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Schumer: Senate could force Trump to nominate moderate Supreme Court pick
By Jordain Carney - 07/02/18 11:05 AM EDT

Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Monday floated that the Senate could force President Trump to name a moderate to the Supreme Court — if they reject his "extreme" nominee first.

"If the Senate rejects an extreme candidate, it would present President Trump the opportunity to instead select a moderate, consensus nominee," Schumer wrote in a New York Times op-ed.

With Republicans holding a slim 51-49 majority, Democrats don't have the ability to block whoever Trump nominates to fill the vacancy being created by Justice Anthony Kennedy's decision to retire at the end of the month.

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Schumer is reduced to begging the GOP to force a liberal SCOTUS pick.

But with some of the squishes on the GOP side they may do just that.

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Schumer is reduced to begging the GOP to force a liberal SCOTUS pick.

But with some of the squishes on the GOP side they may do just that.


Besides the "Squishies"
We already know McShames cloned wifie will probably oppose anyone trump recommends if she takes over his seat on Independence day.
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Schumer: Senate could force Trump to nominate moderate Supreme Court pick
By Jordain Carney - 07/02/18 11:05 AM EDT

Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Monday floated that the Senate could force President Trump to name a moderate to the Supreme Court — if they reject his "extreme" nominee first.

"If the Senate rejects an extreme candidate, it would present President Trump the opportunity to instead select a moderate, consensus nominee," Schumer wrote in a New York Times op-ed.

With Republicans holding a slim 51-49 majority, Democrats don't have the ability to block whoever Trump nominates to fill the vacancy being created by Justice Anthony Kennedy's decision to retire at the end of the month.

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http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/395152-schumer-senate-could-force-trump-to-nominate-moderate-supreme-court-pick

You mean.... just like he was "forced" to sign onto the biggest porkulus 6-mo spending bill?  Or... like he was "forced" to cave on the separation of migrant families issue? 

Yeah.  Could happen.  But let's hope not.  Trump's not stupid.  He has to know if he nominates someone the radical leftists actually like.... he is toast in 2020.
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Or, after rejection of President Trump's pick, he doubles down and selects a stronger conservative - to sway the mid-term elections and paint the Dems as obstructionists.
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Remember folks, this is the unhinged totalitarianism we're up against.

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Judges Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett are leading candidates for Supreme Court seat
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-court-kavanaugh-barrett-20180628-story.html

I'm hoping it's Barrett.

Kennedy’s Replacement Should Be Judge Amy Coney Barrett
It will be nice to have one woman in the majority when the Supreme Court finally overturns Roe v. Wade.
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And then another to replace Ginsburg age 85 within the next 2 to 6 years.
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Or, after rejection of President Trump's pick, he doubles down and selects a stronger conservative - to sway the mid-term elections and paint the Dems as obstructionists.
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No one knows what Trump will do, but my money is on Amy Barrett

http://youtu.be/s9S54YN55O4?t=114

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Schumer is exactly correct, in that this is a possible scenario.  A likely scenario?  Doubtful.  As long Dear Leader does what he is told, as he did with Gorsuch, and doesn’t try to adlib the decision on his own, the nominee will probably get through. 

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Schumer is exactly correct, in that this is a possible scenario.  A likely scenario?  Doubtful.  As long Dear Leader does what he is told, as he did with Gorsuch, and doesn’t try to adlib the decision on his own, the nominee will probably get through.

Interesting that you want to put another Marxist on the Supreme Court. Why to you troll
conservative web sites? You're NOT changing any minds.

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Interesting that you want to put another Marxist on the Supreme Court. Why to you troll
conservative web sites? You're NOT changing any minds.

Why don’t you ever bother trying to respond to the substance of what was posted, instead of what you assume was posted?

Schumer’s statement is technically correct: if Trump’s first nominee is rejected, then Trump will be forced to pick a new nominee who appeals to a greater number of senators, and that nominee will almost certainly end up being more to the center than the nominee who was rejected. 

But, as I said:  I FIND THIS AN UNLIKELY SCENARIO BECAUSE I DON’T THINK THE FIRST NOMINEE WILL BE REJECTED. 

How’s them apples, troll?

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Barrett isn't experienced enough.
Not yet.

Give her a few more years on the bench.
Then nominate her to replace Ruthie Ginsberg.

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Chuckie - you and your cohorts cannot force anyone.
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