Posted on 06/27/2018 12:56:15 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Audio taken during a Democratic National Committee (DNC) Rules Committee conference call reveals the immediate reaction to the news Wednesday of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement.
In the audio clip shared on Twitter by Politico reporter David Siders, Democrats on the call express disappointment that Kennedy, a moderate conservative justice known for often being a swing vote, would be retiring.
After one participant reads the news aloud, cries of “oh,” and “oh my god” can be heard. The audio was taken during a public conference call on superdelegate reform.
“This is not good news,” one person says.
Another attendee points to Kennedy’s status as the court’s swing vote, but pointed out that he sided with the conservative majority in several recent rulings, including the decision to uphold President Trump’s travel ban.
“Not that he’s done us any good on these recent decisions, but he was the one that was usually persuadable,” the attendee says in the clip.
Kennedy’s departure opens the door for Trump to make his second Supreme Court nomination. Democrats have already expressed concern that whoever Trump appoints will swing the court farther to the right, and clear a path for anti-abortion advocates and other conservative movements to bring more cases.
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Now or after the mid-terms?
Doubt any of the extreme libs will retire during Trump’s term. They’ll hang on for dear life.
Democrats are so stupid they never even considered that this could happen. I guess they’re busy with Russia and childrens on the border.
Doubt any of the extreme libs will retire during Trump’s term. They’ll hang on for dear life.
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Ruthie might not have a choice. She’s 85. Even vile leftists can’t cheat death forever.
Time for Resist to go into overdrive.
The liberals in the Senate will pull out all the stops to prevent President Trump from naming the new Justice to the Supreme Court.
Ted Kennedy going to work on Robert Bork will seem like a high school hazing.
“Ruthie might not have a choice. She’s 85. “
So am I-—some of us are like the Energizer Bunny.:-)
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The dems would have them stuffed and mounted with a concealed speaker inside before they'd allow Trump to make any more SC appointments.
In the case of RBG, I'm not sure that's not already happened.
Depends how badly Mitch wants it.
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Five years when you're 85 is a long time.
I think Trump should nominate Sarah Sanders
From your lips to God’s ears.
Will democrats feel pressure to take action to offset the likely appointment of a justice more conservative than Kennedy?
Will they decide they need to send another conservative justice to take The Big Sleep, ala Antonin Scalia?
Schadenfreude!
Ruth is not looking too spry
The wise latina is diabetic severely
Look at the ages of the other guys!
After one participant reads the news aloud, cries of “oh,” and “oh my god” can be heard. The audio was taken during a public conference call on superdelegate reform.
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Otherwise known as rigging the election.
LOL!
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