This was a job interview, not a trial in a court of law. Beyond reasonable doubt was not the standard. The way Brett Kavanaugh behaved and his histrionic performance should have been enough to disqualify him. I certainly would never have employed him as a cleaner, dish-washer or clearer-up of cat litter trays, and I doubt if many of you would. It now turns out that another judge, with connection to Brett Kavanaugh, has been sitting on complaints about Kavanaugh for several weeks. The FBI investigation was a farce.
Every American who has half an ounce of brain is aware that appointing him before the mid-term elections in November when the Republicans expect to lose many seats in the House and Senate is in the hope of hustling through a legal case whereby the possibility of being tried for the same crime at both federal and state level can be quashed. I have mixed feelings about this apparent double jeopardy law but I can see that the reason Republicans want it before the elections is that it ensures that if the President pardons criminals who have been convicted by a federal court, they cannot be tried again. If he is convicted in a federal court, it may be possible for him to pardon himself and, then, not be retried in a state court.
