Search and Destroy: Inside the Campaign against Brett

Search and Destroy: Inside the Campaign against Brett Kavanaugh

â€œYou have replaced â€˜advice and consentâ€™ with â€˜search and destroy.â€™â€ â€”BRETT KAVANAUGH

In this deeply researched account, one of Washingtonâ€™s top legal reporters reveals the massive funding, sophisticated organization, and fanatical zeal behind the campaign to stop Brett Kavanaughâ€™s appointment to the nationâ€™s highest court.

Trump had promised to nominate only Scalia-style â€œoriginalistsâ€ to the Courtâ€”a promise he backed up with a list of potential nominees. The left took him at his word, setting up a titanic political clash when Justice Anthony Kennedyâ€”the decisive vote on abortionâ€”announced his retirement in June 2018.

The nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaughâ€”until that moment universally respectedâ€”sent Democratic senators racing to the cameras to announce their opposition, while an armada of activist groups, fueled by â€œdark money,â€ launched a coordinated public relations assault of unprecedented scope and fury.

Kavanaugh was nevertheless on the brink of confirmation when the Democrats, in desperation, disclosed an allegation of teenaged sexual assault against the stunned nominee, turning Christine Blasey Ford into a #MeToo icon.

Ryan Lovelace reports how Kavanaughâ€™s opponents, unable to produce a shred of corroboration, resorted to the court of public opinion, where the rules of evidence and standards of fairness favor the prosecution.

Under the skillful direction of a Clinton henchman and a savvy lawyer, they conducted a show trial in which the compliant media arrived at the desired verdict.

Kavanaugh owed his eventual confirmation to the pro-choice Republican senator Susan Collins, whose vote reflected her steel spine and commitment to fairnessâ€”â€œthe allegations fail to meet the more-likely-than- not standardâ€â€”as well as her conclusion that Roe v. Wade was safe with him on the Court.

Lovelace concludes with a thought-provoking assessment of the unexpected consequences of the Kavanaugh controversy and of the cost to the judicial system of a search-and-destroy confirmation process.
Country USA
Manufacturer Regnery
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2019-09-03
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Regnery
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2019-09-03
Format	Kindle eBook

Search and Destroy: Inside the Campaign against Brett Kavanaugh

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