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Trump's Supreme Court Nominees

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This is an old article but what does everyone think? Who would be a good choice to replace Scalia? Does anyone know anything about them? Trump's list of Supreme Court nominees are:

Mike Lee — U.S. Senator, Utah
Neil Gorsuch — Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Margaret Ryan — Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
Edward Mansfield — Justice, Iowa Supreme Court
Keith Blackwell — Justice, Georgia Supreme Court
Charles Canady — Justice, Florida Supreme Court (and a former Congressman)
Timothy Tymkovich — Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Amul Thapar — Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
Frederico Moreno — Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Robert Young — Chief Justice, Michigan Supreme Court

Full article: http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2 ... minees.php
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I'm just hoping the Republicans in Congress can summon up the courage to delay an Obama appointment for a few more months. Not something I'd be willing to bet on.
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I believe the Dems could still deploy the nuclear option to confirm Obama's nominee.
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Obama's appointee was DOA. With the election results...it appears the Republicans have 51 senators which is not filibuster proof BUT the Democrats have provided a handy precedent by foregoing filibuster over judicial nominees...ie the "nuclear option"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics ... story.html

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/201 ... ar-option/

The Republicans have stood up on Scalia's replacement and they need to go ahead and do what we sent them for, return the favor on the nuclear option and ram through conservative nominees, not only at the SCOTUS but also the judges all the way down that they have been slow walking. For the Second Amendment, this could well be a huge watershed because these are the judges who will ultimately decide the meaning of "reasonable regulation".
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catfish86 wrote:The Republicans have stood up on Scalia's replacement and they need to go ahead and do what we sent them for, return the favor on the nuclear option and ram through conservative nominees, not only at the SCOTUS but also the judges all the way down that they have been slow walking. For the Second Amendment, this could well be a huge watershed because these are the judges who will ultimately decide the meaning of "reasonable regulation".
Well said. The politicians like to talk about "getting along" but politics is not about compromise. It's about getting what you want without the other guy being able to do anything about it. That's the way the anti-gunners have operated for years. It's pay-back time.

We need to keep our congressman and senator's numbers on speed-dial.
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WestonDon wrote:I believe the Dems could still deploy the nuclear option to confirm Obama's nominee.
Oops. I totally forgot that the Republicans got control of the Senate since the donks pulled that stunt. :oops: I guess sometimes I just can't tell the difference.
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All that is required is to nominate a judge who believes the constitution means what it says. It's not difficult and it doesn't have to be complicated.
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How Many Justices Will Trump Get to Appoint?

No one doubts a new Trump-appointed Justice will take his or her place on the court, probably in the spring of 2017. But others could soon follow. The current crowd on the court are hardly spring chickens: Ginsburg is 83-years-old, Justice Anthony Kennedy is 80 and Justice Stephen Breyer is 78.

What’s alarming for Democrats is that two of the oldest (Ginsburg and Breyer) are liberals, meaning Trump could replace them with conservatives in the event of illness, death, or retirement. The nightmare scenario for liberals, as NYU law prof Barry Friedman told the New York Times: “In the worst case, we end up with a 7-2 conservative court, and a relatively young one at that. This could be a typhoon for the Supreme Court.”
If we get more Kennedy and Roberts types...and nowhere near 6-3 or 7-2...whatchagonnado?

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bignflnut wrote:
How Many Justices Will Trump Get to Appoint?

No one doubts a new Trump-appointed Justice will take his or her place on the court, probably in the spring of 2017. But others could soon follow. The current crowd on the court are hardly spring chickens: Ginsburg is 83-years-old, Justice Anthony Kennedy is 80 and Justice Stephen Breyer is 78.

What’s alarming for Democrats is that two of the oldest (Ginsburg and Breyer) are liberals, meaning Trump could replace them with conservatives in the event of illness, death, or retirement. The nightmare scenario for liberals, as NYU law prof Barry Friedman told the New York Times: “In the worst case, we end up with a 7-2 conservative court, and a relatively young one at that. This could be a typhoon for the Supreme Court.”
If we get more Kennedy and Roberts types...and nowhere near 6-3 or 7-2...whatchagonnado?

Big opportunity ... let's hope DJT isn't a Trumpjan horse.
When his opponent proudly said that the largest group of responsible law abiding gun owners is the enemy that she's the most proud to have, it would be hard for Trump to secretly be any worse on the issue of gun rights.
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M-Quigley wrote:
bignflnut wrote:
Big opportunity ... let's hope DJT isn't a Trumpjan horse.
When his opponent proudly said that the largest group of responsible law abiding gun owners is the enemy that she's the most proud to have, it would be hard for Trump to secretly be any worse on the issue of gun rights.
Please remember all of the photos of Trump side by side, smiling from ear to ear with Bill and Hillary and Rudy.
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The GOPe has had the House + Senate + POTUS previously, and the results were remarkably bland.
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