(September 19, 2018 at 8:56 am)Jehanne Wrote: Who cares? If Kavanaugh did what he did, then, he's a felon. No statue of limitations, which means that he can (and, probably should) go to jail over this. As such, he does not belong on the Court; the Republicans will have to start over.
Where are you getting this from? The only crime I know of that has no statute of limitations is murder. Unfortunately while women should be believed, it still amounts to he said she said, and lots of times there can be no physical evidence.
Less than 2% of claims of sexual assault are false reports which means 98% of the claims are credible. Unfortunately as well, there are even many more that go unreported out of fear and or shame. I find her very credible, because she mentioned it back in 2012 and passed a polygraph.
But as far as statutes, the reason we have them, isn't because you want bad guys to go free, but long term you don't want government to be come mob rule and have unlimited power. Trust me, I don't like Kavanaugh one fucking bit. The entries in his Yrbook, from his gang of goons, says a lot about the climate of spoiled prep brats, on top of his career rulings against women's reproductive rights.
Al Franken stepped down for far less. But "felon" is a legal term for the convicted, not the accused. The hearings are going to be a joke show by the GOP if they don't allow her supporting witnesses. The GOP has no morals and are only caring about power. If they did allow her witnesses he'd be disqualified even before it got to a hearing.
