Why is Kavanaugh so unpopular?

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Republican power these days is based on a combination of gerrymandering, Senate malapportionment, voter suppression, the Electoral College, and Russian hacking. Even I admit that.

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This is a no brainer, and yet many of you seem to fail to see the underlying issue.

There will be a conservative majority on the Court for a long time, perhaps decades.

Kavanaugh himself could be on the Court for as many as 30-40 years.

Shouldn't that be of concern to anyone who doesn't want to see that happen?

This shouldn't be such a personal issue.

Roberts is not all that conservative.  His voting record is very close to Kennedy.

At worst, there will be 4 strong conservatives, 1 in the middle, 2 liberals, and 2 strong liberals.  That assumes that both Gorsuch and Kavanaugh (if confirmed) team up with Thomas and Alito.

I don't think that there is enough information to classify Gorsuch, but so far, he is more liberal than Thomas or Alito.

I'm wondering if we will see more 7 to 2 decisions.  

Roberts and Kennedy ARE/WERE CONSERVATIVES.

They would have been considered Rehnquist's closest ideological allies if they served on the 70's. We've only just been moving the goalposts as to what constitutes a "conservative" justice for 40 years.  

Oh, and saying Gorsuch (maybe, possibly) isn't as conservative as Thomas and Alito is like saying the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean isn't as deep as the Marianas Trench.

One of those "conservatives" voted that Obamacare was constitutional; the other voted that is unconstitutional to prohibit same sex marriage.  It is hard to call those justices "conservatives,"or at least "strong conservatives." 

Shelby County v. Holder, FEC v. Citizens United, Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, and Janus v. AFSCME were absolutely not moderate decisions, and both voted on the hard right side of the court in those decisions.

Indeed, Kennedy made conservative rulings in 71% of 5-4 cases and Roberts has done so 82% of the time in 5-4 decisions. If that's the definition of a "moderate judge," then the term "moderate" has no meaning anymore.

Then you are saying, a conservative won't make a difference.

It will make a difference on a couple cases though. Arizona State Legislature v. AIRC (which made independent redistricting commissions constitutional) will be guaranteed to be overturned by Kavanaugh, for example, since he was the deciding vote and Roberts dissented.

You're a Canadian; why do you care so much about the U.S. Supreme Court?