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Republicans Look to Compromise The Supreme Court, Avoid Controversy in Election Year
Freedom Outpost ^ | July 8, 2018 | Dean Garrison

Posted on 07/08/2018 3:32:58 PM PDT by Cheerio

In recent days, there has been a strong media push for Raymond Kethledge to be Trump’s choice to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy.

Judge Kethledge is currently a Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. He was nominated by George W. Bush in 2007 and confirmed a year later.

The Sixth Circuit has a reputation for not only being too liberal, but being so liberal that they are reversed more often than any other court. According to Mark Walsh of ABA Journal:

Conservatives decry the 9th Circuit’s perceived liberal bent. As candidates for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, Newt Gingrich practically recommended abolishing the circuit, while Rick Santorum suggested that its judges be banished to Guam.

But more recently, another federal circuit has reigned as the most reversed. The 6th Circuit, based in Cincinnati, has had a particularly dismal record before the high court. In the seven Supreme Court terms completed since the fall of 2005, the 6th Circuit has been reversed 31 out of 38 times, for an 81.6 percent reversal rate, based on figures compiled by two Philadelphia lawyers. That leads all the federal circuits for that time period, with the 9th Circuit coming in as the second most reversed—100 out of 128 cases, or 78.1 percent.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: 115th; gop; mcconnell; scotus; trump; trumpscotus
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To: TBP

The only question that matters is, “Are the People sovereign, and do they have the right to make laws which govern their lives in their several states? Yes or no?”


61 posted on 07/08/2018 4:35:07 PM PDT by Jim Noble (p)
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To: Cheerio

Trump will make his pick and GOP Senators can decide to confirm his
pick or depress the conservative base going into the elections.
its their choice. Confirm or commit sucicide.


62 posted on 07/08/2018 4:35:19 PM PDT by tennmountainman ("Trust Sessions" Yeah Right.)
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To: Cheerio

NO MORE SOUTERS!!!


63 posted on 07/08/2018 4:36:25 PM PDT by Repeal 16-17 (Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
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To: Cheerio
Republicans Look to Compromise The Supreme Court, Avoid Controversy in Election Year

Most Republicans only know how to follow, not lead. They are in it for the perks not the responsibility. Champagne, Brie and fat retirement accounts are their dreams of success.

64 posted on 07/08/2018 4:44:26 PM PDT by Don Corleone (Nothing makes the delusional more furious than truth.)
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To: Cheerio
HELL NO!

65 posted on 07/08/2018 4:53:19 PM PDT by Savage Beast (A pornography "star" and a foul-mouthed clown are appropriate spokesmen for the Democrat Party)
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To: tennmountainman

This!!!


66 posted on 07/08/2018 4:53:51 PM PDT by bantam
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To: Cheerio
In the seven Supreme Court terms completed since the fall of 2005, the 6th Circuit has been reversed 31 out of 38 times, for an 81.6 percent reversal rate, based on figures compiled by two Philadelphia lawyers. That leads all the federal circuits for that time period, with the 9th Circuit coming in as the second most reversed—100 out of 128 cases, or 78.1 percent.

Those stats do not necessarily indicate that the 6th Circuit is reversed more than the 9th. To really analyze that, one would need to know the total cases heard by each circuit, the total number appealed to SCOTUS, the number SCOTUS agreed to hear, and then the number reversed.

The best indicator would be cases appealed and reversed by SCOTUS compared to total cases heard in each circuit.

And I certainly hope Kethledge is not the nominee.

67 posted on 07/08/2018 4:59:40 PM PDT by Will88
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To: Cheerio

“”Republicans Look to Compromise””

wrong!
Wrong!
WRONG!


68 posted on 07/08/2018 5:00:31 PM PDT by Oscar in Batangas (12:01 PM 1/20/2017...The end of an error.)
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To: Cheerio

I wish all these pundits would hush up and let President Trump make up his own mind.

He is surrounded by advisers who have spent hundreds of hours interviewing each candidate, and doing a hard, hard check of their qualifications. I think it’s safe to say those advising President Trump know more about the candidates than all the pundits put together.

Shutup and get outta the way!


69 posted on 07/08/2018 5:01:33 PM PDT by upchuck (As we head to the midterms, please (re)read Confessions of Congressman X - tinyurl.com/congressmanx)
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To: Bonemaker

Parker was a Republican judge (former Missouri Congressman), but in heavily Democrat Arkansas.


70 posted on 07/08/2018 5:07:55 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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To: Cheerio

Democrat Long Shot Plan to stop Trump Nominee

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/democrats-long-shot-plan-to-stop-trumps-supreme-court-nominee/ar-AAzKMQC?ocid=spartanntp


71 posted on 07/08/2018 5:16:02 PM PDT by SMGFan (Sarah Michelle Gellar is on twitter @SarahMGellar)
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To: NobleFree

Horrors. A judge read and followed the law.


72 posted on 07/08/2018 5:43:28 PM PDT by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: Cheerio

complete f’king bullshite.

first, “Republicans” have little say so about who Trump decides to nominate.

secondly, Trump said two days ago that,

“In choosing Justice Kennedy’s replacement, my greatest responsibility is to select a Justice who will faithfully interpret the Constitution as written. Judges are not supposed to re-write the law, re-invent the Constitution, or substitute their own opinions for the will of the people expressed through their laws. We reject judicial activism and policy-making from the bench. The faithful application of the Constitution is the bedrock of our freedom, the foundation of our society, and the linchpin of our government. The American System tasks Congress with writing the laws, the executive with enforcing the laws, and the judiciary with issuing neutral judgments based upon those laws and the Constitution we have sworn to protect.

In choosing a new Justice, I will select someone with impeccable credentials, great intellect, unbiased judgment, and deep reverence for the laws and Constitution of the United States.”

I completely fail to see the “compromise” in that ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=10&v=izHw1vDSY9s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=10&v=izHw1vDSY9s


73 posted on 07/08/2018 5:52:05 PM PDT by catnipman ((Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!))
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To: Cheerio
NO

FUGOP

74 posted on 07/08/2018 6:02:54 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: Trumpisourlastchance
Horrors. A judge read and followed the law.

It seems that some FReepers want a SCOTUS nominee who will torture the law and Constitution to achieve their desired outcomes - same sleazy tactics as liberal judges, just different outcomes.

75 posted on 07/08/2018 6:08:00 PM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: The Deplorable Miss Lemon

Now, in an effort to show compromise, the RINO's have decided to follow Hillary Clinton's advice and nominate former President Obama to the Supreme Court.


76 posted on 07/08/2018 6:21:37 PM PDT by vannrox (The Preamble to the Bill of Rights - without it, our Bill of Rights is meaningless!)
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To: vannrox

Works for me....LOL (large /s tag) :-)


77 posted on 07/08/2018 6:28:51 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: Cheerio

I heard he was weak on 2A.


78 posted on 07/08/2018 6:41:02 PM PDT by grumpygresh (Abolish administrative law. It's regressive, medieval and unconstitutional!)
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To: hal ogen

Your post is my favorite post of this thread!


79 posted on 07/08/2018 7:42:16 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Washington is NOT a swamp.....It's a cesspool!)
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To: Bonemaker

No, you referred to Anthony Souter. Who is that?


80 posted on 07/08/2018 8:09:43 PM PDT by savedbygrace
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