Posted on 07/08/2018 8:55:50 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
None of the four contenders being considered as President Donald Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court has been excluded, but the greatest focus has fallen on two candidates: Brett Kavanaugh and Thomas Hardiman, a source with first-hand knowledge of the process told NBC News.
Kavanaugh sits on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. Hardiman is a judge on the 3rd Circuit of Appeals.
The other two front-runners are Amy Coney Barrett Barrett of the 7th Circuit of Appeals and Raymond Kethledge of the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals.
CNBC reported last week that Trump privately indicated to a small group that he had settled on a nominee to succeed Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter.
During the July 4 picnic at the White House, Trump suggested to friends and some external advisors that he had already made up his mind about whom he will pick to join the high court, the person said on the condition of anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the ongoing deliberations....
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Right. Like Trump would tell MSNBC. What a load of crap.
You must not be married.... ;o)
I remember the scene where Bush nominated Roberts. At the time there was great speculation on who it would be. Bush stood at a podium and announced the next SC nominee without naming him, Roberts came out of door and down the hall to the podium.
I have this fantasy, of the same scene but Trump says something like, “And now introducing our next SC nominee...” and Rush Limbaugh comes down the hall, steps to the podium and then introduces the next SC nominee. The left would have a moment of pure terror.
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Judge Napolitano just said on Fox he thinks the pick will be Hardiman or Kethledge. He basically said he does not think Trump wants a fight on abortion and no one knows what those two think about abortion, especially Hardiman. In other words Trump is a coward. The judge says both Barrett and Kavanaugh will be grilled on abortion and might not get confirmed.
If Napolitano is right Trump is not the man I thought he was. Personally, II can’t see him running from a good fight and I can’t see him throwing his base under the bus for two people that are a blank check on abortion. We shall know in a few hours.
And the Senators have to expect that 2/3's to 3/4's voters of most States constituents have a soft spot for their religion, and wouldn't want their Senator referring to their religious beliefs as dogma(again), even if they are from CA. Most of the Hispanic voters are Catholic.
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