Syphilouis
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http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/15/politics/judicial-nominee-questions-flub/index.html
https://youtu.be/m4z7KZjgQbg
Did this make it to the front page!? Did not expect that. First time! I don't know the proper protocol.
highed
Can we get a Rick and Morty version of this?
Snooj
He gets in-depth while trying to divert attention from his lack of knowledge. Each time Kennedy interrupts him and re-asks the question.
RolandTheLastGunSlinger
Fantastic.
Drew442
But does he understand bird law?
Syphilouis
I haven't read all the comments yet but I know this is my favorite.
BillyBob177
not fake,watched it myself,unreal
Threns
The funniest part of all this: a lot of conservatives cite Atlas Shrugged as a favorite, and yet the party is doing its best to play the +
Threns
antogonists role, while assuming they're the good guys cause they're business leaders. I mean, this is a pretty perfect example.
researchonyourown
But does he know why kids love the taste of cinnamon toast crunch?
taquitosgoinoneendandexplodeouttheother
Magpiebones
Is this real life?
IdkWhatIsThis
azazyel
"The quality of the people is very good. ... We’re trying very hard to get the best people."
TonawandaBlue
Usually, its like they're trying to hire a plumber to take the place of a heart surgeon. But this guy - it's like he's only heard of pipes
TonawandaBlue
but he's not sure what they are or what they do. And Trump wants him to be your heart surgeon.
HiddenSanity
Note: The man asking those questions, John Kennedy, voted to confirm him.
ISayFuckAllTheTime
I kinda wanted to know where he was going with "any of you ever blog in support of the KKK? Let the record show they all said no."
ShavedApeBaby
As a Rhode Islander I can honestly say I'm proud of my senators. Keep up the good work Senators Reed and Whitehouse!
Wastelandbogeyman
Oh my sweet divine figure......what the absolute f*ck happened to this country.....sigh
sniggledick
neffstradamus
The face of idiocy
OrkfaellerX
Why is his tie-knot so tiny
ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere
idiotspokesman.exe has crashed. Nothing of value has been lost.
Syphilouis
SodaSamtg
My new favorite gif
T3sl4co1l
So much this
BiggieShakur
Those nostrils have never had air past through them
furriephillips
Underrated comment alert!
usernametakenisthestoryofmylife
God, too accurate. A shovel full of green for you my friend....
MeredithHasBeenExposedToRabies
I know this is only days old, but it's already so fucking classic. I laughed. Out loud.
CrazyQwert
Can someone help me, who appears to be living under a rock, get some context on this? :D It’s everywhere and I have no idea who this is …
nclu
Moore’s campaign manager thought you had to swear on a bible for office so Muslims shouldn’t be able to serve. He was told that’s not true.
alsoAzrael
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFYRkzznsc0 Here you go, enjoy.
yayohawk
Damn
CrazyQwert
Thx!
MaximusUltima
The fact that this is a meme now makes me so happy!
Jokesterwild
that was my face listening to this. Just awe.
nclu
Promethianfire
To be a federal district judge, don't you need to ...already be a judge?
maniacalmacaroni
Apparently not.
TheGum25
You don't need to be qualified to hold most top level gov posts, who knew?
AvielMenter
No, federal district judges are the lowest judges in federal courts, and even many SCOTUS judges weren't judges before.
MossyBadger
Many? I'll wait for that citation. At the time, it was a scandal that Sandra Day O'Connor had only been a state supreme court justice.
comacomacomacomachameleon
Kagan was never a judge. That's the only one off the top of my head.
AvielMenter
Kagan, Rehnquist, Powell, Fortas, Goldberg, White, Whittaker, and Warren had never been judges before.
ChickenChickenBurningBright
JackOfPizzas
Still better than shillary
51CorgisInABar
No.
happytreeleaf
I know. I mean, her fucking emails..
tangybreath
How could you possibly say that? This administration has been an utter disaster
thecrossthebridge
THIS is why Trump still has support. People still thinking that way.HOW?WHY? How obviously damaging to democracy can someone be???
JackOfPizzas
Because shillary would be getting away with a lot more shit than this. People are watching trumps admin like a hawk.
tacopartyinyourmouth
That's like saying a child molester should be the principal of an elementary school so people could keep an eye on him. Uneducated argument
JackOfPizzas
So instead of molesting the children the alternative would be a headmistress who sells then into slavery
lloydchristmas61
My fking goat woulda been better than Killary
hungitalianohwaitthisisntgrindr
if you want to reach the pinnacle of cringe, watch/listen to this. it’s so painfully pathetic you almost feel badly for him. almost.
Wolfsleigher
How is this different from any of his other nominees who got shoved through?
AnonOmis1000
Can we take a moment to realize we have a senator named Whitehouse? Why isn't he runningg for POTUS!?!?
Idownvotegunnuts
The more I think about this, I think the GOP put this guy in here just so they had one to refuse. That way it appears they are doing some
maniacalmacaroni
They are all like this, and one who was already declared 'unqualified' by the American Bar Association was already confirmed.
Idownvotegunnuts
sort of due diligence. When, in fact they are just loading the federal courts with bigots and flakes.
HiddenSanity
Note: The man asking those questions, John Kennedy, voted to confirm him.
discowitch
No fucking way. Wow.
sniggledick
An idiot president voted in by idiots nominates an idiot.
Delluu
To be fair, don't think this guy is an idiot. Just applying to the completely wrong job.
UsuallyARabbit
PaintedSlate
I think you responded to the wrong comment.
UsuallyARabbit
#sarcasm
angrytaco
Shocking
Dalvorian29
Would a basic law school graduate know these answers?
pushingchildrenintotraffic
for the record the daubert standard allows for the removal of unqualified evidence to be removed before being presented to a jury.
Syphilouis
Huh. Kinda seems like something this guy should probably know.
pushingchildrenintotraffic
I'm sorry for the way I worded that.
CedricProbDoesntSaveTheWorld
To be fair, he did answer all the questions... just that his answers were that he didn’t know the answers.
pushingchildrenintotraffic
For the record the daubert standard allows for the removal of unqualified evidence before it is presented to a jury*
superbob201
Irony overwhelming
DaBush
Pretty much, I work for a damages expert and a Daubert motion is the basis for seeing if an expert is credible enough to hold their opinion.
TheThingNoNotThatOne
More specifically, it's whether a witness is allowed to testify as an expert and/or whether their testimony is experty enough.
daugbret
For a short moment I thought you were giving me credit for something.
aykyle
I too, watched the CNN new report and got this information
Syphilouis
Haha. I like that that bothered you so much you had to rewrite it.
pushingchildrenintotraffic
It hurt my brain.
CraftedLine
I like how you posted a CNN article instead of the video. Shows a level of laziness democrats are known for. +1
Syphilouis
I did actually try to find a simple YouTube link for this, but there wasn't one at the time I was posting this.
Syphilouis
I apologise for any inconvenience my "laziness" has caused. But here, now you don't have to click so much. https://youtu.be/m4z7KZjgQbg
ISayFuckAllTheTime
Tell us the other questions and answers, please, for those of us who can't load the video? Pleeeeease?
pushingchildrenintotraffic
motion in limine - start of a trial/ pre jury. I don't know the ones about abstention doctrine, sorry.
lotusbunny
"Pullman doctrine" is the idea that federal courts should duck constitutional questions when possible if there is a state law solution.
lotusbunny
Motion in limine is a motion to exclude testimony. (Generally under FRE 403, or the state analog).
DieFattyDie
Like literally every single person Trump has nominated for any vacant position so far, he is grossly unqualified to do the job.
iGivePoorAdvice
But he knows that the nominees will do whatever they're told by the interested parties. And that's what's important.
CaffeineManic
You realize that trump's definition of job qualifications is basically, "He'll do what I tell him to do."
shreddedking
an unqualified person is appointing similarly unqualified people to high power posts? shocking! its blind leading the blind all the way down
ParagonFurytheLawgiver
He already had his two broken clock moments - Mattis and Gorush. Everything else on the other hand....
AlternatePart2
Ashit pai has been doing his job, just everyone hates him for it.
Subsound
That's a yyyyyyyuuuuugee understatement
Getty13
Gary Cohn is good as Econ advisor
mrmayortheiv
Are you for real?
Getty13
Yes. How is he bad?
MossyBadger
He's working for a person he apparently believes is immoral racist scum, solely so he can push through a tax cut to benefit his pals.
Getty13
To help the overall economy. I'm sure not everyone loved working with Clinton or Nixon, but wanted to do what's right for the country
Getty13
And if all you got from the tax bill is a cut that only benefits his "pals" it shows that you didn't read the whole scope of the bill
USGovernment
Yep.
ThatTransformersDude
Tillerson actually takes his job seriously, which is surprising, but then Trump wanted him out.
MossyBadger
There's nearly universal agreement that Tillerson is the worst secretary of state in American history. He's not dumb - just very, very bad.
Syphilouis
You can't have eyebrows like that and be a good guy. It's just not possible.
snowman520182
Even if you disagree with with his politics, Gorsuch was immensely qualified for the supreme Court.
WillzLion
As a liberal, I would have much preferred garland , but if I were in the senate I would have voted to confirm Gorsuch
GnomeDeGuerre
A thief qualified to be a judge?
MossyBadger
Yeah, what does it say about Gorsuch's morals that he played along with that scam? Sliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimey.
SaItamontes
"Played along"? It's not like he could say, "No, I insist that Obama get another chance." It was either him or Trump's next choice (yikes).
mrmayortheiv
I was annoyed with the bs idea that we had to wait like a year to confirm someone because the next president "deserved" the opportunity to
snowman520182
That's fair, but I have to be honest, I am happy that it broke this way. One of the few things to be happy about re: the Trumpocalypse