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Hugh Hewitt — Justice Alito considering retirement…
https://twitter.com ^ | 07.01.2020 | Robert Costa

Posted on 07/01/2020 9:12:52 AM PDT by rxsid

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To: rxsid

A lifetime appointment is just like an all-you-can-eat buffet. Just because you can doesn’t mean you have to. If the Republic is to survive, we have to get to the point where it isn’t so critically dependent upon individual personalities being in specific roles.

Sandra Day O’Connor is still alive, fourteen years after retiring to take care of her ailing husband. She’s also only three years older than Ginsburg, who apparently believes in the system so much that she doesn’t trust anyone else to sit in her seat despite a series of significant health issues.


21 posted on 07/01/2020 9:32:00 AM PDT by jz638
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To: rxsid

Gossip


22 posted on 07/01/2020 9:34:35 AM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt
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To: Bishop_Malachi

At the Pearly Gates.


23 posted on 07/01/2020 9:34:56 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: rxsid

I wonder if the closet liberal and anti-Trumper did a little jig after posting this.


24 posted on 07/01/2020 9:35:22 AM PDT by Deo volente ("When we see the image of a baby in the womb, we glimpse the majesty of God's creation." Pres. Trump)
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To: rxsid

Lol! Imagine the apocalyptic fustercluck in DC if next week Alito, Thomas, Ginsburg and Bryer all announced their retirements.


25 posted on 07/01/2020 9:39:28 AM PDT by apillar
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To: hinckley buzzard

Hewitt fell for the Russia Russia Russia hoax hook, line, and stinker.


26 posted on 07/01/2020 9:40:50 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Father in Heaven, I trust in Your love.)
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To: DoodleDawg

He’d better retire soon for there to be time to get a replacement. It would be a good move. He’s 70, and it’s time. Gives us a younger replacement, who will sit for 25 - 30 years. And.....it’s a great campaign issue, played out right before the election, esp if Trump picks a woman.


27 posted on 07/01/2020 9:41:16 AM PDT by theoilpainter
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To: ClearCase_guy
Alito is good. I would be sad to see him go.

First thought I had when I read that was that this just might be Alito dropping a gentle reminder to everyone that elections have consequences....

28 posted on 07/01/2020 9:41:45 AM PDT by hecticskeptic
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To: hinckley buzzard
Gossip. Nothing more. Hewitt is almost always wrong in his predictions anyway.

Twenty years ago gossip-mongers were saying the same thing about Justice Thomas. 40 years ago they were saying the same thing about Walter Payton (five years before he retired).
29 posted on 07/01/2020 9:45:50 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: rxsid

If it happens before the Election count on that 2012 worthless loser...and perhaps one or two others...seeking to block a replacement.


30 posted on 07/01/2020 9:46:15 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Just Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election!)
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To: DoodleDawg

See Post #30


31 posted on 07/01/2020 9:47:32 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Just Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election!)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

I have always felt that we send some wholesome, well intentioned, conservative representatives to Congress, and the moment they step off of the plane, they are corrupted. The spiritual warfare is overwhelming there.


32 posted on 07/01/2020 9:50:41 AM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
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To: rxsid
While Alito would be a loss I think it's way past time Conservatives stop focusing on the all importance of the supreme court and it's makeup. We are NEVER going to have a conservative court that will correct the course for America, never. We are chasing a unicorn.

What we need to do is focus on containing the court so it can't do any more damage. Focus on reform. The problem with the supreme court is the overreach of power not the justices that wield it. Nine men in robes were never supposed to decide every life changing issue for 300 million people.

33 posted on 07/01/2020 9:50:55 AM PDT by precisionshootist (ui)
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They are a symptom of the disease.

We have to start looking at academia, and media/entertainment this is where the damage is being done.


34 posted on 07/01/2020 9:52:19 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: rxsid

RE: Justice Alito considering retirement…

Why? is he sick or just tired of putting up with all these S**T? Can’t he wait for Ginsburg to leave first?


35 posted on 07/01/2020 9:53:58 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Or did he get a horse’s head in his bed?


36 posted on 07/01/2020 9:55:12 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: rxsid

Amen!


37 posted on 07/01/2020 10:01:08 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to says it.)
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To: rxsid
Thomas is getting elderly too. He's been there for 30 years.

Let's face it, there's a good chance the next President will replace at least two Justices. Ginsberg just can't live forever. And Alito's been rumored to be a short timer for a while now. Throw in Thomas as a possible retirement and it's possible that the court could be defined for decades by the next President.

It sure would be satisfying seeing Roberts shoved down into a permanent minority dissenting vote, that rotten politicized hack.

38 posted on 07/01/2020 10:03:19 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: rxsid

He should have done this earlier. It’s going to be hard to confirm a new justice before the end of the year.


39 posted on 07/01/2020 10:05:36 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: rxsid

A great deal of rage of #NeverTrump and the lunatic left has always been about the Supremes. We so far we have been burned mostly by Roberts. This election is for the court and the life of the Republic.


40 posted on 07/01/2020 10:07:14 AM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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