SOURCE: BlackPressusa.com
“This Senate hearing on Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination should not go forward. The President is in personal legal jeopardy and only a fraction of Kavanaugh’s record has been produced. To proceed now threatens the legitimacy of the Senate’s constitutional review and the Supreme Court itself.
The Senate has a constitutional duty to rigorously and thoroughly review a Supreme Court nominee. But the White House has refused to produce millions of records from Kavanaugh’s work at the highest levels of the George W. Bush Administration when he was at the center of political and policy decisions, including civil rights, torture, and warrantless wiretapping. Kavanaugh has acknowledged that this period shaped his views of the executive branch and influenced his perspective as a judge. The NAACP has stated that a hearing without full, complete and comprehensive disclosure of his records “strikes a devastating blow to the integrity of the confirmation process.”
What we do know of Judge Kavanaugh’s civil rights record is deeply troubling. His views on voting rights, affirmative action, equal employment, fair housing, and criminal justice could shut the courthouse door on justice for a generation. Senators need to fight this nomination with everything they have. There is simply too much at stake.”
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Rep. Cedric Richmond of Louisiana, chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, said Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s record on criminal justice is “entirely unsatisfactory for a country persistently struggling to hold law enforcement accountable for mass incarceration and police brutality.”
Brett Kavanaugh was chosen by Donald Trump after his opinion was released saying that a sitting president shouldn’t be prosecuted. With his long history of conservative rulings, many fears that his confirmation will bring the reversal of many liberties including gay marriages, Gun control laws, Affirmative Action, and abortion.