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This Brett Kavanaugh confirmation thing is really turning into a train wreck, isn't it?

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It was going to be a freak show from the onset. Then Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell flat out and explicitly stated that the Senate would block any SCOTUS appointment of President Obama. Didn't matter who. What do people expect. To play hard ball and then expect bunnies and bubbles when they're in power? What I don't get is why President Trump didn't pick any number of pro-life conservative jurists who wouldn't have had these problems.
@CopperCicada Here's why:

http://www.scotusblog.com/2018/07/kavanaugh-on-presidential-power-law-review-article-on-investigations-of-sitting-presidents/
@MistyCee I get why Trump like's Kavanaugh. But it was executive power that was a criticism of Obama by conservatives, and of Bush and Obama by progressives.
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Excellent points CC. @CopperCicada
@CopperCicada Yup. Trump is no ideologue, and while there are plenty of judges with conservative views, very few have spoken out on this issue.