Ted Cruz will oppose Trump's judicial nominee

Politico.com ^ | 9/12/19 | BURGESS EVERETT, MARIANNE LEVINE and ELIANA JOHNSON

[cotton1706]

Sen. Ted Cruz will oppose President Donald Trump’s nominee for the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, Halil Suleyman “Sul” Ozerden, a major setback for the embattled nomination.

Cruz (R-Texas) has informed the White House and colleagues this week that he will oppose Ozerden, according to three people familiar with the Judiciary Committee’s internal dynamics. That conservative opposition places in doubt the future of Ozerden, who is a close friend of acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, and whose nomination Mulvaney pushed over the objections of the White House Counsel's office.

[Yosemitest]

I agree that we need a REAL conservative.
From the article:

... As a district judge, Ozerden approved the Obama administration’s dismissal of a challenge to the Affordable Care Act’s contraception coverage mandate, deeming the challenge premature.
Senate Republicans have expressed concern about Ozerden’s decision in 2012.

Unlike most other Trump judicial nominees, Ozerden lacks explicit backing from conservative judicial groups like the Judicial Crisis Network.
Carrie Severino, the group's chief counsel, wrote last year that "we could do better than Judge Ozerden" in Mississippi.

[Lurkinanloomin]

All of South Carolina’s Congressional delegation are Cheap Labor Express stooges.
I don’t know why none of them side with the citizens and the rule of law.

[rollo tomasi]

Someone in the Federalist Society probably owes Ozerden a favor.

[BobL]

Tell me about it - and that nutcase governor who fell in love with the chick who has the Brazillian?

I guess the GOPe simply OWNS the process there.

[SandwicheGuy]

Was it an Islamic wedding?

Lurking in the back my mind also.

[zeestephen]

Re: “Let’s not go back to having Republican Judicial nominees become leftist activists after they take office.”

Too late - for Trump’s District Court nominees, anyway.

105 - District Court Appointments

31 - Voice Votes (usually means unanimous Democrat support)

26 - At least 30 Democrat Senators voted “Yes”

54% - Percent of Trump’s District Court nominees who got Heavy or Unanimous Democrat support.

Trump’s Circuit Court record is better, but still unnerving.

21% - Percent of Trump’s Circuit Court picks who got at least 20 Democrat votes.

One of Trump’s nominees for the Ninth Circuit - Mark J. Bennett - got 27 Republican “No” votes!

[JimRed]

Petersen would be another Souter.

Who is Petersen?

[cotton1706]

Spell check error!

[Albion Wilde]

All Trump nominees turned out well so far and I think this would be no different.

You have personally researched the decisions of all 150? You're aware that the leftist creep usually starts more than a year after nomination, right?

[Innovative]

Look at the important one, the SCOTUS.

[Albion Wilde]

Look at the important one, the SCOTUS.

All the Federal levels are vitally important. To think otherwise is a huge waste of resources and a crapshoot, since the nation keeps getting bigger and minting more lawyers and activists, but the SCOTUS is limited to a certain number of cases it can logically hear; unless you want most SCOTUS cases to be handled primarily by their law-student clerks, because that's what will happen if we keep expecting every case to have to go to them before basic Constitutional principles will be definitively upheld by the appellate courts in clear Constitutional terms.