***Breaking*** SenJeffMerkley just filed a federal injunction to stop the Kavanaugh Vote.

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92. No point in wasting your time researching - There's nothing there

We can look to the original pleading to see how elements of jurisdiction and standing are alleged to be met in this case.

There really aren't any. Just that the matter arises under the constitution and thus the court has subject matter jurisdiction. Basically that by denying him documents that he wants, they are damaging his ability to provide advice and consent.

Obviously, that's nonsense in his personal case. He can't claim that he personally needed more information to make up his mind... because he actively opposed Kavanaugh from day one... but that's not the legal argument.

The legal argument is quite clear. The Constitution says that the Senate provides advice and consent. That doesn't devolve into an individual right to gather whatever a certain senator (or group of senators) wants. The Senate has the right... acting as a body. If an individual senator feels that he doesn't have enough information to make an informed decision... he has the privilege of voting "no".

I believe the law is what a judge says it is, until another judge disagrees.

Sorry... but that's just nonsense. Kavanaugh might agree with you, but if he said it out loud it would have been much easier to defeat his nomination.

The fact that courts can't weigh in on Senate rules is pretty settled law. They can hear a case accusing the Senate of not following their own rules... but they can't impose one on their own.