New conservative Supreme Court justice could boost religious rights at the cost of LGBTQ protections

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4. I hope you are right. Since Mitch doesn't care about rules, order, precedent ...

... it is very likely this confirmation "hearing" will be a sham. Republican Senators are already talking about they will confirm the appointee regardless of who it is. Usually they at least pretend enough to wait for the appointee to be named.

If they wanted to put a super young right wing nutjob on the bench this would be the time to do it. I guess we will know in a couple days. If the appointee is a rightwing nutjob for any reason other than their cult told them god wants it this way there is at least the hope they will become moderate with time. For the cultists that is a lifetime devotion.