Supreme Court justice nominee approval hearings have become an utter farce. There are no minds to be changed, no deals to be made, and the answers to any questions asked by the Democrats are completely irrelevant to the pre-ordained proceedings. It is one hundred percent pure and pointless political theater. The whole affair has sunk so low that the Democrats are importing screeching protesters intended to disrupt the proceedings.
These days if a nominee has not plainly evidenced political leanings well to the left of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Democrats automatically rise in full-throated opposition and will attempt to smear the nominee by any and all means possible. This baleful situation precedes the Democrats' rampaging Trump Derangement Syndrome, but the putrid intensity of their Trump hatred does serve to amplify their keening high dudgeon.
In truth I suspect that, even if Trump had nominated someone that makes Ginsburg look like Oliver Wendel Holmes, they would be mercilessly savaged simply because they were Trump's choice. That Judge Kavanaugh is a mildly conservative constitutionalist is completely beyond the pale, and thus must be opposed with every fiber of the Democrats' being, regardless of his qualifications and strong approval by the ABA. Very sad, but hardly unexpected. As Uncle Walter might have said forty years ago, "That's the way it is. September fifth, 2018.
