Posted on 01/31/2017 8:34:31 PM PST by MNDude
It’s been almost a year since Senate Republicans took an empty Supreme Court seat hostage, discarding a constitutional duty that both parties have honored throughout American history and hobbling an entire branch of government for partisan gain.
President Trump had a great opportunity to repair some of that damage by nominating a moderate candidate for the vacancy, which was created when Justice Antonin Scalia died last February. Instead, he chose Neil Gorsuch, a very conservative judge from the federal Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit whose jurisprudence and writing style are often compared to those of Justice Scalia.
If Judge Gorsuch is confirmed, the court will once again have a majority of justices appointed by Republican presidents, as it has for nearly half a century. For starters, that spells big trouble for public-sector labor unions, environmental regulations and women’s access to contraception. If Trump gets the chance to name another justice, the consequences could be much more dire.
In normal times, Judge Gorsuch — a widely respected and, at 49, relatively young judge with a reliably conservative voting record — would be an obvious choice for a Republican president.
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That’s the way the rules go, Slimes
And of course we all know you don’t play by the rules
So go screw yourselves
That’s the way the rules go, Slimes
And of course we all know you don’t play by the rules
So go screw yourselves
They assumed Hillary would keep Garland. Oops!
They still can’t get over the shock of their election loss.
One outrage after another. The drama has been entertaining to watch.
Laura Ingraham said tonight on Hannity she thinks there will be another vacancy due to a retirement in 3-4 months. She seemed very sure about it. Wow, will that pour gas on the Libs hair which is already on fire.
Who wrote this?
I Wont Click
There hasn’t been a nomination and confirmation of a SCOTUS judge nominee in an election year in 76 years. Roosevelt, Cardozo?
Hussein isn’t familiar with our American customs.
I think Kennedy will retire in June.
So Trump will make two appointments.
For the New York Times and the Left, its war.
Trivia question: Which recent president said “Elections have consequences”?
Trump received lots of votes from folks who did not care for him, but were terrified of a Hillary SCOTUS appointee.
These voters worried much more about the First and Second Amendments and our very way of life than public-sector labor unions and obvious scaremongering lies about access to contraception.
It’s not stolen.
It’s just the Biden rule. In 1992 Biden said a president should not fill a Supreme Court vacancy during an election year.
Funny how liberals want Republicans to give them a win when they lose.
That’s not what Obama did when he was in office.
Pryor would be a good replacement for Kennedy the butcher.
Their sense of entitlement is huge.
The NYT endorsed HRC for President and exactly how did that help her?
In their minds, Republicans should roll over and play dead.
Obama never nominated a moderate Supreme Court justice.
Hilarious since liberals now deem being a “moderate” one of the criteria to sit on the SCOTUS.
Ideology should matter only to Democrats. For Republicans, its optional.
LOL!
Thankfully we now have a president that refuses to play by the lib rulebook.
NY TIMES
#FAKENEWS
With this propaganda and created news NYT has again exposed itself as an organization which attempting a coup.
They need to be thrown out of the WH Press Briefings and investigated.
Exactly right, about Scalia....thought the same thing.
Love that the libs have their tights in a twist over Gorsuch!!
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