Originally Posted by
Macaquerie
The thing is, this is not how politics usually works in America. Nominating partisan hacks to the Supreme Court generally tends to backfire, because the justices end up far outlasting their political patrons in office, so appointing someone purely for political expediency can lead to disastrous consequences decades down the line. In 20 years, Gorsuch's views will almost certainly be completely out of touch with those of mainstream America, but he and like-minded colleagues will still have the power to set an agenda for the country that few future Americans would agree with. The Democrats understand this, which is why they typically don't nominate justices from the lunatic fringe, but the Republicans simply don't give a fuck because, by 2037 they'll all be dead anyway so who cares?
Seriously? You could, for example, nominate someone who was both pro-gun and pro-abortion...