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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

“Richard Blumenthal: Trump ‘outsourced’ Supreme Court pick to Federalist Society, Heritage Foundation”

whatever. and if Trump didn’t seek outside advice about this matter, they’d attack him for not seeking outside advice ...


81 posted on 07/08/2018 1:49:52 PM PDT by catnipman ((Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!))
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To: The Deplorable Miss Lemon

So a brazen liar gets to say whatever he wants and the press reports it as meritous.


82 posted on 07/08/2018 1:50:52 PM PDT by Luke21 (The Hill sucks.)
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To: jazusamo

And Obama didn’t outsource to Liberal groups? I know I’m a teen but I bet he did, jackass.


83 posted on 07/08/2018 1:57:40 PM PDT by ConservaTeen (Islam is Not the Religion of Peace, but The religion of Pedophilia...)
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To: jazusamo

And leftwing Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was once president of the ACLU - there’s outsourcing, and then there’s outsourcing......


84 posted on 07/08/2018 2:06:55 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: jazusamo
Richard Blumenthal: Trump 'outsourced' Supreme Court pick

Is this the same Blumenthal who lied repeatedly about his military service to get elected? What a skunk!

85 posted on 07/08/2018 2:09:16 PM PDT by GoldenPup
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To: jazusamo

Actually what I saw was that Trump specifically requested Heritage types to do the grunt work checking out 25 candidates.

Trump assked the most capable and knowledgeable people to do this most important job.

There were no BLM ot NAACP or Queallowed to be part of the group.

Princess Gray Beaver was also not asked


86 posted on 07/08/2018 2:13:49 PM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... In August our cities will be burning))
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To: SoFloFreeper

and what’s worse....... he’s a lawyer


87 posted on 07/08/2018 2:15:38 PM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... In August our cities will be burning))
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To: bert

All of that sounds like a real winner to me. :^)


88 posted on 07/08/2018 2:17:21 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: jazusamo

Two words that just don’t belong in the same sentence are Trump and puppet. I stop reading as soon as I see Trump referred as a puppet.


89 posted on 07/08/2018 2:40:08 PM PDT by LeoTDB69
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To: jazusamo

He heard this while he was charging hills in Vietnam. How many democrat picks are filtered through Planned Parenthood!!!


90 posted on 07/08/2018 3:17:37 PM PDT by ontap
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To: firebrand
He couldn’t do better than the Federalist Society. A very smart move by POTUS. Heritage not so much.

Just curious; why not the Heritage Foundation? Are they too GOPe or RINO like? If so; it could give Trump an idea on who not to pick.

91 posted on 07/08/2018 3:35:37 PM PDT by Boomer (Leftism is the Mental/Moral Equivalent of End Stage Cancer)
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To: Luke21

Not only that but it didn’t hurt him with his voters either.

That is the world we are living in, liars and thieves are rewarded while honest men have to fight to preserve their reputations.


92 posted on 07/08/2018 3:41:08 PM 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?)
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To: jazusamo

Haters will be haters......


93 posted on 07/08/2018 4:09:55 PM PDT by cranked
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To: BwanaNdege

I knew that, but the ABA is not “all bad.” At least, it used not to be.

I don’t really understand the rest of your comment.

Heritage designed the prototype for Obamacare.

Federalist is somewhat farther right because many of the lawyers are business lawyers, but basically the thrust of the Federalist Society is Constitutional, which really should be neither left nor right but unfortunately today it is right-wing to love the Constitution compared with the other side.


94 posted on 07/08/2018 6:08:07 PM PDT by firebrand
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To: jazusamo
He got some patriotic experts to help him (and us) out and those who prefer the "low-info" crowd's practices of fumbling because they haven't a clue rev up the criticism of a smart and successful man doing what smart and successful men do to be successful....

MAGA!!!!

95 posted on 07/09/2018 2:50:07 AM PDT by trebb (Too many "Conservatives" who think their opinions outweigh reality these days...)
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