Posted on 11/24/2017 6:24:29 PM PST by TigerClaws
Conservatives have a new court-packing plan, and in the spirit of the holiday, it’s a turducken of a scheme: a regulatory rollback hidden inside a civil rights reversal stuffed into a Trumpification of the courts. If conservatives get their way, President Trump will add twice as many lifetime members to the federal judiciary in the next 12 months (650) as Barack Obama named in eight years (325). American law will never be the same.
The “outer turkey” in the plan is the ongoing Trumpification of the courts. In the final two years of Obama’s presidency, Senate Republicans engaged in tenacious obstruction to leave as many judicial vacancies unfilled as possible. The Garland-to-Gorsuch Supreme Court switch is the most visible example of this tactic but far from the only one: Due to GOP obstruction, “the number of [judicial] vacancies . . . on the table when [Trump] was sworn in was unprecedented,” White House Counsel Donald McGahn recently boasted to the conservative Federalist Society.
Trump is wasting no time in filling the 103 judicial vacancies he inherited. In the first nine months of Obama’s tenure, he nominated 20 judges to the federal trial and appellate courts; in Trump’s first nine months, he named 58. Senate Republicans are racing these nominees through confirmation; last week, breaking a 100-year-old tradition, they eliminated the “blue slip” rule that allowed home-state senators to object to particularly problematic nominees. The rush to Trumpify the judiciary includes nominees rated unqualified by the American Bar Association, nominees with outrageously conservative views and nominees significantly younger (and, therefore, likely to serve longer) than those of previous presidents. As a result, by sometime next year, 1 in 8 cases filed in federal court will be heard by a judge picked by Trump. Many of these judges will likely still be serving in 2050.
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Knowing Trump, he may be able to accomplish what he wants in 4 years and be able to walk away.
Ahead of schedule and under budget, which he loves.
I cannot stand the constant abuse and disrespect he snd his family are subject to. I keep thinking it will ease up but I don’t know.
If this expanded plan passes in the tax bill, it will change the country for the better!
WHOLE ARTICLE WORTH READING.
Exactly it. Vacancy filling is not the adding of additional judges to a system.
What is packing the court?
The Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937 (frequently called the “court-packing plan”) was a legislative initiative proposed by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt to add more justices to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Pick Cruz. Tired of his $hit. Kick him upstairs next election season. That would be 3. Impeach Roberts and throw them a bone with Merrick-remember him?
For them it is.
Yes, it will be American law again.
Nice to hear Washington Post report some good news for a change.
#winning
Anyone know..?
Thanks in advance.
incontrovertible.
Hey now. Math is your friend.
Deliver an even bigger majority in 2018 to set up redistricting in 2020.
Here are some real math numbers.
1st. 2018 is not going to end well for them. They have 25 seats up, with 11 vulnerable. Compare that to the Republicans who have only seats up with merely 2 vulnerable.
Let’s just say losing 30% for the Dems would be a friggin disaster but, not as bad as 2020....more later.
2nd. SCOTUS...3 more turns at bat over the next 8 years.
3rd. Federal Judges. Over the next 7.5 years we will realign more than 1/2 or more than 700 Federal Judges and may even break up pesky courts like the 9th.
Hell, we could replace a few annoying judges in Hawaii.
4th. The Wall.
5th. Obamacare will be repealed.
6th. Lower Capital gains tax and offer enticing tax advantages to repatriate some of the $3 Trillion offshore and put that capital to work investing in factories and new business ideas.
This will invigorate the economy.
7th. 2020. Dems have 11 Senate seats up, compared to 22 for Republicans.
We probably have a net gain of 3 for the Senate.
All 435 seats in Congress are up but, if we can get the issues of healthcare coverage, The economy and the wall in progress as well at least SCOTUS we will probably have an increase in the house as well(I am still studying that batlefield and don’t have numbers yet)
So why all the fighting from the Dems and these charges which are no more than vapor?
Well, their product sucks. Its a stew of hate, Socialism/Marxist utopian ideals and more segregation of society by invented classes of aggrieved people.
But, the real kicker is this about Reapportionment. Can you say Entropy?
8. Yeah that’s right. With more wins under the belt of the Republicans we will have a larger swath of land to carve up because the census will take place, which the predicate for redistricting and guess who wins that fight no matter what?
Republicans and we get an increase in key states we will continue to win. Alabama, Georgia and Florida will gain 1 more representative in the house, who will likely be a Republican
However, Texas will gain 3 or 4 representatives locking up the south for Republicans over the next decade.
So, in 2020 we will gain further majorities in the house and senate, redistrict in our favor, we will be in the middle of an economy that out performs all other nations, 2 SCOTUS or more will be seated in our favor, 300-400 Federal judges are seated Obamacare/Check, Tax Policy/Check, The Wall/Check, Fair Trade/Check, ISIS Dead/Check, Russia petitions for statehood (jus kee dean), Trump Re-elected / Yuge Check.
And the dems wander the wilderness for 10 years because they stand zero chance of doing anything significant after 2020.
And the DNC is not only running an insane $3.5 million dollars in debt but, their fundraising is at the lowest in 14 years.
And they have no candidate for 2020 as yet but, their current financial or intellectual leadership.
Oh, and that Trump meme “ He’s going to step down!” Uhmmm...Boo Chit.
Or “The 25th Amendment!” Please take your meds....
He’s already fundraising for his 2020 PAC with $12,000,000 cash on hand.
That’s right. After disbursements he’s got $12 million.
That’s debt free money.
Oh, and the RNC is cash flow positive with $44,000,000 in the bank.
I ask you, at this point, who is going to win?
Conclusion:
Democrats are so broke they can’t pay attention and have zero money to support any war but.
Cheap azz Chinese knockoff of an intellect.
So, get use to Donald Trump being president for 8 years
GO TRUMP!
"nominees with outrageously conservative views and nominees significantly younger (and, therefore, likely to serve longer)"
TERRIFIC!
Yes.
See the top stories third down. I posted it earlier today.
This is not too much winning!!
“NeverTrumpers were willing to hand the judiciary to Hildabeast?”
The Courts are the ONLY THING that stands between this country holding together versus Civil War 2, which I’m convinced would have happened under Hillary. Basically, Hillary would want to teach ‘deplorable states’ a lesson on something Leftist, maybe just opening the southern border wide-open and doing what Merkel did, or trying to round up our guns. We would go to the courts, but packed with Hillary’s type, they tell us to take it up in Congress, which is neutered by then - Hillary simply ignores them and rules by fiat, with the courts backing up every move.
Texas, under Republican control, would have simply told her to shove it. National guard seizes the state capitol...and the hot war begins.
And, I guess, the above outcome is preferable to a few daily Trump tweets...at least for the NeverTrumpers.
Great summary.
I suggest all Read post 29.
It’s an early Christmas present!!
More winning!
No wonder the scum that despise and want to destroy the USA hate Trump! He stands in their way!
Hahaha.
They know if we can keep racking up the score through 2020 they are done for a decade...
Judicial fiat was the way we made abortion, sodomy and gay marriage the "law of the land" for those of you with short memories.
“Elections have consequences, and at the end of the day, I won.” - Barry Obama
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