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| Tweet Topic Started: Jan 31 2017, 08:41 PM (136 Views) | |
| Webster | Jan 31 2017, 08:41 PM Post #1 |
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Well, give the man credit: he's turned what is normally a solemn affair into an Apprentice-style media scrum.... (The Guardian) President Donald Trump will shortly announce his pick for the supreme court vacancy created by the death of staunchly conservative justice Antonin Scalia in February last year. Such nominations are rarely without controversy, of course: Barack Obama nominated Merrick Garland for the same vacancy in March 2016, warning Republicans that any delays in confirming his appointment would cause a loss of faith in the supreme court, the justice system and democracy. Garland did not become a supreme court judge. But tonight’s announcement takes the circus to a new level: both presumed finalists – though let’s not assume there is no Trump joker card waiting to be played – have reportedly been summoned to the White House for a live broadcast announcement at 8pm ET, during which the president will tell one of the pair that he is hired. It is not clear whether Neil Gorsuch and Thomas Hardiman, judges in Colorado and Pennsylvania respectively, themselves know who is to be handed the prize. Perhaps they will find out with the rest of us – though leaked reports suggest Gorsuch is the frontrunner. |
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| Webster | Jan 31 2017, 08:43 PM Post #2 |
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(The Guardian) What has Trump said about his process for picking a supreme court nominee? He promised his choice would be a “truly great” justice who is “pro-life”. Earlier this month he told told Republicans: I think in my mind I know who it is. I think you’re going to be very, very excited. By Sunday – amid ongoing protests against the travel ban on visitors from seven Muslim-majority countries and a block on refugees – he had apparently made up his mind: --I have made my decision on who I will nominate for The United States Supreme Court. It will be announced live on Tuesday at 8:00 P.M. (W.H.) (Donald J. Trunp, President of the United States - 31 Jan. 2017) |
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| Webster | Jan 31 2017, 08:44 PM Post #3 |
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(The Guardian) What do we know about Neil Gorsuch? --Gorsuch, 49, was appointed in 2006 by Bush to the 10th circuit court of appeals, in Denver, Colorado, and is a frequent member of Republican-leaning supreme court shortlists. He is the youngest entry on Trump’s reported shortlist. His only book, The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia, was intended to bolster the case against its legalization; its publisher called it his central thesis “the idea that human life is intrinsically valuable and that intentional killing is always wrong”. In 2012, Michael Fragoso, a longtime anti-abortion advocate and current counsel to Arizona senator Jeff Flake, called Gorsuch and other young Bush-era judicial appointees “as good a college of judicial cardinals as the conservative and pro-life movements have ever seen”. Gorsuch has notably used his time on the federal bench to criticize the existing volume of federal regulation as potentially unconstitutional on a variety of grounds, a point he has made in at least one public speech as well. He is a graduate of Harvard law school. |
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| Webster | Jan 31 2017, 08:45 PM Post #4 |
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(The Guardian) What do we know about Thomas Hardiman? --Hardiman, 51, of Pennsylvania, sits on the third circuit court of appeals, to which he was appointed by Bush in 2007. A former district court judge, Hardiman graduated from Georgetown law school in Washington. If nominated and confirmed, he would be the only supreme court justice without an Ivy League law degree. He has advanced conservative interpretations, particularly in “law and order” cases touching on issues such as sentencing guidelines, the death penalty, the right to film police and second amendment issues. In one case, Hardiman questioned whether the first amendment protected people who videotaped police during a traffic stop. “We conclude there was insufficient case law establishing a right to videotape police officers during a traffic stop to put a reasonably competent officer on ‘fair notice’ that seizing a camera or arresting an individual for videotaping police during the stop would violate the First Amendment,” Hardiman wrote. |
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| Webster | Jan 31 2017, 08:47 PM Post #5 |
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(The Guardian) If Trump was hoping for wall-to-wall reality TV-style coverage of this announcement – which is usually a more solemn, dignified affair – he’s getting it. US major broadcast networks are expected to cover live the unveiling of his supreme court pick. --Getting ready to deliver a VERY IMPORTANT DECISION! 8:00 P.M. (Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - 31 Jan. 2017) But it’s possible that we won’t see an Apprentice-style final face-off, with unconfirmed reports now emerging that only one contender (presumably the successful one) has made it to the White House: --SCOOP: "Only 1 of the 2" SCOTUS finalists made it to DC today, per WH official. Means *no "Apprentice"-style showdown. @HallieJackson (Peter Alexander, NBC News - 31 Jan. 2017) |
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| Webster | Jan 31 2017, 08:50 PM Post #6 |
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(The Guardian) As we wait for the Scotus announcement – in around 15 minutes from now – Reuters has news of some separate White House nominations: (1) President Donald Trump will nominate US attorney Rod Rosenstein to be deputy attorney general, the White House said on Tuesday, one day after Trump fired the acting attorney general Sally Yates for refusing to enforce an immigration order. (2) The White House also said Trump will nominate Rachel Brand to be associate attorney general and Steven Engel to be an assistant attorney general, filling senior positions as the justice department awaits Senate confirmation of Jeff Sessions to be attorney general. |
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| Webster | Jan 31 2017, 08:56 PM Post #7 |
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(The Guardian) There’s quite the gathering in the East Room of the White House for the unveiling of Trump’s pick: --Kellyanne Conway, Mitch McConnell, and Paul Ryan just arrived. Kellyanne is in the front row and they're in the second. (Hunter Walker, Yahoo News - 31 Jan. 2017) (Texas Sen.) Ted Cruz is also in the room. |
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| Webster | Jan 31 2017, 08:58 PM Post #8 |
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(The Guardian) Here’s frontrunner Neil Gorsuch speaking last year on finding out that Antonin Scalia had died: A few weeks ago, I was taking a breather in the middle of a ski run with little on my mind but the next mogul field when my phone rang with the news. I immediately lost what breath I had left, and I am not embarrassed to admit that I couldn’t see the rest of the way down the mountain for the tears. From that moment it seemed clear to me there was no way I could give a speech about the law at this time without reference to that news. -Read more: http://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4658&context=caselrev |
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| Webster | Jan 31 2017, 09:04 PM Post #9 |
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(The Guardian) Trump arrives --The president comes to the lectern to applause. He begins by saying that he had promised to “find the very best judge in the country for the supreme court … who loves our constitution”. He says this “may be the most transparent” selection process in history. |
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| Webster | Jan 31 2017, 09:05 PM Post #10 |
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(The Guardian) Trump nominates Neil Gorsuch --Gorsuch is confirmed as Trump’s nominee. |
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| Webster | Jan 31 2017, 09:07 PM Post #11 |
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(The Guardian) It's Gorsuch per the teleprompter --It's Gorsuch per the teleprompter (Ben Jacobs, The Guardian - 31 Jan. 2017) Trump says Gorsuch has “tremendous bipartisan support”. “Was that a surprise, was it?” the president asks the audience of his pick. (It’s not clear what the answer is supposed to be.) Trump says Gorsuch is the “ultimate” representative of the late Justice Scalia. |
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| Webster | Jan 31 2017, 09:09 PM Post #12 |
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(The Guardian) While in law school Gorsuch developed a reputation for helping the less fortunate, Trump says. He could have had any job at any law firm with any amount of money … He wanted to make an impact. He is a man who our country really needs, and needs badly, to ensure the rule of law. |
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| Webster | Jan 31 2017, 09:12 PM Post #13 |
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(The Guardian) Neil Gorsuch speaks --Gorsuch says the president and his team “have shown me great courtesy in this process”. He says he is “acutely aware of my own imperfections”. Gorsuch says Scalia was “a lion of the law”. His voice cracks slightly as he adds: “I miss him.” |
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| Webster | Jan 31 2017, 09:13 PM Post #14 |
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![]() --@ThomTillis: "Judge Neil Gorsuch is an incredibly qualified and mainstream choice to serve on the Supreme Court." (Joe Perticone, Ind. Journal Review - 31 Jan. 2017) |
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| Webster | Jan 31 2017, 09:14 PM Post #15 |
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(The Guardian) President Donald Trump has nominated circuit court judge Neil Gorsuch to fill the vacant seat on the US supreme court, setting up a showdown with congressional Democrats and activists over a pick that could shape the ideological bent of the court for a generation. Gorsuch, 49, the youngest supreme court nominee in 25 years, was among a group of federal judges reported in recent weeks to be on Trump’s shortlist. A strict adherent of judicial restraint known for sharply-written opinions and bedrock conservative views, Gorsuch, a Colorado native, is popular among his peers and is seen as having strong backing among Republicans generally. The nomination landed at a moment of sharply-increasing alarm that the Trump administration plans to pursue extremist policies on core questions likely to come before the court, from religious equality to abortion rights to campaign finance, voting rights, access to healthcare, marriage equality, anti-discrimination protections and more. Trump’s nominee has the potential to tip the court one way or the other on those questions. If confirmed, Gorsuch would return the court to nine justices, filling a seat left vacant since the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in February 2016. -Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/law/2017/jan/31/neil-gorsuch-supreme-court-nomination |
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