I still question the politics of it but there is a certain percentage of conservative religious women who do not like the President because of his mean tweets and personality. Barrett might get them to hold their nose and forget about the tweets because he is delivering what they want. It could benefit Trump across multiple states while Lagoa is a very narrow play for Florida and possibly Arizona. Although Cubans and Mexicans have nothing in common culturally and Lagoa probably is only a Florida play. Locking up Florida is huge though. A sizeable minority of Trump voters are former democrats who only care about immigration and trade and are pro choice though so Barrett risks alienating them.
But it may not be Trump's choice anymore. Barrett is who McConnell wants and McConnell gets what he wants most of the time.
The NRA calls the shots. There is no way that a squish on the 2A will be appointed. ACB wrote a very pro-2A friendly opinion in a case that involved illegal gun possession by a non-violent felon. (Kanter v. Barr). Her opinion, to those lawyers who understand 2A lingo, can be paraphrased as “I’m with you, gun owners.” Unless Barbara Lagoa can convince the NRA that she is pro2A, she will not be the nominee. Lagoa has not issued one opinion regarding gun rights, and she is risky. Also, my gut says he may go for Joan Larsen out of Michigan. Very pro-gun, from the Upper Midwest, etc. Politically, Trump wins with ACB if she does not get nominated after the media savages her for pro-life/devout Catholic views. This will piss off religious conservatives, and make Larsen, who is probably MORE CONSERVATIVE, look like a moderate choice. My guess: This is a head fake, and it will be Larsen unless Lagoa signs a blood oath to be pro-gun.
We need someone who is a Christian acknowledging the New Testament principle of which the Founding Fathers were in cognizance: a follower of the Jesus Christ of the Bible who possesses the gift of a never-ending life through faith alone in Jesus alone, and knows that he (she) will be accountable to Jesus Christ for what he (she) does on the bench, not just some party ethic.
Such a nominee would exemplify the chararcter of one of the first Justices, John Jay (click here), Founding Father, who clearly stated the intent of the formation of out nation and its government:
“No human society has ever been able to maintain both order and freedom, both cohesiveness and liberty apart from the moral precepts of the Christian Religion. Should our Republic ever forget this fundamental precept of governance, we will then, be surely doomed.”While still an American colonist, Jay had been a member of the Church of England but joined the Protestant Episcopal Church after the Revolution. Serving as vice president and president of the American Bible Society from 1816 to 1827, Jay believed that Christianity was an essential element of good government (Wiki).
Let us turn back the clock, and start nominating only those Justices who can fit this model, for in deed, they are accountable to the Mighty God. If we have ones who think they are only accountable to their own ideas, or to some human head of their religion, we will not be served by a person who can exercise a God-sent judgment. Anyone like this will and must fail in the trust placed in him/her.
ACB would be an excellent choice.
I don’t have the information necessary yet to make an informed decision… But I have been seen quite a few videos that this jurist is a “John Roberts” in feminine form..... Has anyone else seen these videos?
After the Kavanaugh untruthful character assassination, I don’t care what “they” think.
-Nominate
-Vote
-Seat her
Whatever comes because of it, is going to happen one way or the other. We might as well get over it.
From CNN? Hmm. I’ve beginning to think that Amy won’t be the nominee b/c when is CNN ever right about anything?
CNN is about the last network that I would trust to understand what President Trump is going to do.
Her new Rap Moniker (like Notorious RBG):
I’ll start.............How about Busta RvW ?
WTF is a CNN?
The MSM cannot praise Biden as a devout Catholic whose beliefs are "baked into the core functions of the campaign," and then try to attack and disqualify Judge Barrett over the same claims.
From just two days ago...
September 20, 2020: NPR: How Joe Biden's Faith Shapes His Politics
When Joe Biden seeks to inspire or comfort, he turns to his faith. His speeches are woven with references to God, biblical language or the pope...If elected, Biden would become only the second Catholic president in American history. It's not a detail he highlights, but people who know him well say his Catholic faith is central to how he sees the world...
Biden, who carries a rosary in his pocket and attends Mass every Sunday, is known as a deeply devout person of faith, and his campaign sees electoral implications in that — in part because Biden has tried to frame this election as a clear moral contrast between Trump and himself.
Some Democrats would go so far as to say that Biden is running perhaps the most overtly devout Democratic presidential campaign since Jimmy Carter in 1976.
From July 17, 2020: Associate Press via the New York Daily News - Biden’s bid touts faith, courts even religious conservatives:
President Donald Trump’s appeal to religious conservatives is a cornerstone of his political identity. But Joe Biden is a different kind of foe than Trump has faced before: one who makes faith a central part of his persona — often literally wearing it on his sleeve.In fact, Biden's practice of carrying a rosary that belonged to his late son Beau caught the attention of one of his Democratic presidential rivals when the two were awaiting a debate last year...
Biden's identity as "a very devout Catholic and person of deep faith," deputy political director John McCarthy said, is "baked into the core messaging and core functions of the campaign."
-PJ