William Boardman | Court Uses Law's Absurdity to Allow Unfit Kavanaugh to Remain as Justice

10 January 19

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William Boardman | Court Uses Law's Absurdity to Allow Unfit Kavanaugh to Remain as Justice 

William Boardman, Reader Supported News
Boardman writes: "That's the whole argument: that Kavanaugh gets to escape judicial accountability, and his getaway car is his seat on the Supreme Court. This is cultural madness and legal absurdity. What were those Tenth Circuit judges thinking?"
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Government Shutdown Stops FDA Food Safety Inspections
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