The stupidest thing you will hear all day and it didn’t come from Trump
by digby
lol Collins says she hopes Kavanaugh will help bridge the partisan divide on the Supreme Court. pic.twitter.com/busFysQXld— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) October 5, 2018
She’s voting yes, of course. And that’s the end of that.
I hate to be too cynical here but I feel that I must remind people that this was baked in the cake on the day Trump was elected. They had one open seat they’d stolen already. And of course Kennedy would retire. They made sure of it. The far right majority on the court is their holy grail.
Elections matter. A lot.
The Supreme Court is now completely illegitimate. But let’s face it, it’s been that way for a while, as this piece by Michael Tomasky lays out in great detail. That’s just the reality we have to deal with going forward.