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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,708 posts) Fri May 20, 2016, 04:55 PM May 2016

One of Trump's SCOTUS nominees said marriage equality opens door to bestiality

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One of Trump's SCOTUS nominees said marriage equality opens door to bestiality (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth May 2016 OP

So a Scalia replacement? No thanks. morningfog May 2016 #1

It was stupid for him to name them now... DemocratSinceBirth May 2016 #2

Plus he's blown his load. He can't be cagey about the kind of justice he would nominate. morningfog May 2016 #3

Everything he has done since becoming the de facto nominee is to comport with GOP orthodoxy. DemocratSinceBirth May 2016 #4

morningfog

(18,115 posts)

1. So a Scalia replacement? No thanks.

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Fri May 20, 2016, 04:56 PM

May 2016

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,708 posts)

2. It was stupid for him to name them now...

Reply to morningfog (Reply #1)

Fri May 20, 2016, 04:59 PM

May 2016

It was stupid for him to name them now because it can argued that every case they decide can be influenced by their desire to please him.

morningfog

(18,115 posts)

3. Plus he's blown his load. He can't be cagey about the kind of justice he would nominate.

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Reply #2)

Fri May 20, 2016, 05:01 PM

May 2016

He painted himself into an early corner.

Will he announce his fantasy cabinet next?

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,708 posts)

4. Everything he has done since becoming the de facto nominee is to comport with GOP orthodoxy.

Reply to morningfog (Reply #3)

Fri May 20, 2016, 05:06 PM

May 2016

-Said the minimum wage is a state's rights issue
- Said he is flexible on the Muslim ban after being all for it.
-Said states can ban transgender people from using the bathroom of their choice after being for it.

That leaves trade and his Wall.

Let's see what happens.

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