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General Category => Editorial/Opinion/Blogs => Topic started by: rangerrebew on January 18, 2017, 11:53:04 am
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Fox News superstar to be on Trump's Supreme Court?
Conservatives' favorite legal eagle emerges from meeting with president-elect
Published: 14 hours ago
Judge Andrew Napolitano was spotted for a second time at Trump Tower Tuesday morning, leading to speculation that President-elect Donald Trump may be considering the judge for a position on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Napolitano, a former New Jersey Superior Court judge and Fox News senior judicial analyst, is a favorite commentator in conservative and libertarian circles. After he emerged from an elevator at Trump Tower Tuesday, several blogs, including one published by former Rep. Allen West, began speculating about Napolitano’s meeting with Trump.
“Trump might be seeking advice from the libertarian analyst — and maybe, just maybe he might be considering the Fox analyst for a Supreme Court position,” wrote PJ Media’s Tyler O’Neil. “While Napolitano is not one of the 21 names on Trump’s SCOTUS list, anything is possible.”
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2017/01/fox-news-superstar-to-be-on-trumps-supreme-court/#OFBk1TKaFcWZrJKT.99
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In other words:
"We don't know shit, but there's clicks to be had."
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Many are called but few are chosen. Trump speaks with or interviews a lot of people.
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If true, could be very good. Nap is an unyielding Constitutional conservative.
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Napolitano will be the pick.
I'm 99% sure of it. In fact, I think he already knows.
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Am getting to love conservative judges of Italian heritage.
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I for one don't get what purpose all of this speculation serves! Why not just wait and see how things actually shake out?
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How will Trump get over the filibuster? It's still in place for USSC nominees.
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In other words:
"We don't know shit, but there's clicks to be had."
Exactly.
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I loved Napolitano when he was on that show in the 60's....
(http://akns-images.eonline.com/eol_images/Entire_Site/20101011/300.ButchPatrick.EddieMunster.tg.111110.jpg)
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Personally, I hope the pick will be Napolitano.
But as with anything else involving office holders, I'll believe it if and when I see it.
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Personally, I hope the pick will be Napolitano.
But as with anything else involving office holders, I'll believe it if and when I see it.
888high58888
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I would approve of this choice. He is an originalist with strong Libertarian leanings so he won't be an activist on issues either way.
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It would be a terrible pick -- he's 66.
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It would be a terrible pick -- he's 66.
By that standard electing Donaldus Minimus was a more terrible choice---he's 70.
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By that standard electing Donaldus Minimus was a more terrible choice---he's 70.
Not even close.
Trump has no lifetime appointment.
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I wouldn't necessarily refer to him as a FOX NEWS Superstar...since he was 'recently' suspended for politically incorrect remarks.
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Not even close.
Trump has no lifetime appointment.
No, of course he doesn't, but when you see someone throwing down the age card it makes you wonder.
If the man still has his marble (singular; that's a joke, son), and in Napolitano's case a fine mind and
a powerful Constitutional command, why should someone care how old he is? Assuming he has maybe
another twenty years of life he could still perform a shipload of good on the high court. (Speaking for
myself I thought Napolitano was Supreme Court material long before he became an actual Supreme
Court topic.)
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No, of course he doesn't, but when you see someone throwing down the age card it makes you wonder.
If the man still has his marble (singular; that's a joke, son), and in Napolitano's case a fine mind and
a powerful Constitutional command, why should someone care how old he is? Assuming he has maybe
another twenty years of life he could still perform a shipload of good on the high court. (Speaking for
myself I thought Napolitano was Supreme Court material long before he became an actual Supreme
Court topic.)
2 words
Ronald Reagan
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2 words
Ronald Reagan
I was hoping not to have to deploy those two words! ;) I still remember some of the kvetching about
Mr. Reagan from the usual suspects was indeed over his age. And, his wisecrack in one of the 1984 debates
where he promised not to make an issue of Walter Mondale's youth and inexperience---Mr. Mondale was 56,
I think, when he ran in 1984---which disposed of the age issue rather quickly for the rest of that campaign.