Kavanaugh registered web domain "confirmKavanaugh.com" in 2017 prior to Kennedy resignation!

[Grasswire2]

How did he know a justice position was coming open??


[link:http://

Link to tweet

?s=20|

[Sneederbunk]

1. Kennedy, Kennedy's son, Deutche Bank, take your pick.

[TryLogic]

19. If it was a setup,

that would explain Kavanaugh's entitled, smart ass attitude.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

46. Kennedy's son and Deutsche Bank

Yes, it is THAT simple.

[StarfishSaver]

2. How does this prove Kavanaugh registered this?

It doesn't show a registrant.

Also, this would be much more suspicious if it were registered shortly before Kennedy retired in 2018, not a year and a half before.

[Sanity Claws]

6. Someone registered it

and whoever it was, I sincerely doubt that it was done without Kavanaugh being on board. It really doesn't matter, IMHO, whether it was Kavanaugh personally registered it or someone did it on his behalf.

Why do you think it is significant whether it was registered a day before or a year before? Either way, it shows that he was preordained by someone to get on the bench. He wasn't chosen by Trump from a list presented to him. Kavanaugh was the one chosen in advance by the real Powers That Be.

[FBaggins]

12. You're missing how such things work

Unless the conspiracy theorist can demonstrate that there are not also registrations for dozens of other potential appointees around the same time... this means nothing at all.

People knew that the incoming president was going to be making judicial appointments... and this one was kind enough to provide a list during the campaign. Either the administration or some supporting group likely registered 200 such sites in the early days of the administration. I'd be shocked if Obama didn't as well.

[StarfishSaver]

13. It doesn't show anything

Kavanaugh and several other judges and lawyers were talked about as potential Supreme Court nominees for years. Entire groups push them and advocate for them and make sure their names are constantly in play.

Kavanaugh was on the short list for the Scalia seat that went to Gorsuch, just a few days before this site was registered. Anyone paying attention to judicial nominations and the process knew in February 2017 that Trump would likely get at least one more nomination after Gorsuch and it wouldn't have been unusual at all for someone to either grab up the domain names for potential nominees to sell later or for supporters them to register a website for their preferred candidate so they'd be ready when the time came. In this case, it came more than a year later.

Without more, there's no there there. This is a silly conspiracy theory with no rational basis.

[Igel]

9. There are people/groups who register a lot of names.

So if there was a list of potential SCOTUS nominees, for example, they might want to register all of them in the most obvious forms. Some to it to block their use; some do it to preserve them for use; some do it because they can sell them

But, of course, there's no evidence of there being a list of potential SCOTUS nominees, surely.

This could be checked out. Look at the registration for "confirm____" where ____ stands for others on the list of mooted nominees from fall 2016. Were they also all registered? On the same day or adjacent days? Etc.

[PoliticAverse]

28. Confirm confirmkethledge.com was actually registered before confirmkavanaugh.com.

confirmbarrett.com is also registered (those are the only 2 other conservative judicial favorites I checked - Raymond Michael Kethledge, Amy Coney Barrett) .

[rurallib]

3. Gosh he must be a psychic also!

Wonder if he sees an impeachment in his future?

[Hekate]

4. The corruption is enough to gag a goat

[Kali]

5. meh

lists of potential nominees probably get produced even before elections, there are always chances of retirments or deaths so every pres probably has some kind of short list, and why wouldn't the people on them know? the guy is a shithead, but this doesn't mean much.

[FBaggins]

7. This is almost certainly nonsense

Nothing in there says that Kavanaugh registered the domain.

This is a couple weeks after Trump took office. I'd be willing to bet that "confirm(lastname).com" was registered for every judge potentially on Trump's list.

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

8. This is meaningless

Anyone can register a domain and domain squatting is common. You will find similar domain names registered for Barrett and Hardiman. A group likely registered domains for every name on trumps shortlist, in hopes of either getting paid for the domain, or of the RNC or federalist society did it, to use for the confirmation fight.

It's common practice to register any domain names that may be useful in the future so someone else doesn't beat you to it.

[colorado_ufo]

30. It would be difficult to prove prior intent

especially if this was never used actively, on a web site.

People register domains sometimes with the intent of SELLING them later, on the open market. If privacy was purchased with the registration, then you don't know who bought or owns the domain.

What if this was a different Kavanaugh? For a different position?

It could be exactly as you suggest, but difficult to prove.

[ret5hd]

37. Just wondering...who exactly would Kavenaugh sell ConfirmKavenaugh to?

You seem to make such a point that people register these with the intent of "SELLING" them later.

[colorado_ufo]

40. You misunderstand.

This would be a case of someone else buying the domain, with the intent of selling it later to Kavanaugh, if he wanted it. My point is that anyone can buy a domain with a name or anything else attached to it that isn't copyrighted or is a domain that is already in use.

The reason people do this is because they can sell a much-wanted domain for more than the individual could buy it from a domain registrar. Some people do this on a large scale as a business.

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

35. Its meaningless because..

It's the same faulty logic that people use to assume a person is running for election just because electxxxxx.com or xxxx2020.com are registered.

Anyone can register a domain. And speculators exist that buy up potentially profitable names.

In this case it's likely a gop related group who already knew the shortlist for SCOTUS. How did they know the shortlist? Because both sides have one at all times. Vetting takes time. Open seats can happen abruptly. Both dems and gop want names ready to go asap. So if you know the names, it doesn't cost much to buy the domain for later use, or to prevent the other side from using it against them. Imagine if the Dems or Dem friendly group got confirmkavanaugh up and running right after he was announced. You could advertise the site and use it to discredit him.

Look up similar sites for Kethledge, Barrett, and Hardiman. All short listers. All have confirm domains registered years ago.

[dlk]

10. The Fix Was In...

Someone knew what was coming down the road.

[Grasswire2]

15. two weeks after that day, Ivanka paid a visit to the Supreme Court...

.....daughter Arabella in tow.

[link:https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EExDttNVAAAYXUV?format=jpg&name=medium|

[dlk]

32. Imagine That...

[Miigwech]

11. How? Just as he showed up at a party drunkly, to sexually abuse any girl/woman, who would be there

... he knew beforehand ... or dick in forehand ...

[DallasNE]

14. Scalia's Seat Was Open

He probably expected to be named to fill that seat.

[Grasswire2]

16. yes, the Federalist Society may have registered it.

Or Don McGahn for that matter.

[superpatriotman]

17. We got 'em now!

This is surely the smoking gun, right?

[rickyhall]

18. You think the fix was in? Me, too. I think Moscow Mitch set whole up.

The Grand Old Criminal Party

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

20. Kavanaugh was not on Fat Donnie's original short list of SCOTUS candidates.

His name was added at the last minute. There's no evidence that his article stating that a sitting president could not only be indicted, he couldn't even be investigated had anything to do with his selection. His presence on the SCOTUS would form the final firewall between Trump and prison.

I once worked for a state circuit judge (who went on to be the chief justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court) who was the epitome of judicial temperament. I learned a lot from him, not only about being a lawyer, but about what it means to be an honorable man. Were he still alive, he would have been aghast that a low life such as Kavanaugh had been confirmed. BTW, in S.C. judges and justices and serve only until they are 70. I consider that reasonable.

As for Kennedy's unexpected retirement, I would love to see his financials around that time. The presence of his son in law on the staff of Deutche Bank just raises some yellow flags.

[FBaggins]

45. It wasn't added at the last minute

It was added eight months before the nomination... and was publically reported as a likely addition to the list during the Gorsuch nomination (which happens to coincide with the registration of this site).

As for Kennedy's unexpected retirement

Any sentence that starts with those words is nonsense. As soon as there was a republican president and senate, everyone knew that he was retiring. The only question was how quickly that would happen. There was zero chance that he was going to hang around past the kickoff of senate elections that might pass the chamber to the opposing party. Many people believed that had Scalia not passed away when he did... Kennedy would have stepped down in mid 2017.

I'll make it easy for anyone prone to bipartisan conspiracy theories. If we take back the White House and the Senate... RBG will be retiring. Bet on it. It might be the next day... it might be six months later or possibly as late as a year after that... but she's retiring. Don't get surprised when it happens... don't wonder why she hired some clerk(s).

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

47. Thanks for the corrections.

I usually document my posts with links, but got lazy on this one. For example, I just found Kavanaugh's name on a long list of candidates published by the White House in November 2017. It's just too damned easy to get hooked into conspiracy theories...

[zentrum]

21. Mercers put the fix on.

[canetoad]

22. If you go to the website

confirmcavanaugh.com, right at the bottom left is written:

© 2019 · Judicial Crisis Network. All rights reserved.
LEARN MORE ABOUT JCN >

The link to JCN is a page under construction.

[tblue37]

23. Or that HE would be nominated to fill it. nt

[bucolic_frolic]

24. This whole power grab, not just the SC, has been planned for 40-50 years

It may even be a capitalist response to the 1917 Revolution. The whole thing is orchestrated demolition of liberal democracy. Trump is just the front man.

[mountain grammy]

25. Wow. Fucking bullshit. Corruption to the core.

[PoliticAverse]

27. I miss the unrec. It helped when people posted fake news like this.

There's no evidence Kavanaugh had anything to do with this domain.

Visiting the site indicates it's run by the "Judicial Crisis Network (for info on that group see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judicial_Crisis_Network ).

Note that someone registered confirmbarrett.com (2017-11-17) and confirmKethledge.com (2016-12-19) as well.

[Generic Brad]

29. There is a case to be made that Kavanaugh had nothing to do with it

My proof? The absence of his dick pics on the site. He loves whipping that thing out and shoving it in peoples faces. There is not a single Kavenaugh penis glamour shot there.

[EveHammond13]

31. this is DIRTY BUSINESS and I'll bet a million Judicial Crisis Network/ FedSoc behind it

these mother FUCKERS

[Mersky]

33. Better yet... Who owns IMPEACHKAVANAUGH???

I searched whoisdotnet for the registrant info, nada... At first...

And now, this from whoisdotnet:
Domain Name: IMPEACHKAVANAUGH.COM
Registry Domain ID: 2287380795_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.namecheap.com
Registrar URL: http://www.namecheap.com
Updated Date: 2019-08-30T03:42:03Z
Creation Date: 2018-07-19T03:27:20Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2019-07-19T03:27:20Z
Registrar: NameCheap, Inc.
Registrar IANA ID: 1068
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: [e-mail]
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: [phone]
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Domain Status: redemptionPeriod https://icann.org/epp#redemptionPeriod
Name Server: DNS101.REGISTRAR-SERVERS.COM
Name Server: DNS102.REGISTRAR-SERVERS.COM
DNSSEC: unsigned
URL of the ICANN Whois Inaccuracy Complaint Form: https://www.icann.org/wicf/
>>> Last update of whois database: 2019-09-19T00:15:58Z <<<

...

But I found the same info a few minutes prior at the whois lookup at domaintools

So before I searched whoisdotnet a second time... I went to namecheap listed in the registration record. Wasn't available for purchase

So, this is what I'm getting at:

someone just registered that expired URL for IMPEACHKAVANAUGHdotcom -- Which does not resolve to an active site!

[Mersky]

34. My issue with the tweet in the OP:

This ain't on Brett the boofer, it's on Clarence the coke-canner.

One cannot assert who registered the domain from the info given from GoDaddy - can save that privacy/anonymity debate for later. We don't know it was kavanaugh.

The Judicial Crisis Network is some conservative group likely hellbent on taking away women's rights, because beer, guns, and the Bible. I really don't know, but they seem to run the site with Carrie Severino, "a former law clerk for supreme court justice Clarence Thomas.[1]"* as their, uhm, leader.

*Wikipedia entry for Judicial Crisis Network as I read it on 9/18/19 @ 8:00 pm CT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judicial_Crisis_Network

[fescuerescue]

36. Wasn't their a short list of SC candidates published before the election?

Irregardless, no SC nominee is shocked by being nominated. Those judges do their own brand of corporate politics to get considered for the "long list", and have feedback on how their efforts are being perceived.

[flying_wahini]

41. Interesting that there are so many naysayers here on DU given that Trumps cronies are likely

To break any rule or law you put in front of them.

As if.

[oldsoftie]

43. I think its actually GOOD to see that so many see this OP as a crock of shit.

It means that a lot of people dont believe everything fed to them just because they might want it to be true.
And many of the posters are also pointing out WHY this OP is a crock.

[FakeNoose]

42. Kavanaugh was already a judge in the Appellate Court since 2006

He knew he'd be appointed for something eventually, but this isn't proof that he knew he was in line for a SCOTUS appointment. It's interesting that this website was registered only a couple weeks after Chump's inauguration though.

How can we find out if other domains were setup at the same time? Maybe a bunch of young RWNJ judges all got registered as confirm"X".com, and Kavanaugh's was the only one to be renewed a year later.

[3Hotdogs]

44. Simple: Ya see, there's this black ball that you get from Spencer's Gifts.

You ask it a question and it tells you if you are gonna be nominated for Supreme Court.

It just told me, "No." So it works.

[PhoenixDem]

48. Doesn't surprise me

They are all crooks .. every last one of them