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Trump's Supreme Court frontrunners: A mother of seven who adopted two children from Haiti and belongs to a Christian sect that inspired The Handmaid's Tale - and a Cuban American whose father was stopped from becoming a lawyer by Castro
UK Daily Mail ^ | September 20 2020

Posted on 09/19/2020 11:11:44 PM PDT by knighthawk

President Donald Trump's announced Saturday night that the Supreme Court nominee he plans to announce next week to fill the vacancy left by Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be a woman, spotlighting two conservative women as his potential pick.

During a campaign rally in North Carolina, Trump declared 'I will be putting forth a nominee this week, it will be a woman', later adding his pick would be a 'very talented, very brilliant woman' because 'I like women more than I like men'.

As he left the White House for the rally, the president identified two women as front runners: Amy Coney Barrett, 48, of the Chicago-based 7th Circuit and Barbara Lagoa, 52, of the Atlanta-based 11th Circuit as possible nominees.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Cuba; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: amybarrett; amyconeybarrett; barbaralagoa; barrettcatholic; china; cuba; nicaragua; russia; saynotoamybarrett; scotus; supremecourt; trump; venezuela
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To: knighthawk

Lagoa.

https://fedsoc.org/contributors/barbara-lagoa

A Second Amendment Grade for President Trump So Far
https://fedsoc.org/commentary/fedsoc-blog/a-second-amendment-grade-for-president-trump-so-far


41 posted on 09/20/2020 3:15:47 AM PDT by familyop ( "Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy".)
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To: comebacknewt
"Went into this strongly preferring ACB, but the more I learn about Lagoa, the more I like her."

any clue as to what the stance of either "frontrunner" is on gun rights. I haven't found any mention of that subject yet. Both look good on the abortion front and much else.

42 posted on 09/20/2020 3:19:20 AM PDT by Wonder Warthog (No Longer Tolerating Trolls!)
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To: lewislynn
"I'm not a fan of any organized religion and I NEVER think of Catholics as conservatives. Their Pope is a Communist."

Interesting. The following was written by a Catholic for a very conservative publication.

Amy Coney Barrett Is Not a Safe Pick for the Supreme Court.
https://humanevents.com/2019/09/19/amy-coney-barrett-is-not-a-safe-pick-for-the-supreme-court/

43 posted on 09/20/2020 3:24:52 AM PDT by familyop ( "Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy".)
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To: Crim

Maybe.

I think that he could probably could get one of these two through.

I suspect that a half dozen Pubs, or close to it, will “abstain” on procedural grounds from the vote to bring the matter to the floor, but then that nearly everyone who has already voted to confirm for the position on the lower court will vote to confirm the actual person.

I’m sure that the RBG croaks scenario has been thought through dozens of times, and while reality is always somewhat different than anticipated, I’m optimistic that there is a winning strategy here, perhaps a couple, and it mostly is up to Trump and Turtle.

Hey, it’s Franklin.


44 posted on 09/20/2020 3:26:41 AM PDT by Hieronymus (“I shall drink to the Pope, if you please, still, to conscience first, and to the Pope afterwards.Â)
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To: LibertyWoman

The Charismatics are Liberal, not Conservative. Pass on Barrett.


45 posted on 09/20/2020 3:39:11 AM PDT by NTHockey (My rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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To: comebacknewt

How about both! #PACKSCOTUS


46 posted on 09/20/2020 3:47:33 AM PDT by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
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To: knighthawk

Catch the left flat footed with Britt Grant.
They will have to waste significant time branding her


47 posted on 09/20/2020 3:52:00 AM PDT by griswold3 (Democratic Socialism is Slavery by Mob Rule)
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To: lewislynn

Yeah the klan hates catholics too.


48 posted on 09/20/2020 3:52:40 AM PDT by Crim (Palin / West '16)
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To: lewislynn
I'm not a fan of any organized religion and I NEVER think of Catholics as conservatives.

A hallmark of conversational narcissism is when someone hops on a thread and begins talking about themselves.

49 posted on 09/20/2020 3:53:43 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: 9YearLurker

“Barrett oddly said she must recuse herself from decisions where a constitutional ruling would go against dictates from Rome”

That’s not good AT ALL, if true! I’ve seen a clip of her saying that her religion wouldn’t come in to play when making decisions. It seemed to be in a hearing setting. So I wonder which is true.


50 posted on 09/20/2020 3:57:34 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Disappointment is inevitable. Discouragement is a choice.)
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To: Baldwin77

“I vote for the Florida, freedom-loving Cuban-American !”

Ditto!


51 posted on 09/20/2020 3:58:52 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Disappointment is inevitable. Discouragement is a choice.)
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To: Hieronymus

“I think that Barrett’s answer is brilliant.”

Doesn’t “Rome” = Pope? Pope is a frickin’ commie.


52 posted on 09/20/2020 4:01:16 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Disappointment is inevitable. Discouragement is a choice.)
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To: Luke21

Barnes briefly this spring did an absolutely brilliant weeknight hour on Alex’s outlet. In depth, well researched and presented, but at a high level, and didn’t pull any punches.

I don’t know him well enough to know really what his full story and angle is, but he said the tip he got was that Lagoa was Trump’s pick and that she was a brilliant one for Trump to haved settled on.


53 posted on 09/20/2020 4:10:03 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: MayflowerMadam

Same. Not saying ACB has red flags, exactly, but the adoptions, coupled with hyphenated last names could be little tiny pink ones. Maybe not. Who knows.


54 posted on 09/20/2020 4:10:48 AM PDT by americas.best.days... ( Donald John Trump has pulled the sword from the stone.)
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To: Hieronymus

But to be recusing yourself on the USSC is to hand decisions to the left. And immigration is a likely area for that.


55 posted on 09/20/2020 4:10:57 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: SamuraiScot

Francis is a full-blown commie globalist.

It is a mistake to think that the commies haven’t been a creation and cat’s paw of the wealthiest and oldest Establishment all along.


56 posted on 09/20/2020 4:12:04 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: knighthawk

i’d have to do some more research but I hope Lagoa gets the nod.


57 posted on 09/20/2020 4:15:30 AM PDT by ronniesgal (Q. why did the chicken cross the road? A. It's Trumps fault and you're a racist!)
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To: Beagle8U

You have a good point! As a woman, I am always hesitant to back a woman as they seem to go left and base decision on emotion rather than logic.


58 posted on 09/20/2020 4:15:39 AM PDT by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
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To: MayflowerMadam

This is the article she coauthored with that position:

https://works.bepress.com/amy_barrett/15/


59 posted on 09/20/2020 4:17:03 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: americas.best.days...

“Not saying ACB has red flags, ... but the adoptions, coupled with hyphenated last names could be little tiny pink ones.”

Right. The flags could be fuchsia. It all sounds too airy-fairy and PC to me. Right off the bat that gives me the heebie-jeebies.


60 posted on 09/20/2020 4:17:10 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Disappointment is inevitable. Discouragement is a choice.)
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