Posted on 06/27/2018 3:28:28 PM PDT by detective
Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement from the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday, precipitating a cataclysmic election year confirmation battle.
Though the White House has publicly identified as many as 25 possible candidates to succeed Kennedy, the early favorites for the pick are drawn from a small crop of young appeals court judges popular in Washington’s conservative legal circles.
Speaking in the Oval Office shortly after Kennedy’s announcement, Trump confirmed he would draw his selection from a list of possible Supreme Court nominees assembled during the campaign. Five individuals were added to that list in November 2017.
These early favorites include Judges Brett Kavanaugh of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Raymond Kethledge of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and Diane Sykes of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
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A question.....
Has Senator McCain weighed in with his preference?
Nope. You watch. White guy.
They shouldn't even be allowed to vote.
She is where my money is also.
Regardless of the gender or color of skin he will nominate an imminently qualified person.
Condo is NOT conservative she IS a RINO!!!!!
A Ted Cruz recommendation is probably a Golman Sachs recommendation.....no thanks.
I will trust Trump. He did great with Gorsuch and if we can get another constitutional judge, it will be great progress.
Condo=Condi
...or whoever it is who has been issuing statements claiming to be John McCain?
Sykes is too old and Trump won’t appoint a third woman in my opinion.
Moreover, we need someone from the south and OTHER THAN an Ivy League education and the tea sipping, mint julep mind set that goes with it.
Like Ted Cruz!
And, please don’t tell me Trump won’t appoint Cruz because he needs Cruz in the Senate. Most likely Abbott would announce for a special election to replace Cruz and he would win running away. And, Abbott is much more conservative than Cruz...……….if that’s possible.
Condi would be fantastic. A bit more liberal than i’d prefer, but very close.
Her nomination would drive the left into full on Wacko Bird mode.
We have to fight the lefts hysterical attacks tooth and nail every step of the way. We all need to do everything we possibly can to help conservative republicans fend off democrats and increase our majority in the senate in the upcoming midterm elections, so we are able to take advantage of other openings like this down road. We have to do more to increase voter turnout among the complacent and idle Trump voters out there who aren't as interested and involved in politics as those of us here. I believe we can and will be successful with Trump leading the way. TRUMP 2020!
Are you part of the international conspiracy to put a smile on my face? You just keep serving up good news!
If God is good, both Sotomayor and Ginsberg will kick off before the end of Trump’s first term . Winning,winning, winning!
You’re out of your mind! Trump should pick based on MERIT, not on sex or color of the skin! Have you learned NOTHING????
Agree!
While I wouldn’t wish them ill, I will be happy to see them leave the bench by whatever means. :)
Yes, my guess is that some Dem Senators, who are up for re-election in red states (Manchin, Heitkamp, Tester, etc), will help create a quorum to facilitate a vote, but then will vote against the nominee. In other words, they will try to have it both ways. It still will expose them to their homestate voters as being captured by the Dem Leftist extremists and Chuck Schumer. This is great. It could help dump a couple of those redstate Dem Senators.
How about an non-lawyer, a true Constitutional Originalist, and a fighter that doesn’t seem to have any political baggage. I’ve always thought Tom Fitton was a first-rate mind and think he would make a good choice. Probably wouldn’t survive the process though.
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