I have the same thoughts, Vic. A early mentor in any industry or career really shapes a person's approach later on. Having a person from the school of Scalia seems better in the long run.
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I have the same thoughts, Vic. A early mentor in any industry or career really shapes a person's approach later on. Having a person from the school of Scalia seems better in the long run.
Yes, Sen Mike Lee from Utah seems to be the dark horse. He was also interviewed by Trump and honestly it seems that he has the best record in terms of 2A. I feel like Trump will go with Barrett though. She will probably score him the most political points with her being female. The mom of 7 thing will score points with all those housewife types that couldn't quite bring themselves over to his side and pulled the lever for Hillary last time around. If she checks all his boxes, politically, she is a no brainer pick. Lets just hope one of his key boxes to check is the 2A box.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vic Tory
Still hoping for known quantity in Lee but a pro 2A Barrett would be even better.
I was reading that one of the picks had actually ruled against AWB and mag bans, can't remember who? Who ever did that gets my meaningless vote. Abortion should be not legislated from the bench. I am very opposed to it, but the real solution to that one is getting people to respect life and not get abortions. Forcing that one just makes it worse.
The abortion issue will be resolved when they find the 'gay gene' and you can abort your kid if they have it. All of a sudden all the left wingers will finally find the moral issues with abortion.
We get a 'ban' on AWBs and the silly mag limits and we take a major amount of the tinder for a wild fire. Then we can have a real discussion about what we can really do about violence.
Lee, with no bench experience and being a pol has zero chance. He may be Kennedy re-incarnated and it won't fly.
At least it looks like we'll break the Yale-Harvard duopoly on SCOTUS?
A justice needs to be a justice, not a politician.
That would be refreshing
you keep that separations of powers crap to yourself before you get in trouble.Quote:
Originally Posted by BPTactical
It will likely become a moot point who is picked because if the dims get control again they will expand the SCOTUS to eleven members just to cancel out Trumps picks and create a socialist court. That’s the way demonrat socialists work, their agenda at any cost.
Kavanaugh actually ruled against an AWB and apparently “insiders” are saying he’s Trump’s favoriteQuote:
Originally Posted by FromMyColdDeadHand
Did Orrin Hatch spill the beans on Trump's pick:
From FoxNews:
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In an op-ed for The Deseret News, Hatch explains what he thinks will happen when Trump makes his Supreme Court pick on Monday to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy. In it, he predicts a nasty political battle in the Senate.
“Given their vision of a politicized judiciary, we should not be surprised when Democrats cry bloody murder at the announcement of the president’s Supreme Court nominee,” the retiring senator writes. “The coming meltdown on the left is sure to be as sensational as it is predictable.”
But, interestingly in the piece, he makes references to the nominee as “her.”
“Just as he did with Neil Gorsuch, the president has promised to nominate an impartial judge, a wise and seasoned jurist committed to upholding the Constitution at all costs,” he writes. “But no matter the nominee’s background or credentials, progressives will do everything they can to paint her as a closet partisan, if not an outright extremist” [emphasis added.]
Can you imagine the blow back from that? That is Banana Republic stuff, and all the things that go with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Big E3