Nominating Brett Kavanaugh was a clever ploy to get Amy Coney Barrett approved?

by philg

In a comment to “Judge Kavanaugh dust-up shows that Republicans need to abandon white men?” I wrote

Imagine for a moment that Amy Coney Barrett had been appointed. A cisgender man sends a letter to a senator saying that she tried to force him to do something sexual 30 years ago. He has been in therapy ever since he was attacked by Ms. Coney, a high schooler with raging hormones. The therapist will corroborate that the victim shared his painful memories well before the nomination of Mrs. Barrett. Would anyone believe this or care?

Is it possible that the nomination of Kavanaugh was a clever door-in-the-face maneuver to get the Senate to breathe a big sigh of relief and approve Amy Coney Barrett?

[Separately, if Kavanaugh is rejected and goes back to his regular job, the necessary logical conclusion will be that Americans are content to have a rapist on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, but they can’t tolerate a rapist on the Supreme Court?]

7 thoughts on “Nominating Brett Kavanaugh was a clever ploy to get Amy Coney Barrett approved?”

  3. It seems to me the rhetoric has moved well beyond mere legal definitions anyways, so frankly I don’t see the difference.

    Statutory sounds better, let’s run with it.

  4. Emperor Trump is smartly holding back on Amy Coney Barrett until it’s time to replace the 85-year old sleepy far-left Ruth Ginsberg, probably in his second term. He’ll need a politically bullet-proof nominee, and Barret fits the bill. Expect nuclear-level theatrics when that happens.

  5. Phil is right on:
    OBVIOUSLY, those who support a rapist are rapists themselves, if only in their thoughts. To steal a quote from Oprah, You are a rapist! and you are a rapist! Everybody is a rapist!

    So, confess you thoughts, renounce your race and gender privileges, endure the required number of lashes, and get out free. Be brave because you are a chosen one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_Rouge_Killing_Fields

  6. He has been in therapy ever since he was attacked by Ms. Coney, a high schooler with raging hormones. The therapist will corroborate that the victim shared his painful memories well before the nomination of Mrs. Barrett. Would anyone believe this or care?

    If the judge attacked someone when she was a teenager, many Americans would care. There’s not reason to think otherwise.

  7. > Is it possible that the nomination of Kavanaugh was a clever door-in-the-face maneuver to get the Senate to breathe a big sigh of relief and approve Amy Coney Barrett?

    If you ask me, this would be classic Trump. He does this over and over and over again — proposes some extreme idea; everyone hyperventilates with outrage; then he “backs down” to what he probably wanted in the first place; and his opposition fall over themselves to celebrate their “victory”. Yet if he’d announced that result in the first place, it would’ve received just as much outrage. How many times have we seen it in just two years?

    It’s really quite beautiful to watch.

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