Posted on 10/07/2018 2:48:01 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
'He has the power to shape the court for a generation'
Chief Justice John Roberts and retired Justice Anthony Kennedy conducted the swearing-in for Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Saturday.
Kavanaugh’s addition to the Supreme Court comes after a tumultuous, monthslong confirmation process.
Sacramento political analyst Steve Swatt weighed in on the impact of Kavanaugh’s confirmation.
Q: How much is partisan politics affecting the Supreme Court?
Swatt: That’s what a lot of people are concerned about, that the politics will in fact saturate the court. What is interesting is that in Brett Kavanaugh, the court now has a reliable staunch conservative replacing a moderate conservative, Anthony Kennedy. And so what that means is that because of Kavanaugh’s age and because of the fact that he is now a reliable fifth vote on the court, that he has the power to shape the court for a generation.
Q: What do you expect Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court voting record to look like?
Swatt: You never know, because the court throughout history has seen a number of justices vote different than people expected. … But based on his writings, based on his court decisions, based on his public statements, I think you have to assume that he will be a staunch conservative and the reliable fifth vote for conservatives on that court.
Q: Which issues do you think Kavanaugh will most impact?
Swatt: The resistance, or the non-conservatives, are most fearful that the court will lurch rightward in terms of gay rights, campaign finance, abortion certainly, perhaps affirmative action, unions, things like that.
Q: What next?
Swatt: I’m interested to see how this will affect the midterm elections, because the food fight over Brett Kavanaugh seems to have energized Trump’s base, which seemed lethargic for quite a while. And it energized that base one month before the midterm elections, when the Democrats are hoping to take back the House. But it also has energized the resistance. And so the key, of course, will be which side does the best job of turning out its voters on Election Day. Traditionally, Republicans have done a better job at that. But we’ll have to see.
Why couldn’t we just reverse what the dems did to get obozo elected? They chose the half/black man to avoid ever having people complain about him....the same thing could be done by nominating such a person you just described.
Great idea! Start looking, folks!
IOW:
A SCOTUS saturated with atheism and communism is apolitical and desirable.
Anne Coulter is one year older than Brett Kavanaugh. . .
Can’t remember where I heard this, but: Democrats = resistance. Republicans = results.
“...he will be a staunch conservative...”
His opinions suggest he will a ‘staunch” constitutionalist. If that is equivalent to being a “staunch” conservative, than so be it!!
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