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OA207: Brett Kavanaugh's Confirmation Hearings

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🗓️ 7 September 2018

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Today's Rapid Response Friday tackles the ongoing Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings for Brett Kavanaugh -- including an analysis of documents that broke literally after we recorded the show!  Find out if any of this can slow down Kavanaugh's presumed path the SCOTUS. We begin, however, with listener feedback on our rather controversial Episode 205 (with Andrew Seidel) as well as follow-up emails regarding 3-D guns and our contributions to SwingLeft. After that, we break down the critical documents leaked today by Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) that show 1) Kavanaugh's nakedly partisan approach to the court; 2) Kavanaugh's nonexistent view of the value of precedent when it comes to Roe v. Wade; and 3) possible perjury.  Is this a big deal?  YES.  Will it move the needle?  We'll see. After that, we return to Yodel Mountain to discuss Paul Manafort's impending DC trial and the somewhat-overlooked plea by W. Samuel Patten.  Who's that?  Listen and find out! Finally, we end with an all new Thomas Takes The Bar Exam #92 regarding impeaching the testimony of a gang member at trial.  If you'd like to play along with us, just retweet our episode on Twitter or share it on Facebook along with your guess and the #TTTBE hashtag.  We'll release the answer on next Tuesday's episode along with our favorite entry! Recent Appearances Thomas was recently the guest masochist on this week's God Awful Movies, reviewing "New World Order."  It's hilarious -- don't miss it!  And if you'd like to have either of us as a guest on your show, drop us an email at openarguments@gmail.com. Show Notes & Links
  1. Here are the Kavanaugh email and Kavanaugh email 2 documents discussed during the main segment.  For more Kavanaugh document fun, check out this comprehensive New York Times article.
  2. This is W. Samuel Patten's Criminal Information, to which he pled guilty, and here is the Statement of the Offense, which explains the connection to the Trump campaign and White House.
  3. Finally, this is the late-breaking document showing possible perjury.
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0:00.0

We have Reese the Verde already.

0:04.3

We all just kind of looked at each other and nodded.

0:06.6

We find the defended guilty of charges.

0:09.4

[♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪

0:19.1

Wait 105?

0:20.7

Yeah.

0:21.7

In your broth.

0:22.9

Your honor, I am Chad.

0:24.1

You would!

0:25.0

Bastard!

0:25.5

Hey!

0:26.0

Quiet!

0:26.8

[♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪

0:29.7

Whether it's racist or cladder or stary, deceased,

0:32.4

there is no basis for imposing some draconian policy

0:35.8

with regard to bail, nung, poteau.

0:37.6

Your honor, the defense is now just making up worse.

0:40.2

[♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪

0:44.8

We can't make your trial!

0:46.2

Oh look how cute there's like a judge and everything!

0:49.8

Injury people!

0:51.3

So proud!

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