Posted on 07/09/2018 7:26:17 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to replace retiring Justice Anthony M. Kennedy on the Supreme Court comes at a tense moment. It could drastically shift the court’s tenuous ideological balance, and it comes not long after Senate Republicans disgracefully blocked President Barack Obama from making a court pick in his final year. More than ever, the court is in danger of becoming viewed as an instrument of politics rather than an independent, nonpartisan branch of government.
That is why senators must be even more exacting than usual when they evaluate Mr. Kavanaugh. They should insist on a justice who would rule with modesty and genuine independence of mind — and a willingness to resist abuses of power by this and future presidents. “I believe that an independent judiciary is the crown jewel of our constitutional republic,” Mr. Kavanaugh said following his introduction. He must show he means it.
Mr. Kavanaugh meets the basic qualifications for high court service. A Yale Law School graduate who clerked for Mr. Kennedy, he has served for 12 years on the powerful U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The country certainly could have expected worse from President Trump. Yet Mr. Kavanaugh came from a list of potential nominees preapproved by conservative activist groups. Their goal is to tilt the court as far right as possible as quickly as possible.
Mr. Trump’s first nominee, Neil M. Gorsuch, was, in his confirmation hearings, the least forthcoming Supreme Court nominee in recent memory. Mr. Kavanaugh must do better. Fortunately, he comes with a huge record.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
On hot-button questions, Mr. Kavanaugh has trended conservative on issues such as abortion, indicating a narrow view of what constitutes an undue burden on a woman’s right to end her pregnancy, and the Obamacare contraception mandate, though his take on the mandate was somewhat more conciliatory than right-wing activists would prefer. A nemesis of the administrative state, he has frequently voted against the Environmental Protection Agency, arguing that programs to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions and cross-border air pollution went further than the law allowed; in each case he took an overly narrow view of the statute. Mr. Kavanaugh seems less willing to grant executive agencies leeway in interpreting Congress’s instructions than the Supreme Court has typically shown. Senators must explore how far this philosophy extends.
Good!
Elections have consequences.
WE need RBG to die. Millions of lives are at stake!
They shouldn’t take care. Stick it up their ass. Let the chips fall where they may. Even if it’s against us.
ultimately, the best measure of Kavenaugh’s worth is how much the leftist hate him. WaPoo’s whining is a pretty good start ...
Then democrats should be pleased to have more justices who interpret the non-political Constitution rather than interpreting Politics and writing laws that support one side's politics. So I am very happy for the democrats, as they are getting what they say they want. But I suspect they are lying about what they want.
Yep.
Stick to the list. Keep nominating conservatives.
Thomas should go ahead and retire. Get antoher 30 years with a conservative - though he’ll be missed.
RBG is about ready to die at age 85. That’ll be two more picks for Trump.
After mid-terms he should pardon Flynn and Manafort as well. Screw up. Just pull the plug on the farce.
“he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint ... Judges of the supreme Court...”
That’s what the Constitution says. Nothing about anal insertion. Do you hate the Constitution?
Oh the horror!
Saye do what?
Throw in Breyer too. He votes just as bad, just not nearly as obnoxious
Easier to "fundamentally transform" America by 5-4 votes in the Supreme Court than by getting legislatures to vote for laws that most of the public doesn't like.
Apparently this last term of the Court, the Justice that voted most like Neil Gorsuch was none other than Anthony Kennedy. So how exactly would another Neil Gorsuch “dramatically shift the court to the right”?
This hysteria, as per usual from the Left, has no markings of being genuine.
Music to my ears.
Conservatives should lie back and break out the popcorn.
The fake news media is doing another number on Trump and that’s why I trust his decision.
He knows how to push their buttons.
I will translate this piece for anyone who doesn’t want to read the article.
“Waah, waah, waah. Oh, and waaaaaah.”
Washington Examiner: “Alan Dershowitz said Monday President Trump was approaching the process of selecting a replacement for Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy with the mindset that he’ll likely have the opportunity to nominate up to five justices to the highest court in the country.
“I think the president is looking at the big picture,” Dershowitz told CNN of a phone conversation he had with Trump a few days ago.”
Did they already have these articles written out for all four finalists?
“More than ever, the court is in danger of becoming viewed as an instrument of politics rather than an independent, nonpartisan branch of government.”
WaPo and the rest of the Left should know after decades of using the SCOTUS and courts in general to do exactly that...
Appointing judges is one of the benefits of winning elections...DJT campaigned on a promise he would select judges who would decide cases based on the law rather than their own personal ideology...Looks like he’s keeping that promise as well...
Now, immediate confirmation hearings...Not tired of winning yet!
Kavanaugh is entirely main stream.
Trouble is, NONE of the American NEWS MEDIA are main stream!
Lol!! You must be a Redditor!
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