http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/07/...eport.html

Maybe y'all are all glued to the TV. Since I see no threads, its Brett Kavanaugh.

He went to Yale Law School. That makes me prefer the other 3, who went to Georgetown, Michigan and Notre Dame.

We really need some educational diversity.

He was born in DC, lived there and Maryland, and did undergrad also at Yale. So yet another member of the court who spent his whole life in the Acela corridor.

One redeeming feature though, he married a Texas woman.

Seems like I've been reading the last day it was Kethledge or Hardiman. Guess the experts were wrong again.
Now Kavanaugh is hated by the Dems because he was on Ken Starr's team. Its going to be nasty and there won't be many, if any, Democratic votes.

Great family man. He impressed me. Of course by the time the Dems get though trashing this man, his family and anyone else he has ever been close to, it will be a wonder to those on the left why he hasn't been executed.

He is a Washington and establishment pick, so its a little out of character for Trump imo. I suspect it has to do with Kennedy's request for a certain type of justice to succeed him. Trump said he promised Kennedy someone closer to his mold.

(07-10-2018 12:24 AM)bullet Wrote:  Seems like I've been reading the last day it was Kethledge or Hardiman. Guess the experts were wrong again.
Now Kavanaugh is hated by the Dems because he was on Ken Starr's team. Its going to be nasty and there won't be many, if any, Democratic votes.

Donnelly, Heitkamp, and Manchin can kiss their seats goodbye if they vote against President Trump.

(07-10-2018 01:05 AM)ericsrevenge76 Wrote:  He is a Washington and establishment pick, so its a little out of character for Trump imo. I suspect it has to do with Kennedy's request for a certain type of justice to succeed him. Trump said he promised Kennedy someone closer to his mold.

Perhaps, but Gorsuch was a Kennedy Clerk as well.

Sounds like I'll like Kavanaugh, he gets pretty high praise from what I've heard/read other than the lunatic left, but how needy is Kennedy? 4 clerks? 5?!? haha

(07-10-2018 01:14 AM)Kronke Wrote:  

(07-10-2018 12:24 AM)bullet Wrote:  Seems like I've been reading the last day it was Kethledge or Hardiman. Guess the experts were wrong again.
Now Kavanaugh is hated by the Dems because he was on Ken Starr's team. Its going to be nasty and there won't be many, if any, Democratic votes.

Donnelly, Heitkamp, and Manchin can kiss their seats goodbye if they vote against President Trump.

it would be political suicide on their part (to vote against).......

the left will come with their best 46 mph fastball thinking they have a 'nolan ryan'.....

let's also not forget about Doug Jones.....

this one was over before it started.....

(07-10-2018 01:17 AM)JMUDunk Wrote:  

(07-10-2018 01:05 AM)ericsrevenge76 Wrote:  He is a Washington and establishment pick, so its a little out of character for Trump imo. I suspect it has to do with Kennedy's request for a certain type of justice to succeed him. Trump said he promised Kennedy someone closer to his mold.

Perhaps, but Gorsuch was a Kennedy Clerk as well.

Sounds like I'll like Kavanaugh, he gets pretty high praise from what I've heard/read other than the lunatic left, but how needy is Kennedy? 4 clerks? 5?!? haha

Gorsuch would be more open to reversing Roe/Wade and kicking it to the states than Kavanaugh imo. They are both hardcore originalists on most issues though, particularly on the 1st and 2nd amendments.

I was going to be happy with any of the finalist except Hardiman.

Schmuckster - "ample example...."

the Bern - "this is a fight WE CAN WIN"

anon - "this pick JUST CANNOT HAPPEN"

good luck dippos......this is your rhetorical left.....enjoy that......

I know nuts zongo does......

Probably the least desirable of the names bandied about in my opinion.

(07-10-2018 01:05 AM)ericsrevenge76 Wrote:  He is a Washington and establishment pick, so its a little out of character for Trump imo. I suspect it has to do with Kennedy's request for a certain type of justice to succeed him. Trump said he promised Kennedy someone closer to his mold.

Maybe he was just the best for the job. Radical thought nowdays

(07-10-2018 10:05 AM)shere khan Wrote:  

(07-10-2018 01:05 AM)ericsrevenge76 Wrote:  He is a Washington and establishment pick, so its a little out of character for Trump imo. I suspect it has to do with Kennedy's request for a certain type of justice to succeed him. Trump said he promised Kennedy someone closer to his mold.

Maybe he was just the best for the job. Radical thought nowdays

Both things can be true at the same time and likely are here.

(07-10-2018 01:17 AM)JMUDunk Wrote:  

(07-10-2018 01:05 AM)ericsrevenge76 Wrote:  He is a Washington and establishment pick, so its a little out of character for Trump imo. I suspect it has to do with Kennedy's request for a certain type of justice to succeed him. Trump said he promised Kennedy someone closer to his mold.

Perhaps, but Gorsuch was a Kennedy Clerk as well.

Sounds like I'll like Kavanaugh, he gets pretty high praise from what I've heard/read other than the lunatic left, but how needy is Kennedy? 4 clerks? 5?!? haha

My cousin clerked for Thomas for the 2011 term. There were 6 clerks total that each worked one year. If you think about all the items that have to be reviewed for each of these cases, it makes sense.