Posted on 01/31/2017 8:57:51 AM PST by Morgana
President Donald Trump indicated today that he will announce his Supreme Court nominee on Tuesday. The president previously said he would pick a “truly great Justice.”
In a tweet Monday, Trump said he has made his selection.
“I have made my decision on who I will nominate for The United States Supreme Court. It will be announced live on Tuesday at 8:00 P.M. (W.H.),” Trump said.
The announcement will come just short of one year after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, who favored overturning Roe v. Wade.
Most high court observers believe Trump has narrowed his list of potential nominees down to a few people including Eleventh Circuit Judge William Pryor and Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Neil Gorsuch.
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Pryor has condemned Roe vs Wade, the Supreme Court decision that allowed virtually unlimited abortions. In a previous statement, Pryor did not mince words when it comes to his feeling about how wrong and far-reaching the Roe case was decided.
He once called the high court’s decision in the controversial abortion case of Roe v. Wade the “worst abomination in the history of constitutional law.”
Meanwhile, Pryor told a Senate panel, “I believe that not only is [Roe] unsupported by the text and structure of the Constitution, but it has led to a morally wrong result. It has led to the slaughter of millions of innocent unborn children.”
Gorsuch also has made pro-life comments about abortion and strongly opposes assisted suicide. He has written a book, The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia, which (as Princeton University Press puts it) “builds a nuanced, novel, and powerful moral and legal argument against legalization [of assisted suicide and euthanasia], one based on a principle that, surprisingly, has largely been overlooked in the debate—the idea that human life is intrinsically valuable and that intentional killing is always wrong.”
Meanwhile, as National Review reports, “Gorsuch wrote a powerful dissent from the denial of rehearing en banc in a case involving funding of Planned Parenthood.” NR indicaes Gorsuch has written “human life is fundamentally and inherently valuable, and that the intentional taking of human life by private persons is always wrong.”
During the election, asked what he would do to protect the “sanctity of human life,” Trump said it starts with the Supreme Court.
“I will protect it and the biggest way to protect it is through the Supreme Court and putting people in the court — and actually the biggest way to protect is electing me as president,” he said.
Trump went on to say that he favored overturning Roe v. Wade and that, “I will appoint Supreme Court judges who will be pro-life.” His comments, along with hiring a pro-life advocate as his domestic policy director, will go along way to assuring pro-life voters they can consider him in November.
When it comes to abortion, for pro-life voters there was no more important issue in the presidential election than who will control the appointment process for one or more Supreme Court judges who will determine the fate of abortion for decades.
One of the exit poll question asked how important the Supreme Court was in people’s vote. 56% of those who voted for Trump said it was the most important factor, compared to 41% for Hillary Clinton–a whopping 15 point advantage for Trump.
Cool.
He should do the old empty podium routine for 15 minutes first just for old times sake.
Cool
NTOWY
I think Ted Nugent will be an exceptional Supreme Court Justice.
Get ready for a Democrat-media hate campaign that is Robert Bork + Clarence Thomas, times 10.
I heard the same about Gorsch. At any rate, he can’t go wrong with any of the three finalists!
Let the fireworks begin!
Better stock up on popcorn.
It’s going to be the Fight of the Century
Is a “recess appointment” in the cards? Obama tried that for the NLRB, but got smacked down. Now the Republican Senate can coordinate with Trump on “recess”.
Agreed, but he should put up some Gold Star families or legal Mexican immigrants singing his praises during that time.
LOL. By announcing at 8 pm Eastern, the networks will have to delay their normal prime time entertainment schedules if they want to cover this live. Will they do that?
Has the demonstrations for abortion started yet?
My guess: they will stick with their regular schedule, and when the announcement is made will put a crawler on the screen that will read something like, "TRUMP ANNOUNCED HIS NOMINATION OF XXXXXXXX FOR THE SUPREME COURT SEAT VACATED BY ANTONIN SCALIA. MASSIVE PROTESTS LIKELY AS XXXXXXXX HAS OPPOSED WOMEN'S RIGHTS, HEALTH CARE, LGBT ANTI-DISCRIMINATION RULINGS, AND UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS. NEWS AT 11:00."
Let you know when they do
Could be.
Will we see some Democrat come out and denounce the nomination right off the bat? Remember the shameless Ted Kennedy who derailed the nomination of Robert Bork with that half assed speech about how “In Robert Bork’s America, women will have back alley abortions, blacks goto the back of the bus, etc.”. Will some Democrat, Schumer perhaps, play the part of Ted Kennedy this time as they attempt to crush this nomination???
I know your kidding, but I refuse to support anybody over 50 years old for a Supreme Court nominee. And Ted is 68....Yieks. Can you imagine, he might only get 10 years on the court and then the replacement? Who knows. Dems might rule then.
Prior is too old. Gorish would be better. Only 49 years old.
Hardiman is only 51. I went to college with him and he is a solid person of character.
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