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To: nathanbedford; All
It is worth remembering that it was not a mushy moderate but Ronald Reagan himself who put Justice Kennedy on the Supreme Court.

It is also worth remembering that Anthony Kennedy was Reagan's third choice to replace Justice Powell.

His first choice was Robert Bork, a competent conservative jurist who's nomination was voted down in the Senate by a 42-58 margin, and his second choice Douglas Ginsburg withdrew his name from consideration after it was revealed he had once smoked marijuana.

On a separate note, Bork's nomination was opposed by 16 of 22 Senators from the states comprising the old Confederacy, a surprising statistic from the region some here claim is the most conservative.

19 posted on 07/01/2015 4:38:19 AM PDT by mac_truck (Aide toi et dieu t aidera)
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To: mac_truck
his second choice Douglas Ginsburg withdrew his name from consideration after it was revealed he had once smoked marijuana.

Enforced nationwide endorsement of perversion is a small price to pay for a drug-free Supreme Court. /s

23 posted on 07/01/2015 9:55:31 AM PDT by ConservingFreedom (A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
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