Posted on 04/11/2018 4:33:39 PM PDT by Kaslin
While President Donald Trump took swipes at Special Counsel Robert Mueller and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before Congress over the social media giants allegations of data misuse, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said that its quite possible that hearings for a Supreme Court nomination could occur within the coming months. Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy is said to be mulling retiring from the bench.
It was not the meat of the story. Grassley was merely warning the president not to fire Mueller, or anyone in the DOJ, like Attorney General Jeff Sessions, which would burden the Senate with yet another nominee to confirm. The Iowa Republican said that firing Mueller would be an act of political suicide, adding that he trusts Mueller. At the same time, Grassley mentioned that he feels the DOJs Russia probe has reached a dead end concerning whether the Trump campaign colluded with the Russians (via Roll Call):
Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles E. Grassley is warning President Donald Trump against removing Attorney General Jeff Sessions or Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III.
The Iowa Republicans defense of Sessions, who faced criticism for recusing himself from the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, seemed in part because Grassley thinks his committee may be facing the prospect of a Supreme Court nomination later in 2018.
I think Jeff Sessions is doing a good job even though on some issues I very dramatically disagree with him, the Iowa Republican said on the Fox Business Network. Weve got three Cabinet people to approve now. We may even have a Supreme Court Justice to approve down the road a few months. The president shouldnt be overburdening Congress with finding a new attorney general and going through that, particularly when the Democrats on every nomination [that] comes up, they filibuster.
Guy wrote that Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV) said that Kennedy is said to be making his way for the exit in early summer. Heller hopes this news would get the base a bit more energized since there seems to be a bit of lull period occurring, though some polling shows that GOP voters are just as enthusiastic to vote this year as Democrats. Also, lets not forget that 21 percent of the 2016 electorate was motivated to vote over the future of the Supreme Court. Of that slice, the split was 56/41 breaking for Trump. McConnell made a gamble blocking Obamas nomination of Merrick Garland in the hopes that a Republican would win and fill the vacancy left by the late Antonin Scalia with a solid conservative. That happened. We got Gorsuch.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) also made SCOTUS vacancy overtures last year as well. Just a friendly reminder that SCOTUS Watch is still in effect.
Dey coulds be happen
At the same time, Grassley mentioned that he feels the DOJs Russia probe has reached a dead end concerning whether the Trump campaign colluded with the Russians (via Roll Call):
THEN END IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh and by the way, collusion is not a crime.
All your hearings are belong to us.
What was supposed to happen in Collusiongate. Russia was supposed to report campaign contributions?
This used to be regarded as Cold War activity.
For great justice!
The Happening - The Supremes - 1968
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrajELQjXpA
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Hey! Life, look at me, I can see the reality,
‘Cause when you shook me, took me outta my world, I woke up.
Suddenly I just woke up to The Happening.
When you find that you left the future behind.
‘Cause when you got a tender love you don’t take care of,
then you better beware of,
The Happening.
One day you’re up, when you turn around,
You find your world is tumbling down.
It happened to me and it can happen to you.
I was sure, I felt secure until love took a detour.
Yeah! Riding high on top of the world, it happened.
Suddenly it just happened,
I saw my dreams torn apart
when love walked away from my heart.
And when you lose a precious love you need to guide you
something happens inside you,
The Happening.
Now I see life for what it is.
It’s not of dreams, it’s not of bliss.
It happened to me and it can happen to you
And then it happened.
Oo, and then it happened.
Oo, and then it happened.
Is it real? Is it fake?
Is this game of life a mistake?
‘Cause when I lost the love I thought was mine for certain,
Suddenly it starts hurtin’.
I saw the light too late when that fickle finger of fate.
Yeah! It came and broke my pretty balloon,
I woke up, suddenly I just woke up, so sure,
I felt secure until love took a detour.
‘Cause when you got a tender love you don’t take care of,
then you better beware of,
The Happening.
Iowa you need to get rid of Chucky A Sleazy.
That's me. The top three reasons I voted for the President were, in no particular order, SCOTUS, SCOTUS, and SCOTUS.
The Senate is a hotbed of laziness and time dissipation, as evidenced by the behavior over the last year and months of one of their former leading lights, now reclused.
So the question becomes: Who should Trump nominate? Another one nobody has ever heard about? It worked with Gorsch. I say high profile. DARE them to pull another Bork/Thomas. It points to Cruz but unfortunately that’s for next year. He has to be reelected first.
Grassley is one of only FOUR US Senators that side with the citizens and the rule of law.
Most of the rest are in favor of “Comprehensively Screwing Americans Out Of Their Country”.
I’m not sure I want someone on the Supreme Court that thinks Anwar Al-Awlaki’s kids born in Yemen to one citizen parent are natural born citizens eligible to be President>
(If he is, they are)
Kennedy name that muddy now? I don’t think he’s even a relation.
who will the Deep State murder, I mean “Heart attack” ala Scalia...
By the time Trump leaves office I want to see it at least a 7/2 court, the nation’s favor.
Cruz doesn’t have to be reelected to be nominated to SCOTUS. Even Rick Santorum could be nominated.
TRUMP winning reelection isn't a guarantee!!!
I don’t want Cruz on the court. Gowdy would be a better choice.
What is Kennedy waiting for? He could announce intentions now while we still have a one person majority in the senate.
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