Yesterday, right after the news broke that Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement, I tweeted this, hoping it would be noticed or echoed or that other people were thinking the same thing:
And now we are hearing from Sen. Cory Booker and others the same call. It is gratifying to hear a celebrity with the platform Rob Reiner has using it to say the same thing.
Just a few minutes ago on Hardball, Reiner put it plainly, appealing to people on both sides of the aisle. It's pretty simple, really, as he framed it.
"As an American, I would hope you don't want a potential criminal choosing one of our Supreme Court Justices," he told Chris Matthews.
Reiner went on to say he didn't really care if someone is pro-life or pro-choice, noting that he is pro-choice, for gay rights and civil rights, and the rest, but still...
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