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What the Media Refuses to Tell You About Brett Kavanaugh
The Anti-Media

  • Sep 26, 2018

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As expected, the corporate media’s coverage of Brett Kavanaugh’s appointment process is disappointingly superficial. While there’s no doubt sexual harassment is a pressing issue in modern-day America, left-leaning establishment outlets and individuals alike are mired in these accusations, as well as partisan political divides as they fail to recognize Kavanaugh’s very troublesome record of court rulings—rulings that show his verifiable proclivity toward using the government to very literally harass the American people and the rest of the world.

While Congress and the people bicker over their disagreements with Kavanaugh as he testifies, few are discussing what he has in common with both factions of the American ruling class.

The ACLU compiled a report in August detailing his many troublesome perspectives, highlighting his past decisions on surveillance, free speech, presidential and congressional war powers, and as a result, the overarching iron fist of government power that few care to challenge, choosing instead to fight for control of the institution at large.

 

As the ACLU summarized in its “Report of the American Civil Liberties Union on the Nomination of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh To Be Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court”:

[Kavanaugh’s] record shows his extreme deference to presidential war power and national security claims, an unwillingness to enforce international law absent express incorporation by the political branches, and a tendency to find obstacles to holding government officials accountable for constitutional and human rights abuses in national security cases.”

One of the greatest constitutional violations since 9/11 has been the U.S. government’s denial of fair trials and redress over government violations of rights within the justice system. Kavanaugh has encouraged these encroachments. In the 2015 case Meshal v. Higgenbotham, Kavanaugh moved to deny “a remedy to an American citizen detained and abused by FBI agents overseas,” siding with security over freedom, claiming that giving the American citizen in question his constitutional rights might undermine efforts to fight terrorism.

In a 2009 case, Saleh v. Titan, he asserted military contractors cannot be held liable to human rights abuses as long as they are acting under the authority of the U.S. military. There is ample evidence of these abuses, but Kavanaugh does not believe in holding government affiliates accountable. Similarly, in the same ruling, he asserted that “government contractors [are] immune from torture claims brought under the [Alien Tort Statute] when the contractors operate under the control of the U.S. military.” The military’s violent authority trumps all.

 

In 2008, he sided with the executive branch on war powers. Kavanaugh wrote in the ruling for Harbury v. Hayden that “courts cannot review allegations of executive branch wrongdoing if the claims challenge national security or foreign affairs decisions.

In still another case, El-Shifa Pharmaceutical Industries Co. v. United States (2010), he showed his “inclination to dismiss cases alleging government misconduct where national security or foreign affairs are at issue.

He has also opined that the U.S. government’s war powers are free from the constraints of international law and that international treaties can be ignored if U.S. courts “construe statutes, at least when related to war powers.” Further, he has asserted that while the U.S. should technically respect international law, the courts have no power to make the government comply with it. That decision should be left to the president and Congress (most of us know how they’ve handled their war powers).

Regarding “continued detention” pursuant to the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force, Kavanaugh went so far as to acknowledge in 2013’s Ali v. Obama that “this is a long war with no end in sight,” but still decided “it is not the Judiciary’s proper role to devise a novel detention standard that varies with the length of detention.

Kavanaugh’s prompted another judge to claim the current Supreme Court nominee had stretched the meaning of the AUMF so far that some habeas corpus rulings were “functionally useless.” Similarly, as the ACLU observed, Kavanaugh has “joined or written numerous D.C. Circuit opinions that have turned judicial habeas review of Guantánamo detention into a virtual rubber stamp.”

His record on free speech is less atrocious than his reverence for authoritarian war powers, protecting government corruption and violence, and denying justice to citizens and noncitizens alike. Nonetheless, he has been known to side with suppressing speech on some occasions. As the ACLU report explains:

His jurisprudence suggests that, where the precedent is clear, he faithfully applies the law. Where the case law offers ambiguity, however, he has shown a willingness to restrict speech rights.

With regard to government spying, in Klayman v. Obama in 2015, he disturbingly said the “suspicionless mass collection of Americans’ call records is ‘entirely consistent with the Fourth Amendment.’” Further, he said: “The Government’s collection of telephony metadata from a third party such as a telecommunications service provider is not considered a search under the Fourth Amendment”—and that even if bulk collection did constitute a search, such searches are totally reasonable.

He is also supportive of America’s growing police state. In the 2007 ruling United States v. Askew, he sided in favor of police stop-and-frisk tactics, another violation of the 4th amendment. In another broad show of support of police powers, he endorses qualified immunity, which is used to exempt “government officials from liability for constitutional rights violations where their actions are not clearly unconstitutional.” This concept has been used by the Supreme Court to let a police officer who shot a woman in her own yard off the hook, setting further precedents to prevent police accountability. Though he opposes “absolute immunity,” his support for a concept that already limits government responsibility is troublesome on its own – and is consistent with rulings regarding the government’s war powers.

The national conversation about Kavanaugh is obsessively focused on sexual harassment allegations and his views on traditional partisan divides like women’s rights and healthcare. While these are not unimportant issues, it is painfully telling that few are concerned about the exact same issues both the left and right agree upon that amount to verifiable harassment — by the government against the American people and victims of his war machine.

Will Congress be questioning Kavanaugh on mass surveillance? Doubtful, considering they continue to pass legislation to enable it. Will they question him about his endorsement of unrestrained executive and legislative war powers? Again, doubtful given their unrelenting warmongering and commitment to spending taxpayer dollars on their crumbling empire. As Congress continues to violate the people’s rights while feigning concern for their well-being—and as the media routinely fails to inform the public of these incremental erosions of their freedoms and liberties, it’s no surprise the country at large remains unconcerned about Kavanaugh’s authoritarian record on war powers and surveillance or his dubious commitment to free speech and holding domestic law enforcement accountable.




Op-ed by Carey Wedler / Creative Commons / Anti-Media




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As Ford Polygraph Made Public, Senate Judiciary Democrats Unified: Kavanaugh Should 'Immediately Withdraw'


"We are writing to request," the senators wrote in the letter addressed to President Donald Trump, "that you immediately withdraw the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to be an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court or direct the FBI to re-open its background investigation and thoroughly examine the multiple allegations of sexual assault."
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Jon Queally, staff writer


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Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), speaks during a news conference denouncing the White House's withholding of documents on Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh outside of the U.S. Supreme Court on September 4, 2018 in Washington, DC. Also pictured are Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE), Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), and Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) (left to right). (Photo: Zach Gibson/Getty Images)
Ahead of her scheduled testimony on Thursday, the results of the polygraph exam taken by Christine Blasey Ford were released by her legal team on Wednesday just as a letter signed by every Democratic member of the Senate Judiciary Committee called on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh to "immediately resign."
Ford is the first of three women to accuse Kavanaugh of sexual assault—with the latest bombshell accusation by Julie Swetnick on Thursday coming just after days Deborah Ramirez also came forward. The analysis of her answers from the lie-detector test she took earlier this year reveal that her claims are true, or at least she believes them to be true.
While polygraphs are not considered reliable enough for use in courts of law, that's not what Thursday's hearing is and the results lend further credibility to Ford's accusations against Kavanaugh, who has continued to deny the allegations but also not welcomed an investigation into the veracity of the claims.
Putting an exclamation point on similar demands by women's rights group, other lawmakers, and advocates for sexual assault survivors, a letter signed by every Democratic member of the SJC—the committee before which Ford will appear on Thursday—declared that it now time for Kavanaugh to step aside.
"We are writing to request," the senators wrote in the letter addressed to President Donald Trump, "that you immediately withdraw the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to be an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court or direct the FBI to re-open its background investigation and thoroughly examine the multiple allegations of sexual assault."
Judge Kavanaugh, the letter continued, "is being considered for a promotion" and "is asking for a lifetime appointment to the nation’s highest court where he will have the opportunity to rule on matters that will impact Americans for decades. The standard of character and fitness for a position on the nation's highest court must be higher than this. Judge Kavanaugh has staunchly declared his respect for women and issued blanket denials of any possible misconduct, but those declarations are in serious doubt."
Read the full text of the letter below:
September 26, 2018
  The President
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, D.C. 20500
 Dear Mr. President:
 We are writing to request that you immediately withdraw the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to be an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court or direct the FBI to re-open its background investigation and thoroughly examine the multiple allegations of sexual assault.
As you know, earlier this month, Christine Blasey Ford’s credible and serious allegations of sexual assault by Judge Kavanaugh were referred to the FBI for investigation. Since then, Deborah Ramirez has come forward with additional allegations of sexual misconduct and today, another woman, Julie Swetnick, has submitted a sworn affidavit to the Senate Judiciary Committee recounting Brett Kavanaugh drinking excessively at parties and engaging “in abusive and physically aggressive behavior toward girls, including pressing girls against him without their consent, ‘grinding’ against girls, and attempting to remove or shift girls’ clothing to expose private body parts.”
It is clear from reporting that there were others present or with knowledge of each of these shocking allegations who also should be interviewed. We have repeatedly asked Chairman Grassley and you to direct the FBI to investigate Dr. Ford’s and Ms. Ramirez’s allegations.
The serious and credible allegations of one woman should have been enough to require a complete investigation by the FBI. It should not have required multiple women with consistent accounts of serious sexual misconduct by Judge Kavanaugh to trigger a meaningful nonpartisan investigation.
 Judge Kavanaugh is being considered for a promotion. He is asking for a lifetime appointment to the nation’s highest court where he will have the opportunity to rule on matters that will impact Americans for decades. The standard of character and fitness for a position on the nation’s highest court must be higher than this. Judge Kavanaugh has staunchly declared his respect for women and issued blanket denials of any possible misconduct, but those declarations are in serious doubt.
We therefore ask that you immediately direct an FBI investigation or withdraw this nomination.
Sincerely,
Dianne Feinstein
Ranking Member
Patrick J. Leahy
United States Senator
Richard J. Durbin
United States Senator
Sheldon Whitehouse
United States Senator
Amy Klobuchar
United States Senator
Christopher A. Coons
United States Senator
Richard Blumenthal
United States Senator
Mazie K. Hirono
United States Senator
Cory A. Booker
United States Senator
Kamala D. Harris
United States Senator
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