From https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/01/31/us/politics/trump-supreme-court-nominee.html
Posted on 10/04/2018 4:56:53 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
I was deeply honored to stand at the White House July 9 with my wife, Ashley, and my daughters, Margaret and Liza, to accept President Trump’s nomination to succeed my former boss and mentor, Justice Anthony Kennedy, on the Supreme Court. My mom, Martha—one of the first women to serve as a Maryland prosecutor and trial judge, and my inspiration to become a lawyer—sat in the audience with my dad, Ed.
That night, I told the American people who I am and what I believe. I talked about my 28-year career as a lawyer, almost all of which has been in public service. I talked about my 12 years as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, often called the second most important court in the country, and my five years of service in the White House for President George W. Bush. I talked about my long record of advancing and promoting women, including as a judge—a majority of my 48 law clerks have been women—and as a longtime coach of girls’ basketball teams.
As I explained that night, a good judge must be an umpire—a neutral and impartial arbiter who favors no political party, litigant or policy. As Justice Kennedy has stated, judges do not make decisions to reach a preferred result. Judges make decisions because the law and the Constitution compel the result. Over the past 12 years, I have ruled sometimes for the prosecution and sometimes for criminal defendants, sometimes for workers and sometimes for businesses, sometimes for environmentalists and sometimes for coal miners. In each case, I have followed the law. I do not decide cases based on personal or policy preferences...
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Is it true that the Kennedy demanded as a condition of his retirement that Kavanaugh be nominated as his replacement?
The DEMS are total MORONS; if they had 1 working brain cell amongst them, they would have held for on Kavanaugh and saved it for the CONSERVATIVE nominee.
A cloture vote is officially set for Friday morning
The Dems owe him an apology for putting him through such vile, uncorroborated accusations and continuing to attack him.
I hope they hurry up and confirm him.
Game, set, and match. Remember who “brung you to the dance, judge.”
My thoughts. NO ammunition for ANY of their fake accusations
Screw them
Only because they’ll do worse on the next nominee; NOT, if this stupid letter is an example, of WHO Kavanaugh really is, if this dumb letter is an example of that.
As long as he doesn’t go full Souter....
In my mind, I’ve had him as a “no” vote all along. He’d made some ‘sorta yes’ comments earlier today after seeing the FBI report & then I saw another comment that he was still “struggling”, thus my comment. Of course, I’ve seen other stories where the enemedia is just plain lying and distorting comments, so until the final vote is taken and the gavel falls, I won’t believe anything.
... I am a pro-law judge...
And that is what lunatic liberals can’t tolerate.
From https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/01/31/us/politics/trump-supreme-court-nominee.html
Lol. Too many keyboard warriors.
This just shows he is better than all of us but you just know deep down how he truly feels by the Dems.
Well said!
“I pray that Kav doesn’t go full Kennedy....”
I’ve never been too thrilled with BK, but I think he’ll be fine. But now it’s about principle and playing defense against the Rats. We must win on the Kavanaugh seating on SCOTUS. If the Rats win, it’s the beginning of the end.
Go read the comments! In my wildest dreams, I wouldn’t have guessed there are so many, many people who are clear minded and feel just like we do.
I think those days are gone. Souter was the worst
This is all Sun Tzu
Who knows the truth of that?
It’s certainly possible.
Thomas has expressed retirement interest. It’d be good for Trump to be able to replace him with a healthy fire-breathing conservative youngin.
Then there is the RBG replacement, potentially the Wide LAtina replacement for health issues.
Potentially a CRAZY 8 years of SCOTUS appointments.
Stay tuned....
Those are Court Jesters, not Justices.
I agree ... Flake and Murkowski are still on the fence. I’m sure it was “suggested” he write this.
“His presence and advice, like oil upon troubled waters, have composed the contending waves of faction.”
I forget who said that but it seems apropos.
It is the WSJ not the NY Times
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