If Kavanaugh is not confirmed and the Democrats significantly lose the midterms, can the GOP bring Kavanaugh back and confirm him?
The real damage here, so far, at least, is good candidates will decline nomination. Who wants to put up with this kind of drama?
If he’s not confirmed he might lose his Federal Judgeship if someone files more frivolous crap. They have destroyed his life already.
If the Democrats significantly lose the midterms, payback will surely occur. No reason not to ratify the Trump nomination, IMHO. Only if it is withdrawn, and even then . . .The real damage here, so far, at least, is good candidates will decline nomination. Who wants to put up with this kind of drama?
I wonder what will remain of the Judiciary Committee for that reason. “Advice and consent” will consist of the Majority Leader coming to an agreement with the president - and the Majority Leader calling a vote of the full Senate. That will be the price of getting a nominee to accept nomination. IMHO.. . . and that will represent status quo ante 1926; for the first 150 years there was never the kind of circus about a SCOTUS nominee. The Senate just mostly ratified.
That makes it look to me like the Senate Judiciary Committee will be considered too political by any nominee at the appellate or SCOTUS level. In the long run only nominees to the bottom rung of the judicial ladder are likely to accept Judiciary Committee scrutiny. Just my guess.
Yes, and I think Trump is the type to do exactly that.
Impeachment is one thing, conviction is another. It is doubtful the senate will hold a supermajority of democrats in the near future, and eventually this will die down anyway.
“If Kavanaugh is not confirmed and the Democrats significantly lose the midterms, can the GOP bring Kavanaugh back and confirm him?”
Yes, he can re-nominate him to the Senate. If we are lucky we can pick up 3 or 4 Senate seats with Conservatives. That should be enough to do the trick.