Should the Senate refrain from voting on SCOTUS nominees on ideological grounds?

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

No. SCOTUS nominees do not have to follow precedent, therefore they essentially act as a group of 9 Kings. We should seek to afford the President some deference, and to that end I have said there are names on Trump's list that would receive my support, but if we have several serious concerns with one's Judicial Philosophy, as I did with Gorsuch and Kavanaugh, then Senators should vote No.

With respect to lower courts, I am generally willing to give nominees a lot more leeway, especially with respect to district courts, because they are bound by higher courts precedent. To that end, I support(ed) a number of circuit and district court nominees that passed the Judiciary Committee on a party line vote. Even at the district court level however, there are exceptions from time to time (*cough* Thomas Farr, Wendy Vitter, Patrick Wyrick *cough*) and therefore we should not have a blanket rule.