I long ago noted that about the only reason I could think of to check the box for Trump as a vote against Hillary is the courts, from the Supreme Court and down. That said, sometimes a candidate is just so utterly awful that one can’t in good conscience vote for that person. However, here’s Hewitt giving it another shot
Once more into the Supreme Court breach
Third time’s a charm.
Or not.
Over the last two weeks I have tried to use this space to persuade #NeverTrumpers that their opposition to Donald Trump, no matter how deeply principled on their part, should yield to the manifest damage that would be done to the rule of law in the United States by even one, much less two or more, appointments to the U.S. Supreme Court by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, should she become President Hillary Clinton.
No need to repeat the arguments. Read them here and here. But one last objection to the “vote Trump to save the Supreme Court” argument needs revisiting because it remains standing in some places, and my colleague in the talk radio world Ben Shapiro gave voice to it again last week in a short but sharp exchange we had on air.
The problem here is that when it comes to Trump, we just do not know. He might attempt to appoint someone as hardcore leftist as his sister. As Patterico notes, would Mitch McConnell really block Trump if this happened?
Really, though, if this is all you can offer as a way of supporting Trump, it’s damned thin. Besides, here’s a fun way to get around a SCOTUS packed with liberals: increase the size of the court. Appoint conservatives. Think that can’t be done? The Constitution makes no mention as to how many justices shall sit on the Court. Regardless, if Hewitt can only offer this, I’ll stick with the Hamilton Rule
If we must have an enemy at the head of Government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible, who will not involve our party in the disgrace of his foolish and bad measures.
Besides, why is Trump and his team not making this case? Why are they not attempting to solicit the votes of people who normally vote Republican?
