The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board writes: President Trump’s nomination of Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court is a highlight of his Presidency and perhaps a hinge moment for the judiciary. Judge Barrett’s record and intellect suggest she can join Mr. Trump’s other appointees in reviving core constitutional principles in American law and life. […]
Gender and Race – Biden’s Supreme Qualifications?
Who gets into the White House is not the only concern for voters this coming November. Should Democrats also win the Senate, Andrew McCarthy in NRO lists an abundance of other steps they would follow: expanding and packing the lower federal courts statehood for the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico single-payer healthcare elements of […]
Cuban American Judge Barbara Lagoa, Great Supreme Pick
In The Wall Street Journal, Jason L. Riley praises Judge Barbara Lagoa, endorsing her as a replacement for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, writing (abridged): President Trump has said he will nominate a replacement for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg later this week, and it’s no surprise that Judge Barbara Lagoa is high on his short list. […]
Ruth Ginsburg: Worthy of Great Praise and Adulation?
Who amongst us wants to say anything negative about the dead? Especially when the deceased is an “icon,” a feminist icon at that. Certainly not Francis Menton, as he points out in his latest Contrarian Manhattan post. Justice RBG was not Menton’s idea of what a Supreme Court Justice should be. RBG had a strong […]
Ginsburg’s Wish Is Not Constitution’s Command
If the Democrats win in November and gain control of both Congress and the White House, they will pack the Court ASAP. Appeasing them by waiting to nominate a new Justice won’t work. Democrats Fear Loss of SCOTUS SCOTUS is Democrats’ best political and social instrument of change. Democrats know voters do not support their […]
McConnell: There Will Be a Vote
Mitch McConnell has said that President Trump’s next Supreme Court nominee will receive a vote. Carlos Garcia reports for The Blaze: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell confirmed, to the Democrats’ dismay, that he will push to hold a vote for a nominee to the Supreme Court from President Donald Trump after the death of Ruth Bader […]
Constitutional Hardliner Amy Coney Barrett Likely Next Trump Pick
Originally posted on September 24, 2018. Amy Coney Barrett could, and probably should, be Donald Trump’s next nominee to the Supreme Court, if a vacancy happens to arise. Here’s a little about Coney Barrett from Steve Cortes writing at RealClearPolitics.com: BIOGRAPHY — Barrett’s story almost seems too incredible to believe. Her professional credentials include clerking for […]
Is Free Speech in the U.S. in Death Throes?
Daniel Henninger of the WSJ does not think that free speech is dead. Yet. But it certainly is in need of active defending, he maintains. Aware of the natural tendency of factions and majorities to want to suppress opposition opinion, the Founders created a Bill of Rights for all citizens, including what they called, with […]
John Roberts Runs Scared from Democrat Threats
Recently, New York gun owners fought their way through the federal court system against unconstitutional gun laws imposed on them by New York City. When the case got to the Supreme Court, New York City leaders, knowing they would lose, repealed the laws. Gun owners continued the fight to ensure state and local governments wouldn’t […]
Senator Chuck Schumer Threatens the Supreme Court of the United States
On Wednesday, the Senate Minority Leader spoke to abortion-rights activists on the steps before the Supreme Court. I want to tell you, Gorsuch. I want to tell you, Kavanaugh. You have released the whirlwind, and you will pay the price. You won’t know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions. Schumer […]
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