Reagan had a liberal senate, and had to guess who he could get past them; the Bork fiasco shows his difficulty. Bush was just a God-damned statist airhead. Nice guy; patriot; but DEFINATELY the Forrest Gump of American politics. Except Gump wasn’t so arrogantly scornful of the opinions of conservatives.
yes indeed - Regean was a conservative. Bush was a statist, he worshiped government.
But remember, Bork wanted to disarm the American people. AND he would have been on the court for DC v. Heller. Also, he died the same year. Obama would have nominated a third justice not counting Merrick Garland. Kennedy was a blessing in disguise for gun rights if nothing else.
I voted for Trump for this very reason - I balked at the thought of HRC making Supreme Court appointments. Had Bork been on the court, that wouldn’t have been a concern in the 2016 election. We’d have had a liberal-majority court since 2012.
When Reagan nominated Sandra Day O’Connor, he did not have a liberal Senate. It was a monumental mistake.
David Souter was another brilliant republican pick by Bush senior.