Some conservatives are disappointed that Trump picked Kavanaugh - too mainstream!!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

Check out this op-ed in the Washington Post, "Trump Picked The Wrong Judge":

There was a moment, in the early afternoon of July 9, when conservatives contemplated the delightful possibility that they might witness the best possible version of President Trump — the man with the will (and flair for the dramatic) that would allow him to be bolder than the average Republican president. The best version of Trump would have been nominated Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.

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In Priests for Life v. Department of Health and Human Services, Kavanaugh wrongly held that the government had a “compelling interest” in “facilitating access to contraceptives” for employees of the specific religious plaintiffs in the case. That conclusion wasn’t required by Supreme Court precedent, and it cheapened the very concept of a “compelling governmental interest.” After all, religious employers have broad latitude to limit their employees’ conduct, and the government has little legal authority to meddle in the organization’s religious mission.

But, truth be told, Kavanaugh’s record isn’t the main reason for the flash of conservative regret. Give a judge a paper trail long enough, and he’ll decide cases that ignite controversy. No, the reason for the regret runs a bit deeper. Especially for America’s Christian conservatives, a potential Barrett nomination represented a chance for an important cultural moment — an opportunity for the best of young professional Christians to face the worst of progressive antireligion bias and prevail on the largest possible stage.

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If “the dogma” could “live loudly” within her, as Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) famously told Barrett, who sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, at her confirmation hearing last year, and she could ascend to the Supreme Court, then she would quite possibly become the conservative folk-hero equivalent of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. It’s not just that Barrett is qualified; she is. It’s that conservative Christians see her as qualified and a person they felt like they know. In many ways, her life story was their life story. They, too, belonged to communities of believers like People of Praise. They, too, went to schools like /the University of Notre Dame.

The rest here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-picked-the-wrong-judge/2018/07/09/d356f84a-83de-11e8-8589-5bb6b89e3772_story.html?utm_term=.2fdbb35c1c43



Kavanaugh isn't enough of a fanatical Christian for some, I guess.

[Xipe Totec]

1. All part of the narrative. If both sides hate him, he must be the perfect balance

blah, blah, blah.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. I think this is just the opinion of the lunatic Christian fringe.

Nobody believes Kavanaugh is a balanced choice. The GOP don't want a balanced choice. I just when I read the op-ed complaining that Barrett would have been better because she's more Christian.

[Iliyah]

3. Catholics and "more Christians"

Geez wiz, the battle of who is "more" Christian.

Unfortunately, we are stuck in the middle of this.