President Donald Trump on Wednesday added 20 names to his existing list of 25 potential picks to fill a future Supreme Court vacancy, including Republican Sens. Ted Cruz, Tom Cotton and Josh Hawley. By doing so, Trump reprised a strategy that many credit with bringing skeptical social conservatives into the fold in 2016 and paving the way for his upset victory over Hillary Clinton.
Cameron; Paul Clement, a former U.S. solicitor general; Stuart Kyle Duncan, a judge on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals; Steven Engel, who heads the Office of Legal Counsel at the Department of Justice; Noel Francisco, a former solicitor general; James Ho, a judge on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals; Gregory Katsas, a judge on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals; Barbara Lagoa, a judge on the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals; Christopher Landau, the U.S.
The senator said that he had a heads-up that his name would appear on the list anyway, but that he looked forward to continuing to serve in the Senate.list over the summer, after the Supreme Court dealt him a series of legal blows on cases pertaining to issues that have historically fired up his base of conservative evangelicals, like abortion, LGBTQ protections and immigration.
Trump’s efforts to remake the federal judiciary have been a keystone — if a relatively under-the-radar one — of his presidency, and he frequently touts the hundreds of federal judges appointed and confirmed during his tenure, even if he often inflates the total number,But without a vacancy on the high court as there was in 2016, the Supreme Court has been a backburner issue throughout the 2020 campaign, despite several health scares this year alone from Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, who is 87...
Trump’s decision to nearly double his existing pool of choices could upset those who favored slashing the original list by as much as half, arguing for a more stringent vetting process, as well as the removal of those with limited records from which to judge the consistency of their judicial philosophy. Those in favor of expanding the list argued that Gorsuch departed from such consistency in his ruling this summer.
Retired Justice Anthony Kennedy is flanked by Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, two former law clerks of his now serving as associate justices, in November 2018. Both were appointed by President Donald Trump. | Fred Schilling/Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States via AP
Bad idea
Go Ted !!!!! Love it !!!!!
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We will rule the day if Cruz ever gets on the court.😱
His father killed Kennedy, said Trump the Liar-in-Chief.
The courts get the final say in US politics, setting precedents that can shape the country for years to come. We must re-elect President Trump to ensure activist judges are not appointed by Joe Biden.
There is another reason to vote against trump
Let’s please stay focused on the president withholding information about COVID 19 that could have prevented thousands of deaths.
A list from hell!
TED CRUZ WOULD MAKE AN EXCELLENT CHOICE AS A JUSTICE HAS HE HAS THE EXPERIENCE
Roflmao Ted Cruz. We know have confirmation that realDonaldTrump had a stroke.
Tom Cotton and Ted Cruz? Oh, HELL NO! Trump’s gotta GO!
no snakes allowed
realDonaldTrump is hard-up for campaign funds and 'the list' is merely the CON MAN POTUS looking for more suckers. tedcruz, the fluffer of the 'sniveling coward' POTUS who attacked his wife/father, is being used as a sucker AGAIN. Seriously, Ted Cruz, are you that dumb?
Who is leaving?
Everyone in the Senate hates Cruz. Can you really imagine them confirming him to SCOTUS? lol If they did, it would be equally funny/sad
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This would have been completely laughable and out of the realm of possibility 4 years ago. TedCruz is a sellout.
More reason to vote him out
Ted Cruz can’t be a justice. He has an ugly wife and his father conspired to assasinate President Kennedy.
No, we don't nominate SCOTUS during an election year. This was made very clear.
Great campaign fodder to get voters out for JoeBiden
What a joke. Wasn’t Tiffany available?
just figured out why Cruz supports trump so fiercely
Pathetic move to win Cuban Vote in Florida.
Ted Cruz?He would not pass the background check,remember the story about his father being involved ......nah!!!let's not go there🤣🤣🤣
His entire campaign is one stunt after another. Not one actual policy.
good choices
Oh get over yourself.... go back to business school.
We just keep sinking deeper into despair created by an Unhinged Moron in the WH. I'm soooooo embarrassed, u should be too!
morgfair Distraction from calling soldiers losers, the lies about COVID and the deaths, the crime, fraud, and felons.
Gag me with a spoon
I cannot imagine what kind of humiliation these guys had to put up with to get on that list. Maybe it was enough to just lie back and let it happen.
morgfair Well corruption recognizes corruption...oh and of course the ass kissing helps
morgfair America will never recover if Trump is reinstalled.
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😂 Ted Cruz? Well we now know why Teddy has no guts and allowed Trump to beat him down like a dog and his family too. Spineless wonder Cruz is.
Not really interested since it won't matter after November 3.
Maybe AG's bold stand going after Wall Street in Ky Pensions put him in on the list
It probably would have been a good idea to talk to your choices first. Josh Hawley does not want the job.
This is Trump's last shot at getting conservatives who hate him, to vote for him.
More reason to have Democrats win the Presidency, Senate and retain the House in November ; we don't want an autocracy in the USA.
Yup put a Canadian on scotus.
Scott Baio? Or not so much?
If Trump gets a second term, you can just read QAnon Facebook posts out loud as your oral argument to SCOTUS
Contribute to his campaign and your name could go on the list!
No, I won't read the list. This is a distraction and 'red meat' for his utterly immoral base.
Tom Cotton or Ted Cruz is enough to let you know u have a madman at the helm....
Just smoke and mirrors, trying to change the current news.
insane
Spineless. All
TED CRUZ? 🤢🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼🤬🤬🤬🤬
Keeping those Republicans on his payroll.
THIS is what THIS distraction is about: [GOP admin]: 'Biden must release a list of justices” The Republican party doesn't even follow laws, they don't get to make up election rules. GOP ADMIN & GOP CONGRESS KNEW THE TRUTH ABOUT COVID-19 & LIED, ENCOURAGING DEADLY BEHAVIOR
Mickey Mouse, Goofy, Donald Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd and - wait for it, Don Jr.
Vote Biden
I can tell you my list wouldn’t involve any senators we need the congress to turn blue
Any one of those spells death camps.