Kavanaugh: an easy vote
Kavanaugh: an easy vote
This is not difficult The Democrats and the media have worked tirelessly to create the impression that Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation vote is the hardest thing the Senate will have. It is not even close.
It is true that by using some of the most merciless, ruthless and soulless tactics ever seen in Washington, the left has managed to scale this moment. But back off, clean the mud from your eyes and see this nomination again with a 20/20 vision. It's an easy vote.
Judge Kavanaugh is one of the most respected jurists in the country, with 12 years and hundreds of opinions on the nation's pre-eminent appellate court. He has served his country skillfully and with distinction for decades. It is the definition of a brilliant and solid conservative jurist, a natural choice for any Republican president: a George W. Bush, a John McCain, a Mitt Romney. Vote for a star judge universally praised throughout the establishment? Easy.
Senators must remember that he was chosen in part for these specific credentials: to spare the more moderate Republicans the debates on abortion and other sensitive issues that might have accompanied different candidates. The entire process has been marked by deference to the moderates, from the consultations prior to the White House nomination to a solid confirmation process that was the most transparent in history.
Judge Kavanaugh endured 31 hours of initial hearings and answered nearly 1,300 subsequent written questions. He met with 65 senators. The Judiciary Committee made available to the senators thousands of documents covering their career in government service. All this was done to guarantee an orderly, meticulous and honest process. Vote for a man who has been examined more thoroughly than any candidate in history? Easy.
Republicans can also point to a fair and exhaustive examination of the ugly complaints filed at the last minute against the candidate. The claims of Christine Blasey Ford were investigated immediately by the Judicial Committee. They gave her an audience and treated her with the greatest courtesy. At the request of the senators, the vote was delayed and the Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted a seventh background check on Kavanaugh, this time on the claims of Mrs. Ford and Deborah Ramirez. The resulting report confirms that the accusations are not substantiated, and the persons the accusers claimed were present deny any knowledge of the alleged events. Vote for a man who is innocent under any rule of due process? Easy.
The new claim that Judge Kavanaugh lacks the "temperament" to sit on the court is also not tied to reality. When he appeared at last week's hearing, he was not testifying in his capacity as judge, federal employee or even lawyer. He was testifying as a human being, one of those falsely accused by the Senate Democrats of gang rape. Of course I was outraged. But whatever your reaction, it is not related to your judicial Temperament, how he behaves on the bench. At that point your registration is irreproachable. The ABA interviewed hundreds of people about him and reported: "Lawyers and judges overwhelmingly praised Judge Kavanaugh's judicial temperament." Vote for a man described in that report as "honest", "humble", "open minded", "decent" and "fair".
Politically, too, this is easy. Republican voters are furious at Judge Kavanaugh's treatment and want confirmation. A poll by NPR / PBS NewsHour / Marist this week showed that Democratic "enthusiasm" has evaporated in the midterms. Most Republicans and Democrats now say that this election is "very important", which is directly related to the battle of Kavanaugh. Recent polls show that Democratic senators from the red states have declared that Judge Kavanaugh is in political danger, from Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota to Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Jon Tester of Montana. Any Republican who votes against this judge is placed in the same camp as Dianne Feinstein, Kamala Harris and Cory Booker, and runs the risk of turning that anger of voters into themselves.
Do not tell the "resistance", but the difficult vote to defend would be a "no". That is the vote that would legitimize these shameful tactics and guarantee a similar appalling treatment for future candidates. That is the vote that turns #MeToo into #MeCarthyism. It is the vote that potentially eliminates Judge Kavanaugh even from his current position, while the Democrats pursue charges of perjury and impeachment. A "no" is a vote against all value that Republican senators claim is a prized process, the presumption of innocence, civility, conservative jurisprudence, the solemn role of the Senate in counseling and consent.
Democrats want Republicans to fear this vote. Republicans should embrace him. Because it is the right thing to do, and because the Supreme Court rulings that will come with a judge Kavanaugh will be a source of pride for the coming decades.
Write to kim@wsj.com.
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