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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDemocrats all but acknowledge Kavanaugh is headed toward confirmation to Supreme Court
By Sean Sullivan
August 10 at 10:24 PM
ORONO, Maine Democrats have all but acknowledged that they are unable to stop the Senate from confirming Trump nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court this fall.
Moderate Republican senators such as Susan Collins of Maine, the most closely watched GOP swing vote, are sending strong signals that they will back Kavanaugh. Several Democrats facing difficult reelections this year have indicated they are open to voting for the judge. And leaders of the resistance are already delivering post-mortem assessments and blaming fellow Democrats for a looming failure.
Barring a major revelation, the Senate is poised to install the 53-year-old Kavanaugh on the high court and take the next step toward fulfilling President Trumps pledge to remake the Supreme Court and the wider federal judiciary, potentially for decades.
There were too many Democrats who decided out of the gate that this was an unwinnable fight, said Brian Fallon, the executive director of Demand Justice, a leading anti-Kavanaugh group that will continue to battle the nomination.
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Anon-C
(3,430 posts)dem4decades
(11,304 posts)Personally i think Russian interference not only helped Trump but hurt Hillary and key Democratic Senate hopefuls too.
SHRED
(28,136 posts)We could get the records finally and if anything horrendous couldn't we impeach him?
Fullduplexxx
(7,870 posts)But otherwise this decision was made back in november 2016
manor321
(3,344 posts)Was everyone fucking sleeping? This is how the Constitution works. It's not news.
They're going to jam this asshole through and they have the votes to do it, because Americans voted for Republicans (who then worked to rig the system to give themselves more seats).
CanonRay
(14,113 posts)and we'll be paying for them for decades.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)for the next 40 years or so.
Turbineguy
(37,365 posts)"The president nominated you because he expects you to get him off the hook. You're going to be rammed through by the majority party who got their seats through gerrymandering and voter suppression. The illegitimacy of this will always be attached to you. You are being put in the position of having to overcome that."
GreenPartyVoter
(72,381 posts)bluecollar2
(3,622 posts)Every single Democrat should go on the record and say it loudly and clearly at every opportunity.
Dale Neiburg
(698 posts)of having been nominated to the court by a traitor.