Democrats' view of Kavanaugh shaped by bitter 2004 hearing

[DonViejo]

By Michael Kranish
September 2 at 9:07 PM

As Sen. Charles E. Schumer pondered the judicial nomination of Brett M. Kavanaugh, the New York Democrat could barely contain his anger. He viewed the choice as “among the most political in history” and could not think of another nominee “more designed to divide us.”

Schumer was not talking about President Trump’s nomination of Kavanaugh to be a Supreme Court justice. It was 2004, and Schumer helped lead the Democrats’ questioning of Kavanaugh to move from the George W. Bush White House to a federal circuit judgeship. Schumer and his Democratic colleagues cast him as an extreme conservative and were so effective that they blocked Kavanaugh’s nomination for three years.

Now, however, as Kavanaugh prepares for his Tuesday confirmation hearing, Democrats are still searching for a strategy that could stop his ascension to the highest court. Schumer said in an interview that his concerns from 2004 “are still the case” and have only grown as a result of Kavanaugh’s judicial rulings for 12 years.

“He has a very nice smile, but an inch below the surface, he is a hard-right warrior,” Schumer said in an interview.

Then, as now, Kavanaugh symbolizes to Democrats how partisanship has overwhelmed the process for judicial nominations. Trump’s selection of him to fill the seat vacated by Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, for whom Kavanaugh once served as a clerk, underscores a long-standing Republican goal to infuse the federal courts with judges who will strictly interpret the Constitution and seal the high court’s conservative direction on issues such as abortion and regulations.

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[Me.]

1. Anger? Schumer Has Anger?

would like to see it...was it there when he just did his pass through of 15 Con judges

[Bluepinky]

2. Yes, totally agree!

[maxrandb]

3. No Washington Post

The Retrumplicans goal is NOT to "infuse the federal courts with judges who will strictly interpret the Constitution"

It's to infuse the federal courts with sychophants who will help them turn the country into an authoritarian paradise and protect all of their criminal behavior.