Posted on 01/13/2016 4:24:12 PM PST by cotton1706
Yesterday we had a mischievous thought: What if Donald Trump, on the eve of the Iowa caucuses, were to announce (or merely suggest) that if elected, he would nominate Ted Cruz to the next vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court? Such a move would give some Cruz supporters a reason to switch while reassuring other conservatives nervous about the soundness of a President Trump's judicial nominees.
Trump could even use the occasion to reinforce his current Cruz-directed mischief. After all, nobody can claim that Cruz's Canadian birth would pose an obstacle to a Supreme Court appointment. Several early justices were born in England and vicinity; Justice Felix Frankfurter was a naturalized immigrant from Vienna; and Justice David Brewer was born as far away as Turkey.
Is David Brooks thinking along similar lines? We ask because his New York Times column today looks an awful lot like a pre-emptive borking.
For our younger readers, the transitive verb "to bork" is an eponym from the late Robert Bork, whom Ronald Reagan unsuccessfully nominated to the high court in 1987. Political lexicographer William Safire defined it as to "attack viciously a candidate or appointee, especially by misrepresentation in the media."
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People actually pay attention to David Brooks?
I only know who he is because people tell me I should know who he is. Haven’t read a thing he published.
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I think it is illegal for candidates to mention who their appointees would be. But I’m with you, I’d love it if candidates would announce their choice of cabinet members, etc., prior to the vote.
Trump/Palin, with Cruz on supreme court!!
I can deal with that
It gets a woman on the ticket for those who need a vogina to vote for
HilLIARy is going to choose Warren (anyone want to bet?) so she can talk about the FIRST ALL WOMEN TICKET!!! And there are girls stupid enough to vote for that reason alone - just look at the youtube videos of reporters asking democrats questions- they are REALLY stupid.
I don't want to.
Why should I pay for Murdoch's fourth wedding.
What's the story?
Isn’t it illegal to offer a federal position to anyone while one is a presidential candidate?
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