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James Pinkerton wrote on Breitbart about the nomination of judge Amy Barrett to the supreme court and why it's a monumental achievement for conservatism:

The confirmation of Justice Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court is an historic victory for the conservative movement and the crowning achievement of decades of political organizing by social and judicial conservatives.

Justice Barrett’s achievements speak for themselves, and full credit goes to her. Her life story, her devotion to family, her hard work, her intellect, her grace under pressure—she did all that herself. Yet it takes nothing away from her to note that she had help, and it’s important to understand the nature of that help with an eye toward replicating that help in yet more areas. As we shall see, Barrett had an effective team around her. And as smart coaches say, “There’s no ‘I’ in team.”

[...] The need for an accurate assessment of conservative potential became clear after the disaster of George H.W. Bush’s nomination of David Souter to the Supreme Court in 1990. Souter was a Republican, albeit of no particular ideology; Bush 41 was persuaded to nominate him based on the personal recommendation of John Sununu, a non-lawyer on his White House staff. Unfortunately, once confirmed, Souter turned out be a strong liberal during his two decades on the high court. “No more Souters!” is a common thought among Federalists.

Since Souter, the Federalist Society has became the go-to place for identifying judges for Republican administrations, and this has become especially true for the Trump administration. The Federalists have helped in the vetting of Trump’s hundreds of judicial picks, including Brett Kavanaugh, who was confirmed to the Supreme Court in 2018.

And the senior Bush was a politician most hostile to Israel, coming even before all the disaster Bill Clinton and Bush Jr. caused. People like Bush almost ruined the GOP in their time. Thankfully, Trump came along, and provided us with a judge far more qualified for a position as a chief justice. Let's hope, going forward, Barrett provides all that's needed for the US judicial system to really be effective.

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