Posted on 09/22/2020 8:49:12 AM PDT by springwater13
Judge Amy Coney Barrett has emerged as President Donald Trump's overwhelming favorite to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, according to several people familiar with the deliberations, who say the President's view was solidified during a lengthy meeting at the White House on Monday.
Trump has not finalized his decision, and with days to go until he announces his pick on Saturday, his thinking could change.
But for now, Barrett -- currently sitting on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Chicago -- is his clear front-runner and is viewed inside the White House as the likely nominee.
A source familiar with Trump's private conversations told CNN that one of his confidants on this issue told him that this pick is so important to not only his legacy but his re-election bid that she will effectively "be your new running mate."
Judge Barbara Lagoa remains on the list but multiple people familiar with the matter told CNN that Trump is fading on the idea of picking her. While Trump was initially enthused at the prospect of nominating a Cuban-American from Florida, a critical electoral battleground, Lagoa hasn't been previously vetted for the Supreme Court and some advisers suggested it would be a heavy lift to clear a new name quickly.
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“Blessed are those who are reviled and persecuted for my sake”
Anything you can point to that points out she is an originalist? Im not doubting it, I want to learn more about her
IMHO, the focus on abortion is good, but its much more important to be an originalist first. After all, it was the Warren Courts penumbras and emanations which paved the way for not only nation-wide abortion, but also gay-marriage, and all other kinds of court-enforced leftist social-engineering.
There is talk that Amy is pro-lockdown because of a decision she made. But she made the right decision based on the arguments being made. This shows she respects the law rather than her feelings which makes me even more of a supporter.
But when he is it's massive
And leaves the dims discombobulated
... and they will go there..... Catholicism
Well, it didn’t work against JFK.
My concern is this; is she indeed a “true” conservative, or another in a long line of failures who profess conservatism but deliver something else? Roberts, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh?
Exactly
“If its Barrett, it will be Catholic pro life smears.”
The Catholic smearing will be eclipsed by the fact that Trump nominated her and is therefore toxic on that account alone. Fruit of the poison tree.
Amy Vivian Coney Barrett (born January 28, 1972)[1][2] is an American lawyer, jurist, and former academic who serves as a circuit judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Barrett considers herself a public-meaning originalist; her judicial philosophy has been likened to that of her mentor and former boss, Antonin Scalia.[3] Barrett's scholarship focuses on originalism, statutory interpretation, and stare decisis.[4]
Do hearings like a wedding. “Speak now or forever hold your peace”; give them 10 seconds; they object, and then go to the vote.
So we have a presumed live person who has obtained his or her info 2nd or 3rd hand from a traitorous "confidant" leaking a "private conversation" to CNN. Okey dokey...wake me when Saturday and the real news rolls around. (BTW, I say presumed live person because so many anonymous sources actually don't exist.)
And of course CNN and their Trump mind reading machine are going to report entirely unbiased news that BENEFITS the GOP, and they would never, ever engage in fearmongering...
>>However, given the time crunch with this one prior to the election I do not understand the delay if it is ACB?<<
Timing in politics is always a dance.
The biggest reason for Amy Barret is John Roberts. Plus the 2020 elections.
I’m no lawyer, but I think it’s highly interesting that she is interested in both originalism and stare decisis. I think there are some “precedents” which should be ignored. Perhaps she would agree with that, if she is an originalist. She may see her way to undoing some damage.
I think it remains ACB. The fact she’s been through the wringer already and has the GOP Senators already on record cinches it. The Latina needs to marinate a little more.
It's running right now on DemocratUnderground
She is also brilliant, she graduated that the top of her class in high school, college and law school. She has a long paper trail and has been published many times. There is no better candidate male of female which is why the Marxists are beside themselves at the thought of a brilliant conservative on the SC.
ACB will be the new RBG.
I do not think the Ds attempt to smear Barrett with anti-Catholic rhetoric will bring “catholics” to Trump. Most real Catholics are fully in his camp and the woke catholics are already never trumpers.
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