[AnotherUnixGeek]

Kavanaugh worked in George W. Bush's presidential campaign, was a member of his administration and was nominated to the DC Court of Appeals by Bush.

Those don't look like the earmarks of a surefire conservative vote on the SC to me. We've been burned repeatedly by "moderate" or "safe" conservative judges who turn out to be big disappointments once confirmed. Sandra Day O'Connor, Anthony Kennedy, David Souter - hopefully Kavanaugh will not be another one.

[SeekAndFind]

Don’t forget that aside from Roberts, GW Bush gave us Sam Alito, an outstanding justice the way I see it ( of course he did it after there was big conservative stink on his first nomination, Harriet Meyers, who fortunately, withdrew her nomination ).

[Nifster]

So what?

Have you read his decisions? Did you hear his speech last night? His fidelity to the constitution is solid. That’s what we want

Go buy some tin foil and duct tape

[Czech_Occidentalist]

I don’t believe Kavanaugh will be another Anthony Kennedy or even David Souter. He seems to be another Roberts - not awful, but not good enough.

[Ancesthntr]

“Those don’t look like the earmarks of a surefire conservative vote on the SC to me. We’ve been burned repeatedly by “moderate” or “safe” conservative judges who turn out to be big disappointments once confirmed. “

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You might be surprised if you read some of his opinions. He was very explicit, for example, in the “Heller” case (which got appealed to the SC, and wound up with a result pretty much identical to Kavanaugh’s). BK’s dissent VERY clearly said (and I’m paraphrasing) that it doesn’t matter what any judge’s opinion is on the wisdom of any particular policy, because it is not part of a judge’s job description to MAKE policy, only to interpret the law consistent with its text. He went on to say that both DC’s ban on semi-auto rifles and its (completely restrictive) licensing scheme were directly contrary to the 2nd Amendment.

THAT is a judge that I want on the USSC - someone who, as Scalia himself said, rules as the law DEMANDS that he (or she) must, regardless of their own personal opinions or preferences. In fact, Scalia said that it would be unlikely that a good judge (as measured by this standard) WOULDN’T, at some point in their career, rule against their own preferences.

Note that I’m no great fan of the Bush family or their politics, either. However, every once in a while they get something right - remember that Bush the Elder appointed Clarence Thomas. Maybe it’d be a good idea to actually examine people for their record and their character, and not necessarily for their involvement in Republican politics when the only game in town was named “Bush” for about 2 decades?

[Albion Wilde]

Kavanaugh worked in George W. Bush's presidential campaign, was a member of his administration and was nominated to the DC Court of Appeals by Bush.

Many of us feel burned by Bush now, but at the time, he was the only game in town. You'd preferr Kavanaugh wouldn't have played the hand all conservatives were dealt in those years?