Many media descriptions of Tuesday's hearing on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court called the event "a circus." It is a reasonable choice of words, given that the first portion resembled an episode of Jerry Springer, minus the chair throwing.
Durbin went on to confess that Kavanaugh wasn't really the issue, either.
Pointing at Kavanaugh, he said, "You are the nominee of President Donald John Trump. . . You are his man. You're the person he wants on the Supreme Court."
The winner gets to nominate his choices to fill Supreme Court vacancies.
There is also the fact that the Kavanaugh nomination is extra galling because it would cement a solid majority of constitutional conservatives on the court, perhaps for decades.
Kavanaugh would succeed the retiring Anthony Kennedy, who became the swing vote and often sided with the four liberal justices to make a majority.
One of three people chosen to formally introduce Kavanaugh was a woman named Lisa Blatt, a lawyer who has appeared before the Supreme Court 35 times.
https://nypost.com/2018/09/04/democrats-wage-a-losing-battle-over-kavanaugh/
Durbin went on to confess that Kavanaugh wasn't really the issue, either.
Pointing at Kavanaugh, he said, "You are the nominee of President Donald John Trump. . . You are his man. You're the person he wants on the Supreme Court."
The winner gets to nominate his choices to fill Supreme Court vacancies.
There is also the fact that the Kavanaugh nomination is extra galling because it would cement a solid majority of constitutional conservatives on the court, perhaps for decades.
Kavanaugh would succeed the retiring Anthony Kennedy, who became the swing vote and often sided with the four liberal justices to make a majority.
One of three people chosen to formally introduce Kavanaugh was a woman named Lisa Blatt, a lawyer who has appeared before the Supreme Court 35 times.
https://nypost.com/2018/09/04/democrats-wage-a-losing-battle-over-kavanaugh/
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