Why is Kavanaugh so unpopular?

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Because he is the second appointment within two years by an unpopular President that lost the popular vote, when he should only have been the first appointment since Gorsuch's nomination should have been Obama's. But even then, the court is losing a swing-vote and gaining a reactionary that will cement a conservative majority for possible decades. All based on an untrue assumption that Trump and the GOP has that since they won the electoral college in 2016, and have the barest possible majority in the Senate, that their will reflects America at large, when it blatantly doesn't!

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Because he wants to kill democracy, and he wants to deny people their fundamental human rights.

That’s what we’ve heard about every Republican SCOTUS nominee for the last 30 years. It’s getting old.

Well, that's because it's true.

Because he wants to kill democracy, and he wants to deny people their fundamental human rights.

That’s what we’ve heard about every Republican SCOTUS nominee for the last 30 years. It’s getting old.

It's unfortunate that many people on here seem to think that the only good Supreme Court Justices are those who are solidly on the left side of the political spectrum.

Not true. Most Democrats would have been perfectly fine with Merrick Garland who was a moderate. Even, Orrin Hatch (before Garland was nominated) said that Garland was a great & qualified judge.

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Because he wants to kill democracy, and he wants to deny people their fundamental human rights.

That’s what we’ve heard about every Republican SCOTUS nominee for the last 30 years. It’s getting old.

Well, that's because it's true.

Because he wants to kill democracy, and he wants to deny people their fundamental human rights.

That’s what we’ve heard about every Republican SCOTUS nominee for the last 30 years. It’s getting old.

It's unfortunate that many people on here seem to think that the only good Supreme Court Justices are those who are solidly on the left side of the political spectrum.

Not true. Most Democrats would have been perfectly fine with Merrick Garland who was a moderate. Even, Orrin Hatch (before Garland was nominated) said that Garland was a great & qualified judge.

Yet you’re still able to post on this forum and enjoy your day to day life just like always? Doesn’t seem like much of a violation of “fundamental human rights.”

You don't understand what we mean by "fundamental human rights". So I won't go any further.

Because he wants to kill democracy, and he wants to deny people their fundamental human rights.

That’s what we’ve heard about every Republican SCOTUS nominee for the last 30 years. It’s getting old.

Well, that's because it's true.

Because he wants to kill democracy, and he wants to deny people their fundamental human rights.

That’s what we’ve heard about every Republican SCOTUS nominee for the last 30 years. It’s getting old.

It's unfortunate that many people on here seem to think that the only good Supreme Court Justices are those who are solidly on the left side of the political spectrum.

Not true. Most Democrats would have been perfectly fine with Merrick Garland who was a moderate. Even, Orrin Hatch (before Garland was nominated) said that Garland was a great & qualified judge.

I'm not saying that all Democrats on this forum would be in favor of such a move. But many on here have conducted themselves in a manner that would suggest so. And on the Kavanaugh confirmation thread, I made clear that I would have voted to confirm Garland if I were a Senator.

Atlas Democrats do not represent Democrats in general.

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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."  

Those votes don't change the fact that they are conservatives. LMAO, why do so many Republicans act as if a few votes outweigh the majority of their votes?