Posted on 01/28/2018 7:15:00 PM PST by mairdie
Whispers are rampant throughout D.C. that a vacancy is imminent on the U.S. Supreme Court - one that is currently taken by one of the most liberal members of the Court.
It has the Trump White House giddy over the prospect of potentially and forcefully shifting the balance of power on the Court while Democrats in Congress are said to be warning White House staff of a prolonged and brutal fight should President Trump attempt to replace a liberal Justice with a hardline-conservative nominee.
The reason for the Justice's alleged departure is said to be "ongoing illness/physical limitations."
The first on the Court that comes to mind given those clues is 84-year old Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Justice Ginsberg has visibly slowed down a great deal in recent years, and has been prone to falling asleep in public, even when on the bench. Ginsberg's office has taken to pushing back on rumors of her health issues via a series of left-leaning media publications, but Court watchers have noted Ginsberg's increasingly limited public schedule of late.
Despite his 79-years, Justice Stephen Bryer's place on the Court apparently remains secure, but not so with two others - swing-vote Justice Anthony Kennedy, 81, and liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor, 63.
Justice Kennedy, a moderate liberal (or moderate conservative depending on who you talk to) has already hinted at possible retirement, so he is not the likely source of the current Supreme Court rumors. Justice Sotomayor, though, despite being among the Court's younger members, is said to be struggling greatly with her workload as she deals with a worsening diabetes condition. Court watchers have noted a visible decline in just the last year where she appears to have aged ten years. Rumors are also swirling regarding staff having to take up an increasing workload for the ailing Sotomayor who is said to have difficulty maintaining her train of thought for more than short periods of time. And like Ginsberg, Sotomayor's staff is working hard to orchestrate a media-driven narrative to counter rumors of her decline.
Here is the thought that is now keeping the far-left elites up at night. Justice Kennedy might very well be preparing for retirement. That would be one Supreme Court vacancy. And if the rumors of ill health regarding Ginsberg and Sotomayor are in fact true, that could be two or even THREE vacancies on the Court for Trump to fill within the next year or two.
...maybe a new series...instead of Your Fired....”Your Deported”
Has she made a Faust-ian deal?
Perfect! Damn that is good.
I have this faint hope that when all the indictments come out and Obama is finally arrested, tried and convicted for treason that all of his EOs, all of the laws he pushed, e.g. Obamacare, all of the appointments, including USSC, Sotomayor and Kagan, will be declared null and void. All investigations will be reopened such as Benghazi and Fast and Furious, etc. One can only hope.
This keeps repeating as though I meant she intends not to die. She isn’t attending the SOTU. Nothing whatsoever to do with her intention not to die. She does seem to intend not to retire but, rather, to take up the chair and let her law clerks run it until she breathes her last and even the tubes can’t keep her going.
This country is truly on the verge of a complete Marxist takeover of our government and you're good with a "moderate" or just maybe a conservative?
A Marxist Cabal is in control of the United States Congress, the United States Senate, the completely compromised U.S. Supreme Court, more Judges on more benches across the nation than you can count, AND the education system. Chief Justice John Roberts, supposedly a rock solid conservative, just twisted himself into a wording pretzel on the ACA case in order to legitimize the very unconstitutional Affordable Care Act penalty punishing citizens for not purchasing a service that they do not want to purchase. Opening the floodgates for future Marxist abusers of the constitutional rights of all citizens. When you can't even trust a supposedly rock solid conservative, why would you even for a moment consider a "moderate"?
It's seriously ok to hope for something better than a wishy washy moderate. Moderates are generally no more than anti-constitutional stealth socialists. Or do you consider yourself a moderate also?
Me personally, I'm hoping for a Joseph McCarthy. X10
From what I read that was part of her plan.
Also read that she said in some of her speeches to big-wig donors, she wanted open borders for all of South and North America and the most chilling, end descent. (net-neutrality?)
word is out, she will wear and antifa shirt to the sotu
Makes for a very nice daydream
Yes, she does. type 1.
Nine strict constructionists would suit this Republic and its Constitution JUST fine, thanks.
ANYTHING else spells compromise and jeopardy for The Constitution.
Or a sock monkey with a pink posse hat. ;-)
DC Whispers? Who dat?
Kennedy will retire this summer and Thomas will retire next summer. Neither will wait until the end of Trump’s term and risk getting replaced by a democrat president.
The ONLY way that Breyer, Ginsberg or Sotomayor leave while Trump is President is feet first.
I don’t know. I know I read them frequently and they’ve sounded sensible, every time I can remember.
Another reason the Reps must retain the Senate. The AL loss was a clusterf*ck.
Makes complete sense.
Finally, using their tactics against them.
Most are uni-party globalists.
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