Mother Jones picks the "leading contender to replace Kennedy" from Trump's list of 25

[Miles Archer]

Brett Kavanaugh (age 53), DC Circuit Court of Appeals: Perhaps the leading contender to replace Kennedy is Kavanaugh, a former Kennedy clerk and a current judge on the DC Circuit, the stepping stone for three sitting Supreme Court justices. Appointed by President George W. Bush, Kavanaugh earned his spot on the DC Circuit after working for Ken Starr investigating President Bill Clinton’s relationship with intern Monica Lewinsky and preparing an impeachment case against Clinton. Democrats fiercely opposed his nomination to the DC Circuit, in part because he was viewed as a partisan hack—Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) called him the “Forrest Gump of Republican politics,” because of his habit of being involved in every political controversy in the news. But Kavanaugh also faced opposition because he had never tried a case and had very little experience with criminal law. Durbin observed during his confirmation hearing that Kavanaugh was nominated with “less legal experience than virtually any Republican or Democratic nominee in more than 30 years. Of the 54 judges appointed to this court in 111 years, only one—Kenneth Starr—had less legal experience. That is a fact.”

The American Bar Association, which initially rated Kavanaugh “well qualified,” downgraded that assessment to “qualified” after interviewing people who’d worked with him. In its report, the ABA noted, “One judge who witnessed the nominee’s oral presentation in court commented that the nominee was ‘less than adequate’ before the court, had been ‘sanctimonious,’ and demonstrated ‘experience on the level of an associate.'” His nomination stalled for three years before he was finally confirmed in 2006. In his 12 years on the DC Circuit, Kavanaugh made a name for himself as a staunch opponent of the Obama administration’s environmental agenda. His dissents in cases involving the Environmental Protection Agency often seemed to sway the Supreme Court. At 53, Kavanaugh is, like Gorsuch, young enough to influence the court for many decades to come.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/06/here-are-some-of-the-top-candidates-to-replace-kennedy-on-the-supreme-court/

[Freethinker65]

1. Partisan hack with little experience? Meh. Go with Jeanine

Then the GOP can claim the Democrats are anti-woman as they outlaw abortion, take away affordable contraception, remove maternity and prenatal care from insurance plans, cut title IX, and revoke the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.

[Exotica]

2. Mike Lee maybe? He seems fashy enough for the Refucklicans.

[SayItLoud]

3. Reality TV is coming....

First tRUMP will suck up and praise EVERY judge who could cause him legal trouble. Starting with NY. He'll praise donnie jr's new girl Kimberly face lift, then Jeanne Piranha, and even float his sister. Pam Bondi of Florida will get big praise (money laundering in Palm Beach County). Rudy will grovel and Kellyann fuck-face's husband will regret all is tweets.

It's shit show and you can catch it every evening on Fuck News Channel.

If this doesn't give Dems a get out the vote poke in the ass we deserve what we have and will get a lot more.