Posted on 02/14/2016 3:03:45 AM PST by 4rcane
During the Republican debate on Saturday night, Donald Trump floated two names as potential nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court: Judge Diane S. Sykes and Judge Bill Pryor.
“We could have a Diane Sykes or a Bill Pryor, we have some fantastic people,†Trump told the audience. Both judges are well-known conservatives serving on the federal level.
Who is Diane S. Sykes?
Sykes is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. She was nominated by George W. Bush and confirmed in 2004. She went to Northwestern University and attended Marquette University Law School. She was dropped as a name for the U.S. Supreme Court under President George W. Bush. She was part of the 2011 panel that held a Chicago ban on firing ranges unconstitutional. Prior to being appointed on the federal court, Sykes served as Justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Who is Bill Pryor?
Pryor is a federal judge in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He was nominated by President George W. Bush in 2003. His nomination was filibustered so in 2004, President Bush installed the former Alabama Attorney General on the court during a congressional recess appointment. Democrats scrutinized Pryor for some of his conservative stands, including on Roe v. Wade. Pryor previously said, according to confirmation hearing testimony, that Roe was “the worst abomination in constitutional law in history.†After a higher court ruling on a Alabama execution case, he allegedly ridiculed the Supreme Court by saying “This issue should not be decided by nine octogenarian lawyers who happen to sit on the Supreme Court.†Most recently, Pryor was nominated by President Obama to sit on the United States Sentencing Commission.
Obviously extremely liberal because Ted Cruz said Trump would appoint only liberal judges.
Interesting Trump was the only candidate at the debate with names of judges instead of lies about what kind of judges other candidates would pick.
Sounds like good choices!
GO TRUMP!
“Sounds like good choices!”
So did Roberts ...
Interestingly enough it shows that The Donald is paying attention. I would bet that he had these two identified before yesterday.
Pyor in particular is an interesting choice as the demodogs really don’t like him
No. Roberts did pro bono work for gay rights groups.
The red flags were all over the place but everyone thought that Bush and Cruz could do no wrong.
When asked "What about your sister"... Trump replies.. "she is great"... "she is fantastic"... "I think she would be pronominal" ... "I THINK SHE WOULD BE ONE OF THE BEST"... " but I do have a sister who is very smart and a very good person". 15:45 in the video linked below..
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/videos/2015-08-26/donald-trump-the-full-with-all-due-respect-interview
Also notice he says he would not name a SCOTUS in the interview because it was bad form. I guess Trump flipped-flopped on not naming names, but it is understandable now due to being pressured about how he would nominate.
Anyway... I wanted it known that Trump thought his liberal pro-abortion sister would be "ONE OF THE BEST"... and that backs up what Cruz said.
I'm not sure I'd want someone who Obama appointed to anything.
Donald Trump on nominating sister:”It would be a conflict of insterest”
“Roberts did pro bono work for gay rights groups.”
Cruz accepts money from large sum homosexual donors. Is that enough to establish a pattern?
And he said LAST NIGHT when asked by a reporter he WOULD NOT NOMINATE HIS SISTER!.....I think he said ...’because of conflict of interest’ ...but I will have to go back and review the tape
HOWEVER this probably won’t stop YOU and others like you repeating this over and over and over ad nauseam
HE SAID.....LAST NIGHT!!!!!!....HE WILL NOT NOMINATE HIS SISTER!
Besides Trump bashing your point is there are no guarantees
Even Magnus gave us Sandy
And Ike ....Brennan
And HW Bush....Souter
Has a democrat ever given us such misjudgements
Not in my lifetime and I’m old.....so old I can see Wilford Brimley commercials in my future
Or we could do like Romans did with outlier kingdoms in Gaul
Keep their kids on a tight rein as hostages to make em rule right
Scalia woulda been a bounty right there bless his heart.....that’s his favorite sage talk I recall
What did he say we should do as conservatives?
“Start having all the kids we can....we have to outnumber them...,”
And he was right but modern men are door mats or absent and modern women want careers.....that thing I call my job or work
Meanwhile the non productive class parties and screws and has kids out the wazoo and we pay for it in every conceivable way as they vote for folks who will make it even easier for them to live even more irresponsibly and we are made to feel guilty if we object
Trump said of his sister “It would be a conflict of interest”
Asking siblings to think badly of another is asking a bit much, but he won’t appoint her because of conflict of interest
“I wanted it known that Trump thought his liberal pro-abortion sister would be “ONE OF THE BEST”..”
Now do you really, really, actually, honestly think he would condemn his own sister, who is, by the way, safely secured away from the Supreme Court due to her age?
Right. And Bush gave up on Pryor after two seconds because his views on Roe v. Wade were controversial.
Do you think Trump would ever back down? The dims could try to filibuster for months and Trump would mock them, would keep the appointment and would get the public on his side.
That’s the main difference between Trump and Bush\Cruz\Rubio. The politicians are all talk but can’t deliver.
Well, that’s silly. Trump -—and no one else-—offered specifics (”he never gives specifics”) -—and gets criticism because the conservatives he named “might” turn into Roberts.
Boy, I would hate to be your sister
I bet if you have any siblings, they are so happy to know that you will never have their back.
Yet he names two super. Conservatives. Can’t win with you guys. Notice NO OTHER GOP candidate had a suggestion.
More people will remember Bill Pryor as the person that went after Judge Roy Moore to have him removed. The citizen later voted to put Judge Roy Moore back in his position.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWRDn7zsIbk
You mean the person that went after a super god fearing conservative Chief Justice Roy Moore that has stood up against that assault on Christians and their values.
Here is your Bill Pryor in action....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWRDn7zsIbk
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