The SCOTUS Nominee the GOP FEAR the most: Tino Cuellar

[BlueCaliDem]

[font color="red" size="14"]The GOP’s Worst Nightmare SCOTUS Nominee[/font]
Tino Cuellar. California Supreme Court Associate Justice. Mexican-American. Harvard. Yale. Stanford. How many Latino votes you think the GOP’d get if they block him?

Here’s a name you need to get to know: Tino Cuellar. Who is Tino Cuellar? The potential Supreme Court nominee who could tie the Republican Party in the most Gordian knots of any of them, and who could thereby alter the presidential race dramatically as well.

Yes, yes; Barack Obama should choose the person best qualified for the job with whom he is most intellectually comfortable. But should that person be Mariano Florentino Cuellar, there could be plenty of benefits aside from having a brilliant, young, Latino person on the Court.

Cuellar, 43, is an associate justice on California’s State Supreme Court. He was born in Mexico. He is a naturalized U.S. citizen. He grew up on the border, and his family moved to California’s Imperial Valley when he was a teenager. He was smart and decided he wanted an education. He got one, all right. Get this resume: undergrad, Harvard; law school, Yale; master’s and doctoral degrees, Stanford.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/02/15/the-gop-s-worst-nightmare-scotus-nominee.html

[Johnyawl]

1. Yup, sounds like that's the one we need.

[Orrex]

2. Durned immigrants taking all the good jobs

I'm nor familiar with the honorable judge Cuellar, but he sounds like a terrific choice from what I'm now reading.

[DCBob]

3. My money is on this guy.. no doubt about it.

This will send the GOPers into complete chaos.

[BlueCaliDem]

8. Tino Cuellar was also an official in both the Obama and Clinton Administrations!

A solid win for us should President Obama choose him as his nominee. I would love to see how Republicans spin in circles trying to deny him. This should be a high-profile battle so all Mexican-Americans will see how Republicans really think about them.

[DCBob]

16. Yes, the more I hear about him the more I think he is the perfect nominee.

I suspect our President is looking at this guy very seriously and probably has already made up his mind.

This could be very very good for us. The GOP will be torn on whether to just go ahead and approve him to make sure this doesnt carry over to the November or to block him and take the consequences. I cannot imagine there will be any sort of consensus on that since its entirely a judgement call.

[Hortensis]

23. Judge Cuellar may not want to be served up

for slicing and dicing before being rejected -- all for political maneuvering. Someone that liberal would never be approved, and I've never heard of a name once rejected being re-submitted. But maybe he'd be willing to throw himself on the Judiciary Committee sword anyway.

[DCBob]

25. Good points.

We shall see.

[Hortensis]

27. Yes. Wouldn't he be fabulous. Loretta Lynch

was the best current guess of a writer on Scotusblog for (first) nominee, who would eventually be voted down, then on to "slow-walk" a second second until they could claim it was too late to act on the nomination. Let's hope he's wrong.

[LonePirate]

26. I fully support whatever qualified progressive candidate causes the most GOP chaos.

Cuellar or any female nominee like Kamala Harris would be ideal.

[BlueCaliDem]

29. Kamala Harris is running for Barbara Boxer's seat - and it appears she'll win it.

Barbara Boxer is retiring.

[B Calm]

4. What's his stance on marijuana legalization?

[BlueCaliDem]

5. I don't know. Maybe you should look it up. eom

[B Calm]

7. I been looking, thought someone nice could help me out.

[BlueCaliDem]

13. I wasn't being negative. I really don't know. eom

[B Calm]

15. Thanks

[BlueCaliDem]

19. You're welcome, B Calm. eom

[DCBob]

10. Of all the critical issues facing this country.. that's your biggest concern??

[B Calm]

12. It's one of many!

[DCBob]

17. Ok. Understood.

Me too.

[flamingdem]

6. Excerpt from article I just posted - I think Cuellar fits the bill

As President Obama moves to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, the vow by Senate Republicans to block any nominee is providing him with a powerful incentive to focus on more liberal candidates.

Often, particularly when facing a Senate controlled by the other party, a president will seek a nominee who has bipartisan appeal. But if Republicans hold to their position of refusing to confirm anyone before the election, that sort of cross-party appeal has less utility.

With abortion, climate change, gun control, religious liberty and union rights all among the issues that have crowded onto the court's docket of late, the stakes are high. Both sides have begun setting the grounds for an all-out political battle.

Democrats see a chance to have a liberal majority on the high court for the first time in more than four decades. Republicans fear the loss of a court that, despite some left-leaning rulings on issues such as same-sex marriage, has mostly stood as a conservative bulwark.

[hifiguy]

9. Hmm. The CA SC is well-stocked.

Justice Cuellar or Justice Goodwin Liu would both be excellent choices.

[BlueCaliDem]

18. Yep. They're both strong Liberals and both YOUNG (Cuellar: 43 and Liu: 45).

But I believe Tino Cuellar would be the one to stop the obstructionism and annihilate Senate Republicans' threat to not allow President Obama to fill Scalia's seat, and this would allow President Obama to get his nominee through since they're terrified of losing the Mexican-American vote for TWO lifetimes.

[Wellstone ruled]

11. Would this be fun,yes.

Cuellar would really cancel Roberts. The answer to as who would be the nominee,lies with Al Fromm,and other insiders within the White House. Whom ever we would like or recommend here on DU would not penetrate the centrists within the White House.

[SoLeftIAmRight]

14. election winning nomination

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[NurseJackie]

20. Please help: What's the correct pronunciation of "Cuellar"

Thanks.

[NV Whino]

21. should be quay-yar

But he may have Americanized it, so who knows?

[NurseJackie]

22. TYVM (nt)

[BlueCaliDem]

28. Maybe this will help:

[NurseJackie]

30. Excellent! (That's a great resource!) Thank you!

[longship]

24. OMG! And he's 43!

That would be a real rope-a-dope. Plus, undoubtedly would be a great choice.

Both criteria should be considered. We need to win this one.

I like this!

R&

[wheniwasincongress]

31. When is Obama likely to announce a name?

As short as this week, or in the coming weeks/months?

[phylny]

32. I have a serious question.

I'm not a minority, but a white middle-aged woman. I'm politically aware. I have no way of judging the mindset of Hispanic Americans or any other group, so I'm asking honestly.

WHY do we think the Senate refusing to confirm a nominee such as Justice Cuellar or Loretta Lynch or any person of color would motivate one or more groups? Is there precedent for this? Will people pay attention enough to care?

Thanks for educating me

[GeorgeGist]

33. His wife seems better qualified.