Posted on 07/16/2019 3:42:59 PM PDT by cotton1706
President Donald Trump’s nominee to a key appellate court could be in jeopardy over Republican concerns about his judicial record and potential issues with his FBI background check.
The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a confirmation hearing Wednesday for Halil Suleyman “Sul” Ozerden, a close friend of White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. But his ability to get through the Senate is already in question.
Republican senators are receiving individual briefings from judiciary staff about his FBI background investigation, which typically occurs when there's a potential problem with the nominee, according to several Senate sources who declined to discuss the matter on the record or in detail. It’s unclear what exactly in his background check could be problematic.
The Republican Senate has made approving Trump’s judges a major priority ahead of 2020. Any roadblocks in that effort highlight divisions within the party and undercut one of Trump's top campaign talking points.
Senators have also raised broader questions about his judicial philosophy and his prior rulings. Some senators are scrutinizing a 2012 opinion he authored as a federal judge in Mississippi centered on the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive mandate.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
https://www.dailywire.com/news/48881/hammer-sul-ozerden-very-weak-fifth-circuit-pick-josh-hammer
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/08/22/conservatives-trump-ozerden-wrong-appeals-court/
https://firstliberty.org/just-say-no/
From the article, it sounds like you are right. Being backed by the MS GOPe isn’t exactly enough to over ride his history.
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>>>Halil Suleyman “Sul” Ozerden<<<<
Well, even that Pilot “Sully” Sullenberger who landed the Airbus in the Hudson turned out to be a Lefty Trump hater.
Sounds like a nickname thing to me.
Cotton, thanks for the timely research. Yes, let’s have him defeated. There’s ZERO reason for a Trump appointee to be “a Souter”. Let him not even come out of the Judiciary Committee. If he gets to a vote in the full Senate, DemocRATS and RINOs will vote him in.
Good. An occasional rejection is good for the Soul.
Put up a better candidate here !
Yes, so is his doppelganger Tom Hanks.
"Palestinian" name. the lowlife OctoMom has the same name
Republicans: The eternal circular firing squad
Sorry to hear about that pilot. Doesn’t surprise me though. There have been many disappointments in the news like that. I just drop them like a hot potato.
Yep. This is one I scratched my head about at the time. Go ahead and withdraw his nomination. I’m good with that.
That’s ok. They got the other 130 justices as well as two SCOTUS nominees appointed. And still more on the horizon.
So Trump proved to Mulvaney why he is President and Mulvaney is a hack. It’s this understand your base thingy.
And now Trump can turn to an ever fractious and self-indulging staff and say to them, now, ok any of you have any more bright ideas or can we stick to the MAGA agenda - you know - proven really smart conservative rule of law judges endorsed by the Federalist Society. Our base seems happy with it so far. Why don’t you go straight to them and explain that the price of you continuing to hold this job for such a measly salary is that you get to appoint your friends to important positions, and see what they have to say about it. Me, so far, I have avoided calling them a bunch of dumbasses and it’s working out ok for me. Nancy and Hillary have tried a different approach and seem to be struggling. But you are free to try. Of course you know you have my support, and I will thank you for your service to your country when you find you need to move on.
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