Conservatives see Kethledge as 'Gorsuch 2.0'

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Conservatives see Kethledge as 'Gorsuch 2.0'

BY NIV ELIS - 07/06/18 06:45 PM EDT 

Gorsuch 2.0. That’s how conservative commentator Hugh Hewitt described Raymond Kethledge, the Sixth Circuit judge who reportedly sits near the top of President Trump’s short list of candidates to fill Justice Anthony Kennedy’s Supreme Court seat.

Kethledge has gained the backing of conservatives for his strict, originalist approach to the law, and for his hostility toward an entity loathed on the right: the administrative state. Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon once described the “destruction of the administrative state” as a central goal of the Trump administration, and it’s one that conservatives think Kethledge could help hasten.

That belief stems in large part from a speech Kethledge gave last year about the landmark Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council case from 1984. The decision in that case broadly required that in situations where the law is ambiguous, courts should defer to the executive branch’s interpretations – a move that gives the executive branch significant power.

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http://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/395893-conservatives-see-kethledge-as-gorsuch-20

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   Now comes the 'soft sell' (Chapter 7~Art of the Deal)

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Kethledge should get the nod.

Ms. Barrett can keep the faith until next time -- which hopefully won't be too much longer.