After 30 years on the U.S. Supreme Court, Anthony Kennedy will call it quits next month and now The Left and The Right are in interstellar overdrive on his successor.
Yesterday, when Kennedy issued the majority opinion upholding Trump's Muslim Ban The Left hated him. They also didn't care for him too much when he wrote the majority opinion granting the Christian baker in Colorado the right to refuse to serve a same sex couple on religious grounds. Today. The Left can't bear the thought of him leaving the Court with the thought that Roe v. Wade will be overturned with the snap of a finger.
Of course, Trump could always do something really stupid and take his son's advice by appointing Jeanine Pirro to the High Court. But how much control do Presidents really have over the Supreme Court nominees? When President Reagan appointed Kennedy did anyone think he would write the opinion to legalize gay marriage in the United States? When Bush 41 appointed David Souter did anyone think he would become the most liberal judge on the Court? When Bush 43 appointed John Roberts did anyone think he would save Obamacare?
Yet this Supreme Court seat will be treated like a matter of life and death by both Trump's acolytes and his enemies. Unless Trump appoints a blithering idiot or a Harriet Miers type then I can't really get all that excited. But if Trump does appoint a Harriet Miers will there be anyone to take on the Charles Krauthammer role and put a stop to it? Or do conservatives hate the media so much that there is no room for any voice of reason?
Barring that scenario I will probably be one of the few people who will be content to sit on the fence and watch the world go by.
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