Tell ya what. I’m going to wait to see his decisions on the cases that come before the Supreme Court before I decide that he was a bad pick. Call me crazy.
Lay off until we know more.
I don’t have a ton of confidence that he’s going to be like Thomas or Scalia. He’ll follow the law and follow precedent, and probably vote with the conservatives in contested cases. That’s fine for how. Swapping out RBG with Amy Barrett will be when things really start to shift, but I think Kavanaugh was the right choice for now. He united the Republican Party going into the midterms.
This is why replacing RGB is the real key to getting the court on track.
Just as a conservative is often a liberal who has been mugged, an originalist justice may be a moderate one who has been defamed.
The truth is Presidents have no say what justices do.
If the Federalist Society isnt good enough to vet federal judicial nominations, then we might as well hand the picks over to Chuck Schumer and DiFi.
Cause you can never tell how mainstream they are.
The first line of this fabrication told me all I needed to put on the brakes, and move on down the page to read hopefully something that wasn’t total BS.
All I want is someone who interprets the Constitution and not someone who makes up law from the bench. If we get that we will move towards repealing Roe v Wade because there is nothing in the Constitution to support it. And they know it.
I’m pretty sure his attitude has changed since he saw the democrats accuse him of gang rape. Payback is a bitch.
A very honest article, but Collins’ speech shouldn’t be the first time folks talk about Kavenaugh’s regard for precedent. I listened to his senate hearings and heard him discuss Roe. He clearly stated that Roe was precedent on precedent.
It’s not new what Collins said.
Nor does it mean Kavenaugh is not a constitutionalist.
Well, Hillary could have picked a Eric Holder as a nominee!
GOP would have confirmed him...too...
Trump got a huge fight anyway. This is probably a learning experience which Donald will remember, that trying to play nice won't work.
Let’s make wild accusations without any evidence like the Lefties do!
Sen. Grassley, bless his soul, said he would raise that and more to help her win in her next election,
Those tacky women protesting are a disgrace to their sex, they're an ugly lot in both manner and appearance.
Lets see what cases actually come forward.
For a Circuit Court judge, a Supreme Court ruling that has been reiterated more than once is a binding precedent, the “settled law.”
It would be judicial activism for a Circuit Court to try to overturn, out of whole cloth, such a precedent.
But the reach of justices on the Supreme Court is greater. Nonetheless, justices who are judicial activists try not to overturn precedent willy-nilly. Neither do they rule on issues not before them.
It will take a well-crafted case that strikes at the heart of Roe’s holding for someone like Kavanaugh (or Roberts) to overturn it. And I think both would be hesitant to overturn it with only five votes. It may take until Barrett is on the Court.
From my reading of Kavenaugh's separate opinions, I'd say he's going to be one that will put more faith in precedent than I probably would. I would also bet that he's going to be one of the alleged 'law and order' types that leans over backward for the government when the government is pushing the limits of its power. Don't expect him to do anything that might reign in things like asset forfeiture. I also don't expect him to do much, if anything to support overturning Roe v Wade. I expect he'll be good on the 2nd amendment, but probably more wishy-washy on the 4th and 5th amendments, especially when they might possibly encroach upon the perceived 'needs of the state'.
From our perspective, I think he'll be an overall plus for getting some cases on the docket that might otherwise have not made it due to liberal opposition.
We'll see. The term's only starting, and there will likely be lots of stuff that can be looked at in greater detail as things get moving on it.
Well, if hes a moderate, hes one that has been mugged. Remember the maxim?
Well, we’ll see, I guess. Souter was a total joke, but I suspect Kavanaugh will consider liberal precedents with a jaundiced eye, considering the hateful beating that he took from the Dems. Hopefully, that will be the case.