Josh Hawley warns Trump on Supreme Court disappointments

Politico ^ | June 27, 2020 | MARIANNE LEVINE

[qaz123]

Interesting tidbit if true.....

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/06/18/the-big-con-the-heritage-foundation-and-the-federalist-society-are-being-funded-by-google/

[DrewsMum]

Funny how he’s soooo boring, yet carried the #1 podcast in the nation for weeks. And it hovers close to the top week after week.

I think people who say he’s boring have never actually attempted to listen to him.
It fun to jump on the “smart people are boring” bandwagon. I get it.

But, He’s actually pretty funny. And he’s a really good story teller especially when it involves something stupid the liberals have done.

[GOPJ]

Trump followed the list as he agreed... Going into the next term he needs to follow his own instincts.

The Republican deep state isn’t much better than the democrat deep state. We need judges from outside DC.

[central_va]

Hawley is the man!

[BillyBoy]

I think might be the FIRST time you and I agree on something!

I wish Trump would take HIS advise on vetting judges rather the Federalist Society and Mitch McConnell.

[BillyBoy]

>> We need judges from outside DC <<

I've been arguing that exact point for a while as well. I am not so much anti-Ivy League graduates as I am anti-career federal judges. It seems 90% of the potential Supreme Court picks that GOP presidents consider are Washington insiders who have been federal judges for decades. Why? There are PLENTY of people from OUTSIDE the beltway that are more than qualified for the job.

We tend to be prefer Governors over Senators for President, I don't know why we don't prefer STATE Supreme Court judges over federal judges for Supreme Court.

[BillyBoy]

Worse, I googled Justice Souter yesterday to see what he's up to in his post-Supreme Court years. He retired from SCOTUS in 2009 and is now 80 years old, but he has NOT assumed "Senior Status" on the federal bench, which means this commie STILL presides over various federal cases before the bench. He retains his position as a judge in First Circuit Court of Appeals (New England region of the federal courts), and can hear cases "by designation" at the circuit court level. So basically he serves as a substitute judge and "fills in" for the younger regular judges from time to time, usually in Feb. and March of each year.

So yes, that liberal activist is STILL establishing new federal "precedents", even today.

Souter, the gift that keeps on giving.

[kiryandil]

He retains his position as a judge in First Circuit Court of Appeals (New England region of the federal courts), and can hear cases "by designation" at the circuit court level. So basically he serves as a substitute judge and "fills in" for the younger regular judges from time to time, usually in Feb. and March of each year.

I didn't know that.

The Lefty turd that won't flush...

[SharpRightTurn]

“Britt Grant is a prime example of this group of potential nominees. She was confirmed to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in July 2018 by a vote of 52 - 46. She’s 42 years young. I research these potential candidates and she stands out. Following is a link to a speech she gave at Stanford Law School which will give you a flavor of her Judicial thinking.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WKhbrghSdE

Good catch. Thanks.

[Impy]

WTF? I never heard of this Judge “by designation” thing.

[Impy]

Trump definitely shouldn’t rely on the The Federalist Society alone.

[Impy]

The Battle Of Dirty Emmet's Mandamus,

😝😝😝

[AuH2ORepublican]

U.S. Courts of Appeals sometimes name district judges or retired appellate judges to sit “by designation” in a three-judge panel. I knew that retired Justices sometimes so serve. BTW, there is no “senior status” for Justices, but their retirement is pretty much the same as for Circuit judges who take senior status.

[BillyBoy]

I never heard of “judge by designation” thing either, until I read up what Souter's been doing since his retirement from SCOTUS.

I don't recall any previous retired SCOTUS judge sticking around to "fill in" as a judge on the federal courts now and then. I know Sandra Day O'Connor taught courses on Constitution Law and the Supreme Court after her retirement, and Harry Blackmun PLAYED a Surpeme Court judge in the movie Amastad (should have played a pro-slavery judge instead of Joseph Story!)

Per Woodward & Bernstein's book The Brethen, William O. Douglas had a major stroke and no condition to serve as a SCOTUS judge, and was basically forced into retirement by his colleagues. But then he discovered that a retired SCOTUS judge was entitled to keep one law clark and maintain chambers at the Supreme Court building and be a non-voting "observer" at Supreme Court cases, as a ceremonial courtesy. So the loon attempted to play pretend Supreme Court Justice almost 2 years into his retirement during the 1976-1977 session. It turned out to be quite an embarrassment to the other 9 justices because he would show up for "work" in robes during the proceedings and pretend to be "hearing" the case, and even have his clerk write up bogus "opinions" that had no legal power and try to circulate them to his former colleagues to read, in an effort to sway their vote.

Finally, they took him aside quietly and told him on no uncertain terms that there was no place for a "tenth justice" on the court.

On a most unrelated topic, TV judge Marilyn Milian had retired Judge Wopner back in one episode to serve as "guest judge". Probably a ratings stunt.

[wardaddy]

The woman from New Orleans ...guaranteed a solid pick

[wardaddy]

No worries with this Louisiana lady