Trump will push for swift confirmation of a new Supreme Court justice -- before the midterms

CNN ^ | 06/28/2018 | Jeff Zeleny

[Red Badger]

A senior White House official says President Trump will push for the swift confirmation of a Supreme Court justice "before the midterm elections."

A list of well-established conservatives is in place, so a nomination is expected to come "within weeks," the official said.

Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has announced he's retiring. Here's how the White House is reacting so far. pic.twitter.com/I6vWcAbZPK — Meg Wagner (@megwagner) June 27, 2018

[Red Badger]

YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES........................

[TigersEye]

:)

[tcrlaf]

OUTSTANDING....

Let us show the voters just how crazy and nuts the Democrats really are!!!

[TigersEye]

By now, Klinton would have two picks and one on the way.

Can you just imagine what sort of extra-terrestrial farm animals she would have picked!? Aiyeeeeeee

[Red Badger]

DU IS ON SUICIDE WATCH...........................

[DoodleDawg]

Make it after the midterms. If the seat is still vacant in November then it might help bring the base out to vote for Senate candidates.

[TigersEye]

The way liberals have been acting up lately they need to be put on a homicide watch.

Or, in more common parlance, a terrorist watch list.

[rlmorel]

Trump does have a lot in common with Patton!

FULL THROTTLE TOWARDS BERLIN! DON'T LET THEM BREATHE!

[Pollster1]

Fortunately for their mood control, they didn't stop.

[pgkdan]

Ugh. How does that stop the lower courts from legislating immigration law from the bench? *NO ONE* has answered that question despite having posted it several times on different threads today. I would love to hear the answer.

Ummmm...maybe because the question is germane to nothing being discussed. How does the retirement of Anthony Kennedy affect the lower courts ability to continue to obstruct the Trump agenda? It doesn't.

[tcrlaf]

Two Scoops
Two Genders
Two Justices

[rlmorel]

I read a post today saying (before we knew about Kennedy) that if Ginsberg retired and we got another conservative on the court, that it might make one of the other Leftist Justices so dispirited that they retire.

I wonder if Kennedy was simply tired to begin with, and having the hammer come down on the Travel Ban and the Janus decisions was enough to make him quit.

Unfortunately, I see Ginsberg as a bitter Leftist who is going to stay alive no matter what, just to be a thorn. She will probably live to 100, too.

But now that Kennedy is going to retire...:)

Let’s heap it on.

[Pollard]

do they make them that small?

[catnipman]

i wonder if would be possible to clone neil gorsuch ...

[JamesP81]

AWESOME! Get ready for riots. Kennedy is the squish on the Court. The Left is going to go completely mental at the thought of a 2nd Trump pick

Wait until RBG retires and he gets to nominate her replacement. They might all stroke out.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

Flake seems to hate Trump more than he did when Gorsuch was nominated.

[Sarah Barracuda]

Want to freak out a Commie..tell them that abortion will FINALLY be abolished if we get our pick in, Ive been waiting a long time for abortion to finally be abolished, maybe now we have a chance

[keat]

I hope Trump goes far right on this one, two reasons:

1. Roberts is poised to slip into Kennedy’s role as moderator.

2. I don’t know how long Thomas will hang in there.

On the other hand, Ginsberg should croak soon.

[laplata]

Now I wouldn’t be surprised if the Left starts harassing supreme Court Justices and the nominee when his or her name is announced.

[Pride in the USA]

Wow! Prayers up for everyone to keep a cool head.