Judge Andrew Napolitano: Brett Kavanaugh and the Patriot Act (lobbyists, lobby, school)
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You have to think of some of the hypocrisy on the Court. In the 2000s, Judge Roberts let the Obamacare Act stand... as a tax. This totally went against everything Big O told us to get it passed, he said it would wash the dishes in the sink and wake us up in the morning, it was a magical bill. It took Trump to end that foolishness, and now New Jersey apparently thinks it is a good idea again, following Massachusett's disastrous lead. NJ really is Mass Lite.
So, for the balances of power, the Constitution gives us the foundations of the country... meaning, The 2nd Amendment will now be the bane of whiny little liberal's existence.
I am so sick of hearing about Obama this or Trump that
I don't give a GD about Trump or Obama
They are f* establishment cockroaches.
F* man up and stand for principles on what is right and wrong, not what party members tell.
I am so F* sick of partisan hacks in this country.
President Donald Trump promised to drain the swamp. Instead, it’s filling up.
For the first time since 2007, the number of registered lobbyists along with federal lobbying spending each went up, reversing annual declines that began a decade ago.
In all, $3.37 billion was spent on federal lobbying last year, up 7 percent from $3.15 billion in 2016. The increase comes after declines in spending five of the previous six years, rising less than 1 percent the other year.
The 7-percent gain is the largest year-to-year bump since former President George W. Bush’s final year in office in 2008. A crackdown on lobbyists by the Obama administration curtailed years of free spending, which rose from $1.6 billion in 2000 to a record $3.5 billion in 2010.
I believe he is not guilty of any of these sexual assault charges. The Democrats slandering him with these allegations are despicable.
But the fact he helped get The Patriot Act passed does give me pause in my support for him.
"The documents show that Kavanaugh assisted in the effort to pass the Patriot Act and drafted a statement that President Bush incorporated in the bill signing. Kavanaugh wrote that the PATRIOT Act will “update laws authorizing government surveillance,” which he claimed, and President Bush then restated, were from an era of “rotary phones.” In fact, the PATRIOT Act weakened numerous U.S. privacy laws"
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I know you can say he was just doing his job, but in this action he helped to erode some of the protections afforded by the constitution. He does as you put it "play ball".
You're late to the party. I've posted this clip at least 3 times in various threads over the past two weeks.
Crickets.
Nobody cares about freedom. It's just Team Red vs Team Blue in here.
As Ben Swann Laid it out, reps on neither side care about our privacy. Supreme Court is our last line of defense and it is under siege to be utterly replaced by those who will tow their nominating party’s line rather than be defenders of our rights in the Constitution.
You're late to the party. I've posted this clip at least 3 times in various threads over the past two weeks.
Crickets.
Nobody cares about freedom. It's just Team Red vs Team Blue in here.
Exactly
Because of forum policies, I am really holding back what needs to be done with these people.
It is like banging ones head into the wall and nothing will wake them up.
The "Red Team" and the "Blue Team" are exactly responsible for the condition this country is in.
As Ben Swann Laid it out, reps on neither side care about our privacy. Supreme Court is our last line of defense and it is under siege to be utterly replaced by those who will tow their nominating party’s line rather than be defenders of our rights in the Constitution.
Because most voters have pea brains, short attention spans, limited intellectual capacity, and thus can't be bothered with fundamental, meaningful issues.
It is much easier for 80% of the country to whoop and holler with inane childish schoolkid remarks than to actually
THINK.
You want to read stupid, childish, sandbox ignorant, and irrelevant, read this thread:
At least ten more went on the ignore list in the last ten minutes.
This is today's electorate - doesn't provide one much hope for future of this country.
Clearly, we're on our way out.
Great post. As you know, Trump could have nominated the devil himself and his supporters and republicans in the senate would have cheered it. Sad day for America.
But what are the odds the government is going to physically harm or kill you because of the Patriot Act? I'm against open borders and the Patriot Act.
Governments around the world killed over 200 million people during the 20th century alone. Government by its very nature is evil.
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