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Yeah, Kennedy was really the crucial swing vote in all the right wing decisions these last couple weeks.
/sarcasm

Hollywood Implodes over Justice Kennedy Retirement: ‘This Is How You Lose a Country’

My first reaction, did they think all
the old fogey justices would hold
on till 2021 till Trump was maybe
gone? Do they really think the Left
will have a Senate majority after
the mid terms with soooo many
Left seats up for grabs?

No no no, they thought Trump
would be gone by last summer,
this spring at the latest. They
thought he would have been
perp walked out of the WH by
now. Trump getting yet another
SCOTUS appointment was not
in their realm of possibilities.

Now they don't know what to
do. This was all set up by Obama
& FBI and the justice dept to be
Hillary's baby. She was supposed
to choose the court for the next
30 years, not a reality TV star.
Hello 2nd amendment being
here awhile longer..

Quote: Dalex64

Why would the do that? I don't know, why would congress decide not to vote on a supreme court nomination from a president when the president has less than a year left on his term?

Well, could be because said POTUS blocked judicial votes the same way when he was a Senator. Not saying, just saying.

Quote: AZDuffman

Well, could be because said POTUS blocked judicial votes the same way when he was a Senator. Not saying, just saying.

Senators in the opposition party have always blocked votes. Both sides have done it.

The republicans are the ones that established the policy of no supreme court decisions if there is an election in less than a year. Let them be consistent. Let the people decide.

Quote: Dalex64

Senators in the opposition party have always blocked votes. Both sides have done it.

But the Democrats made it an art form under Bush43. Back in the 1980s what they did to Bork was appalling.

Quote:

The republicans are the ones that established the policy of no supreme court decisions if there is an election in less than a year

If that is what you are citing, it is in the 8th year of a POTUS. So really, why would they wait?

There is a list of 25 potential nominees.

The democrats should pick one of them.

That would speed things up a lot.

Could Trump end up nominating four justices?

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice, was born in Brooklyn, New York, March 15, 1933. President Clinton nominated her as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and she took her seat August 10, 1993.

Anthony M. Kennedy, Associate Justice was born in Sacramento, California, July 23, 1936. President Reagan nominated him as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and he took his seat February 18, 1988.

Stephen G. Breyer, Associate Justice, was born in San Francisco, California, August 15, 1938. President Clinton nominated him as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and he took his seat August 3, 1994.

Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice, was born in the Pinpoint community near Savannah, Georgia on June 23, 1948. President Bush nominated him as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court and he took his seat October 23, 1991.

Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Associate Justice, was born in Trenton, New Jersey, April 1, 1950.. President George W. Bush nominated him as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and he took his seat January 31, 2006.

Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice, was born in Bronx, New York, on June 25, 1954. President Barack Obama nominated her as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on May 26, 2009, and she assumed this role August 8, 2009.

John G. Roberts, Chief Justice of the United States was born in Buffalo, New York, January 27, 1955. President George W. Bush nominated him as Chief Justice of the United States, and he took his seat September 29, 2005.

Elena Kagan, Associate Justice, was born in New York, New York, on April 28, 1960. President Obama nominated her as the Solicitor General of the United States. A year later, the President nominated her as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on May 10, 2010. She took her seat on August 7, 2010.

Neil M. Gorsuch, Associate Justice, was born in Denver, Colorado, August 29, 1967.President Donald J. Trump nominated him as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and he took his seat on April 10, 2017.

Anything is possible. It's also possible a fiery comet will hit the White House.

Quote: Pacomartin

Could Trump end up nominating four justices?
.

Maybe 5. Thomas has told friends he wants
to retire soon.

Quote: Evenbob

Maybe 5. Thomas has told friends he wants
to retire soon.

Thomas is a liberal case study on how the left wants nothing to do with Blacks unless they are liberal and act as they are told. Yet they claim conservatives are the racists.