Mon Sep 16, 2019, 09:13 PM
ecstatic (28,547 posts)
I wouldn't be surprised if Mitch tossed Kavanaugh under the bus
Kav is rightwing, but he's not as rightwing as what Mitch and the ultra right were hoping for. MoscowMitch could toss Kav aside and try to get someone more rightwing appointed before trump is impeached.
The court’s new median justice is Kavanaugh, continuing a trend to the right
Last year, we wrote that Roberts would likely land at the ideological center of the court in Kennedy’s absence, and he did — but so did Kavanaugh, who voted in almost total lock-step with Roberts. In fact, Kavanaugh was actually slightly closer to the center than Roberts was, according to their Martin-Quinn scores, a prominent measure of judicial ideology calculated by scholars Lee Epstein and Andrew Martin of Washington University in St. Louis and Kevin Quinn of the University of Michigan using data from the Supreme Court Database. As the chart below shows, their scores were almost indistinguishable: ![]() https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-supreme-court-might-have-three-swing-justices-now/ Thoughts?
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ecstatic | Sep 2019 | OP |
FBaggins | Sep 2019 | #1 | |
Xipe Totec | Sep 2019 | #6 | |
FBaggins | Sep 2019 | #8 | |
TwilightZone | Sep 2019 | #2 | |
ecstatic | Sep 2019 | #7 | |
guillaumeb | Sep 2019 | #3 | |
TwilightZone | Sep 2019 | #4 | |
MyOwnPeace | Sep 2019 | #5 | |
Cracklin Charlie | Sep 2019 | #9 |
Response to ecstatic (Original post)
Mon Sep 16, 2019, 09:16 PM
FBaggins (21,558 posts)
1. Not a chance
He’s plenty conservative
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Response to FBaggins (Reply #1)
Mon Sep 16, 2019, 09:22 PM
Xipe Totec (43,100 posts)
6. Forget conservative - Mitch has skin in the game. nt
Response to Xipe Totec (Reply #6)
Mon Sep 16, 2019, 09:51 PM
FBaggins (21,558 posts)
8. True enough... and it wouldn't make sense anyway
They have our attention, so the energy levels are back up... but the current claims add essentially nothing to what we had heard during the hearings (in fact - they probably subtract). It would make little sense for them to change course at this point.
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Response to ecstatic (Original post)
Mon Sep 16, 2019, 09:16 PM
TwilightZone (20,746 posts)
2. In my opinion, Kavanaugh's early votes are cover for moving right later.
I think he's putting on a front so he can shift right when people stop paying attention. I doubt that he remains in the Roberts realm long-term.
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Response to TwilightZone (Reply #2)
Mon Sep 16, 2019, 09:23 PM
ecstatic (28,547 posts)
7. I was thinking that too... nt
Response to ecstatic (Original post)
Mon Sep 16, 2019, 09:18 PM
guillaumeb (42,204 posts)
3. But that could set a precedent.
McConnell has no respect for the Democrats, or for public opinion in general. He is a bought and paid for shill for the rich.
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Response to ecstatic (Original post)
Mon Sep 16, 2019, 09:18 PM
TwilightZone (20,746 posts)
4. "try to get someone more rightwing appointed before trump is impeached."
Presidents under impeachment can still nominate justices. And Mitch would no doubt still rubber-stamp them.
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Response to ecstatic (Original post)
Mon Sep 16, 2019, 09:21 PM
MyOwnPeace (12,433 posts)
5. Oh, don't tease me!
Ain't NO way Moscow Mitch would allow anything to happen to one of his prize puppies!
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Response to ecstatic (Original post)
Mon Sep 16, 2019, 11:57 PM
Cracklin Charlie (9,594 posts)
9. I have thought that for a couple days now.
They seem to have hit on a distraction that may outlast a 24 hour news cycle.
Sucks to be Brett. |