Trump ready to name replacements for SAMUEL ALITO and CLARENCE THOMAS if they retire

Baws need to do like Breyer and make their retirement effective when their successor is confirmed.

Dems fixing to level some sexual assault allegations against any name trump mentions

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Dems fixing to level some sexual assault allegations against any name trump mentions

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same old playbook.

I don’t see either Alito or Thomas retiring for political expediency. If I had to choose, I could see Alito doing it before Thomas, but still overwhelming odds he won’t.

Besides, I could also see some RINOs opting against a rapid confirmation with midterms upcoming. “Principles” and all that bullshite.

This might be a long shot, but what about Robert’s retiring.

Most Chief Justices average about 20 years, and Roberts is nearing that mark.

But Roberts wouldn’t let Trump have that chance to leave a mark on the judiciary with a Chief Justice pick.

What would RBG do?

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expanding the court…how would that be constitutional…

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The number of justices on the Supreme Court of the United States isn’t a provision of the Constitution, but is set by statute, the Judiciary Act. Legislation may be proposed, debated, passed by majority vote of both houses and signed by the President to amend the law and increase the number of justices presumably by any amount. This is what the Democrats will do if they regain control of the legislature and the executive branch.

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Hope we can do better than ACB.

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And that's the thing.

Not being a conservative, Trump has no basis to pick actual conservative judges.

So his judge picks are a mixed bag just like he is.

And for some reason everyone thinks that ACB is the most liberal of the three he's picked, but the numbers say she's the most conservative.

Brett Kavanaugh helps create a liberal majority more than either of the other two, and it's not close. He's joined the liberal majority in close 5-4 rulings OVER HALF the time. 52%.

Gorsuch is the most likely of the three to join liberal judges in dissent for 5-4 cases. 44% of the time.

Barrett, by contrast, votes with the liberals only 32% of the time.

Contrast that with the Bush appointees and the numbers are much lower on average.

Thomas sides with the liberals 20% of the time, Roberts 35% and Alito 20%.

And again, that makes perfect sense. Trump is not a conservative; he's a populist. He's a mixed bag of policies and it makes perfect sense that he would pick justices that are also philosophical mixed bags.

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he has way more conservative/right wing policies than moderate/liberal.

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What are they?

He believes in tax and spend (yes, tariffs are taxes).

He's not particularly supportive of the 2nd amendment (need I substantiate that, or is your memory good enough to remember how he has weighed in on the 2nd?)

He's actually facilitated the very definition of socialism by facilitating the government buying into a private business.

He's supported government mandated paid maternity leave, the afore-mentioned financial protectionist policies as well as government controlled price setting in certain markets, in his first term he supported legislation to facilitate DEI programs—specifically women in STEM fields, and supported "transgenders using any bathrooms they choose." That's a direct quote, btw.

He's also very tight on immigration and hawkish on military intervention, and he's reversed some of the views he championed in his first term...namely the DEI and transgender issues. He's been relatively pro-choice and also pro-life.

And that's the point. I never said he was liberal. But he's not a conservative either. He's a populist, which means he favors some liberal policies and some conservative policies and he might favor one today and completely reverse himself next month.

Because he doesn't navigate by way of any foundational principles.

If all of that offends your smooth brain, then you tell me...why is it that he can't pick SCOTUS justices who consistently vote conservatively? I gave my theory, let's hear yours.