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Originally Posted by Lebell
I also would have laid money down in Vegas (assuming I could have found a bookie stupid enough to take the bet) that Kennedy and Feinstein would vote no out of political spite.
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I'm not sure that "political spite" is the best term to use. I think of it as political realism, the understanding that Supreme Court appointments are political decisions whether it should be that way or not.
From a proscriptive standpoint, the judiciary should be independent of politics. However, the reality of the situation is that Democrats have a stake in preventing reasonable conservative nominees from being confirmed.
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