BK is replacing Kennedy...a reliable swing vote is being replaced with a hopefully reliable conservative vote.
Because this appointment changes the balance of power on the court.
I was thinking the same thing!
Just that simple
Kav is perceived as replacing a moderate, swing vote.
The ‘Rats had their usual cow on Gorsuch and failed. Decided to go large on K.
Everyone’s right. Gorsuch replaced Scalia. Leftists considered that a wash. Kavanaugh changes the balance.
Actually, they did.
So much so that Senator McConnell had to deploy the nuclear option. They just can’t abide a conservative getting on the Supreme Court.
IMO — Gorsuch replaced Scalia. That’s just a swap of one Conservative for another Conservative. How much can they really complain?
Kennedy was a swing vote who at least helped the Life win some of the time. To lose Kennedy and get stuck with yet another Conservative is being seen as a major setback for the Left.
And they know that RBG is leaving soon, and that is swapping a hardcore Leftist for another Conservative.
The Left sees the trend and they’re fighting against it.
Gorsuch was just a one for one replacement for Conservative Scalia. Kavanaugh replaces swing vote and somewhat malleable Anthony Kennedy, which would give SCOTUS a 6-3 Originalist majority.
My opinion is big donors have told them....block this or you are not getting a dime.
Planned Parenthood and Tom Steyer
Gorsuch replaced a very conservative justice....Scalia.
Kavanaugh is replacing a squishy middle of the road justice and will change the makeup of the court to (hopefully) be more conservative.
Limbaugh may have just nailed it. He estimates 80% of the leftist agenda stuffed into our culture was not voted on but rather was the result of the courts. K presents a clear danger to the left in that context.
100% TDS.
If President Trump were to nominate a dyed in the wool liberal, the same would have happened.
I’m with you. Gorsuch took the seat that could have been Obama’s pick.
I was surprised the Dems didn’t make a bigger stink before the election in 2016 or when Gorsuch was nominated.
Maybe they thought their silent coup would work and Trump would be gone by now, giving them back the power.
each justice that Pres Trump successfully places on the SCOTUS is moving the court further toward being strict constitutionalist. (conservative)
this is a nightmare for the lunatic left because infecting our country with their agenda is done through the courts. their insanity will not succeed by legislation.
savvy ?
Gorsuch replaced Scalia so the court didn’t shift to the right. Kavanaugh replacing Kennedy should shift the court to the right on abortion and, potentially, gay marriage and religious freedom issues.
Why are liberals in government, media and on main street so concerned about a decent man becoming a Supreme Court Justice?:
Congress, Presidents, governors, legislatures, IRS/FBI/DOJ and all others set up potential possible judicial decisions, which are ALL Decided by the Supreme Court.
Often by one vote.
The federal circuit judges (HI,OR,CA especially), and the Supreme Court 5-4 decisions totally run our religious practice, life and death such as abortion, immigration and our borders, our sex lives and definitions of gender, and all types of private and public activity and taxation.
Thanks to frank ballenger for his remarks above clarifying the America, we have lived in since FDR.