Trump releases new list of potential Supreme Court nominees; Senators Cotton, Cruz additions

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

 

Scotus Blog 9/9/2020

Trump releases new list of potential Supreme Court nominees ...

Here is the full list of the president’s additions to his group of potential nominees:

1. Bridget Bade (U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit)
2. Daniel Cameron (Kentucky attorney general)
3. Paul Clement (former solicitor general of the United States)
4. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.)
5. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.)
6. Stuart Kyle Duncan (U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit)
7. Steven Engel (Office of Legal Counsel, DOJ)
8. Noel Francisco (former solicitor general of the United States)
9. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.)
10. James Ho (U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit)
11. Greg Katsas (U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit)
12. Barbara Lagoa (U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit)
13. Christopher Landau (U.S. ambassador to Mexico)
14. Carlos Muñiz (Supreme Court of Florida)
15. Martha Pacold (U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois)
16. Peter Phipps (U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit)
17. Sarah Pitlyk (U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri)
18. Allison Jones Rushing (U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit)
19. Kate Todd (deputy White House counsel)
20. Lawrence Van Dyke (U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit

https://www.scotusblog.com/2020/09/trump-releases-new-list-of-potential-supreme-court-nominees/

 

Remember in early 2016 Trump  linked Cruz’s father to JFK assassin Oswald?   Well Michael Cohen's new book alleges coordination with National Enquirer to smear Republican candidates. 

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According to Cohen, the Trump campaign’s coordination with the National Enquirer went beyond this crucial catch-and-kill tactic. Before publication, the tabloid shared its plan to smear Marco Rubio and allowed Trump to sign off on a photo that would be used as purported evidence that Ted Cruz’s father had met with Lee Harvey Oswald shortly before Oswald killed John F. Kennedy.

“It’s not real, right?,” Trump asked, according to Cohen.

“Looks real to me,” Cohen responded. He writes that Trump laughed and demanded the story be run on the National Enquirer cover.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/09/everything-we-learned-about-trump-from-michael-cohens-book.html

So now Trump's considering Cruz for Supreme Court....

[toomuchbaloney]

Trump is unstable and represents a threat to our republic.  He should be removed from office 

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

2 hours ago, toomuchbaloney said:

Trump is unstable and represents a threat to our republic.  He should be removed from office 

Agree 100%.

[Guest1144461]

Tom Cotton is a good choice, Harvard JD grad and decorated infantry officer.

[emtb2rn, BSN, RN, EMT-B]

3 hours ago, Numenor said:

Tom Cotton is a good choice, Harvard JD grad and decorated infantry officer.

He also described slavery as “a necessary evil” as well as proposing sending in the military to cities where there has been rioting in order to “overwhelming show of force to disperse, detain and ultimately deter lawbreakers.”

A good choice, no. 

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/27/opinions/tom-cotton-slavery-comments-1619-project-bailey/index.html

https://www.cotton.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=1375

[Guest1144461]

56 minutes ago, emtb2rn said:

He also described slavery as “a necessary evil” as well as proposing sending in the military to cities where there has been rioting in order to “overwhelming show of force to disperse, detain and ultimately deter lawbreakers.”

A good choice, no. 

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/27/opinions/tom-cotton-slavery-comments-1619-project-bailey/index.html

https://www.cotton.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=1375

Edit: Not worth debating