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The Constitutional Reasons to Oppose Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court
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The PATRIOT Act
One of the most egregious acts perpetrated against the American people at this time was the PATRIOT Act. And one of its greatest supporters was Brett Kavanaugh. According to the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), which filed a Freedom of Information Act Request for Kavanaugh’s official government correspondence records from this era, the Supreme Court Justice nominee referred to the PATRIOT Act as a "measured, careful, responsible, and constitutional approach” in an email sent to a colleague. Anyone who knows anything about the PATRIOT Act knows that “constitutional” and “careful” are by no means accurate descriptions. The PATRIOT Act obliterated the Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights to privacy and due process by giving the federal government sweeping new powers to conduct surveillance on the American people.
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The Torture Memos
The public’s discovery of the “torture memos” was a dark time in modern American history. We had been riding our moral high horse during the early years of the War on Terror, pretending that America was the global beacon of moral and ethical treatment. But when the memos, which were originally composed while Kavanaugh served the Bush Administration, were released in 2004, the entire world caught a glimpse of just how ugly military interventions really were. ...In 2006, when Judge Kavanaugh was being questioned by the Senate Judiciary Committee as he waited to be confirmed to the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, he went on the record stating that he knew nothing of these memos before their public release. At several points during his hearing, he denied having anything to do with these memos specifically stating that he was “not involved” in any conversations regarding the rules governing the detention of combatants He also denied ever having seen the correspondence at all.
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Enemy Combatants
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The conversation was centered on speculation as to whether or not the Supreme Court would accept the Bush Administration’s assertion that they could label an American citizen an “enemy combatant” at their discretion, allowing the person in question to be locked up for an indefinite amount of time. As per the Washington Post’s reporting, Judge Kavanaugh was not only present at this meeting but was specifically summoned to weigh in on the matter since he was himself a former clerk for swing vote judge, Justice Kennedy. At the meeting, he voiced his concerns that Justice Kennedy and other swing voters on the Supreme Court would never side with the administration’s controversial decision. This meeting was brought up again just a couple of weeks ago, addressing the concerns some Senators still have over Kavanaugh’s insistence that he had no role in such conversations when it appears that he did.
...Metadata: Due Process for Me, Not for Thee
The 2013 Edward Snowden leaks were arguably one of the most significant events to occur over the last decade. For those who thought the government wasn’t capable of this magnitude of corruption, the blindfold was removed and the government’s true intentions were revealed. For those already skeptical, the leaks had confirmed preexisting suspicions. In many ways, the Snowden situation drew a line in the political sand. Those who stood for freedom believed in the people’s inherent right to privacy and in upholding the Fourth and Fifth Amendments. But those who supported and sustained the government’s mass surveillance of its own people made their views on individual liberty very clear. And Judge Kavanaugh was not on the right side of history
[/url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90247561/as-bush-aide-kavanaugh-sent-227-emails-about-surveillance-raising-questions-about-his-role]As Bush aide, Kavanaugh sent 227 emails about “surveillance,” raising questions about his role[/url]
It took a last-minute Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the National Archives, but the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) has uncovered that Kavanaugh may have played an important role in some of the Bush administration’s most questionable surveillance programs just after the 9/11 attacks. EPIC learned from the archives that Kavanaugh, while working as a top White House aide, sent 227 emails to other staffers concerning “surveillance” and the “Patriot Act.” ...“surveillance” would be used in email communications among lawyers in the executive branch under normal circumstances. The word is more likely to appear in the context of discussions about the legality and constitutionality of specific programs or practices.
originally posted by: TrueBrit
a reply to: IgnoranceIsntBlisss
Your elite masters?
What, you mean all those business people who rely on right wing agendas in order to be able to continue their domination of the currency supply, and would lose out if any left wing agenda were imposed?
Get real.
Lately I've noticed people really ramping up the cries about "the left", tell me, who was the last true liberal they ran? Bernie Sanders, and we know what they did to him.
originally posted by: shooterbrody
a reply to: CriticalStinker
Lately I've noticed people really ramping up the cries about "the left", tell me, who was the last true liberal they ran? Bernie Sanders, and we know what they did to him.
They won't even acknowledge this.
There were a lot of people that got burned by the dems on that one.
Sanders would have beaten trump.
originally posted by: AtomicKangaroo
ATS making change to American politics one post at a time.
You keep changing your country via the internet my American brothers and sisters.
If ya'll keep repeating yourselves among yourselves every day the government will surely take notice eventually.
Just remember to keep on fighting each other because divided we stand, united we fall.
See you tomorrow for the next Kavanaugh thread. If this one fails, the next hundred will work I am sure.