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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Mathematically, the Court isn't in that bad of condition. It just needs a fourth liberal judge and Roberts to play the swing vote.
As to quality/stridency of the ideologues, well, that's different. Alito is a crypto-fascist. Gorsuch seems fine, however. I know little about Kavanaugh, but he is technically qualified. I know nothing about Barrett, but her loony religious views render her unqualified IMO.
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It's not really a numbers game anymore. Sure, numbers matter.
But the big problem is that we have some real wackos on the court, people who couldn't give a shit whether their thinking is consistent or provided steady guidance to all the other courts. I think Gorsuch may be the worst of them, but Thomas, Alito and Barrett all given him a run for his money.
I think the jury is still out on Kavanaugh. Sure, he's a creepy guy chock-full of grievances. Sure, his thinking is often reptilian and his training was that of a political hack. But his writing isn't bad and shows some signs of actually trying not to be a hypocrite (Alito is, I am sure, gravely disappointed).
Even if the wackos never make it to a full majority, a court with a bunch of wackos is very dangerous.
