Posted on 05/31/2018 12:35:29 PM PDT by centurion316
hen, just weeks after taking office, Donald Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch to the supreme court, the newly minted US president made good on a central promise of his campaign: to replace the late justice Antonin Scalia with a bona fide conservative.
That moment foreshadowed what is shaping up to be among the most indelible of Trumps triumphs the reshaping of the federal judiciary with the appointment of dozens of judges with an ideological bent toward the administrations agenda.
Republicans are working with Trump to make a record-breaking number of appointments to federal courts. These new, mostly young, white men will be in a position to rule on legislation that could change America for years. But the most contentious appointment would be a second nomination to the highest court in the land. The supreme court has over decades delivered landmark decisions on issues from abortion to affirmative action and same-sex marriage. The potential for Trump to install another justice on the nine-seat bench, some legal experts argue, could have profound consequences on issues ranging from womens reproductive health to LGBT rights. With speculation mounting over the possible retirement of supreme court justice Anthony Kennedy, Trump could have a lasting impact on reshaping Americas most important court.
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Must. Keep. The. Senate.
CAN’T wait for RBG to go !
don’t like jokes like this because of what happen to justice Scalia
We can't even state the race of criminals.
They didn't say it as a joke...they'd say it with a sense of sadness.When you work in that kind of setting you develop a rather unique view of death.
McCain has had the line tied up for weeks.
I’d like Justice RBG to have what I’d like to have myself: a peaceful and repentant death, at God’s perfect time.
Ruthie is trying her best to fight off Grim. Come on Grim!
You may be right..
“Republicans are working with Trump to make a record-breaking number of appointments to federal courts.”
That is absolute bull$hit! McScrotumneck is slow walking all the Judicial appointments. Trump has something like 150 open seats to fill, and B!tch has no intention of trying to speed things up.
These new, mostly young, white men
FU Gaurdian
What FLIPPED Roberts on Bammy care????
Somebody Knows!
Pizza?...............................
sometimes once they get appointed and confirmed they change - see Jeff Sessions.
Translation: from abortion to allowing men to use the restroom with little girls.
“I believe Trump will get to replace one or two more SCOTUS Justices, but what would really freak out the Left is if he gets the chance to replace a fourth.”
Yes, because that would mean that the Fat Yenta and the Wise Latrina, would be there all alone to rep the Liberals (7-2). At least for awhile, because the Wise Latrina has a serious problem with Type I Diabetes, so she may not get to run out her 30 year tour of duty. She has already had to take time off from the Court to deal with it. SO BO’s “legacy” at the SCOTUS is likely to go Poof too!
Kennedy’s not the ONLY one who needs to retire.
Yes, and wouldn’t that be too bad.
I hope he also gets to replace a lot of lower level federal judges. Like maybe the entire 9th Circus court. There are lower level wacko judges all over the country who have made (not interpreted) laws from their little cuckoo courts for the past 40 years, completely reshaping the law to their lala land ideals ( lgbt bathrooms etc and on and on...)
“Yes, and wouldnt that be too bad.”
DO, the SCOTUS is likely to be Trump’s most lasting contribution to the return to sanity in this country. I just wished that McScrotumneck was having to run this year. But I guess if we get some needed change in the Senate, maybe there’s a chance that B!tch will go. All of these “resignations” by RINOs is just proof positive about where their hearts really were. So much to say, they are finding that being in the Congress “is no longer any fun!” Now, if only Gov. Ducey does the right thing with McCain’s seat, and we get good trump-supporting replacements for Flake, Corker, Wicker, etc.
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