Warren Rudman, then the Senator from New Hampshire, tricked John Sununu into promoting him to George Bush. Republicans now do a better job of vetting judicial nominees then they used to.
I don’t buy the ‘tricked’ argument at all.
But still, he is a liberal who was named by a Republican post-Reagan.
I also don’t see how Will can both claim that Kennedy is a conservative and not somehow have a secure conservative majority as it is. Answer: Kennedy’s a moderate and so we’ve a swing court that leans a tad conservative.
Why did Rudman do that? I've heard/read that he did, but I've never heard of a motive.
Was Rudman gay? Did want to injure Sununu's influence, or his rep? Bush's?