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McConnell Tries to Nudge Trump Toward Two Supreme Court Options (Kethledge and Hardiman)
NY Times ^

Posted on 07/07/2018 6:16:30 PM PDT by springwater13

Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, told President Trump this past week that Judges Raymond M. Kethledge and Thomas M. Hardiman presented the fewest obvious obstacles to being confirmed to replace Justice Anthony M. Kennedy on the Supreme Court, according to Republican officials briefed on the conversation.

While careful not to directly make the case for any would-be justice, Mr. McConnell made clear in multiple phone calls with Mr. Trump and the White House counsel, Donald F. McGahn II, that the lengthy paper trail of another top contender, Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, would pose difficulties for his confirmation.

Mr. McConnell is concerned about the volume of the documents that Judge Kavanaugh has created in his 12 years on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, as well as in his roles as White House staff secretary under President George W. Bush and assistant to Kenneth W. Starr, the independent counsel who investigated President Bill Clinton.

On Saturday afternoon, Mr. Trump was undecided about his pick — which he has said he will reveal in a prime-time address on Monday night — according to three people in contact with him. He went back and forth every few hours between the four options in front of him, with Judge Kethledge getting the least attention, people familiar with his thinking said. It is similar to how Mr. Trump has approached most of his self-imposed deadlines for appointees, toggling between choices until nearly the last moment.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News
KEYWORDS: hardiman; kethledge; nopardons; post12; trumpscotus
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To: xzins

What happened to elections have consequences? We won they lost.We dictate policy not the deep state.


61 posted on 07/07/2018 9:27:54 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: vette6387

Advise is a synonym for counsel.


62 posted on 07/07/2018 9:34:39 PM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: springwater13

Potomac fever sure is something to behold, and no, all women everywhere will not be deliriously happy if Barrett is nominated.


63 posted on 07/07/2018 9:34:41 PM PDT by BlackAdderess (Aren't you glad Jeb! lost?)
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To: HANG THE EXPENSE

incorrect. google is your friend.


64 posted on 07/07/2018 9:36:00 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie
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To: skr

S/B Advice


65 posted on 07/07/2018 9:36:19 PM PDT by vette6387
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To: springwater13

I hope Trump does not feel bound by any of these machinations. There are far more people who like POTUS than like Congress, the Senate, or Sen. McConnell.


66 posted on 07/07/2018 9:39:20 PM PDT by BlackAdderess (Aren't you glad Jeb! lost?)
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To: HANG THE EXPENSE

Trump’s confirmations have ground to a halt. The people from Bush, Obama, Clinton have much too much power in the Trump administration.


67 posted on 07/07/2018 9:42:22 PM PDT by BlackAdderess (Aren't you glad Jeb! lost?)
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To: SE Mom

Kethledge

pro-2nd Amendment,

pro-free speech,

pro-freedom of religion

anti-illegal immigration

We need him on the Supreme Court !


68 posted on 07/07/2018 9:57:10 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: springwater13

let me guess ... anonymous sources, right?

in other words, rumors being presented as “news”, otherwise known as fake news ...


69 posted on 07/07/2018 10:06:30 PM PDT by catnipman ((Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!))
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To: familyop

He’s written that the 2A is a “fundamental right” deserving the highest level of scrutiny. In other words the same level of protection as the 1st amendment. That goes beyond SCOTUS in Heller who left that unclear to appease Kennedy. Neither Barrett or Kavanaugh have done so.


71 posted on 07/07/2018 10:23:36 PM PDT by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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To: springwater13

I also note, per the article, these two, in Mitch’s opinion, probably have the fewest obstacles to getting appointed.

I hope the most constitutional and just candidate is appointed.


72 posted on 07/07/2018 10:54:30 PM PDT by BeadCounter
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To: springwater13
Hmmm, McTurtle is pushing two choices, that makes it easy to pare down the list, start by eliminating the two that McTurtle is pushing. Image and video hosting by TinyPic
73 posted on 07/07/2018 11:30:53 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: springwater13

If you want believe the NY Times go ahead....


74 posted on 07/08/2018 12:30:02 AM PDT by GonzoII ("If the new crime be, to believe in God, let us all be criminals" -Sheen)
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To: JohnBrowdie; HANG THE EXPENSE

“google is your friend”

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Which link were you thinking of? I found this one...

In 2013, Reid invoked the “nuclear option,” a historic move that changed a long-standing Senate rule, dropping the number of votes needed to overcome a filibuster from 60 to a simple majority for executive appointments and most judicial nominations — a decision he justified because of trouble getting through court confirmations in the latter half of the Obama Administration.

At the time, then-Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and many other Republicans warned Reid that he would regret implementing the nuclear option.

http://time.com/5324365/harry-reid-filibuster-reform-supreme-court/


75 posted on 07/08/2018 12:31:19 AM PDT by deks
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To: HANG THE EXPENSE

In this instance, McConnell followed through on the threat that the dems would regret nuking the process. For that, McConnell should get credit.


76 posted on 07/08/2018 1:07:43 AM PDT by MortMan (The white board is a remarkable invention.)
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To: Hugin
"He’s written that the 2A is a 'fundamental right'"

That phrase came from Heller, and Heller was cited by Kethledge & Co., too.

http://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/16a0234p-06.pdf

"deserving the highest level of scrutiny."

"Heightened scrutiny" in the case discussed (and several other similar cases) works against those whose Second Amendment rights have been prohibited.

I don't care much for the lack of disagreement with the limitations as stated, including a limitation against "assault weapons." See "not unlimited" and "Professor Volokh" (re. Heller, "not unlimited") just under it in Hardiman's case.

http://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/144549p.pdf

Kavanaugh was the only one who argued against an "assault weapons" ban (that is, against the "'what' restrictions." Kethledge and Hardiman did not.


77 posted on 07/08/2018 1:10:44 AM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: Hugin

I was surprised to see the Kethledge case, by the way, and didn’t find it the first time around. I don’t believe it tells us as much as we know about Kavanaugh’s work against an “assault weapons” ban, but restoring the rights of non-violent convicts under some circumstances is very important. Same with Hardiman and his case. Good work by both of them.

Thanks for bringing that to my attention. I’ll take the credit for looking it up and posting the link, though. :-)

So Kethledge has done more than hunting, then. Thanks again.


78 posted on 07/08/2018 1:18:07 AM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: meyer
Trump should nominate ME. I have no judicial history, outside of a DUI case in the mid 1990s, and I plead no contest due to the inability to assemble an adequate defense.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMg5wwn8M5s

79 posted on 07/08/2018 1:42:08 AM PDT by cynwoody
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To: springwater13

Yeah, I remember a certain “nudging” by John Sununu to GWH Bush that David Souter was a “can’t miss” conservative. Bush heeded that bad advice, and the rest is history.


80 posted on 07/08/2018 2:12:24 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Liberals, f**k off. That is all.)
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