Congressional Homework

The confirmation hearing for Brett Kavanaugh as the newest Justice of the Supreme Court started on Tuesday morning. And, I think as most people expected, it was a rather raucous affair. Protestors were abound, desperately trying to throw a wrench in the works of Kavanaugh getting confirmed. The Democrats were also attempting to delay the whole affair, and frankly, I don’t mind. Kavanaugh is kind of awful. But in total fairness, their reason for attempting to postpone the confirmation is pretty legit. You see, just a few hours prior, over 42,000 documents pertinent to the career and character of Kavanaugh were released to the Senate. Now, maybe I’m being unreasonable, but I feel like it’s unfair to expect people to read tens of thousands of documents in a few hours. The whole thing stinks of a runaround, so yeah, I feel like the Democrats had a legitimate cause for postponement. But of course the Republican majority wasn’t having it, Chuck Grassley especially, seeming completely baffled that there was an issue. While they weren’t successful in lobbying for a continuance, the protestors and bickering certainly slowed things down, which I suppose is something…