Posted on 06/29/2018 5:04:25 PM PDT by NRx
Donald Trump said on Friday he plans to announce his nominee for a forthcoming vacancy on the supreme court on 9 July a lightning-quick move to replace the retiring swing vote Justice Anthony Kennedy, 81.
Speaking aboard Air Force One en route to his private golf club in New Jersey on Friday afternoon, the president announced that he has five finalists, including two women, out of the shortlist of 25 names that had been previously circulated.
Speaking to reporters on the plane from Washington DC, Trump said he may interview one or two contenders for the nomination this weekend in New Jersey.
Ive got it narrowed to about five, he said.
Of Roe v Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that legalized abortion in the US, he said: Im not going to ask them that question.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
Like a boss.
I vote Hardiman
Finally a president who sets the agenda and is always on offense
I vote Barrett. Trump is a lady’s man.
Love this president. Love him.
Its a birthday gift to me.
“Lightning quick”
I imagine that he’s been working this for at least the past year and a half. It didn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that Kennedy was retiring.
“Robert Bork’s America is a land in which women would be forced into back-alley abortions, blacks would sit at segregated lunch counters, rogue police could break down citizens’ doors in midnight raids, and schoolchildren could not be taught about evolution, writers and artists could be censored at the whim of the Government, and the doors of the Federal courts would be shut on the fingers of millions of citizens.”
Some version of Ted Kennedy’s speech opposing Robert Bork’s nomination to the Supreme Court, will be given by Chuck Schumer or some other Democrat, as soon as we know who the nominee is.
they just have to change the name here, and add some lines about topical issues such as the kids at the border matter, and they are ready to go.
posting here in the hope someone will put it up as a thread:
29 Jun: Fox News: Nunes calls for testimony from 17 FBI, DOJ officials on government surveillance abuse
by Catherine Herridge and Alex Pappas
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., wants 17 current and former FBI or Justice Department officials to testify on Capitol Hill about possible government surveillance abuse during the 2016 election, including fired FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe and embattled FBI official Peter Strzok...
For the sake of transparency and to keep the American people as fully informed as possible about these matters, the task force should consider interviewing these individuals in an open setting, Nunes wrote in the Friday letter to House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy and House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/29/nunes-calls-for-testimony-from-17-fbi-doj-officials-on-government-surveillance-abuse.html
29 Jun: TWEET: Josh Caplan, Breitbart: FOX: Rep. Nunes calls for testimony from 17 FBI, DOJ officials including Andrew McCabe, Bill Priestap, Peter Strzok, Kevin Clinesmith, Bruce Ohr, Lisa Page and Sally Moyer on government surveillance abuse...FULL LIST
https://twitter.com/joshdcaplan/status/1012828754920574982
Take it to the bank!
From MICHIGAN.....
...I give you our next Supreme Court Justice.
!!!!! Joan Larsen !!!!!
Biography
Larsen is a graduate of the Northwestern University School of Law, where she graduated first in her class in 1993. While at Northwestern, she served as articles editor of the Northwestern University Law Review.
Larsen became a professor at the University of Michigan School of Law in 1998. She clerked for David B. Sentelle of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and for Justice Antonin Scalia of the U.S. Supreme Court during the 1994 term
She served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel from January 2002 to May 2003 in the administration of then-President George W. Bush.
Larsen is a member of the Federalist Society.[5]
Michigan Supreme Court Service
On October 1, 2015, Larsen was appointed to the Michigan Supreme Court by Governor Rick Snyder to replace Justice Mary Beth Kelly, who announced plans to resign and return to private practice, effective October 1, 2015.
She was elected on November 8, 2016, to fill the remainder of Kelly’s unexpired term, which runs through the end of 2018.
Larsen received 58.7% of the vote in a three-way race against Deborah Thomas and Kerry Morgan
She was on Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s May 2016 list of potential Supreme Court justices.
Her service was terminated due to her appointment to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
29 Jun: Daily Caller: Luke Roziak: Democratic IT Aide Says Imran Awan Solicited Bribe From Him In Exchange For Contract With Then-Rep. Gwen Graham
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/28/awan-graham-bribe/
Lightning quick?
This was why DJT was elected.
We anticipated 2 for sure, might get 3 .
Roll, MAGA roll!
Exactly the day my source said.
He also said the CONFIRMATION (note, not “vote”) would be done by Sept. 15 at the latest.
Stocking up on popcorn.
Only 3? I’m praying for FOUR!
Stock up on popcorn, folks. This is gonna get interesting.
I predict Judge Andrew Napolitano will be DISAPPOINTED!! He would've been like a Kennedy + he's too old & I heard him say building a Wall is unconstitutional!!!! GTFO!
The swamp is not used to the nature of organizational business decisions, of which our President knows well. These are not drawn out poll tested decisions and does not allow time for the MSM to try to form public opinion. The leftards will be on overtime from now till then.
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