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India-born judge Srikanth Srinivasan favourite for elevation (Supreme Court)
The Hindu ^ | 2/14/2016

Posted on 02/14/2016 6:56:09 AM PST by KeyLargo

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To: KeyLargo
most notably working on the successful fight against the Defence of Marriage Act

Disqualifies him immediately. The President swears to take care that the laws are faithfully executed, not "fight against" them in court.

21 posted on 02/14/2016 7:55:06 AM PST by Campion (Halten Sie sich unbedingt an die Lehre!)
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To: Terry2

Sorry, I thought the article said he was BORN IN INDIA!. My mistake.


22 posted on 02/14/2016 8:04:39 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (02-13-2016. America's Blackest Day.)
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To: KeyLargo

Let the POS nominate away. The answer will be no, no, no.


23 posted on 02/14/2016 8:48:11 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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He was Mr. Obama's principal deputy solicitor general, most notably working on the successful fight against the Defence of Marriage Act.

No thanks. We'll pass.

24 posted on 02/14/2016 9:22:29 AM PST by SoFloFreeper (I am undecided between Carson, Cruz, Rubio & Trump...)
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India-born judge Srikanth Srinivasan favourite for elevation

Srinivasan appears to be a naturalized citizen, assuming he is a citizen.

25 posted on 02/14/2016 9:27:00 AM PST by MortMan (Let's call the push for amnesty what it is: Pedrophilia.)
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They’re taking over all of the AMERICAN jobs in Silicon Valley. Might as well give ‘em the “Supreme Court” too. It’s just another part of Obonzo’s fundamentally deformed America.


26 posted on 02/14/2016 9:48:10 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (02-13-2016. America's Blackest Day.)
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To: Terry2

You’re absolutely right, it’s complicated. There are even Christians with Arabic names like Mohammad, Ali, and Saeed.

But even a “John Smith” appointed by Obama will be a flaming lefty intent on undermining the Constitution with identity politics, we can count on it.


27 posted on 02/14/2016 10:16:06 AM PST by mumblypeg (Reality is way more complicated than the internet. That's why I'm here.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

He was born in India.


28 posted on 02/14/2016 10:17:27 AM PST by Lazamataz (I'm an Islamophobe??? Well, good. When it comes to Islam, there's plenty to Phobe about.)
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“I guess we’ve already run out of AMERICAN nominees.”
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Evidently. But TED CRUZ likes him and voted for him.

Srikanth Srinivasan, of Virginia, was nominated to the U.S. Circuit Court Judge for Washington D.C. in May 2013. The tally was 97-0, including votes U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Presidential candidates Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio.

Cruz, who clerked with Srinivasan at the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, quipped, “I am hopeful that our friendship will not be seen as a strike against you by some.”

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/04/10/obama-republicans-senate-judges-srinivasan/2068991/#


29 posted on 02/14/2016 10:26:56 AM PST by AuntB (Illegal immigration is simply more "share the wealth" socialism and a CRIME not a race!)
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To: KeyLargo
Heh -- this could be pretty good for Republicans.

Not that the guy is a conservative, but he's a less reliable liberal than someone a new Democratic president might appoint, especially since there's a good chance a Democratic President would bring in a Democratic Senate.

So, don't dismiss the guy. Just drag it out until the lame duck period after the election. If Hillary or Bernie wins, then confirm the guy so they don't get to appoint their guy. And if the Republican wins, either vote him down or don't vote on him. Let the new GOP resident pick his guy.

In trying to pick a more moderate guy (at least on the surface) Obama may have given some Republicans a good strategic option.

30 posted on 02/14/2016 11:33:04 AM PST by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: odawg

We’re becoming the United Nations.


31 posted on 02/14/2016 4:57:10 PM PST by Does so (Europeans had better start "overstaying their visas" in the USA. ==8-O)
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They may even do away with the Amendment, but the Right is unalienable. The Government does not have the authority to grant a fundamental Right, nor remove it.

The Right to keep and bear arms, to defend you self, family, home, and community, does not go away because they say so because the Second Amendment did not GRANT the Right, it only demanded the Government not mess with it.

The Constitution would not have been ratified without the Bill of Rights, and any attempt to strip those rights becomes an effective dissolution of the original compact.

32 posted on 02/14/2016 5:07:54 PM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: AuntB
Evidently. But TED CRUZ likes him and voted for him.

Well, AuntB, apparently They ALL voted for him. But that was for the job he has now, not for SCOTUS.

Of course Trump didn't vote for him, because he couldn't make that deal.

33 posted on 02/14/2016 5:14:44 PM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: KeyLargo

What the hell? Can we, for Pete’s sake, put AMERICANS into these positions in the USA?


34 posted on 02/14/2016 5:18:51 PM PST by MayflowerMadam (Romans 8:38-39)
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To: AuntB
Indians are beneficiaries of most of the H-1B visas, which Cruz proposed we have ONE HALF MILLION *MORE* of. On the way to millions. These are the "good" jobs. STEM jobs. So it's no wonder Cruzio supported they guy.

Here are the talking points:

1. The GOP has already approved of this guy.

2. If the Republicans oppose an Indian it is because they are RACISTS (That one point will have every Repub cowering---including and especially Cruz, because he's up for election and can't afford to alienate any voters, especially open-borders voters.)

There is your path to dude's confirmation by SUMMER. Book it.

IMHO there should be NO FOREIGN born SC justices or anything else in the USA. I hope Trump will jump on this. It's a JOKE we'd have a born INDIAN on our Supreme Court. More cultural suicide.

35 posted on 02/14/2016 5:29:54 PM PST by gg188 (Ted Cruz, R - Goldman Sachs)
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To: KeyLargo

This is a slap in the face to Americans. Should never happen.


36 posted on 02/14/2016 5:30:51 PM PST by gg188 (Ted Cruz, R - Goldman Sachs)
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To: odawg

We are in the late-Empire phase where we a ruled by a series of “Barbarian Emperors” from the provinces.


37 posted on 02/15/2016 9:31:43 AM PST by Tallguy
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin

This is how Sen. McConnell will get Ted Cruz out of the race. He’ll play footsie with Obama’s nominee making confirmation looking likely. Cruz will then have to chose: allow Obama to have his life real nomiee, or come off the campaign trail to oppose him.


38 posted on 02/15/2016 12:49:11 PM PST by Tallguy
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