The Case For Judge Allison Jones Rushing

Townhall.com ^ | September 24, 2020 | Mikayle Scheffel

[Grim]

She's a beauty. I vote for Allison.

[freedumb2003]

First I heard.

Trump does always surprise but we can be pretty sure the candidate will be a female.

Of course is the dems get the next nominee this is the last time we will have a male OR female candidate.

[Flavious_Maximus]

38 is too damn young. Sorry, she will have to wait her turn.

[Lee25]

Too young to predict future rulings. She may be john Roberts in skirt or Thomas Clarence in white skin. No way of knowing

[poinq]

I vote for her as well. I think any of the picks would make good supreme court justices. But this pick could serve the longest. She would still be on the court long after I am gone. She may be the brightest of the three. And she is a young mother, which is a common thread between the top three picks. The only draw back is whether her age might make her a bit of a target by some democrats in the senate.

[DIRTYSECRET]

She’s at an age when women want 2 boyfriends-even the married ones.

[Deo et patriae]

I like her.
Sounds like just what we need.

[4 Libertys sake]

seems she’s accomplished a LOT in her 38 years... shouldn’t be held against her. Perhaps she can replace Justice Kagan or Bryer or Sotomayor in Trump’s 2nd term.... D’oh!!!!

Also worthy of consideration is Judge Neomi Rao and Stephanie Dawkins Davis...

[miserare]

No, thank you.

[cmj328]

Information's too sketchy to endorse wholeheartedly, but she sounds like more of a warrior than that squish (read: functionally liberal) Amy Barrett or the overly-connected (read: corrupt) Barbara Lagoa.

What does she think about stare decisis?

[gbscott]

She might be just great, but I think she may need more seasoning and we also need one that has been vetted and voted on fairly recently. She probably has a fine legal mind! And she certainly has the looks!

[cmj328]

How about a man? Why throw away the Court on an unproven quantity for the sake of gender parity?

[Ciaphas Cain]

Just looked further into her background. She comes across as conservative as they come at that age. She’s also a Baptist. Some have complained about the lack of Protestant representation on the high court. Well, there ya go!

[Responsibility2nd]

She’s an advocate of the Alliance Defending Freedom.

She’s a conservative Christian.

She gets my approval.

[originalbuckeye]

What has ACB done that is liberal

[iamgalt]

Yes sounds good but too young for the SC l think.

[ChronicMA]

there are no judges selected before 2017 to choose from, they are all too old.

Dems prevented Bush appointees after they took the Senate in 2006. So no candidates from circuit courts selected in the 2007 to 2016 period

[Pollard]

During Rushing's confirmation proceedings, she was questioned about her ties to the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a conservative Christian group that she had interned for as a law student. ADF has been criticized for opposing LGBT rights. Rushing was asked if she would recuse herself from ADF-related cases if confirmed. She replied: "I would determine the appropriate action with the input of the parties, consultation of these rules and ethical canons, and consultation with my colleagues."[6] Asked about ADF being labeled a "hate group" by the Southern Poverty Law Center, Rushing said: "Hate is wrong, and it should have no place in our society. In my experience with ADF, I have not witnessed anyone expressing or advocating hate."[6]

On January 3, 2019, her nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate. On January 23, 2019, President Trump announced his intent to renominate Rushing for a federal judgeship.[18] Her nomination was sent to the Senate later that day.[19] On February 7, 2019, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–10, party line vote.[20] On March 4, 2019, the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a vote of 52–43.[21] On March 5, 2019, the Senate voted to confirm Rushing by a 53–44 vote.[22] She received her judicial commission on March 21, 2019.

On September 9, 2020, President Trump named Rushing as a potential choice to fill a Supreme Court vacancy if one should open. [23] <.i>

I'd prefer this one to the other two gals. I'm one of those that would like to see the country's founding religion represented in the SC. IMHO we don't need another wise latina, one generation away from communism and that whole People of Praise organization is a little weird to me and gives the dems something to harp on.

[AuH2ORepublican]

“38 is too damn young. Sorry, she will have to wait her turn.”

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I agree; she’ll have plenty of time to build her résumé and still be appointed to SCOTUS as a very young Justice. Nominating a 38-year-old to SCOTUS would rub a lot of voters the wrong way, and with her last name being Rushing the jokes would write themselves. I’d rather that President Trump go with Joan Larsen (52) or Amy Coney Barrett (48), who still are young enough that they could serve 35 years in SCOTUS.