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Richard Blumenthal: Trump 'outsourced' Supreme Court pick to Federalist Society, Heritage Foundation
The Washington Times ^
| July 8, 2018
| Bradford Richardson
Posted on 07/08/2018 10:00:59 AM PDT by jazusamo
Sen. Richard Blumenthal says President Trump has become the “puppet” of outside conservative groups in the selection of the next U.S. Supreme Court justice.
“The president’s outsourced this decision to the Federalist Society and the Heritage Foundation,” Mr. Blumenthal said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.” “It is extraordinary. I was a law clerk to Justice Blackmon. I’ve argued cases before the Supreme Court—four of them. I’ve never seen a president of the United States in effect make himself a puppet of outside groups and choose from a group of right-wing fringe ideologues that are prepared on this list.”
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: blumanthal; blumenthal; presidenttrump; scotus; scotusnominees; trumpscotus
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To: jazusamo
And this is why they call him Dick.
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posted on
07/08/2018 10:31:24 AM PDT
by
To-Whose-Benefit?
(It is Error alone which needs the support of Government. The Truth can stand by itself.)
To: irishjuggler
Blumenthal lied about military serve in order to get elected.
You have to ask why this man stooped to depravity to achieve elected office......
Whose puppet is he?
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posted on
07/08/2018 10:31:27 AM PDT
by
Liz
( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
To: jazusamo
My guess is Trump went over the list with his sister Maryanne then narrowed it down.
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posted on
07/08/2018 10:33:09 AM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
To: jazusamo
So who did Obama outsource his Supreme Court picks to? We know he didn’t do any work to come up with names. Answer that you phony “Vietnam” service member.
To: bitt
***why yes, yes he did...!***
Just like the Dummocraps outsource their picks to the ACLU!
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posted on
07/08/2018 10:36:59 AM PDT
by
Bob Ireland
(The Democrat Party is a criminal enterprise)
To: irishjuggler
I would not believe anything that Bloominthal says. He is a liar. Stolen Valor is a crime and this man is certainly dishonorable.
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posted on
07/08/2018 10:38:27 AM PDT
by
BatGuano
(You don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do ya?)
To: jazusamo
...in effect make himself a puppet of outside groups and choose from a group of right-wing fringe ideologues that are prepared on this list.”Wow... The Federalist Society is a right-wing fringe group!!!
Who knew...?
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posted on
07/08/2018 10:40:01 AM PDT
by
Popman
(Wisdom is not what you know about the world but how well you know God.)
To: Guenevere
First they moan that Trump doesn’t listen to his advisors, then they moan that he does.
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posted on
07/08/2018 10:41:18 AM PDT
by
GingisK
To: irishjuggler
I thought he was the fag who faked his Military Credentials? Thats worse than murder in many peoples minds.
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posted on
07/08/2018 10:44:21 AM PDT
by
DrDude
(Waiting for the Game to start. Gotta move the Goal Posts again!)
To: jazusamo
Whatever makes Blumenthal’s head explodes is ok with me.
To: jazusamo
Someone should ask Bloomie about Viet Nam and being captain of his college swim team that he was never on...
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posted on
07/08/2018 10:47:20 AM PDT
by
The Deplorable Miss Lemon
(If illegals are here to do the jobs Americans won't do why are so many illegals on welfare?)
To: irishjuggler
.......dont forget Murphy and the freak Delora
To: Bob Ireland
Just like the Dummocraps outsource their picks to the ACLU
Nobody ever talks about, that Ruth Bader Ginsburg was the general counsel for the ACLU. She is in effect the ACLU representative on the Supreme Court.
Yet her background was utterly non-controversial when Clinton nominated her to the Supreme Court.
To: jazusamo
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posted on
07/08/2018 10:53:39 AM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(All Democrats have to offer is violence, intolerance, divisiveness and hatred.)
To: jazusamo
and the Democrats outsource all judges to the ACLU
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posted on
07/08/2018 10:55:11 AM PDT
by
CIB-173RDABN
(I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
To: jazusamo
The longer one is a democrat, the crazier he becomes.
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posted on
07/08/2018 10:58:43 AM PDT
by
I want the USA back
(Liberalism, like insanity, is the denial of reality.)
To: Psalm 73
Actually, the groups that pull the Left’s strings seem almost infinite.
NEA, ASCME, SEIU, AFL-CIO, SAG, Facebook, Google, BLM, ANTIFA, the NAACP, the New Black Panthers, ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, CNN, PBS, NPR, NYT, WP, WSJ, Reuters, NOW, Planned Parenthood, ...
On and on it goes.
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posted on
07/08/2018 10:59:40 AM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs..)
To: VeniVidiVici
LOL! That brings back memories from long ago.
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posted on
07/08/2018 10:59:57 AM PDT
by
jazusamo
(Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
To: Dilbert San Diego
***Yet her background was utterly non-controversial when Clinton nominated her to the Supreme Court***
Repeat after me: R - I - N - O pronounced carpetbaggers! 😒
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posted on
07/08/2018 11:04:52 AM PDT
by
Bob Ireland
(The Democrat Party is a criminal enterprise)
To: ScottfromNJ
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posted on
07/08/2018 11:08:51 AM PDT
by
laplata
(Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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