Links for Friday, September 22
Neal Katyal's evil deeds, and a note on the destitute
We focus today on the evil deeds of Neal Katyal, MSNBC darling and hero of the #Resistance. If he were a hero of the Real Resistance, the one that fights rule by the rich, he wouldn’t be urging the Supreme Court to permanently ban a wealth tax. Hero of the other resistance seems to have a pretty low bar.
But this piece also has a broader theme, the destitute, and why, in the Gospels, Jesus called them blessed. For the answer to that, read on.
Links
Herewith, a number of links on the aforementioned themes, plus a musical treat.
• Neal Katyal, former Obama official, urges Supreme Court to ban Wealth Taxes permanently (Krystal Ball, Breaking Points)
A good listen, not just for Katyal’s many evil deeds — they are indeed many; he argues for child slavery, for example — but for the constitutional questions (starting at 3:12). On its face, a wealth tax is constitutional based on any originalist interpretation.
What the corrupt, ideological justices will rule is another question. (And you probably already know the answer.)
Note also Katyal’s many appearances on MSNBC, the Democratic Party’s liberation voice, including this very recent appearance on Jen Psaki’s new show. (Click cautiously; the ad density at that site is high.) Every appearance there polishes his liberal cred, of which he should have none.
File under “The rich won’t leave till we make them go away.”
• Neal Katyal’s Support for Right Wing Justices (Wikipedia)
Katyal endorsed President Donald Trump's nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court in an op-ed to The New York Times.[35] When that newspaper's public editor criticized the op-ed for failing to disclose Katyal had active cases being considered by the Court, Katyal responded that it would have been obvious he always has cases being heard by the Supreme Court.[36] Katyal formally introduced Gorsuch on the first day of his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings.[37]
In addition to Gorsuch, Katyal also spoke highly of Trump's nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.[38] In multiple tweets that were cited by Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in favor of Kavanaugh's confirmation,[39] Katyal praised Kavanaugh's "credentials [and] hardworking nature",[40] and described his "mentoring and guidance" of female law clerks as "a model for all of us in the legal profession".[41] Katyal has also called Kavanaugh "very gracious",[42] and "incredibly likable".[43] During a July 2018 panel on Kavanaugh's nomination sponsored by The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, he said: "It's very hard for anyone who has worked with him, appeared before him, to frankly say a bad word about him."[44] Katyal's comments in support of Kavanaugh were made before Christine Blasey Ford's Senate Judiciary Committee testimony.
File under “Read it and weep.”