This means President Trump won’t be picking Cotton.
So did I. What are the odds?
RE: Tom Cotton Says He Took Himself Out Of Consideration For Supreme Court
Ted Cruz already said he isn’t interested. That leaves Mike Lee as the only Senator left.
I do know why Senator Cotton has failed to ever put the Senate into recess once.
Fun fact: President Eisenhower used a recess appointment to put William Brennan on the Supreme Court a month before the 1956 election
President Trump has not had a single recess appointment yet.
Probably for the same reasons Ted Cruz does not wish to sit on the Supreme Court; both have political ambitions that would not be possible for a sitting judge.
Secondary reason: Perhaps they don’t want to put their families through the televised gauntlets of Drawing & Quartering every GOP SC candidate is now subjected to.
I can see Ted not wanting to do this. At least not right now. His family already went through a presidential race, so they vividly recall how crazy and demanding a national campaign can be.
Good. I don’t think the president should be messing with the Senate when we have such a slim majority.
Hopefully these Senators are refusing in order to keep their seats in the Senate and thus eliminate the possibility of a dem Senate takeover with Schmuckie Schumer at the helm.
Yeah, me too. Screw that, I sez.
We can’t afford to lose any votes so appointing a Senator at this point is a no-go...they would have to recuse themselves on the vote for their own nomination.
I turned it down too. :)
Accepting it means you don’t run for president, but it also means you live in DC until you’re about 80, working every day of it.
That might not appeal to everyone. If he sees himself in higher office or retiring to his farm in Arkansas, he would not want that job.
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It’s got to be a woman. Barrett or Lagoa. Lagoa will be a faster confirmation. Trump can save ACB in case Thomas retires in the next several years.
I think his pishadeel took him out of the running when Trump said it would be a woman.