# Trump-Picked Justices Lying Under Oath? I'm shocked **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics and Social Issues\ **Created:** [December 4, 2021, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/trump-picked-justices-lying-under-oath-im-shocked/8664 "2021-12-04T19:28:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![citizenschallengev4](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/citizenschallengev4/32/28718_2.png) [@citizenschallengev4](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/citizenschallengev4)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2021, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/trump-picked-justices-lying-under-oath-im-shocked/8664/1 "2021-12-04T19:28:58Z")
Are Americans going to do anything about it? [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/centerforinquiry/original/3X/c/2/c2d1aae9331dddb66ff95bb844963e95833db707.jpeg "Were Trump-Picked Justices Lying Under Oath? This Monumental Case Will Reveal That") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9E6wCMnMOk) > As Republican men across the South lead a crackdown on women’s rights and pass new abortion bans, the Supreme Court is set to review a case that challenges Roe v. Wade. > > In this special report, MSNBC’s Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber turns to the legal history and explains that “the Supreme Court has long ruled these are constitutional rights. In fact, few members of the Court openly say they will just ignore precedent or reverse that… > > It has become kind of a weird baroque tradition for even the Republican appointees to say under oath all sorts of words about Roe being a type of settled precedent.” ---
**Author:** ![lausten](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/lausten/32/23705_2.png) [@lausten](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/lausten)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2021, 11:27pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/trump-picked-justices-lying-under-oath-im-shocked/8664/2 "2021-12-04T23:27:22Z")
I’ve never heard a word about removing a Supreme justice. What is the process? Why is this something that seems above even asking? ---
**Author:** ![mikeyohe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/mikeyohe/32/28536_2.png) [@mikeyohe](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/mikeyohe)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2021, 2:21am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/trump-picked-justices-lying-under-oath-im-shocked/8664/3 "2021-12-05T02:21:04Z")
What’s your point? Only Democrat department heads get to lie under oath? ---
**Author:** ![write4u](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/write4u/32/23410_2.png) [@write4u](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/write4u)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2022, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/trump-picked-justices-lying-under-oath-im-shocked/8664/4 "2022-07-19T19:56:22Z")
Who, what when and where. The lies committed by these frauds are on record. Where is your proof? If you have no proof then you are “bearing false witness”, just like those judges did when asked about Roe. Why do you think you can get away with just slinging mud around? I used to give you the benefit of doubt but your reputation keeps going down in my book. If you do not back up your assertions with facts , then it is just plain slander. ---
**Author:** ![mrmhead](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/mrmhead/32/19_2.png) [@mrmhead](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/mrmhead)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2022, 10:13pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/trump-picked-justices-lying-under-oath-im-shocked/8664/5 "2022-07-19T22:13:41Z")
Will anyone believe Bannon or trump if they end up on the stand? ---
**Author:** ![citizenschallengev4](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/citizenschallengev4/32/28718_2.png) [@citizenschallengev4](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/citizenschallengev4)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2022, 11:21pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/trump-picked-justices-lying-under-oath-im-shocked/8664/6 "2022-07-19T23:21:56Z")
> [@mrmhead](#): > > Will anyone believe Bannon or trump if they end up on the stand? Don’t they have to swear an oath to “tell the truth.” 🤔 Oh yeah, they have no conception of “truth” to begin with. The fly in the ointment. 💩 ---
**Author:** ![mrmhead](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/mrmhead/32/19_2.png) [@mrmhead](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/mrmhead)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2022, 11:28pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/trump-picked-justices-lying-under-oath-im-shocked/8664/7 "2022-07-19T23:28:07Z")
> [@citizenschallengev4](#): > > Don’t they have to swear an oath to “tell the truth.” 🤔 > > Oh yeah, they have no conception of “truth” to begin with. > > The fly in the ointment. 💩 I’d bet half of the MAGAts would lie under oath to trump himself if it meant getting out from under his wrath. ---
**Author:** ![write4u](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/write4u/32/23410_2.png) [@write4u](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/write4u)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 12:28am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/trump-picked-justices-lying-under-oath-im-shocked/8664/8 "2022-07-20T00:28:14Z")
> [@mrmhead](#): > > I’d bet half of the MAGAts would lie under oath to trump himself if it meant getting out from under his wrath. It’s not lying! IT IS ALTERNATE TRUTH!!! And if you believe that you can send me all your money so that I can make America great again. ---
**Author:** ![mrmhead](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/mrmhead/32/19_2.png) [@mrmhead](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/mrmhead)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 12:30am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/trump-picked-justices-lying-under-oath-im-shocked/8664/9 "2022-07-20T00:30:33Z")
> [@write4u](#): > > And if you believe that you can send me all your money so that I can make America great again. It doesn’t have to be that drastic. Just donate once from my website, and I will quietly repeat that withdraw every two weeks!! ---
**Author:** ![write4u](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/write4u/32/23410_2.png) [@write4u](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/write4u)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 1:17am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/trump-picked-justices-lying-under-oath-im-shocked/8664/10 "2022-07-20T01:17:01Z")
> [@mrmhead](#): > > Just donate once from my website, and I will quietly repeat that withdraw every two weeks!! Make America great again for “carpetbaggers”. ---
**Author:** ![mrmhead](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/mrmhead/32/19_2.png) [@mrmhead](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/mrmhead)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 1:41am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/trump-picked-justices-lying-under-oath-im-shocked/8664/11 "2022-07-20T01:41:01Z")
They sure have upped their game. From bottles of snake oil to University Diplomas to National Elections ---
**Author:** ![citizenschallengev4](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/citizenschallengev4/32/28718_2.png) [@citizenschallengev4](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/citizenschallengev4)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 10:33pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/trump-picked-justices-lying-under-oath-im-shocked/8664/12 "2022-08-04T22:33:37Z")
> August 4 | Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) questions Christopher Wray, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, on the 2018 supplemental background investigation of now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/centerforinquiry/original/2X/6/6208e13ffcfa9a408c461df72c664683a7290c12.jpeg "Sen. Whitehouse Questions FBI Director Wray on the Kavanaugh Supplemental Background Investigation") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlD2P4194hg) [https://www.americanprogress.org/article/brett-kavanaugh-representation-damaged-u-s-judiciary/](https://www.americanprogress.org/article/brett-kavanaugh-representation-damaged-u-s-judiciary/) OCT 1, 2019 # Brett Kavanaugh: A Representation of the Damaged U.S. Judiciary Kavanaugh’s appointment to the nation’s highest bench is a direct result of the increasingly ideological nature of the courts and ethical loopholes that benefit federal judges. ============================= Mar 23, 2022 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/centerforinquiry/original/2X/4/418cf1b6525069f25345f6eb4e59ed3d845d4200.png) # Sen. Whitehouse: Three New Supreme Court Justices Being Told What To Do By Donor Front Groups [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/centerforinquiry/original/2X/1/125cee9f0fd028d5d293597e36df73462efcc01d.jpeg "Sen. Whitehouse: Three New Supreme Court Justices Being Told What To Do By Donor Front Groups") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipGKZ1yx4vE) Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court hearing on Tuesday featured Senator Sheldon Whitehouse doing a masterful job of schooling Republicans on their laughable claim that dark money was behind her nomination, when they should be taking a hard look at their own party. He reminded everyone that it was no secret that the Federalist Society picked the judges on former president Donald trump’s shortlist. Sen. Whitehouse, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joins Joy Reid on his statements. =============================== > **[Is Brett Kavanaugh Out for Revenge?](https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/06/brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court/618717/)** > > Three years after his polarizing confirmation hearings, the Supreme Court’s 114th justice remains a mystery. ---
**Author:** ![citizenschallengev4](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/citizenschallengev4/32/28718_2.png) [@citizenschallengev4](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/citizenschallengev4)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 1:13pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/trump-picked-justices-lying-under-oath-im-shocked/8664/13 "2024-06-27T13:13:15Z")
A lot has happened these past couple years, and I don’t think folks are much interested, too much sensory overload, can only take so much. Yet it still seems a story (_decision_) worth at least flagging. > **[Ketanji Brown Jackson Blasts “Absurd” Supreme Court Bribery Ruling](https://newrepublic.com/post/183135/ketanji-brown-jackson-absurd-supreme-court-bribery)** > > The Supreme Court justice took aim at her conservative colleagues’ supposed originalist beliefs. > ## Ketanji Brown Jackson Blasts “Absurd” Supreme Court Bribery Ruling > > ### The Supreme Court justice took aim at her conservative colleagues’ supposed originalist beliefs. > > **[Edith Olmsted](https://newrepublic.com/authors/edith-olmsted)** - June 26, 2024 > > Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson took her conservative colleagues to task Wednesday over a ruling weakening a federal statute that prevented public officials from receiving bribes in the form of gratuities. > > In her [dissent](https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-108_8n5a.pdf), Jackson issued a brutal smackdown of the majority opinion, penned by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who read the statute as a ban on all “gratuities,” meaning gifts including lunches, plaques, and gift cards. Kavanaugh and the other conservative justices ruled 6–3 that the responsibility to regulate gratuities should rest with state and local governments. > > Jackson wrote that the ruling relied on an “absurd and atextual reading of the statute” that “only today’s Court could love.” > > She argued that the ruling had ignored the plain text of the statute, which targeted officials who “corruptly” received bribes and gratuities “intending to be influenced or rewarded,” and that the court had instead decided the statute did not criminalize gratuities at all. > > “The Court’s reasoning elevates nonexistent federalism concerns over the plain text of this statute and is a quintessential example of the tail wagging the dog,” she wrote. … > **[Jackson slams Kavanaugh for 'tail wagging the dog' ruling for mayor taking...](https://lawandcrime.com/supreme-court/justice-jackson-slams-kavanaugh-for-tail-wagging-the-dog-decision-siding-with-indiana-mayor-who-received-13000-gratuity/)** > > The Supreme Court ruled "gratuities" differ from "bribes"— and that federal law does not prohibit an Indiana mayor from receiving a hefty payment from a trash truck company as a potential kickback. [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/centerforinquiry/original/3X/5/a/5a7062779cd003a1bc9bade3c59f84ea540be1a0.jpeg "Justice ERUPTS After DISASTROUS New Supreme Court Decision") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F0IkaVIZNY)