Ep. 283: Time's Up Wades Into Supreme Court Battle

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🗓️ 27 August 2018

⏱️ 20 minutes

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As Judge Kavanaugh gears up for his confirmation hearings beginning Sept. 4, the atmosphere has grown increasingly tense. Time's Up, originally a legal fund designed to help those impacted by sexual assault and harassment, has now weaponized its power to influence the Supreme Court fight. Our colleague Kelsey Harkness joins us to explain the danger of this and why their messaging is inaccurate, Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Monday, August 27th. I'm Jenny Maltobano, contributor to the Daily Signal.
0:11.0	And I'm Daniel Davis, commentary editor for the Daily Signal.
0:14.4	On today's show, we'll discuss the latest on Capitol Hill and how being labeled as a hate group
0:19.3	is impacting one conservative think tank.
0:21.9	We also spoke with our colleague Kelsey Harkness about the Me Too Movement, Times Up, and Judge Brat
0:27.0	Kavanagh's upcoming confirmation hearings.
0:29.4	We'll also share your letters to the editor and an inspiring story about my hometown of Houston one year
0:35.1	after Hurricane Harvey.
0:37.0	Molly Tibbets' suspected killer's lawyer appeared on Fox News's The Story with Martha
0:46.0	Macallum where they had a tense exchange about his client's immigration status, highlighting
0:50.9	the contentious debate ongoing in the U.S US about this topic and this case
0:55.1	specifically.
0:56.1	I'm from Mexico and has lived in Iowa for four to seven years so I fail to see
0:59.9	how that's irrelevant or how bringing that in is not not not part of the facts that surround
1:05.9	this case how is it how is it not that's rhetoric the United States Constitution provides if you're not a citizen
1:15.3	you still are entitled to the jurisdictions of the courts and entitled to equal
1:20.2	protection under the law. I don't think anyone said he wasn't.
1:23.4	What people are saying is that he arrived here legally from Mexico
1:27.0	four to seven years ago.
1:30.1	That's your rhetoric on it.
1:31.6	It's not rhetoric.
1:32.4	I'm part of an agrarian society.
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