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[HairOfTheDog]

the conservative judges on the court

Ah yes, the stolen seat.

Yeah, yesterday's Supreme Court decision was a win that Trump quite possibly owes to Mitch McConnell.

Maybe Obama's nominee to replace Scalia, Merrick Garland, would have sided with the conservative judges and Kennedy (swinger) in upholding the Travel Ban. But, Garland might just as well have opposed it. If he'd opposed it, the ban would have been ruled unconstitutional by ⁵⁄₄ vote.

I don't agree with most of McConnell's views, nor his tactics. It was wrong of McConnell not to give Garland a senate confirmation hearing and leave the seat vacant for over a year, in my opinion.

McConnell's also truly a partisan obstructionist, famously swearing after the 2008 election that he'd lead the Republican senate in opposing every piece of legislation that Obama wanted passed (a promise which he largely kept for 8 years).

But, McConnell is very politically and strategically savvy.