Posted on 03/25/2017 11:29:46 PM PDT by V K Lee
Judge Andrew Napolitano may be temporarily sidelined at Fox News, but he’s been telling friends and associates that he could be in for a big promotion — to the Supreme Court.
After meeting with President Trump twice during the transition, first in December and again in mid-January, the Newark, N.J.-born television personality told several people that Trump said he was on the list of judges from whom he was selecting a nominee for the high court.
“He said, ‘Trump said I’m on the list,’” said a source who spoke with Napolitano shortly after one of his meetings with the then president-elect. “He’s been saying that since the transition.”
Friends warned Napolitano not to take the president too literally – or seriously. “He'll take your call and invite you to the Oval Office, but he just wants you to say nice things about him on TV,” the source says he told Napolitano at the time. But that didn’t sink the ambitious judge’s hopes.
Trump released a list of potential replacements for the late Justice Antonin Scalia before the election, vowing to select Scalia’s replacement from that list — and followed through, tapping Tenth Circuit judge Neil Gorsuch for the nomination in January. Napolitano’s name did not appear on any public list.
“And he would stay faithful to the Constitution.”
Sorry, this just chokes.
To hear he has a brilliant legal mind - widely accepted statement and most agree.
“Faithful to the Constitution” NOT when it pertains to him.
When one ignores one rule/law/regulation - he’s likely to ignore others.
TC was an extreme disappointment to Conservatives
snort
Just as TC was admired, Judge Nap was admired just as much.
That he seems to be losing his grip means one less warrior of high intelligence. Not stating ‘losing his grip’ as truth; only an observation. Politico might be smoking weed in the back room and pulled the Judge out of their hat singing “It’s Your Turn Now” in order to fill in the blanks on their ‘reporting’
Some have gone over to the dark side, some need sunglasses, some need a cane AND a seeing-eye dog.
SMH
Doesn’t the judge have cancer? I’d be concerned about longevity.
Cruz would not be a disaster even if he ended up being an Earl Warren afterwards. You see the Rats would go to the mat fighting against him in confirmation-good for our side because there are none more articulate. The big battle for the 6th ‘conservative’ seat. Take the WEEK off from work and WATCH, even if it takes 2 weeks. I’ll betcha the Donald will INSTRUCT the nation to take the week off, even if he has to declare the entire time a national holiday. Make it Clarence Thomas/OJ II.
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