From: januarybaybee@gmail.com   
      
   Wow.  The same American Bar Association that gave Kavanaugh high marks for   
   being "well qualified"?   
      
   They either know something about his character or background, or they don't   
   like what Trump is trying to do to rush this turkey into his pen.     
      
   Either way, every lawyer in the land will have to sit up and take notice - not   
   to mention every legally trained member of the Senate and House.  This is not   
   a small voice asking for an FBI investigation of Kavanaugh.  The Republicans   
   would be wise not to    
   ignore it.   Playing at 'above the law' is what is going to topple this Senate   
   on Nov 6th - and their incompetent, lying leader soon thereafter.   
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   American Bar Association: Delay Kavanaugh until FBI investigates assault   
   allegations   
      
   Washington (CNN) - The American Bar Association is calling on the Senate   
   Judiciary Committee to halt the consideration of President Donald Trump's   
   Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh until an FBI investigation is completed   
   into the sexual assault    
   allegations that have roiled his nomination.   
      
   In a strongly worded letter obtained by CNN Thursday, the organization said it   
   is making the extraordinary request "because of the ABA's respect for the rule   
   of law and due process under law," siding with concerns voiced by Senate   
   Democrats since    
   Christine Blasey Ford's decades-old allegations became public.   
      
   "The basic principles that underscore the Senate's constitutional duty of   
   advice and consent on federal judicial nominees require nothing less than a   
   careful examination of the accusations and facts by the FBI," said Robert   
   Carlson, president of the    
   organization, in a Thursday night letter addressed to Senate Judiciary   
   Chairman Chuck Grassley and ranking Democrat Dianne Feinstein.   
      
   "Each appointment to our nation's Highest Court (as with all others) is simply   
   too important to rush to a vote," Carlson wrote.  "Deciding to proceed without   
   conducting additional investigation would not only have a lasting impact on   
   the Senate's    
   reputation, but it will also negatively affect the great trust necessary for   
   the American people to have in the Supreme Court."   
      
   The comments are striking because the organization gave Kavanaugh its highest   
   rating of unanimous, "well-qualified" for the Supreme Court. Kavanaugh himself   
   touted that rating at Thursday's emotionally-charged hearing where he denied   
   Ford's sworn    
   testimony that he attempted to rape her when they were teenagers.   
   Kavanaugh noted he was "thoroughly vetted" by the ABA.   
      
   "For 12 years, everyone who has appeared before me on the D.C. Circuit has   
   praised my judicial temperament," Kavanaugh said Thursday.  "That's why I have   
   the unanimous, well qualified rating from the American Bar Association."   
      
   In the letter, the ABA president says the Senate must remain "an institution   
   that will reliably follow the law and not politics," saying a "thorough FBI   
   investigation will demonstrate its commitment to a Supreme Court that is above   
   reproach."   
      
   Republicans have rejected Democratic calls for an FBI probe and are planning   
   to hold a committee vote Friday before moving the nomination to the floor this   
   weekend.   
      
      
   Thu September 27, 2018   
   By Manu Raju, Senior Congressional Correspondent   
      
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