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2023, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-supreme-court-nominee-brett-kavanaugh-shares-certain-tastes-with-trump/821459/108 "2023-04-30T17:39:45Z")
So let me get this straight: Kavanaugh got “acquitted” by the Senate in the Yale indecent exposure incident because of a claim of mistaken identity…with an individual who was not attending Yale at the time, but years later shared info supposedly from Hunter Biden’s laptop. I don’t even want to know what kind of drugs that whoever writes this shit is taking. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-supreme-court-nominee-brett-kavanaugh-shares-certain-tastes-with-trump/821459.md?page=5)