So Why did Tony Kennedy REALLY "Retire" from the Extreme Court?

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I can go along with a lot of this to outline general motivations and character but I just do not accept that Trump is a super smart Machiavellian genius. For a start he makes far far too many blunders and secondly if he is then his acting as a pretty dumb self obsessed blowhard on The Apprentice was the greatest performance of all time.

Also when quoting his books like scripture, it's well known that he didn't write a word of them, all done by ghost writers probably based on a couple of interviews.

All this deep reading of him reminds me of people who go on about how their dog knows every word they are saying.

The point I was making is Trump was getting loans from Justice Kennedy's son and it can be inferred that Kennedy's retirement is not just coincidence.

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Most Republicans would still consider Chimpy's endorsement a "good" thing. And he's also a previous employer, so apparently Kavanaugh can use that as a work reference.

Part of that big club George Carlin used to talk about. So is Blair, of course. I don't think Bono actually is, but he's not above being nice to them in order to get some money and/or legislation to one of his charity projects in Africa

Trump wants to get the new Supreme Court Justice confirmed before the election in November so the Democrats can't use the possibility of Roe vs Wade being repealed by a conservative judge to scare the pro choice swing voters from voting Republican. So Trump had to pick someone the establishment Republicans would have no problem endorsing and liberal enough not to scare the pro choice swing voters.

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I’ve heard the argument that getting rid of Roe v Wade would be bad tactics for the Republican Party any as it keeps the religious nuts motivated - best to chip away at it slowly.

2018 it really is crazy stuff - even Ireland, a place where rubbers were illegal 25 years ago FFS have just reformed their abortion law.

Only America and some Muslim countries are going the other direction.

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I’ve heard the argument that getting rid of Roe v Wade would be bad tactics for the Republican Party any as it keeps the religious nuts motivated - best to chip away at it slowly.

2018 it really is crazy stuff - even Ireland, a place where rubbers were illegal 25 years ago FFS have just reformed their abortion law.

Only America and some Muslim countries are going the other direction.

I doubt the Republicans would repeal Roe vs Wade but it's a fear mongering rally point the Democrats can effectively use during an election to sway swing voters. As far as religion in the US that too is waining. The younger generations are leaving the church's. Even the Mormons and Baptists are barely seeing any growth in the US. So it's changing here as well.

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