On Tuesday, after a three-month delay, the Republican-controlled Senate confirmed Kyle Duncan to serve on the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. The 50-47 vote split along party lines, with all Republicans voting to confirm the Louisiana native, and Joe Manchin — the Democrat senator from West Virginia seeking re-election this fall — representing the only Yea vote cast from across the aisle. (Sens. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., John McCain, R-Ariz., and Rand Paul, R-Ky., were absent for the vote.)

Duncan’s confirmation ends the seven-month slur campaign orchestrated by the Left against one of the country’s most talented constitutional lawyers. Ironically, since President Trump announced Duncan’s nomination to the federal appellate court in September 2017, liberals have attempted to thwart his confirmation because Duncan has been such a good attorney, with his victory in the Supreme Court in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby triggering the most vitriol. And just last week, in a desperate attempt to derail the impending vote, the junior senator from California, Kamala Harris, re-upped that strategy, tweeting: