The second day of the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett continues today at 9:00am ET.
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The second day of the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett continues today at 9:00am ET.
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ACB has stoned Feinstein completely…. “well let me go to something else…” she said when she couldn’t get the judge to cave into the gotcha questions.
Feinstein would have been far better off to keep it short. I think she was trying to redeem herself after her “dogma lives loudly” gaffe. It didn’t work. Feinstein, like many of them, is old and incompetent.
Feinstein showing how lost in the past she is by quoting the 60’s – And abortion
In the 60’s the pill was even widely known about.
There was really not a remotely reliable birth prevention other than abstinence.
Now there are over 20 different types of birth control.
Tubes tied and vasectomy were things not even thought about at that time.
There was no Plan B…the day after pill.
There was no early pregnancy test. On and on.
Stone Age and Barbaric at this time in history.
oops..the pill was NOT known about.
The pill was available before 1965 because that’s when I got married and got a prescription. Also paid for it as I didn’t expect the government to.
Ok, Clinesmith, we’ll allow it!
So, Feinstein is speaking from real-life experience. She is in her 90’s, so in the 60’s she was in her 30’s.
And she has how many children? Didn’t have any birth control but abstinence?
Now we know why she is such a sourpuss . . .
I think she’s 87 but regardless, what is with these people staying in their Senatorial positions into their late 80’s. I believe in elderly wisdom, respect for elders and so on but this is not best practice, their should really be a retirement cut off at 80. They obviously love their power and their continued yearly salary paid for by us, Joe Public, more than anything else.
There definitely needs to be some kind of “competency” hearings or term limits! The number of Senators who have remained in their position for 30, 40, or even 50 years is astounding! And is one of the main issues with why the Swamp exists! What is a swamp after all but a stagnant pool of brackish water, filled with algae and debris? We desperately need fresh, cleansing streams of cool mountain water to flush it out and then we need to periodically drain it and start over again!
And that also goes for all of the career staffers who are often the ones actually writing policy and controlling the agenda. As evidenced by these hearings, the actual Senators and Representatives are often just figureheads – it’s clear that many of them do not possess the intellectual heft necessary for their position!
I would so love to hear a person in some sort of public, official capacity, who when the question of a woman’s right to choose comes up, would point out that she made the choice when she dropped her drawers for a quick thrill. It is not the baby’s fault that it’s mother was so selfish and irresponsible that she seemed to forget what the potential outcome of sex could be.
The numbers bear out that abortions for convenience far outnumber those from rape or danger to mother so that is not a valid justification. Abortion has just become, and probably always has been, just another way for humans to avoid responsibility for their actions. And this is why the Democrats dangle it like a carrot to court voters, they make EVERYTHING political. Watching these hearings proves that.
The issues are never really the issues, they are just symptoms of the real, human problems that the politicians don’t want to touch, which is why nothing ever gets fixed.
They only have one retort…what if she was raped or incest….my respinse is that that is a miniscule number and that once you decide killing a baby is ok does it matter if its for convenience ..or conceived in rape
Don’t forget the father when you blame the quicky pleasure sex with no protection for unwanted pregnancies. It takes two to tango.
That said, abortion should never be considered a method of birth control. It isn’t. It’s a method of murder.
Indeed. But they strive to live without consequences. That’s what it is about. imo
Ooops, condoms have been available since at least the first Greek City States in ancient times.
thedoc00—laughing-you are so right.
This really comes down to one simple thing. The left has advanced their agenda through the courts because most American people would never go along with their perversions in all its hideous forms and abortions.
They now realize that their ability to ram through unconstitutional things through perverted judges that have no regard for the constitution and their ability to advance their agenda is coming to an end with judges that actually respect the constitution and aren’t there to be activists.
By accusing ACB with being the one to change the make up of the court, liberals are openly admitting that the Supreme court is not about nine judges making rational and reasonable judgments. It shows that the Supreme Court has been infiltrated with leftist activists that will only ever side with their activist agendas.
Truly one of President Trumps greatest achievements will be putting in judges that actually carry out the spirit and letter of the constitution.
MAGA.
That is why the D RATS want to pack the court.
Hugh Hewitt played on his radio show this morning Biden’s speech of thirty or so years ago. It absolutely destroyed the notion of packing the SCOTUS and bounced the rubble. It was a brilliant speech, must have been written for him by a smart staffer or more likely he just plagiarized it from someone smart.
Xi Ping must be laughing his arss off every time he sees us wearing a mask.
For sure.
They actually wear them in Asia because of the awful, choking pollution. We have none in the US.
They actually became the rage in Japan around 2003. It was worn to prevent hay fever, not to prevent the spread of disease.
The Constitution doesn’t say that an illegal immigration has a absolute right to collect welfare, food stamps, free housing and medical but it does state that I have the right to keep and bear arms yet Obama judges would rule that illegal immigrants do and I don’t!
Comment of the day! So far – you HAVE IT!
I have stated my thoughts {concerns really} the Left would attempt another slander campaign w/ her. Thankfully not to this point however I trust D’s not an inch so will keep my powder dry.
Would be nice for her and the family to have a treasured memory of the proceedings.
I’d be remiss if I didn’t comment on Justice Kavanaugh too. His confirmation was an American shame brought on by a despicable group of people. I’d like to reach out to him and apologize on behalf of citizens that are proud of him and his family,
Thank you Justice Kavanaugh.
Drogers – spot on! Justice Kavanaugh as my kids like to say was “done dirty”. He and his family deserve our praise and thanks –the Democrats are despicable, evil, and extremely twisted. God bless he and his family!!!
God bless HIM.
Plenty of time for Dems to be Dems. I do believe they are attempting to discipline themselves but if their crazies bark loudly enough, “White knuckling” won’t work and it’ll be on.
Don’t forget what the same group did to Judge Bork.
Some reader criticism notwithstanding, I found Lee’s presentation so incredibly on point, and I loved his clear delineation between laws and judicial rulings re those laws. Also, being himself, true, Supreme Court material, his vivisection of Chief Justice Roberts narcissistic ruling on ACA was cherishable.
No matter what he has done since, Lee will never outrun the fact he tried in 2016 to get Ted Cruz nominated from the RNC Floor over the elected nominee candidate Trump.
Hey, they didn’t ‘get’ Trump. They bear that on their soul. But isn’t salvation beautiful? And it’s there for all of us!
I dare say the majority of Treepers were less than sure about President Trump as he descended on that escalator.
Could be! Who knows?
What with the BLM and Antifa crows making headlines, My bible Study is looking at the life of Fredrick Douglass. Amazing story and clearly one of overcoming. If it wasn’t for Christianity and the idea of “All men (and women) are equal in the eyes of God.” Slavery would still be here ( as it is in Moslem countries) President Trump knows this. The Dems still want division and hate. Just like they always have.
I’m for reparations-paid in full by the Dems who started and continued this mess-pay up, Donks.
4EDouglas – Fredrick Douglass was an amazing person! I do wish more people would be aware of him.
“A man’s rights rest in three boxes.
The ballot box,
jury box
and the cartridge box. ”
Fredrick Douglass
Great guy ?☺
(re nominee Amy Cony Barrett)
Prior to Scalia’s seat being filled, and after I became acquainted with Judge Barrett’s record, I felt very moved by this woman’s qualities, thinking she was the best choice for Scalia’s seat. After Kavanaugh’s name was swirling in the news, I advocated here at CTH for her over Kavanaugh, but then, realizing that, in general (no offense intended to women), females are much more concerned with the opinion of others, and might be less clear-sighted about upholding principles (no matter the cost), I reversed my opinion and commented that the President should choose Kavanaugh, the male, instead.
As evidenced in these hearings, Amy Coney Barrett has a spine of steel (the only person that comes to mind is Joan of Arc). And Brett Kavanaugh? Well, we’re still waiting to find out.
Your sexist rhetoric deems you not as great as your moniker would have on believe
You’re entitled to your own point of view, but I won’t bore everybody else with so pointless a discussion about what constitutes sexism.
BTW, in case you missed it, I’m not personally Donald The Great. That’s a reference to somebody else we know. Long may he live!
It’s not “ sexist “ it’s stereotyping. And, it’s true. Sometimes the truth hurts.
It is NOT true.
Anyone who thinks women are too easily persuaded never met my daughter… OR her mother!
Donaldthegreat qualified the comment with “in general”. The comment is not sexist.
Can someone not make a general observation about a group of people and not be labeled sexist or racist?
If most black people like fried chicken, its not racist to say “black people like fried chicken”.
If most women are slower runners than men, its not sexist to say “women are slower runners than men.”
Of course there are exceptions, but thats so elementary that it goes without saying.
Actually if you had taken the time to read donaldthegreats full comment without getting triggered, you would have realized he is actually suggesting that ACB might have more spine than Kavanaugh.
:star: :star: :star: :star: :star: AGREE with you dawg; your last paragraph is spot on.
Well, if you’re female like I am you know that’s it’s your prerogative to change your mind ! ??????
“females are much more concerned with the opinion of others, ”
Thank you for the laugh. ?
What is makeup for?
What’s shoe lifts for?
(correction)
Kavanaugh was seated to fill Kennedy’s slot, not Scalia’s who was replaced (although not exactly) by Gorsuch.
Here comes the mute button
The implication of Durbin’s theory is that the vast majority of the Criminal Element within Chicago, who, by the way, are gang oriented & predominantly Black, simply drive over to Indiana & purchase their weapons at “gun shows”……And that stricter background checks will close that “loop hole” & cure the crime in Chicago….LOL
Yes, and although I don’t have a cite for it at the moment, I have read multiple studies debunking that.
Whenever the gun grabbers, like Dick Durbin, bring up about muskets being the weapons available at the time the 2nd Amendment was written conveniently leave out the fact that many private citizens owned cannons and some even owned warships. These people completely disregard the concept of why we have a 2nd Amendment.
Yes, and they only had megaphones to amplify speech, so television, radio, internet are obviously not protected by the first amendment. /s
What makes it all alright is , he loves her. ?
Dang! Wrong spot… See below?
Whitehouse you are a putz.
His charts are too complicated, the fonts are too small to read easily, and his commentary is disjointed. Through the presentation alone, whatever argument he is promoting is a failure.
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Succinct and irrefutable.
It must be tough to be ACB’s husband. On one hand he has a beautiful, super smart, family and career balanced wife and on the other hand he has to live the rest of his life losing every husband-wife argument.
I know Jesse Barrett has a great career also.
You described my life – lol! It isn’t so bad. Just avoid arguments!
Or recognize the lawyer’s tactic of when losing an argument, changing the topic. Then call her out on that. If she’s intellectually honest, she will cop to it.
Wtf Whitehouse does all your blather and cute little postage stamp sized show and tell boards (RI Budget must be tight ?) have to do with the Justice Barrett Senate hearings?? She has repeatedly said in almost every answer her job is to interpret and apply the law, Congress job is to create the policy.
He isn’t like filibuster. When he is finally done she should ask
“can you repeat that please?”
NOTHING. What a complete LOSER AND IDIOT
Poster child for years of elite inbreeding!!!!
^^He is like a filibuster
His own little campaign rally.
His inferences are disgusting.
He should be sanctioned for misuse of a nomination committee.
I keep laughing at the earlier comment about Sheldon Whitehouse being known back home as Wheldon Shitehouse – that is a keeper!
So glad you said all that! And yes to the “Can you repeat that please?” Lol ? ??
I find Whitehouse’s presentation interesting, too bad no republican senator will spend their time doing a blow by blow of the left’s networks and funders. Newsflash, money influences, film at 11. In other breaking news, water is wet.
It sounded to me like he described the tentacles of the Democrat/Clinton/Obama/Biden machine
Ted Cruz is going back at him a little bit, no charts but he doesn’t need them. Happy to see push back
Do you think the senators realize that the only people watching is the press and people that are already heavily invested on one side or the other? Senate hearings are never about learning anything, just about politicians getting in front of the cameras to bloviate for a while — and no one is even listening. Not even their colleagues. Just ACB trying to stay awake and figure out what in the heck any of what they are saying has to do with her.
The Senators are using this as an opportunity to create SoundBites for the 6 O’clock News. When all the Karen’s get home, they’ll want to know what positions they’re expected to echo for their favorite elected liars
Hey Mitch…Bring down the gavel, end this insane shit show and go to vote….pizz on the democraps. why give them a stage for this idiocy?
Get on with it…..
Barney Rubble gone wild!……Glad our Senator use the WP for their fact based information.
So the question is, what are Barney’s donor and the DNC getting for their money.
Barney Rubble was , at least, adorable.
Barney is making a good case to get rid of Roberts!!!!! Yea, we need that. Give Trump Ted Cruz about the elections.
after not about
talk about “unlimited money” this doofus should be OUSTED … how can people vote for these people? The Democrats have taken UNLIMITED money from people donating to the Biden campaign who cannot even be TRACED
This is stunning that they are so desperate
waiting for more of the Treepers commenting on Sheldon Whiteboard
sj1 ~
I’m not sure it’s even a word but … he thinks very highly of himself. Every issue is critical and timely because he deems it so. His piercing insights lighting the way for stupid and lost souls.
Self-indulgence followed close behind by self-important.
*has just one word until the dictionary told me it wasn’t one. ha
Senator Whitehouse makes his grandstanding presentation acting like it’s only Republicans that engage in activities to push their agenda. Garbage! What a hypocrite! Talk about dark money – WOW – the Democrats (Steyer, Soros et al). The Demoncrats are excellent presenting this information because they’re excellent schemers and plotters and at hiding their activities. Republicans need to respond, but they WON’T !!!
I take that back about Republicans – Go Senator Cruz !
Sheldon apparently doesn’t know about lawfare!
Who do you think did his charts???
Bingo!
Sheldon is very aware of lawfare fanbeav. At the last hearing by Judge Sullivan in the Flynn case, Sullivan let his old pal Judge John Gleeson do a political attack against Flynn & PDJT.
The very next day, Sheldon was sitting in the James Comey testimony and Whitehouse spent his time pontificating against Ratcliffe’s declass AND telling the committee all about John Gleeson’s testimony going so far as to infer that because Gleeson is a Judge, everything he said is fact……
Sheldon knows lawfare, he’s part of it……
Sen. Whitehouse talking about “Dark money” is sooo funny. If a Republican receives money it is “dark money” but if a Democrat receives money from any group that is ok. What about K Street Sen. Whitehouse? How much “Dark Money” do you and your buddies get from them?
SOoooo after all that Whitehouse never even asked a question to Justice Barrett?
Sounded like he just outline the Democrat playbook about “dark money”
The Dems know they won’t be able to stop this confirmation, so they’re using these hearings for every other political purpose imaginable.
Gerrymandering – give me a break. They mastered it. Dark Money, Hillary has made it an art. How about Soros? Geez. They are projecting again. Barney needs to pull his head out of his butt.
I don’t think Whitehouse’s testimony was relevant at all to this hearing.
And he still is a PUTZ.
PUTZ? More like a sphincter orifice.
Well there’s that..lol
Ted Cruz outing Dim dark $$ reality. Excellent.
The river of DarkMoney flowing thru this election is mind blowing.
So now it’s official. Two more woman-haters, republican senators Lisa Murkowski & Susan Collins, have said they will be voting against ACB.
Susan Collins wants to get reelected. She will confirm.
Collins is in a tight re-election race. If Mitch can get Barrett confirmed without Collins (Pence can break a 50-50 tie), then he’ll give her a pass. It’s unfortunate, but the possibility of judicial confirmations being controlled by Schumer is worse than her one vote.
Collins will abstain, citing her objection to doing this before the election.
It will be her attempt to straddle the fence to get re-elected.
It won’t work.
Is turtle setting up another Collins speech moment?
Source???
Oh right…you don’t have one 🙂
Provide link(s) to your source(s), please. Thanks in advance.
For the love of Pete— some Republican better make this into a poster prop. No need to discuss. Just prop it up.
Mr. Dark Money….
So when does ACB get to answer any questions? Isn’t that supposed to be the point of a hearing. To get to know her?
She answered Feinstein’s, and left Feinstein’s “logic” shredded like coleslaw.
I wonder if the Dems are afraid to ask any law-related questions of her. So they just do campaign commercials on the taxpayers’ dime.
“Angel Hair” coleslaw 🙂
Dims and Lapdogs playing nice ie— they can’t afford to lose more woman votes.
We remember how Justice Kavanaugh and his family was treated.
Oh, yes. Compelling. Just like Justice Kavanaugh……
Dims and Lapdog – Do something! We’re losing the American voters like a sieve.
Indeed. People really like her, they identify with her, ( our ego tells us we could be like that too?) and these jackals have been told to back off.
Bless Ted Cruz for trying to bring decorum and a touch of humanity to this pointless show.
Senator Cruz magnificent again today.
So Cruz is asking all these wasted questions on piano lessons, etc. during the Lock Down but why doesn’t he mention the UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND ILLEGAL GOVERNORS’ ORDERS REGARDING LOCK DOWNS AND MASKS?
Kolbuchar invites the mute button..and doing the dishes.
Also- how about calling out Amy Klobullshitter regarding the false number of deaths allegedly from covid?
Klobuchar can’t handle the “normal” proceedings in the CDC approved room.
Joe Biden is “The Catholic” running for the Senate.
The President “plopped” a Supreme Court nominee—- could Klobuchar be more disrespectful to ACB?
ACB was “nominated” due to the death of RBG. It’s his Constitutional duty.
I think what we all forget here is that in the Democrats’ mind, they are entitled to pick the SCOTUS justices. After all with the exceptions of Alito, Thomas and Scalia, THEY HAVE!
Right now the court has 2 conservatives: Thomas and Alito, 3 Swings – Roberts, Gorsuch and Kavanaugh and 3 solid Leftists. No one knows for sure where ACB will fall until she rules.
But I don’t understand what the Democrats are so worried about. If ACB is confirmed and seated and is indeed a solid conservative, then the court will be totally balanced: 3 solid conservatives, 3 swings and 3 solid liberals.
NOBODY not on life support can believe Roberts will vote to overturn either Roe v Wade OR ObamaCare. After all he WROTE ObamaCare.
As always, the Democrats overplay their hand and stir up a tempest in a teapot.
Methinks Klobuchar contracted Swine Flu 11 years ago and morphed into a 300 pound Sow. What a contemptable pig.
Wasn’t her husband freaking cured from the virus by the malaria drug??? Did she ever thank , PT??
Says the women who used a hair comb to eat her salad on an airplane. No wonder liberals are usually angry and hate everything about our country. They listen to blowhards like Klobuchar.
But the Aimeeeee has feels, you know. She cares, oh my, how she cares.
I heard that. Maybe that’s what’s wrong with her. She hasn’t coughed up that hair ball yet.
I just tuned in during the blathering fool Whitehouse’s soliloquy. I laughed out loud at the hypocrisy. They can’t be serious-it is just so ridiculous. Thank God for Ted Cruz who actually has knowledge. However not alot of questioning of Judge ACB.
They are afraid to! ?. She makes them beyon meat hamburger!!
What makes Klobuchar so hideous to me is that her husband went to the hospital with Covid in the early days. It looked bad. YET, he “miraculously” recovered and this despicable woman has NOT said what the doctors treated him with – my bet is it was HCQ.
How CRUEL must one be to not divulge what saved her husband so that many others may also live? Her hatred of President Trump was more important than saving thousands of lives. She is pure EVIL.
This is in response to Gabytongo’s reply up thread and focusing on the “her hatred of President Trump as more important” comment.
I am gathering from this election and seeing yard signs with biden/harris, even in Idaho, is that it focues solely on the hatred of President Trump. This hatred drives people to decide based on emotion rather than a robust economy that is thriving, for example. All they want is to vote this president out of office…back to the obama/biden days – which baffles me beyond any comprehension. This tells me that people don’t look at the issues but base their vote on hatred. Forget bringing soldiers back from war, more money in paychecks, lower taxes, a wall to protect everyone in this country, cleaner air and so on. The biden/harris voters (from what I’ve gathered) vote on their driven hatred. It’s almost like it is palpable. In any event, I pray God will soften their hearts. Idaho will go for President Trump in droves. We love him in this state.
I agree. Thank you.
Exactly! I said the same before I saw your comment….but not as well!.
Klobucher is just blathering on and on, but at least she sounds a bit smarter than the rest of her party members on the committee.
Not that it changes a thing, but I just left a message on her DC office line, that all shedid in voting in the ACA was to aid one “victim class” by creating another, all the working families that could no longer pay the ridiculous deductibles. No, Amy, we have NOT forgotten.
Apparently, Klobuchar needs to hear the seat on the Supreme Court is NOT RBG’s.
I wish POTUS today would offer this: NO MEMBER of Congress shall be exempt from the laws they pass for others! They would have re-thought the ACA if that were the case, so that it did NOT simply remedy a situation for one class of people while creating huge problems for another.
Members of Congress and their immediate staffs are on Obamacare (unless they have a spouse with an employer plan). Committee staff and House and Senate staff organized a “small business” to qualify for the exemption and get a group plan from a private insurer.
It’s NOT hard for people to vote, dammit.
Hey, Amy, are Americans so damned soft they can’t stand in a line?
Amy Klobuchar Drama Queen.
Wear your beloved damned mask if you’re so afraid.
That quaking voice drives me crazy.
The 28th Congress set the date for the Presidential election in 1845, and subsequent congresses and a constitutional amendment between 1872 and 1914 aligned elections for congress with the same date. So, US Voters who were far less mobile and connected starting over 100 years ago have had no problems voting until the democrats said their current constituents just can’t seem to make on time even with a 2-3 week early voting head start.
Quick, get a fire extinguisher, klobutcher’s hair is on fire ? !