SCOTUS Showdown: A Case for Nominating Barbara Lagoa

Townhall ^ | September 21, 2020 | Guy Benson

[familyop]

How important will Florida be for the election? And how important will the election be? We might see more appointments to the Supreme Court over the next four years.

[familyop]

Barbara Lagoa and Robert Luck: What Are They Saying?
https://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/barbara-lagoa-and-robert-luck-what-are-they-saying/

[nickcarraway]

How many people in Florida would vote for Trump because he nominated someone from Florida? I bet less than 5% even know who she is. Lagoa was never elected in Florida. I don't know why people act like that would help in Florida.

Why do progressives like her so much?

[familyop]

Fox News is pushing very hard for Barrett now. Fox News did the same before Justice Kavanaugh was nominated. And no, she hasn’t been chosen. There will be Senate Judiciary Committee hearings. Chances for disaster in the election will be high.

Amy Coney Barrett is not ‘wildly’ out of mainstream: Brit Hume
https://www.foxnews.com/faith-values/supreme-court-amy-coney-barrett-britt-hume

Starr calls divided SCOTUS ‘recipe for mischief’, says Amy Coney Barrett ‘odds-on favorite’ for nomination
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ken-starr-supreme-court-amy-coney-barrett

Media assault on Amy Coney Barrett begins as Trump weighs decision
https://www.foxnews.com/media/media-assault-on-amy-coney-barrett-begins-as-trump-weighs-decision

[SmokingJoe]

Nothing much wrong with Lagoa. It's just that Barret is much better in every way I can think of.
Not to mention Guy Benson is a never Trumper. If Benson is pushing Lagoa that can't be good for anybody.

[CondoleezzaProtege]

May God’s will be done. May it be the woman of HIs choosing for such a time as this. LORD give the President Your word and Your peace regarding who it should be. I also lift up the Lagoa and Barrett families in prayer.

[Sacajaweau]

Lagoa was confirmed to her present position on a 80-15 vote. Tells me she's no real conservative.

Barrett was confirmed along party lines with 3 Dems crossing over.

[SmokingJoe]

Trump will win Florida because of Cuban Americans and Obama/Biden sucking up to Castro.

[Gene Eric]

Both seem to be politically expedient.

[familyop]

"How many people in Florida would vote for Trump because he nominated someone from Florida? I bet less than 5% even know who she is. Lagoa was never elected in Florida. I don't know why people act like that would help in Florida."

Florida
Wikipedia
"As of 2010, those of Hispanic or Latino ancestry accounted for 22.5% (4,223,806) of Florida's population. Out of the 22.5%, the largest groups were 7.0% (1,528,046) Cuban,[180]..."

[jimfree]

I’m fine with Barrett, Lagoa, or Larsen. But, once in love with Amy, . . .

[ClearCase_guy]

I prefer Barrett.
And putting Lagoa on the Supreme Court because it will help in the election which is 6 weeks away seems like short-term thinking. I want to focus on what’s best for the bench, not what might help us win Florida.

[blackberry1]

Not only is she from Florida, Trump knows her choice would be warmly received by the huge growing hispanic voter base.

It’s a lifetime appointment that will ring in the liberals ears for decades.

[blackberry1]

Not only is she from Florida, Trump knows her choice would be warmly received nationwide by the huge growing hispanic voter base.

It’s a lifetime appointment that will ring in the liberals ears for decades.

[Rockingham]

Unfortunately, Lagoa has earned a reputation of being self-centered, not a hard worker, shallow, and relentlessly ambitious. On the Supreme Court, she would be vulnerable to flattery and reputational pressures from the Left and Washington’s social circles.

[nathanbedford]

Benson has made the case, a speculative but decent political case for his pick but he has simply not been persuasive when it comes to assuring us that Barbara Lagona will rule as a textualist if she ascends the high bench. An anonymous assurance is to suffice? I think not.

I believe Trump is going to carry Florida, even against Bloomberg's money but this pick will sit on the court for at least another generation. We have got to get it right.

[familyop]

Florida Republicans: Nominating Lagoa could clinch state for Trump
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/20/florida-republicans-lagoa-trump-419109

[SmokingJoe]

I have very little regard for Guy Benson's opinions. The fact that he is pushing Lagoa raises red flag for me.

[ChronicMA]

That may have to do with the Senators in the Circuit. The several Dem senators in the 7th (IL WI IN) may have asked others to oppose Barrett. Senator Jones of AL is the only Dem in the 11th and was probably mum. Plus no Dem wants to vote against a latina.

[nickcarraway]

I know how many Hispanics are in Florida, but you haven't shown anything that it would change a single vote in Florida. How many of those Hispanics know who Barbara Lagoa is, or care about the Supreme Court?

I doubt many people will even know about the Supreme Court pick. And the Cubans who do know and care, are probably already voting for Trump, anyway.

To make a difference, it would need to be someone who won a statewide race, or is widely popular in Florida.

Maybe if he replaced Pence with Lagoa, it would make a difference. Who knows.