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Trump could end up replacing 3, even 4, Supreme Court justices in his first term
Business Insider ^ | June 28, 2018 | Alex Lockie

Posted on 06/28/2018 11:09:43 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

President Donald Trump reportedly has said he thinks he can remake nearly half of the nation's highest court in his image with four separate appointments.

•Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush made only two appointments each over eight years in office.

•Ruth Bader Ginsburg is 85, and Trump has reportedly speculated that Sonia Sotomayor could be forced into early retirement because of diabetes.

•Sotomayor has said she has the situation under control.

•If Trump replaced a liberal justice with a conservative, he could change the court's makeup for decades....

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: scotus; sotomayor; supremecourt; trump
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To: Huskrrrr

>>They will wheel Ginsberg’s dead corpse into chambers before they let her resign.

Chief Justice Roberts should keep court in session for 18 hours a day, 7 days a week...that would do Ginsberg in no time.


41 posted on 06/28/2018 11:57:55 AM PDT by qwerty1234
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To: MountainWalker

Doug Jones is toast in 2020...stick a fork in him.


42 posted on 06/28/2018 11:58:56 AM PDT by 6ppc (It's torch and pitchfork time)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Who among us hasn’t dated 14 year olds when we were in our thirties?

I don't get that. 14-year-old girls look cute to a 16-year-old boy, but if they still look date-able when he is 18, something's wrong with him.

43 posted on 06/28/2018 12:02:17 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (President Trump divides Americans . . . from anti-Americans.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Roll back abortion and homosexual “marriage” to the states. The feds have no business in those areas anyway.


44 posted on 06/28/2018 12:04:38 PM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Only way Ginsberg is leaving is death. No way she retires.


45 posted on 06/28/2018 12:06:38 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

My guess 3 or 4 by his SECOND term.

5.56mm


46 posted on 06/28/2018 12:07:30 PM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: Jeff Chandler

When we moved to Iowa from California I was 14. We lived with my Aunt and Uncle at first. My older cousins were 17, 18 years old and dated 14 year old girls that you’d swear were in their early 20’s.


47 posted on 06/28/2018 12:09:35 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: outofsalt

All of this will have Ruth Buzzy Ginsberg in an iron lung by the end of week.


48 posted on 06/28/2018 12:13:49 PM PDT by jetson
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If President Trump replaces 3 or 4 justices, in my view he would have the same standing as Lincoln saving our country


49 posted on 06/28/2018 12:15:08 PM PDT by Lee25
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To: Mr. K

“Let’s hope the bull dyke and/or wise latina are included.”

There are still many dangers lurking around Cheese and Salsa.

Anything can happen.


50 posted on 06/28/2018 12:18:27 PM PDT by Celerity
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To: napscoordinator

Trump has no authority to do such a thing and he would not if he could.


51 posted on 06/28/2018 12:19:42 PM PDT by arrogantsob (See "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
  1. Anthony Kennedy...Age 81, Swing vote, Appt Reagan
  2. Clarence Thomas...Age 70, Conservative, Appt by Bush Sr.
  3. Ruth Bader Ginsburg...Age 85, Liberal, Appt by Clinton
  4. Stephen Breyer...Age 79, Liberal, Appt by Clinton
  5. John Roberts...Age 69, Conservative, Appt by Bush
  6. Samuel Alito...Age 68, Conservative, Appt by Bush
  7. Sonia Sotomayor...Age 64, Liberal, Appt by Obama
  8. Elena Kagan...Age 59, Liberal, Appt by Obama
  9. Neil Gorsuch...Age 50, Conservative, Appt by Trump

Assuming all Trump appts will act conservatively...


52 posted on 06/28/2018 12:21:55 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

53 posted on 06/28/2018 12:24:14 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZGw2M)
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To: TomGuy

...to which you just review the record of the guy Ebola wanted to replace Scalia.


54 posted on 06/28/2018 12:25:05 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Trump20162020

Oh Lord, Let is be so.
The last time there was a conservative SUPREME COURT. Charles Evans Hughes was Chief Justice,FDR was President and Hughes kept FDR from packing the court with liberals he tried to get congress to up the number from like 9 -15 justices. GOD BLESS TRUMP for his conservative choices!
VOTE VOTE VOTE increase our Majority in SENATE this may be one of most important facets of the Trump Presidency!


55 posted on 06/28/2018 12:25:07 PM PDT by lexington minuteman 1775
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
14 year old girls that you’d swear were in their early 20’s.

Until they opened their mouths and spoke.

56 posted on 06/28/2018 12:32:11 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (President Trump divides Americans . . . from anti-Americans.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Yeah, there is that. LOL


57 posted on 06/28/2018 12:32:48 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: DannyTN

Survival Rates
According to the American Cancer Society, for all stages of pancreatic cancer combined, the one-year relative survival rate is 20%, and the five-year rate is 7%. These low survival rates are attributable to the fact that fewer than 20% of patients’ tumors are confined to the pancreas at the time of diagnosis; in most cases, the malignancy has already progressed to the point where surgical removal is impossible.

In those cases where resection can be performed, the average survival rate is 23 to 36 months. The overall five-year survival rate is about 10%, although this can rise as high as 20% to 35% if the tumor is removed completely and when cancer has not spread to lymph nodes.


58 posted on 06/28/2018 12:33:45 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (President Trump divides Americans . . . from anti-Americans.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I would bet Ginsberg in a year and another in DJT’s second term.


59 posted on 06/28/2018 12:40:12 PM PDT by arthurus (wer786)
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To: napscoordinator

This is a once in a lifetime Conservative opportunity as the Republic is on the brink. We dodged the Clinton bullet. What comes next from the left will be more than bullets.


60 posted on 06/28/2018 12:42:42 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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