Posted on 01/23/2017 6:44:54 AM PST by xzins
Concerns with the judicial record of Judge Pryor center on two of his activist decisions on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. First, in Glenn v. Brumby, 633 F.3d 1312 (11th Cir. 2011), Pryor usurped legislative power by purporting to judicially create without precedent and without constitutional and statutory support a new transgender civil right to employment, including a man's use of the womens restrooms in the workplace.Second, in Keeton v. Anderson-Wiley, 664 F.3d 865 (11th Cir. 2011), Pryor affirmed the expulsion of a female Christian student from a state college for refusing to engage in a remediation plan of her views on sexuality which included the suggestion that she attend a Gay Pride Parade.
Solid conservative Richard Viguerie is suggesting Pryor is an Anthony Kennedy in hiding.
Mark Lee would be a solid pick.
Mike Lee
ping
Sounds like a very scary possible nominee and by no means an acceptable replacement for Justice Scalia.
+1 on Mike Lee
He does not want the job
Send a message: Roy Moore.
I’ll store this news with “Romney for SOS. “
Super important!
Viguerie, the author of this article, was a Cruz supporter until it was clear Cruz wasn’t going to make it. Viguerie then made a logical and cool-headed change to support for Trump, which he maintained throughout the campaign.
In my experience, he’s been a pretty clear thinker. I don’t know the background on these potential nominees, nor do I know the law that Pryor was being asked to judge when it came to these 2 cases.
However, Viguerie is no dummy, and I’m assuming he did his background work before writing this.
It says to me that there can be something in the background of any nominee, and those things should come to light. We thought Roberts, Kennedy, O’Connor, etc. were who they were sold to us as. That ended up not being so.
It’s hard even to speak clearly about Mike Lee, given the liberal tendencies of both Harry Reid and Orrin Hatch. Being Mormon doesn’t equal being conservative.
Pick Cruz and be done with it. He is as close to Scalia as any candidate. And we don’t have to worry about that spot on SCOTUS for the next 30+ years.
Ia that the Alabama judge that defended the 10 Commandments plaque? I would love to see him on the Supreme Court, but he may be too old now.
Cruz doesn’t want to be on the court.
AND he’s not on the list of 21 Trump promised to select from.
Trump should show how much he “hates” women by nominating Diane Sykes as his first pick for the Supreme Court.
Not because I believe in identity politics - but because she’s a solid conservative choice who will make liberal heads explode.
I don’t know anything about her.
I’ve learned to be cautious with these judges.
So let’s hope and pray Trump’s court nominee is not Pryor. If it is, I am afraid he may ignite against himself many of the forces that helped elect him President, and not King.
As long as Trump is supporting good ideas, fine, but when he goes off on a progressive/Liberal course, he should hopefully find a Congress that speaks for itself, not him.
Hugh Hewitt endorsed Judge Pryor on-air last week.
Pretty much takes Pryor out of the running.
Lol!
Nailed it. Hewitt is a GOP Toad.
That right there totally disqualifies Pryor in my mind. We've seen this story too many times. Once on the bench, these guys are liberated from their conservative fig leaves and go full leftist, Stouter is one example. I would argue that John Roberts certainly did not live up to his billing as well.
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