Posted on 04/06/2017 12:36:54 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
After Donald Trump wrapped up his first speech to Congress and worked his way through the crowd, he lingered on his handshake with Anthony Kennedy, the 80-year-old Supreme Court justice.
The boom mics picked up their seemingly private conversation.
Say hello to your boy, Trump said, Special guy. Your kids have been very nice to him, Kennedy replied. Well, Trump said, they love him, and they love him in New York.
While the White House is focused this week on shepherding Trumps first Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, through the Senate confirmation process, the president and his team are obsessed with the next possible vacancy....
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The optics might indeed be bad, but even if Trump did EVERYTHING “by the book” the left would continue to despise him, so “whatever”.
I like David Stras, only 42, of the MN Supreme Court, for one of the next two spots. Tom Lee, early 50s, of the UT Supreme Court, for another. Margaret A. Ryan (US Ct. of Military Appeals) is also aces, as is Joan Larsen of the MI Supremes.
The entire "list of 21" is great. I would probably avoid Diane Sykes and Bill Pryor due to their faux "controversial" nature -- it's B.S., but some judges have been unfairly tarred -- which probably would scare off squish GOP Senators like Turdbronski and Collins.
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