The following is taken directly from Wikipedia:
“The presumption of innocence is the principle
that one is considered innocent unless proven guilty. It was traditionally
expressed by the Latin maxim ei incumbit probatio qui dicit, non qui
negat (“the burden of proof is on the one who declares, not on one who
denies”).
In many states, presumption of innocence is a legal right
of the accused in a criminal trial, and it is an international human right under
the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
Article 11. Under the presumption of innocence, the legal burden of proof is thus on the prosecution,
which must collect and present compelling evidence to the trier of fact. The
trier of fact (a judge or a jury) is thus restrained and ordered by law to
consider only actual evidence and testimony presented in court. “
The
assumption of innocence is a core value of America (in fact of all free people across
the globe). However, several of our Democrat Senators have denounced this core
value as not applicable to the review of Judge Kavanaugh’s qualification to
become a justice of the Supreme Court. The Senators claim that the Judicial
Committee’s hearings are not a court of law but rather a job interview. This is
no excuse to ruin a man’s reputation, bring harm to his family, and disgrace to
our entire nation. The issues brought forth are not issues of qualification,
they are criminal allegations being tried in public by Senators based on the
principles of the #metoo and #ibelievethesurvivers “social justice” movements.
It is mob rule being fomented and strengthened by a few of the most powerful
people in America – Senators.
A candidate
for the Supreme Court must demonstrate that he has the character, intellect, knowledge
of law, and the proper demeanor to apply the law in a fair manner.
Demonstrating character is done by showing your life’s work, not by proving the
negative of anyone that pounces on the confirmation process to have their
moment of fame. I am sorry but waiting 36 years to pronounce horrible
allegations against another is wrong. Dr. Ford may very well have been
accosted. The other two women who have made allegations may also have had horrible
experiences. Probably by someone other than Judge Kavanaugh. But, their vague
memories of the reported events loudly point the need for the accusers to bear
the burden of proof. Furthermore, the probabilities of three woman all having
repressed memories regarding the same person that surface at the perfect time
to benefit the Democrats is just too much to believe.
The disgrace
is that the Democrats are gleefully profiteering on these unproven allegations.
The Democrat Senators have proven that they do not have the qualifications of
character, intellect, knowledge of the law, and the required demeanor to properly
conduct the Constitutional advice and consent. Had they possessed these
qualifications, they would have acted sooner and with discretion until and if
the allegations had some semblance of credibility. Senator Feinstein sat on the
first allegation for at least six weeks before allowing the accusers letter to
be leaked. The Senators did not protect the candidate from horrible
attacks on his reputation. The Senators failed to perform, or to have performed
by a delegate, any investigation into the allegations before making them public
for the world to see. This was purposefully done to create a #metoo and #ibelievethesurvivers
frenzy that has tried and convicted the Judge based on nothing. A ditty Senator
stating that she believes Dr. Ford does not validate anything that Dr. Ford as
asserted. A half-dozen Democrat Senators stating that Judge Kavanaugh bears the
burden of disproving the allegations is an affront to our core American values.
How long do the Democrats want to drag this confirmation process out? Long enough
for another dozen or so not-so-credible women to report vague reports? Gather
enough maybe-he-did-it stories (but I can’t really remember if it was him or
him and 2 other guys or maybe not him at all) and his life will be over. No
Supreme Court, no more DC District Court, nothing.
The
Democrats are orchestrating this circus to stop a good man from being appointed
to the Supreme Court and they think this will help them in the polls in
November.
Our Democrat
Senators have not demonstrated the character, intellect, knowledge of law and demeanor
to privately investigate the horrible allegations? Who will every want to be
nominated to be a Justice of the Supreme Court after this disgraceful act of politics.
Yes, I believe this is a tactical ploy to energize the far-left wing loony-toons based on “social justice.” I am sick and tired of “social justice” being
used as the justification to forgo individual justice. Forgo enough individuals’
justice and pretty soon it scales to the level of social injustice even for a
Democrat. Individual and social justice should not be two separate concepts. However,
when you view the world from the Democrat’s perspective of identity politics,
it seems that sacrificing a good man’s life to sooth a group of man-hating
women is the required retribution for past “social injustices.” If that sounds
sexists, I do not apologize. The current state of craziness must be called what
it is – wrong. The identity politics that all white men are bad is wrong. But
as one of our esteemed Senators from Hawaii has stated, white men should shut
up and step up. Isn’t that lovely? Yes, since I am a man, I really have no
right to an opinion here.
To my dear
Democrat Senators: Americans will be more stirred up to oppose the political
tactics of hate that you are enacting than will be stirred to promote more
hate. More Americans will vote to bring America back the common sense that we are
all (regardless of our sex or race) innocent until proven guilty. That means,
come November, you lose.
