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Donald Trump Calls Chief Justice John Roberts a 'Nightmare for Conservatives'
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Posted on 01/17/2016 11:50:22 AM PST by springwater13

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To: sockmonkey

Considering D.C., let alone the Courts, can’t/don’t seem to read it, understand nor follow the same...what’s it matter?

Oh, they LOVE to spout off chapter and verse, unless it’s A1S8, 9th, 10th...

Let’s not even begin with the precedent vs. source, penumbras, standing and ‘compelling govt interest’


61 posted on 01/17/2016 4:14:08 PM PST by i_robot73 ("A man chooses. A slave obeys." - Andrew Ryan)
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To: DoughtyOne

This part of your post is an outright lie. You ought to retract it, but I don’t suppose you will.


62 posted on 01/17/2016 4:15:34 PM PST by John Valentine (Deep in the Heart of Texas)
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To: patq

It’s good to hear it now, but I would be more impressed if he made these comments back when Roberts was nominated.
___________________________________________________________

Who would be more likely to know?

A business man or the person who brought him into the Bush administration?


63 posted on 01/17/2016 4:22:02 PM PST by Amntn ("The only special interest not being served by our government is the American people" - Donald Trump)
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To: Albion Wilde; Amntn; AuntB; bajabaja; BigEdLB; Biggirl; BlackFemaleArmyCaptain; bushwon; ...

Ping.


64 posted on 01/17/2016 4:22:56 PM PST by Amntn ("The only special interest not being served by our government is the American people" - Donald Trump)
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To: springwater13

Roberts has certainly been unreliable.


65 posted on 01/17/2016 4:23:29 PM PST by Ted Grant
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To: sockmonkey

Lets just ask his beard.


66 posted on 01/17/2016 4:24:14 PM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: Glad2bnuts

The only problem is that Bush didn’t know him until Cruz brought him in on the Florida recount.


67 posted on 01/17/2016 4:26:07 PM PST by Amntn ("The only special interest not being served by our government is the American people" - Donald Trump)
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To: kik5150

Because he was a supposed conservative.


68 posted on 01/17/2016 4:26:50 PM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: John Valentine

On the subject of SCOTUS Nominees...

This is an interesting read.

Cruz later criticized Roberts, but it was too late.

Read who brought him on board the Bush team.

Read the praise he had for him during the nomination process.

See if you recognize any catch phrases in there. These are the exact terms Cruz uses to describe himself, and my inclination is to consider the terms probably about as accurate.

Constitutional Expert / John Roberts / Really?

http://www.businessinsider.com/ted-cruz-is-bashing-john-roberts-after-years-of-praising-him-2015-6


69 posted on 01/17/2016 4:27:03 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Every home needs a crewznadian that has been domestically trained.)
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To: Amntn

Trump is correct but what has Cruz said about Roberts? I remember he really spoke highly of him in the past. Has Cruz said anything specific about Roberts since the OCare ruling?


70 posted on 01/17/2016 4:28:25 PM PST by TornadoAlley3 (I like Trump and Cruz. Leave me the heck alone.)
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To: Amntn

Thanks for the ping.


71 posted on 01/17/2016 4:28:27 PM PST by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: DoughtyOne

Agreed, an interesting read, but nothing in there supports your statement that “Ted Cruz brought John Roberts on board in the Bush administration.”

Cruz did no such thing. The Roberts nomination was suggested by Jeb Bush, and championed by the late Fred Thompson. Cruz advocated for another candidate whose name I can’t remember ATM, and my quick research hasn’t helped refresh it.

Long story short, Cruz got on board once his boss, George W. Bush (he was President, you recall?) selected Roberts. Cruz worked for Bush, and surely you can’t think that Cruz would have worked AGAINST Roberts’ confirmation in the Senate at that point.

The truth is that Cruz played a nearly insignificant role in securing the nomination for Roberts. Any other read of the facts completely overstates the importance of Ted Cruz and his influence at the time.


72 posted on 01/17/2016 4:37:24 PM PST by John Valentine (Deep in the Heart of Texas)
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To: DoughtyOne
A little more bait for the hook

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/214989/right-stuff-ted-cruz

73 posted on 01/17/2016 4:39:34 PM PST by Despot of the Delta (It's time for Trump to become Vlad the Impaler. I want Progressive/Globalist/Establishment heads)
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To: D-fendr

And who does he think would be good on the supreme court?

His sister:


You can’t be serious. (hint neither was Trump).


74 posted on 01/17/2016 4:41:11 PM PST by ironman
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To: Pilgrim's Progress

Wouldn’t that be sweet.


75 posted on 01/17/2016 4:55:23 PM PST by AFreeBird
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To: AFreeBird

It would be like a triple decadent chocolate fudge cake sweet. I would pick Clarence and invite Anita to the swearing in . . . just for some cherry on top.


76 posted on 01/17/2016 4:57:37 PM PST by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: John Valentine; DoughtyOne

http://www.texastribune.org/2012/07/09/cruz-and-roberts-go-way-back/

“Cruz, Justice Roberts Have History”


77 posted on 01/17/2016 5:03:57 PM PST by Amntn ("The only special interest not being served by our government is the American people" - Donald Trump)
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To: springwater13

He might have a bit more credibility on this subject if he didn’t recently join leftists in ripping Antonin Scalia and suggest his lunatic leftist sister would be a great supreme court judge.

Hank


78 posted on 01/17/2016 5:04:27 PM PST by County Agent Hank Kimball (Trust Fund Donnie Trump thinks "Nuclear Triad" is a death metal trio.)
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To: ironman

How do you know Trump wasn’t being serious when he said his sister would be a phenomenal Supreme Court justice?


79 posted on 01/17/2016 5:09:44 PM PST by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: kik5150
I didn’t see a single complaint here on FR when he was appointed.

FReepers have short memories......Everyone was for him before they were against him.......LOL!

As a side note, the same thing can be said about President Bush and his decision to go to war.........

80 posted on 01/17/2016 5:12:08 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (Dear Santa: Please find a home for every homeless and unwanted cat and dog that is suffering)
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