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Trump stacking courts with anti-LGBTQ judges, advocates say
NBC News ^ | 12/21/2017 | John Paul Brammer

Posted on 12/21/2017 4:35:35 PM PST by Trump20162020

From a proposed ban on transgender people serving openly in the military to an amicus brief in support of a Colorado baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple, the Trump administration has often found itself at odds with advocates of LGBTQ rights this year.

But there is one area in particular that has advocates worried, one they say will affect the country, and LGBTQ civil rights, long after President Donald Trump has left office: the record speed with which he is reshaping the federal courts.

When Trump assumed the presidency in January, he inherited more than 120 federal judicial vacancies. Since then, he has made 59 nominations to fill those seats, and the Senate has confirmed 18 of them. Advocates of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer rights, however, are sounding the alarm over the past records of many of the nominees.

“This is an area where they have the ability to make a huge impact,” McGowan told NBC News. “It’s an area where they hold all the cards.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: donaldtrump; homosexualagenda; judicialbranch; judiciary; trump; trumpjudiciary
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1 posted on 12/21/2017 4:35:35 PM PST by Trump20162020
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To: Trump20162020

Bonus!!


2 posted on 12/21/2017 4:37:56 PM PST by ScottinVA ( Liberals, go find another country.)
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To: Trump20162020

Winning. No special rights for sodomites, period.


3 posted on 12/21/2017 4:38:30 PM PST by farming pharmer
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But it’s ok that the rats put LGBTQIONSGK justices on the courts.

Screw them. Go Trump!


4 posted on 12/21/2017 4:39:17 PM PST by EQAndyBuzz (We're CNN. We're not lying, we're just incompetent!)
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To: Trump20162020

By forcing their vulgar BS down the throat of the People, especially the 8 years of the last administration, they have brought this upon themselves. Suck it up, buttercup.


5 posted on 12/21/2017 4:39:18 PM PST by lgjhn23 (It's easy to be liberal when you're dumber than a box of rocks.)
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To: Trump20162020

Winning!


6 posted on 12/21/2017 4:40:04 PM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Trump20162020

Its only fair. Obambi stocked them with pro gay advocates.


7 posted on 12/21/2017 4:40:44 PM PST by pfflier
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To: Trump20162020

In other words, judges who think that if you have a penis, you are a man, and if you have a vagina, you are a woman.


8 posted on 12/21/2017 4:40:47 PM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: Trump20162020

I don’t see the problem with getting back to family values instead of going further down the path of “whatever feels good, do it.”


9 posted on 12/21/2017 4:41:23 PM PST by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: akalinin

good use of that word - that’s the correct description

and it’s a lot more polite than pedophile


10 posted on 12/21/2017 4:41:51 PM PST by vooch (America First Drain the Swamp as)
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To: Trump20162020

Stacking the Courts???? Isn’t that what the homo loving commies have been doing for years?? I wish Trump would talk our older conservative justices to retire so he can replace them with younger conservatives while they are still in good health. If one of them was to pass while the commies had the white house, we could lose the court forever. Younger replacements now, while we hold the WH, and somewhat hold the Senate, we could maybe get younger ones in. Of course, Trump would have to meet with the RINOs first to make sure they would push through his replacements. The stinking RINOs would probably veto his selections and pass commie ones.


11 posted on 12/21/2017 4:42:01 PM PST by RetiredArmy (We are in the Last Days of human history. Jesus is coming back, & soon! Do U know Him?)
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To: Trump20162020
Good, you faggots. There's nothing 'special' about you, except you're an existential aberration who make most people cringe. Get in line with the rest of us, and if we choose not to associate with you, that's our God-given right.
12 posted on 12/21/2017 4:43:14 PM PST by Viking2002 ("If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck." - John Steinbeck)
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To: Trump20162020

Equal Rights, not Special Rights.

All Lives Matter, not just Black Lives Matter.

Life is like a Cereal Box top, Tab A goes into Slot B.


13 posted on 12/21/2017 4:43:19 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (Islamophobia, a word created by fascists, and used by cowards, to manipulate morons.)
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To: Trump20162020
"Hi! I'm John Paul Brammer, the brilliant editorialist!"


14 posted on 12/21/2017 4:44:22 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Trump20162020

Colorado baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple

Not what happened.


15 posted on 12/21/2017 4:44:29 PM PST by samtheman (Liberalism is a mental disease.)
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To: Trump20162020

I hope this is accurate, but it’s probably way overblown.


16 posted on 12/21/2017 4:44:43 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (CNN IS ISIS.)
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To: Trump20162020

What is ridiculous is that they are just not overt proponents of lgbtq phony special rights, but they would provide a fair case to them legally on other issues.

If you arent a lgbtq rights activist you get labeled by the left as anti-whatever.


17 posted on 12/21/2017 4:45:26 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: lgjhn23

“By forcing their vulgar BS down the throat of the People, especially the 8 years of the last administration, they have brought this upon themselves. Suck it up, buttercup.


Just suck it, period, fruits.


18 posted on 12/21/2017 4:45:49 PM PST by Bonemaker
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To: Trump20162020

Well if you get a decent Judge he/she is going to have a moral perspective. You can’t have it both ways.


19 posted on 12/21/2017 4:46:39 PM PST by Bellflower (Who dares believe Jesus?)
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To: Trump20162020

Elections have consequences.


20 posted on 12/21/2017 4:47:00 PM PST by Flag_This (Liberals are locusts.)
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