The Brett Kavanaugh nomination, itself, demonstrated a careless disregard for the quality of justices we select for our Supreme Court. Obviously, only those with the right politics need apply. The confirmation process, likewise, is so skewed toward rubber-stamping that multiple sources of relevant information are either ignored or purposefully prevented the opportunity to testify. Right up to the end, we held out the vague hope that enough Senate Republicans would understand that this is exactly the kind of person we Do Not Want on the Supreme Court of the United States, and then vote accordingly. Sadly, we must be prepared for more instances where what matters most to Republicans is not what fits the country’s needs most, but how they can maintain political control, which is what they just did to what was once a highly respected institution, but is now a five- to-four boys club for what ever mischief Trump might cook up.
Howard F. Sosbee 1400 Weston Ridge Road Scotts Valley CA, 95066 831, 335, 8401 hfs@sosbee.com <mailto:hfs@sosbee.com>