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Trump White House Preparing To Replace Liberal Supreme Court Justice?
DCWhispers ^ | January 28, 2018 | DCWhispers

Posted on 01/28/2018 7:15:00 PM PST by mairdie

Whispers are rampant throughout D.C. that a vacancy is imminent on the U.S. Supreme Court - one that is currently taken by one of the most liberal members of the Court.

It has the Trump White House giddy over the prospect of potentially and forcefully shifting the balance of power on the Court while Democrats in Congress are said to be warning White House staff of a prolonged and brutal fight should President Trump attempt to replace a liberal Justice with a hardline-conservative nominee.

The reason for the Justice's alleged departure is said to be "ongoing illness/physical limitations."

The first on the Court that comes to mind given those clues is 84-year old Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Justice Ginsberg has visibly slowed down a great deal in recent years, and has been prone to falling asleep in public, even when on the bench. Ginsberg's office has taken to pushing back on rumors of her health issues via a series of left-leaning media publications, but Court watchers have noted Ginsberg's increasingly limited public schedule of late.

Despite his 79-years, Justice Stephen Bryer's place on the Court apparently remains secure, but not so with two others - swing-vote Justice Anthony Kennedy, 81, and liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor, 63.

Justice Kennedy, a moderate liberal (or moderate conservative depending on who you talk to) has already hinted at possible retirement, so he is not the likely source of the current Supreme Court rumors. Justice Sotomayor, though, despite being among the Court's younger members, is said to be struggling greatly with her workload as she deals with a worsening diabetes condition. Court watchers have noted a visible decline in just the last year where she appears to have aged ten years. Rumors are also swirling regarding staff having to take up an increasing workload for the ailing Sotomayor who is said to have difficulty maintaining her train of thought for more than short periods of time. And like Ginsberg, Sotomayor's staff is working hard to orchestrate a media-driven narrative to counter rumors of her decline.

Here is the thought that is now keeping the far-left elites up at night. Justice Kennedy might very well be preparing for retirement. That would be one Supreme Court vacancy. And if the rumors of ill health regarding Ginsberg and Sotomayor are in fact true, that could be two or even THREE vacancies on the Court for Trump to fill within the next year or two.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Editorial; Government
KEYWORDS: anthonykennedy; blog; bloggers; clickbait; ruthbaderginsberg; scotus; soniasotomayor; speculation; stephenbryer; supremecourt; trump; trumpscotus
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To: mairdie
"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas"

Every day I wake up a new present! For "Her" it is Ground Hogs Day, the Movie

The possibility of 3 or more SCJ's in 45's terms? I was hoping for 2, but now 3 is not out of the question, wow...

Think where we would be without the electoral college and think how many of us would be in metapphorical chains, that is right I said it, they would have taken the weaponization of every dept to the next level, at a minimum audits up the ying-yang.

This never gets old...


241 posted on 01/29/2018 4:56:57 AM PST by taildragger ("Do you hear the people Singing? Singing the Song of Angry Men!")
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To: mairdie

Will their replacements over-turn RvW?


242 posted on 01/29/2018 5:00:24 AM PST by windowdude
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To: Hildy

My God, these are the people who control the future of the Country. Our founding Father’s did NOT envision this.

I was just thinking that. No one ever imagined these people would put their massive egos against the good of their country - but they obviously do, hanging in there decades after they should be propped up in front of a TV watching reruns of Judge Judy and “Golden Girls.”


243 posted on 01/29/2018 5:07:31 AM PST by Pravious
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To: TigerLikesRooster

It’s really not up to her. The “Grim Reaper “ will weigh in sooner or later.


244 posted on 01/29/2018 5:09:38 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: kenmcg

Ted Cruz!!!

That would cause all of the other members to retire immediately.


245 posted on 01/29/2018 5:10:02 AM PST by Pravious
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To: mairdie

——giddy-—

I don’t think so. Evidence? None.

The article is drivelous speculation that could have been lifted from numerous threads here on Free Republic.


246 posted on 01/29/2018 5:15:38 AM PST by Thibodeaux (2018 is looking good)
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To: mairdie

I saw last night that Buzzy is going to try to outlive the Trump Presidency, so unless God decides otherwise, she ain’t going anywhere.


247 posted on 01/29/2018 5:29:51 AM PST by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: DCBryan1
Ok...give them Ann Coulter or Laura Ingram, or Judge Pirro.

Now, you're thinking. Except these would be the *first* choice that would make the libs recoil in horror so that they expend all their money and bile defeating her, making it easier for Trump to get through their second choice, a woman who is just as conservative but not as well-known.

248 posted on 01/29/2018 5:30:45 AM PST by OrangeHoof (Donald Trump: Doing the work American politicians just won't do.)
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To: dsrtsage

LMAO!!!!! You win the Internets for today!


249 posted on 01/29/2018 5:31:24 AM PST by ScottinVA ( Liberals, go find another country.)
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To: LostInBayport

LMAO!! That look by Kennedy says volumes!!


250 posted on 01/29/2018 5:36:56 AM PST by ScottinVA ( Liberals, go find another country.)
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To: mairdie

It would make sense for Trump to be well prepared with a set of well-vetted candidates, even if there is no immediate opening.

But once ANY of the non-conservative justices are replaced, it makes the position of the remaining liberals futile. If Kennedy is no longer the swing vote, why stay? If Ginsberg will always be on the losing side, why stay?


251 posted on 01/29/2018 5:43:58 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (Big governent is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: dp0622

252 posted on 01/29/2018 5:52:58 AM PST by null and void (The Martians fought global warming, all the plants died and the surface water froze solid...)
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To: dsrtsage
Now if Trump can find a black transgendered lesbian wiccan super conservative, we can all sit back and eat popcorn watching the democrats twist themselves into pretzels until their spines snap

Eh?

No wheelchair?

253 posted on 01/29/2018 5:54:36 AM PST by null and void (The Martians fought global warming, all the plants died and the surface water froze solid...)
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To: Hildy
My God, these are the people who control the future of the Country. Our founding Father’s did NOT envision this.

The power of judges comes from the civil service laws.

In Andrew Jackson's time, the Supremes issued an order to the executive branch in Worcester v. Georgia. Jackson allegedly responded "John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it!" This was because any executive branch person attempting to comply with the judges rather than the President's wishes could be immediately fired.

What leftist court rulings do, is provide cover for leftist bureaucrats to act in leftist ways, and not be fired for insubordination.

254 posted on 01/29/2018 5:57:00 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (Big governent is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: volunbeer
In 1968 Earl Warren told LBJ that he would retire effective on his successor being confirmed. LBJ picked Abe Fortas (already an associate justice) but conservatives blocked his confirmation. Warren retired in 1969 and Nixon then replaced him with Warren Burger. Meanwhile Abe Fortas resigned over an ethical issue...so Nixon had two vacancies to fill right away. Reportedly Warren would have stayed on if he had realized that Nixon would get to pick his successor (he died in 1974 so eventually Nixon might have gotten to pick his successor...but that happened a month before Nixon resigned so more likely Ford would have made the choice).

Warren may have felt that Nixon double-crossed him in 1952. Warren was a "favorite son" candidate from California at the Republican National Convention and Nixon, as senator from California, was expected to support him, but Nixon backed Eisenhower instead. But of course Warren wanted the Court to continue on its liberal course. I think Ike said picking Warren was his worst mistake, or one of his worst mistakes.

255 posted on 01/29/2018 5:57:11 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Chode
then raise the court count to 11, nine isn't carved in stone...

While we're at it, make the census count residents and citizens, and assigning House seats based on citizens residing in a state.

256 posted on 01/29/2018 6:00:04 AM PST by null and void (The Martians fought global warming, all the plants died and the surface water froze solid...)
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To: LostInBayport

They misspelled RBF on that cover...


257 posted on 01/29/2018 6:02:57 AM PST by null and void (The Martians fought global warming, all the plants died and the surface water froze solid...)
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To: kaehurowing

If the Senate were to vote on most matters using 50% rule, we’d get a lot done. Time to demand it.


258 posted on 01/29/2018 6:07:19 AM PST by nikos1121 (Tax cuts should be retro-active to January 1, 2017!!!!)
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To: kaehurowing

“invoke the Nuclear Option, aka the Harry Reid Rule. Don’t waste any time.”

By all means necessary.


259 posted on 01/29/2018 6:15:19 AM PST by SharpRightTurn (Chuck Schumer--giving pond scum everywhere a bad name.)
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To: mairdie

I see it as an opportunity that bodes well for the country, no matter how hard the Left tries to fight back. They are losing everything but their shirts, since black Democrats are realizing they are still slaves.


260 posted on 01/29/2018 6:29:18 AM PST by Monkey Face (The trouble with trouble is that it starts out as fun. ~ FB ~)
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