OA209: Kavanaugh's Confirmation
Today's Rapid Response Friday is all about the conclusion of the Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings for Brett Kavanaugh.\xa0 What did we learn?\xa0 What's still outstanding?\xa0 Are liberals really guilty of trying to bribe Susan Collins?\xa0 And, most importantly:\xa0 what can we\xa0do about any of this??\xa0 Listen and find out! We begin, however, with an important Andrew Was Wrong. After that, we delve into all the week's issues surrounding the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings, including:\xa0 (1) the status of Kavanaugh's nomination; (2) whether liberal crowdfunding efforts really count as efforts to "bribe" Republican Sen. Susan Collins; (3) an in-depth look at Kavanaugh's written answers to the Senate Judiciary Committee; (4) a shockingly misleading question from Opening Arguments's good friend, Sen. Ted Cruz; and finally (5) a preview of next Tuesday's discussion of a weird case called Glucksburg.\xa0 Phew! After all that, we end with an all new Thomas Takes The Bar Exam #93 regarding double jeopardy.\xa0 Did Thomas learn enough from the Ashley Judd Law'd Awful Movie of the same name??\xa0 We'll find out!\xa0 And, of course, if you'd like to play along with us, just\xa0retweet our episode on Twitter or share it on Facebook along with your guess and the #TTTBE hashtag.\xa0 We'll release the answer on next Tuesday's episode along with our favorite entry! Appearances Andrew will be debating originalist (and Kavanaugh clerk!) Justin Reed Wilson in Louisville, Kentucky on September 27 at Impellizzeri's Pizza.\xa0 Be there and be square! Show Notes & Links
- This is the (ugh) Newsmax exclusive about Collins's accusations of "bribery;" you can click here to see what Ad Fontes thinks about Newsmax as an organization.\xa0 The bribery law, of course, is 18 U.S.C. \xa7 201., and the court decision we discuss is\xa0McDonnell v. U.S., 136 U.S. 2355 (2016).
- Here's the late-breaking Feinstein letter.
- We strongly recommend reading Kavanaugh's answers.\xa0 If you can stomach his misuse of the word "precedent" every few lines.
- This is the transcript of Ted Cruz's "Washington Generals" questions of Kavanaugh, and if you want a head start on next week, you can start reading\xa0Washington v. Glucksberg, 521 U.S. 702 (1997).