The Big Takeaways from the Kavanaugh Confirmation Reality Show

The Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court Nomination Confirmation Reality Show

When Brett Kavanaugh was tapped by President Donald Trump to replace retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Anthony Kennedy, it was easy to predict that the 12-year veteran of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit was in for a contentious confirmation process that would fall along party lines.  However, once the Christine Blasey Ford allegations against Kavanaugh were made public, the focus of the confirmation process shifted from his qualifications, judgment, and philosophy (what the confirmation process is supposed to be about) to whether he engaged in sexual misconduct as a minor. In other words, the U.S. Supreme Court Justice confirmation process was turned into a smutty reality show.

The politicians and the media know well that America loves reality TV better than reality itself. This type of scandalous circus is a great way for politicians and their paymasters to manipulate and distract their respective constituencies from what really matters. That’s why you’re reading The Political News Report, because you’d rather be informed than manipulated. So, now that the dust has settled and Kavanaugh has been sworn in as the 114th U.S. Supreme Court Justice, let’s take a moment to reflect on the big takeaways regarding this latest story arc in the American political reality show.

The Big Takeaways

1. Trump’s nomination of Kavanaugh further indicates Trump’s authoritarian bent

The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provides, “[t]he right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.” However, as Judge and Fox News commentator Andrew Napolitano has pointed out, Brett Kavanaugh has an established a record of supporting government surveillance on Americans, even when there was no probable cause to believe a crime was being committed.

Not only does Kavanaugh’s record on the bench indicate this hostility towards the Fourth Amendment, but many privacy advocates, including Judge Napolitano, have pointed out that a young Brett Kavanaugh was also involved in putting together the notorious USA PATRIOT ACT (“the PATRIOT Act”) as associate general counsel to the George W. Bush Administration. If you’ve ever tried to read the PATRIOT Act, you know that it doesn’t read like typical legislation. Rather it is a list of changes to laws that were already on the books at the time of its passage. According to the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), the PATRIOT Act weakened numerous U.S. privacy laws.

2. Americans care more about their team scoring points than they do about their rights

Investigative journalist, Ben Swann, highlights this fact in a recent “reality check” video (linked below) about the Kavanaugh hearings. In the video, he says that most Americans made up their mind about the allegations of sexual misconduct against Kavanaugh based on their political allegiances rather than on the facts. And he’s right. Short of actual video footage showing Brett Kavanaugh committing rape and a taped confession, Trump supporters will discount any negative information about a Trump appointee as a political ploy by the left and will only rally more around their team.

Christine Blasey Ford’s allegation that Kavanaugh not only groped her, but put his hand over her mouth to keep her quiet while doing it, is disturbing if true. And so are the other allegations, if true. But Democrats/Liberals’ willingness to crucify Brett Kavanaugh on uncorroborated allegations of sexual misconduct that supposedly occurred over thirty years ago at a teen-age party when he was both drunk and a minor indicates that this part of the political spectrum is less concerned with facts than it is with virtue signaling and “stopping Trump.”

3. Our overlords still won, again

While America was distracted with the intersection of teenage smut and the highest court in the land, the United States public debt finished out the fiscal year, which ended on September 30th, at a mind-boggling and record-breaking $21.5 trillion. That’s up $1.27 trillion from last year. This follows record-breaking military budget packages passed with “bipartisan support” and ever-expanding military expeditions in the Middle East and now parts of Africa with no declaration of war from Congress. Where’s the debate about indebting future generations or the morality of unprovoked military escapades with no legal declaration of war?

Oh wait, none of that involves sex.

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Resource Links:

• The Honorable Brett M. Kavanaugh officially sworn in as the 114th Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States [Press release], The White House, October 6, 2018
• JUDGE NAPOLITANO: KAVANAUGH IS AN ENEMY OF THE 4TH AMENDMENT, Mises Institute, September 4, 2018
• USA Patriot Act [accessed October 7, 2018], Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
• Supreme Court Nominations Research Guide, Nomination & Confirmation Process [accessed October 7, 2018], Georgetown Law Library
• US Gross National Debt Jumps by $1.27 Trillion in Fiscal 2018, Hits $21.5 Trillion, Wolf Street, October 1, 2018
• Kavanaugh swearing in photo credit: Fred Schilling, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States.