American Bar Association calls for Senate to postpone Brett Kavanaugh vote

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American Bar Association calls for Senate to postpone Brett Kavanaugh vote
by Anna Giaritelli
 | September 28, 2018 12:40 AM



The American Bar Association asked the Senate Judiciary Committee to suspend its consideration of Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court until the FBI can complete an investigation into allegations of sexual assault against California professor Christine Blasey Ford, according to a report published late Thursday.



The organization asked the Republican-controlled committee not to hold a vote Friday morning. The Senate is expected to vote as a body on Kavanaugh's nomination this weekend.

The ABA said it's jumping in now because its leaders believe the Senate must remain "an institution that will reliably follow the law and not politics," according to CNN.

"The basic principles that underscore the Senate's constitutional duty of advice and consent on federal judicial nominees require nothing less than a careful examination of the accusations and facts by the FBI," the bar's president, Robert Carlson, wrote in a letter to Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and its ranking Democratic member, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.

"Each appointment to our nation's Highest Court (as with all others) is simply too important to rush to a vote," Carlson continued. "Deciding to proceed without conducting additional investigation would not only have a lasting impact on the Senate's reputation, but it will also negatively affect the great trust necessary for the American people to have in the Supreme Court."

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[verga]

Go pound sand.

[jmyrlefuller]

require nothing less than a careful examination of the accusations and facts by the FBI

Then please, tell me how the Russian collusion investigation turned out. Oh, wait, we're still waiting nearly two years later—which was precisely the point of calling for an investigation, to stall in the hopes of getting a Democratic Senate in 2018 and a "compromise" pick of Merrick Garland onto the court.

[dfwgator]

[skeeter]

They aren't real fast learners, are they.

[aligncare]

Of course an association of bar owners would say that. It’s good for customer business.

[240B]

Too important to "rush a vote".

Not only do American lawyers not understand simple concepts like 'innocent before proven innocent', lack of any evidence, lack of any witnesses, lack of anything at all except an accusation. They are also having trouble with the concept of time. The vote should have already happened weeks ago but for nonsense from the Democrats. This is the exact opposite of 'rushing' anything. Kavanaugh has been delayed, stalled, and procrastinated, from the very start.

Nobody ever said that becoming a lawyer means you are intelligent. They prove that point every day.

[Maj. Bill Martin]

Then please, tell me how the Russian collusion investigation turned out. Oh, wait, we're still waiting nearly two years later—which was precisely the point of calling for an investigation, to stall in the hopes of getting a Democratic Senate in 2018 and a "compromise" pick of Merrick Garland onto the court.

Exactly.  And there is nothing more to investigate regarding this incident.  The only person who claims to have been present when this happened is the accuser, who has submitted a sworn written statement and any other evidence she has.  The other witnesses she named as being present said they were not.  And Kavanaugh himself has testified as well.

There is literally no other probative evidence the FBI could gather regarding his incident.