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.
ginsberg just said yesterday that she’s not quitting anytime soon.
Should be posted to Blogs - not News.
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I’m confused. I’d appreciate it if you could clarify for me. I posted someone’s blog to Blogs, and one response assumed it was MY blog, which notion I corrected. But my conclusion was that Blogs was for our personal blogs, not for other widely read blogs. What’s the actual situation? Thanks.
Sotamayor had to have ambulance. Is it her?
IF Mark Taylor’s prophecies from 2016 are true, 1 SCOTUS judge will die early (Scalia), 1 retire (probably Kennedy), and then 3 of them will resign. He said President Trump will replace 5 judges! God said the replacement judges will be picked “from My tree” meaning chosen because they are strong conservative Christians, AND that “Roe vs Wade” will be eventually overturned!
The reason the 3 SCOTUS judges would resign would be because documentation would be found in the corruption investigations to show they had been compromised i.e ‘blackmailed’. Lots of FReepers always wondered about SCOTUS CJ Roberts and his Obamacare decision.
Of course, this prophecy of 5 replacements sounded highly improbable in 2016. However Mark Taylor also talked about military tribunals happening where famous politicians would be tried for corruption, and there wasn’t even a hint of this back in 2016. It’s what Qanon is saying NOW. So maybe the SCOTUS prophecies could come to pass after all...
I’d rather see Sotamayor go than justice buzzy.
One may survive for quite some time, the other probably will not.
Buh Bye to the “wise latino” would be my fond hope.
Ginsberg’s team is trying to play her absence from the SOTU as a dis against Trump, but I think it’s pretty obvious that she is in no physical condition to attend, and would likely display alarming symptoms of illness if she did.
That’s true, of course. But she was saying when she plans to retire, not croak. As expected, she wants to deny Trump the opportunity to replace her.
I think you’re right.
Justice Born 2021 Age Leans Nominated By President
Ruth Bader Ginsburg 1933 88 Liberal 1993 Bill Clinton
Anthony Kennedy 1936 85 Swing 1988 Ronald Reagan
Stephen Breyer 1938 83 Liberal 1994 Bill Clinton
Clarence Thomas 1948 73 Conserv 1991 George H.W. Bush
Samuel Alito 1950 71 Conserv 2006 George W. Bush
Sonia Sotomayer 1954 67 Liberal 2009 Barack Obama
John Roberts 1955 66 Conserve 2005 George W. Bush
Elena Kagan 1960 61 Liberal 2010 Barack Obama
Neil Gorsuch 1967 54 Conserv 2017 Donald Trump
Which is the number one reason why for the life of me, I couldn’t understand folks who didn’t give a rip who won, Trump or Hillary.
Some folks sat on their ass from before the convention until election day, making moderate comments supportive of Trump on only two days during that time.
What the hell?
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Moderates are just liberals that are lying.
The quinfecta!
We need a minimum of 7 conservatives like Scalia so we have a solid majority with at least 2 spares.
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