No reason to rush on Kavanaugh

Senate Republicans, I've heard, are suspicious that their Democratic colleagues are trying to delay filling Anthony Kennedy's seat until after the midterm elections.

What if Democrats are?

So what?

Mitch McConnell held open Antonin Scalia's seat for over 400 days. Although that record-setting vacancy was totally unnecessary, the country didn't grind to a halt.

The precedent has been set. Supreme Court seats can be held open while nominees for those seats are properly vetted (or, as in Merrick Garland's case, aren't given any consideration at all).

So you know what? Republican senators, shut the fuck up.

You have no reasonable grounds on which to object to a delay in Kavanaugh's confirmation. None.

And heaven knows, the mounting allegations against Kavanaugh make Republicans' refusal (specifically, Don Trumpone's White House's refusal) to permit an FBI investigation absolutely indefensible.

Kavanaugh behaved like a pig as a young man. Many young men do, to be sure. But the only ones who should make it onto the bench, and certainly the only ones who should be given a Supreme Court seat, are the ones who own up to their youthful misdeeds.

Kavanaugh has done exactly the opposite. He has demonstrated absolutely no remorse, or even any recognition that he did anything wrong.

If you Republicans think ramming Kavanaugh onto the bench won't start hundreds of thousands of motivated lawyers researching impeachment of Supreme Court Justices, you will discover your error very soon.