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And I think looking at stuff like this, I would clearly dispute the “Kav much better than Kennedy” premise. At best, I would say he might be a milimeter to Kennedy’s right. Both turned out to be “disappointments for conservatives” and “emerged as unlikely liberal hopes for a swing vote”:

https://www.newsweek.com/fox-news-brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court-liberal-justices-1424286

https://www.denverpost.com/2019/05/14/tuesday-may-14-letters/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-23/kavanaugh-emerges-as-unlikely-liberal-hope-for-court-swing-vote

https://www.scotusblog.com/2019/04/empirical-scotus-is-kavanaugh-as-conservative-as-expected/

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/brett-kavanaugh-sides-with-liberal-justices-in-declining-to-hear-planned-parenthood-defunding-case

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/07/conservatives-are-furious-that-trumps-supreme-court-picks-failed-to-deliver

And I give Reagan less flask for his guy because Kennedy was Reagan’s THIRD choice for that seat.

Kav and Gors were good boys today (PA voting case)

Roberts was a little bitch once again. 4-4