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Are We Now Electing Supreme Court Justices?
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Within our current framework, the Judicial Crisis Network’s ads strike me as slick but entirely conventional in their blandness. But assuming that there’s still a line somewhere, I believe the National Rifle Association has crossed it with a commercial declaring that “President Trump chose Brett Kavanaugh to break the tie” between the “liberal justices” who “oppose your right to self-defense” and the “four justices” (who are seemingly without left-to-right ideology) who “support your right to self-defense.” The ad concludes: “Your right to self-defense depends on this vote. Tell your senator to defend our right to self-defense. Confirm Judge Kavanaugh.” |
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PHORTO
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A complete mis-characterization.
Political "left" and "right" is a smoke screen when considering SCOTUS nominees. The issue is the nominee's fealty to the Constitution, as it was written and intended to mean.
The vetting must be geared toward embracing originalism and rejecting consequentialism.
As a general rule, that means rejecting Democrat nominees and confirming Republican ones.
There will always be exceptions but they will be far and few between, and exceptions don't make the rule.
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