BTRTN: How the GOP Vision of Conservative Supreme Court Dominance Could Fall Apart
You never can be certain of anything with the Supreme Court:
http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2018/07/how-gop-vision-of-conservative-supreme.html
"...But that does not mean this path does not face obstacles that could derail it – perhaps quickly. Let’s take a look at the many ways the GOP dream could still unravel.
The first hurdle is to nominate a candidate without a blemish, one who can actually make it through the confirmation process. Finding nick-free nominees is surprisingly difficult, and modern GOP presidents are particularly bad at it. Richard Nixon had two nominations fall apart, Clement Haynsworth and G. Harrold Carswell, both rejected by the Senate in turn upon discovery of their racist histories. Ronald Reagan fared poorly as well, first with his Robert Bork nomination failing when a Democratic-controlled Senate disapproved of Bork’s hard right views. Reagan then put forward Douglas Ginsburg, who had to withdraw when he admitted that he had smoked marijuana (inhaling and all). Reagan finally had to nominate a relative moderate candidate who flew through the Senate confirmation process -- a man by the name of Anthony Kennedy..."
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