Supreme Court: Have Democrats salted the earth for a Ginsburg replacement?

Tony Branco

Elad Hakim

Nobody deserves to go through the humiliation Justice Kavanaugh was forced to endure. However, given the Court's potential and dramatic shift to the right, this appears to be inevitable.  The president and congressional Republicans will need to stand strong together should another vacancy occur in the nation's highest court.  If history is any indicator, filling that vacancy will likely be a long, arduous, and difficult process

. . . "The fact that congressional Democrats treated Gorsuch and Kavanaugh with such disdain and viciousness leads to a broader question: will future Supreme Court nominees willingly subject themselves to the type of treatment that Gorsuch and Kavanaugh had to endure?  More importantly, should they have to endure such treatment?  The way congressional Democrats' treated Gorsuch and Kavanaugh undoubtedly marred the confirmation process and will likely serve to deter some potentially well qualified prospects from seeking this highly coveted role. 

"The president needs to start preparing now for Ginsburg's eventual retirement.  With this in mind, he should begin to thoroughly vet any potential nominee so that there are no surprises down the road.  As Senate Democrats proved during the Kavanaugh confirmation process, nothing is off limits.  The president and Republicans need to approach this hearing with the mindset that Democrats will go to any lengths to defeat his nomination and prepare any potential nominee accordingly.

"Nobody deserves to go through the humiliation Justice Kavanaugh was forced to endure. However, given the Court's potential and dramatic shift to the right, this appears to be inevitable.  The president and congressional Republicans will need to stand strong together should another vacancy occur in the nation's highest court.  If history is any indicator, filling that vacancy will likely be a long, arduous, and difficult process" . . .

Mr. Hakim is a political writer and commentator and an attorney.  His articles have been published in The Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller, The Federalist, The Western Journal, American Thinker, and other online publications.