“The funniest thing is- Brett Kavanaugh is a moderate-centrist, a long-time Bushie who grew up an Inside-the-Beltway preppie, an Ivy League graduate, and probably felt more at home with Democrats than Conservatives.”
On social issues, though, Kennedy was a radical leftist. He wrote the Texas Sodomy decision (lawrence v texas) and the Homosexual marriage decision, for example.
Replacing Kennedy with a moderate centrist probably won’t reverse the bad stuff the Court has already done on the social issues. But it will be a complete halt to the Court continuing to serve as the fist of Che Guevara’s revolution on social issues (unless Roberts goes south and becomes the new swing vote).
Also, in terms of the out-of-control lower court Obamajudges who seem to declare everything Trump does as unconstitutional and enjoin it, we may well see them get reined in hard. That’s a big deal because even if it gets reversed on appeal because it’s obviously wrong, the Trump agenda is delayed by years. I’m thinking Kavanaugh will be in no mood to be a nice guy to the hard left judges below.
And, their dream of confiscating our guns just died for many years. Had they been able to keep the court 4-4 until power changes hands, they could have piecemealed us state by state with no effective appeal to a court that would impose order on second amendment issues.
So it’s kind of a big deal.
Now if RGB drops dead after next November the Dems will try to stop her replacement. Which means we have a fixed conservative bench through 2020.