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.
Is Roberts retiring?
1. I hope the spineless party will simply hold hearings and vote. No opportunity for delay.
2. I hope President Trump will nominate the most qualified person for the job, a candidate who believes the Constitution means exactly what it says.
I'm a lot more comfortable with my faith in President Trump than I am with The Turtle.
You’ve just created an image that will forever stick in my mind.
YES!
Nothing but baseless rumors.
Spit.
They already did that, like the demonRATs say, "That train has already sailed":)
Let's all cheer her up. You know, maybe send her some boxes of candy to make her feel better.
Notice how all of the concern and planning on the side of the liberals is how to prop up the dysfunctional, ill, and half dead liberal justices?
Not a care or thought of what is best for America.
As long as they can claim that people like Ginsberg and Sotomayor are still alive and breathing their liberal staffs can push the liberal agenda by doing the work and voting for them.
I’m really surprised that the muslim homo commies in DC, did not assassinate RBG in the last year or so of Obama.
I’m supposed to buy Girl Scout Cookies from my nephew’s adorable daughter. (Great niece? Grand niece? I don’t know.) Hated to do it, considering the Girl Scouts are horrid, but if I could have them be sent to Sotomayour it might be worth it.
If Obama was still in office, and one of our conservative judges was in danger of being replaced, I would consider it to be best for America to have their staffs doing the work and voting for them. Stuff them, if necessary, but save us from liberal justices. SO grateful for Trump and the problem being for THEM and not US.
a threesome of such a magnitude that it would be the shot that would be heard around the world
Now if Trump can find a black transgendered lesbian wiccan super conservative,
Ok...give them Ann Coulter or Laura Ingram, or Judge Pirro.
PROOF that God has not given up on us yet.....
Dershowitz is the only liberal worth considering, even if Hillary were president, he is the only liberal worth considering by the senate.
Ted Cruz!!!
There will be no SC nominees in their late 70s. Likely nominees won’t be much past 60. Neil Gorsuch is 50.
Ruth Buzzy, woa that’s a wayback machine..I can see her hitting the guy on the tricycle in a raincoat with her purse now..thanks lol
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