How will Americans react if Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed to the United States Supreme Court and the Democrats take control of the US House of Representatives and the United States Senate and do nothing about Associate Justice Kavanaugh?
Associate Justice Kavanaugh is the deciding vote in a 5-4 opinion to overturn Roe v Wade
Associate Justice Kavanaugh is the deciding vote in a 5-4 opinion to overturn Massachusetts v EPA (the EPA must regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant)
Associate Justice Kavanaugh is the deciding vote in a 5-4 opinion to overturn Obergefell v Hodges (sorry Jodie Foster and Neil Patrick Harris I have a great deal of respect for both of you but you gotta take the lumps with the rest of us!)
Associate Justice Kavanaugh is the deciding vote in a 5-4 opinion to overturn the ACA.
Associate Justice Kavanaugh is the deciding vote in a 5-4 opinion to overturn most of the Endangered Species Act.
Associate Justice Kavanaugh is the deciding vote in a 5-4 opinion to overturn Americans With Disabilities Act.
Associate Justice Kavanaugh is the deciding vote in a 5-4 opinion to overturn all reporting requirements elections.
Associate Justice Kavanaugh is the deciding vote in a 5-4 opinion to overturn all laws regulating the sales and possession of firearms. (I always wanted a Cruise missile, now where is my map of the Koch brothers residences!)
Kavanaugh's elevation to the United States Supreme Court can be a real headache for the Democrats.
Do they launch an investigation into his questionable answers to the Senate Judiciary committee on 2 separate occasions? Participation in judicial nominees (Pickering - he denied emails suggest otherwise), conversations the validity of subpoenas issued by Congress or a Special Counsel, questions about his involvement in torture memorandums, etc.
If the Democrats do nothing there may be a lot of very unhappy people, a move to impeach associate Justice Kavanaugh for lying to Congress will most likely fail in a Republican Senate with more than 35 Republican senators. That means that someone whom I believe misled and lied to the United States Senate on at least two separate occasions and most likely has a tawdry sexual history will spend two generations on the United States Supreme Court. A Supreme Court without claim to legitimacy among the American electorate. How does we reclaim our democracy?
I hope those millions of voters who supported Trump wanting radical change are pleased with the United States of America that they have bequeathed to our children and grandchildren.
Are we presented with our one and only one chance to rebuild our American democracy in a way the adheres to the highest ideals that America symbolizes at home and abroad?
I think yes.