Trump Selects Amy Coney Barrett to Fill Ginsburg's Seat on the Supreme Court

[BeyondGeography]

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Source: NY Times

WASHINGTON — President Trump has selected Judge Amy Coney Barrett, the favorite candidate of conservatives, to succeed Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and will try to force Senate confirmation before Election Day in a move that would significantly alter the ideological makeup of the Supreme Court for years.

Mr. Trump plans to announce on Saturday that she is his choice, according to people close to the process who asked not to be identified disclosing the decision in advance. The president met with Judge Barrett at the White House this week and came away impressed with a jurist that leading conservatives told him would be a female Antonin Scalia, referring to the justice who died in 2016 and for whom Judge Barrett clerked.

As they often do, aides cautioned that Mr. Trump sometimes upends his own plans. But he is not known to have interviewed any other candidates for the post.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/25/us/politics/amy-coney-barrett-supreme-court.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

[bucolic_frolic]

1. The vetting is about as deep as rain on a sidewalk

When you rush, you make mistakes.

[StarryNite]

2. It won't do him any good politically

He's already got those religious cult freaks voting for him.

[Indyfan53]

3. We are fucked!

Why isn't the party fighting this nomination?!

[Ace Rothstein]

8. There's literally nothing they can do.

[SergeStorms]

9. Because tRump hasn't really announced her yet?

Geez, give them a chance. Technically, trump hasn't even announced her yet.

[Tom Traubert]

10. Because

A) the nomination hasn’t been made yet; and

B) unless there is a major skeleton in Barrett’s closet, there is virtually no chance that her nomination can be defeated because the Republican Senate would confirm a ham sandwich if one were nominated by Trump.

Elections have consequences. We need to use her nomination and confirmation to make sure that the upcoming election has significant consequences for the Republicans.

[secondwind]

4. This entire thing is soo bizzare, with a dead Justice not even buried yet, just lying in State.

It just reeks of disrespect, haphazardness, impropriety, and just plain self-serving..........

[BlueMTexpat]

5. Barf!

[SergeStorms]

6. Wow. What a surprise.

NOT! A white, bat-shit crazy religious fundamentalist.

[RGinNJ]

7. Supreme Court pick announced at Friday news dump time. What a great pick she must be.

[Tom Traubert]

11. It hasn't been announced.

It’s being announced by Trump tomorrow. This is a “sources say” leak.

[RhodeIslandOne]

12. I wonder which white male creep will "shepard" her around?

They always get some shitbag ex-senator to walk around with a big grin on their face like all this means something. Probably some fuckwad like Jon Kyl.

[applegrove]

13. LOCKING

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