Obama: ‘We’re Going to Have Supreme Court Appointments’

National Review ^ | 8/11/2014 | Joel Gehrke

[markomalley]

Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg just reiterated her plan to stay on the bench, but that didn’t stop President Obama from making a prediction to Democratic donors. 

“Not to mention the fact that we’re going to have Supreme Court appointments,” Obama said to motivate donors during a Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee fundraiser.

There are four Supreme Court justices over the age of 70, but Ginsburg, 81, has been the subject of the most recent retirement rumors — which she recently tried to put to rest.

“All I can say is that I am still here and likely to remain for a while,” Ginsburg told Yahoo News, while indicating that she expects to remain on the bench for “at least” another year, meaning that Obama may have to push a nominee through a Republican-controlled Senate after the 2014 elections.

A Democratic strategist told the Hill that Ginsburg’s retirement would benefit Obama if it came at the right time.

“It would motivate our base,” the strategist said, explaining that “we have a huge drop off of voters because they don’t care about Senate elections, or don’t think they matter.”

Obama made clear that he hopes the specter of a Supreme Court nomination fight will help motivate liberal voters, whom he once again described as “congenitally disposed” to ignore off-year elections.

[llevrok]

What's he gonna do? Make 'em an offer they can't refuse?

Before the Senate turns over in January, perhaps 2 or three NEW nominees as Mullah Obama sees his coup in jeopardy by a GOP senate and house from 2015.

[Jay Redhawk]

Kennedy is the swing vote so he is more likely to get whacked. Replace him with a reliable communist liberal and everything will start to go 5-4 against us. Ruth Buzzie will croak soon enough that Obamamster can replace her with a younger communist.

[Vendome]

Wutch you say! Wutch you say! Wutch you say!

[Eagles6]

They don’t want her to retire during the Cruz / Palin term in 2016.

[tiki]

Thought the same thing.

[MHGinTN]

Roberts, being easily blackmailed, has already turned the court when the progressive masters tell him how to vote, as in the obamacare vote.

[Michael.SF.]

Jarrett done told us they had two SC appointments on the ready,

Every President has a short list for SCOTUS nominees at the ready, just in case.

If they do not, they are not doing their job.

[tanknetter]

Ruth will probably get whacked.

Doubt it. The woman is a Democrat partisan through and through.

Look to her to announce 7-10 days before the election that she'll step down at the end of this coming term.

It's already plotted and planned as a mid-term October surprise that will be perfectly timed to stampede the Dem base to the polls. There'll be wall-to-wall media coverage to drum up hysteria.

Her denials right now are to keep the prospects low-key until it's formally sprung for maximum advantage.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

This is the main reason I was motivated to vote for Romney.

[SueRae]

We NEED the Senate. Otherwise, the ‘Reid rule’ would do us in. Those tables need to be turned.

[rdcbn]

Ruth is beholden to Hillary Clinton for her seat on the court.

I'm skeptical that Ruth will roll over and resign to give Obama an appointment.

Besides, I think she loves the power and has not intention of resigning - ever.

[markomalley]

I'm skeptical that Ruth will roll over and resign to give Obama an appointment.

So am I. That's why I say she'd better watch her back and have extra bodyguards. Øbozo's brain has got to be sick and tired of waiting for her to die.

[tflabo]

May the old gargoyle live long and healthy through the reign of Barcky....amen.

[Jay Redhawk]

Yeah, I don’t know what Obama has on Roberts, but I suspect that may have met once in a Chicago bathhouse.

[rdcbn]

I'm skeptical that Ruth will roll over and resign to give Obama an appointment.
So am I. That's why I say she'd better watch her back and have extra bodyguards. Øbozo’s brain has got to be sick and tired of waiting for her to die.

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Yeah, I hear there are some really severe cases of Brietbart Syndrome going around these days

[Linda Frances]

God, please don’t allow the left to make any Supreme Court appointments. Amen!

[Iron Munro]

Double Obamacide coming up soon....

[Iron Munro]

A GOP Senate will confirm almost anyone he puts up

They would confirm Idi Amin or Robert Mugabe if Obama nominated them.

But they wouldn't confirm a patriotic constitutional conservative to save their souls.

[Sooth2222]

"“Not to mention the fact that we’re going to have Supreme Court appointments,” Obama said to motivate donors during a Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee fundraiser."

What has Zero been right about so far? If he's correct about this, his score will be about 1-100,000.

[OneWingedShark]

Well, after the 5 conservative justices were so tragically shot, I guess we’d need nominations wouldn’t we??

Where the heck are you getting that number?