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Trump to Make Supreme Court Nomination Friday or Saturday. President has five women under consideration to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Wall Street Journal ^ | September 21, 2020 | Natalie Andrews

Posted on 09/21/2020 6:18:49 AM PDT by karpov

President Trump said he would nominate a Supreme Court pick on Friday or Saturday and has five women under consideration to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, as Senate Republicans lined up behind him and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.), rejecting Democrats’ calls to let the winner of the presidential election make the pick.

Mr. Trump maintained that the replacement of Justice Ginsburg, who died Friday of metastatic pancreatic cancer at the age of 87, should happen swiftly. “We won the election and elections have consequences,” he said Monday morning on Fox News. “We have plenty of time.”

The president’s list has been narrowed to two leading candidates, according to people familiar with the matter: federal appellate judges Amy Coney Barrett of the Seventh Circuit, in Chicago, and Barbara Lagoa of the 11th Circuit, in Atlanta.

The president said he has three other people to choose from, though declined to name them. He said he was looking for someone who is young and could serve on the court for a long time. “We’re looking for a good person.”

Judge Barrett, 48 years old, was confirmed to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in October 2017 in a 55-43 vote. She is popular among social conservatives and was a finalist for the post in 2018 when Mr. Trump chose Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Judge Lagoa, 52, previously served as the first Hispanic woman on Florida’s high court.

More than 20 Senate Republicans said over the weekend that they back moving immediately to fill the vacancy, and many are expected to follow suit as the week gets under way. Two Republican senators—Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska—broke ranks this weekend, saying they oppose action on a nomination before the presidential election.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: angelinacomeybarrett; barrett; donaldtrump; ginsburg; lagoa; ruthbaderginsburg; scotus; senate; supreme; supremecourt; trump
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To: GailA

I’m thinking you mean Olympia Snowe?

She retired, the other Senator from Maine is a supposed Independent Angus King, who is really a hard core DEM.


161 posted on 09/21/2020 10:04:36 AM PDT by Maris Crane
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To: LouieFisk

Her pride was a bad vice. Karma baby.


162 posted on 09/21/2020 10:05:30 AM PDT by gcparent (Justice Brett Kavanaugh)
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To: metmom

“Protect him from the rabid attacks of the enemy and in Your mercy,”

Please Lord, Amen.

Trump received last week a letter laced with ricin.
The would be assassin was later intercepted in the US/Canada border carrying a loaded weapon, while trying to enter the US from Canada. (I assume to finish the job since the letter plot failed).

The left is so crazy, its sickness expand beyond our borders and attracts all sorts of wackos wishing ill on the President.


163 posted on 09/21/2020 10:06:22 AM PDT by Toughluck_freeper
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To: Toughluck_freeper

eived last week a letter laced with ricin.

= = =

??

Nope....it was intercepted.


164 posted on 09/21/2020 10:07:01 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: LouieFisk

It’s extended because she died on Jewish New Year. But then dig the hole and put her in.


165 posted on 09/21/2020 10:07:26 AM PDT by gcparent (Justice Brett Kavanaugh)
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To: Jane Long

Yes, sorry, the letter to Trump was safely intercepted.. and the woman that sent it was tracked down.

That is why they were able to catch her a the border.


166 posted on 09/21/2020 10:10:55 AM PDT by Toughluck_freeper
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To: hoagy62

Do it Friday. I apologize to our Jewish Freepers, but I have had enough with these Jewish holidays already. I want a new SCOTUS.


167 posted on 09/21/2020 10:12:04 AM PDT by gcparent (Justice Brett Kavanaugh)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

They are irreligious. Jewish when it’s convenient.


168 posted on 09/21/2020 10:14:28 AM PDT by gcparent (Justice Brett Kavanaugh)
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To: karpov
why trump is so slow? he already has list. McConnell is ready.

looks like slowly trump is becoming biden.

slow and corrupt ( see his tik-tok decision : how much money for trump family made in corrupt walmart/oracle/CCP deal )

169 posted on 09/21/2020 10:14:47 AM PDT by va22030
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To: MCEscherHammer

“Could be Grant...? Could be Barrett...?”

Barrett would likely be another John Roberts according to Barnes_Law. Here is a short clip of Barnes discussing her. She sided with Illinois governor Pritzker’s lockdown order.

https://mobile.twitter.com/HansMahncke/status/1308074921533243393


170 posted on 09/21/2020 10:16:38 AM PDT by EVO X
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To: Michael.SF.
He needs to wait until at least her memorial service is over.

1 minute after it is over.

171 posted on 09/21/2020 10:20:12 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: karpov

This will be fun to watch the left deny a female to have seat on the SCOTUS simply because they are a female.


172 posted on 09/21/2020 10:25:32 AM PDT by matt04
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To: Michael.SF.

That is ffolish.

They will drag it out till hell freezes over. He plainly said he will do it Friday or Saturday regardless.

She deserves no respect when she has been transformed into a dead political football


173 posted on 09/21/2020 10:26:51 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) t Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay My, oh, my, what a wonderful day)
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To: Sacajaweau

I don’t understand their logic either. What difference does it make if they vote before or after the election. Trump is still president both ways. If Biden wins would they vote differently?


174 posted on 09/21/2020 10:31:43 AM PDT by jaydubya2
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To: central_va

Just heard on tv in repose wed thurs. Burial next week???? WTH


175 posted on 09/21/2020 10:33:20 AM PDT by gcparent (Justice Brett Kavanaugh)
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To: karpov

Nominate all of them and pack the court. Hit the enemy before they hit us!


176 posted on 09/21/2020 10:33:57 AM PDT by Bommer (I'm a MAGA-Deplorian! It is the way! It is the only way!)
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To: karpov

Rush just said that Biden’s list has Stacy Abrams at the top.

If she was actually approved by the Senate it will create a problem because she needs two seats on the bench


177 posted on 09/21/2020 10:36:47 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) t Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay My, oh, my, what a wonderful day)
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To: karpov

This gives Ginsburg’s corpse a respectable time to be venerated as Queen Baby Killer. After that, it’s full speed ahead.


178 posted on 09/21/2020 10:36:58 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (This Space For Rant)
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To: hoagy62

Here’s a link to that website for the day of prayer and repentance.

The Return: NATIONAL AND GLOBAL DAY OF PRAYER AND REPENTANCE
https://thereturn.org/


179 posted on 09/21/2020 10:42:05 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: SamAdams76

Bad optics from who? No one liked this skeletor b!tch, and if Trump nominated the Lord himself, the democraps will tear him apart as unqualified anyways. The bad optics are from the people who hate Trump and would never vote for him anyways! The bad optics will be from the rioting and the Dems destroying a female candidate. This destroys #MeToo and the feminists all in one swoop!


180 posted on 09/21/2020 10:44:36 AM PDT by Bommer (I'm a MAGA-Deplorian! It is the way! It is the only way!)
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