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Re: Justice Kennedy Retiring!
« Reply #25 on: June 27, 2018, 06:36:58 pm »
SOURCE: https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/anthony-kennedy-retires-supreme-court/index.html

Trump will push for swift confirmation of a new Supreme Court justice -- before the midterms

From CNN's Jeff Zeleny

A senior White House official says President Trump will push for the swift confirmation of a Supreme Court justice "before the midterm elections."

A list of well-established conservatives is in place, so a nomination is expected to come "within weeks," the official said.
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Re: Justice Kennedy Retiring!
« Reply #26 on: June 27, 2018, 06:37:18 pm »
Gorsuch was probably the closest available to a Scalia clone.  A true textualist.
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Re: Justice Kennedy Retiring!
« Reply #27 on: June 27, 2018, 06:40:21 pm »
Quote from: dfwgator on June 27, 2018, 06:32:33 pm
About as bad as German soccer fans.

What's a soccer?
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Re: Justice Kennedy Retiring!
« Reply #28 on: June 27, 2018, 06:42:55 pm »
Quote from: Maj. Bill Martin on June 27, 2018, 06:37:18 pm
Gorsuch was probably the closest available to a Scalia clone.  A true textualist.

There are several excellent candidates on the president's list.  My picks are Mike Lee or Don Willett.
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Re: Justice Anthony Kennedy announces retirement, giving Trump 2nd Supreme Court pick
« Reply #29 on: June 27, 2018, 06:43:01 pm »
Now if only Ginsburg would retire (voluntarily or courtesy of the grim reaper).
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Re: Justice Kennedy Retiring!
« Reply #30 on: June 27, 2018, 06:46:04 pm »
Quote from: Bigun on June 27, 2018, 06:42:55 pm
There are several excellent candidates on the president's list.  My picks are Mike Lee or Don Willett.

How about I turn this thread into a bar room brawl and suggest Ted Cruz?
« Last Edit: June 27, 2018, 06:46:35 pm by catfish1957 »
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Re: Justice Anthony Kennedy announces retirement, giving Trump 2nd Supreme Court pick
« Reply #31 on: June 27, 2018, 06:46:23 pm »
Quote from: txradioguy on June 27, 2018, 06:20:38 pm
Justice Anthony Kennedy announced Wednesday that he is retiring, giving President Trump a critical opportunity to move the Supreme Court more solidly to the right in what promises to be an epic confirmation fight.

The 81-year-old senior associate justice informed the White House in a letter of his intention to step down from the high court after 30 years, effective July 31. Rumors of another vacancy have reverberated across Washington in recent months, and it comes a year after Kennedy's former law clerk

Justice Neil Gorsuch, took over the seat occupied by the late Justice Antonin Scalia.

Arguably the most powerful member of the Supreme Court, Kennedy's moderate-conservative views often left him the "swing" -- or deciding -- vote in hot-button cases ranging from abortion to gay rights to political campaign spending.

A Supreme Court vacancy will likely become a key issue in a midterm congressional election year, when control of the Senate is at stake.

That body will consider Trump's latest high court nominee, requiring only a simple majority for confirmation. GOP leaders changed the rules when Gorsuch was being considered, to get rid of the 60-vote procedural filibuster threshold.


http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/27/supreme-court-justice-anthony-kennedy-to-retire.html

This ^  ^  may well end up being what "saves our Republic".   Oh happy day!!!!
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Re: Justice Anthony Kennedy announces retirement, giving Trump 2nd Supreme Court pick
« Reply #32 on: June 27, 2018, 06:48:00 pm »
Hardiman was on the last short list and is in his early 50s.
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Re: Justice Anthony Kennedy announces retirement, giving Trump 2nd Supreme Court pick
« Reply #33 on: June 27, 2018, 06:48:43 pm »
The second SCOTUS nomination is the one to be wary of (pardon the sentence-ending preposition). That's the one that usually goes to a crony.

We'll see Trump's true character with who he nominates to replace the court's predominant "swing" justice. Cautious optimism is warranted here.
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Re: Justice Anthony Kennedy announces retirement, giving Trump 2nd Supreme Court pick
« Reply #34 on: June 27, 2018, 06:49:48 pm »
Trump cited his 'List of 25'.  It must be the list that Ted Cruz gave him.
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Re: Justice Kennedy Retiring!
« Reply #35 on: June 27, 2018, 06:50:15 pm »
Quote from: catfish1957 on June 27, 2018, 06:46:04 pm
How about I turn this thread into a bar room brawl and suggest Ted Cruz?

Of course Ted would be excellent, but he already stated that he wasn't interested and we need him desperately in the Senate.
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Re: Justice Kennedy Retiring!
« Reply #36 on: June 27, 2018, 06:50:51 pm »
Quote from: catfish1957 on June 27, 2018, 06:46:04 pm
How about I turn this thread into a bar room brawl and suggest Ted Cruz?

He would be an excellent choice but I think he really wants to stay where he is for the present.
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Re: Justice Anthony Kennedy announces retirement, giving Trump 2nd Supreme Court pick
« Reply #37 on: June 27, 2018, 06:51:01 pm »
Quote from: Oceander on June 27, 2018, 06:43:01 pm
Now if only Ginsburg would retire (voluntarily or courtesy of the grim reaper).

This would send the left into full-on panic mode.  Secret Service would need to be assigned to every GOP senator.
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Re: Justice Anthony Kennedy announces retirement, giving Trump 2nd Supreme Court pick
« Reply #38 on: June 27, 2018, 06:53:43 pm »
Quote from: Oceander on June 27, 2018, 06:43:01 pm
Now if only Ginsburg would retire

Yes, agreed.  After all, it's got to be more comfortable to nap in your own bed than in a chair on the bench.
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Re: Justice Kennedy Retiring!
« Reply #39 on: June 27, 2018, 06:54:39 pm »
Quote from: Bigun on June 27, 2018, 06:50:51 pm
He would be an excellent choice but I think he really wants to stay where he is for the present.

Loathed by RINOs and Dems alike, they’d confirm him quickly just to get him out of Congress  :silly: :silly: :silly:
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Re: Justice Anthony Kennedy announces retirement, giving Trump 2nd Supreme Court pick
« Reply #40 on: June 27, 2018, 06:55:44 pm »
Quote from: Polly Ticks on June 27, 2018, 06:53:43 pm
Yes, agreed.  After all, it's got to be more comfortable to nap in your own bed than in a chair on the bench.

Comfort doesn't matter to radical leftists.  Ginsburg will hang on until the bitter, literal END.
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Re: Justice Anthony Kennedy announces retirement, giving Trump 2nd Supreme Court pick
« Reply #41 on: June 27, 2018, 06:55:48 pm »
Quote from: Hoodat on June 27, 2018, 06:49:48 pm
Trump cited his 'List of 25'.  It must be the list that Ted Cruz gave him.


I wonder if Ted's list will end up being like Cheney's VP list.
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Re: Justice Kennedy Retiring!
« Reply #42 on: June 27, 2018, 06:55:50 pm »
Quote from: catfish1957 on June 27, 2018, 06:46:04 pm
How about I turn this thread into a bar room brawl and suggest Ted Cruz?

How about I ratchet up the fight and say Ted will need the SC job anyway after he loses his election to Beatoff.



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Re: Justice Kennedy Retiring!
« Reply #43 on: June 27, 2018, 06:56:17 pm »
Quote from: libertybele on June 27, 2018, 06:50:15 pm
Of course Ted would be excellent, but he already stated that he wasn't interested and we need him desperately in the Senate.

   Particularly if Trump appoints Lee (long shot, I know), McConnell would insure confirmation of either one of these guys just to get them out of his hair.
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Re: Justice Kennedy Retiring!
« Reply #44 on: June 27, 2018, 06:57:11 pm »
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Re: Justice Kennedy Retiring!
« Reply #45 on: June 27, 2018, 06:57:25 pm »
Quote from: Frank Cannon on June 27, 2018, 06:55:50 pm
How about I ratchet up the fight and say Ted will need the SC job anyway after he loses his election to Beatoff.



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Re: Justice Kennedy Retiring!
« Reply #46 on: June 27, 2018, 06:58:03 pm »
Quote from: Bigun on June 27, 2018, 06:50:51 pm
He would be an excellent choice but I think he really wants to stay where he is for the present.

Perhaps..but...then again, he may view this is his one last (perfect) opportunity.  Who knows what the future will bring, after all.
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Re: Justice Kennedy Retiring!
« Reply #47 on: June 27, 2018, 06:59:53 pm »
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Re: Justice Kennedy Retiring!
« Reply #48 on: June 27, 2018, 07:03:39 pm »
Justice Anthony Kennedy's replacement will come from Trump's list of 25 potential names

Michelle Mark
 
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Here are the original names:

• Keith Blackwell
• Charles Canady
• Steven Colloton
• Allison Eid
• Raymond Gruender
• Thomas Hardiman
• Raymond Kethledge
• Joan Larsen
• Mike Lee
• Thomas Lee
• Edward Mansfield
• Federico Moreno
• William Pryor
• Margaret A. Ryan
• Amul Thapar
• Timothy Tymkovich
• David Stras
• Diane Sykes
• Don Willett
• Robert Young

<..snip..>

http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-supreme-court-pick-list-names-2017-11
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Re: Justice Kennedy Retiring!
« Reply #49 on: June 27, 2018, 07:05:34 pm »
  This Guy's gotta be to old, by now.

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