Posted on 07/09/2018 9:52:48 PM PDT by conservative98
President Donald Trump defied advice from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in picking Judge Brett Kavanaugh to be the next Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, a move that resulted in a potential Justice who would have one of the most conservative records on the high court.
Democrats, including former staff for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, are already seizing on McConnell’s advice to the president as a line of attack against Kavanaugh.
McConnell, as Breitbart News and the New York Times reported on Saturday night, was pushing Trump to pick Judge Ray Kethledge–or Judge Tom Hardiman–since McConnell believed they would face an easier Senate confirmation than Kavanaugh or Judge Amy Coney Barrett.
“McConnell has said he does not want a SCOTUS battle in an election year,” one source who had been briefed on McConnell’s private comments to many people in Washington told Breitbart News on Saturday. “He thinks Kethledge would be easy to confirm because Kethledge is not a consistent conservative.”
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I would say that a supreme court justice is more important than an election. Don’t get me wrong, both are important, but these are midterms. And a supreme court justice could be on for 30 years. Stacking the supreme court right now with conservatives could change the tide of the country. Trump might have a chance to put in two more justices! To replace Ginsberg and Breyer. That would make it 7 to 2!
too funny!
#walkaway
” would say that a supreme court justice is more important than an election. Don’t get me wrong, both are important, but these are midterms.”
You miss the strategy, it’s not one or the other - either way, Trump will get Kavanaugh (barring something horrible about him comes out). The only question is when, and then with that, how many seats in the Senate do the Republicans have next year.
The way the math works is that if Kavanaugh is confirmed now, and with some (Red State) Democrat votes, the Senate remains in play in November - the Dems may well take it over. If they take it over, ALL judicial nominations stop cold - including the lower courts. So Trump has 5-4 on Supreme, but that’s it.
But if Kavanaugh is rejected the seat remains open, and if the rejection is due to Red State Democrats voting against him (along with 1 or 2 Republicans), then we pick up several seats in November, easily confirm Kavanaugh next year, and then easily confirm whoever else is nominated for the Supreme Court (if any), as well as all of the other courts.
That’s why one could argue that Trump wouldn’t be so upset with the second outcome. The only real difference is that Kavanaugh won’t be there for several months...important, but not the end of the world.
But don’t get me wrong - Trump will give it a full go...regardless of the outcome he prefers, since he knows we want him in NOW, not later.
oh ok thanks for the explanation.
Any time!
Now I’m nervous he will be confirmed! lol
Naa, let’s the sure thing done! We still could have the worst of both worlds - no confirmation and lose the Senate.
Or the best of both worlds, an early confirmation and keep the Senate! I’m hoping with the economy roaring back, people will listen to That instead of the media.
That is exactly what I was thinking.
Very True!
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