SCOTUS Justice Pick

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- 01/31/2017 at 12:07 PM #24651
  
  Riot West
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  My guess is that Trump will choose an exceptionally over-the-top divisive conservative to take Scalia’s seat. People will protest, Congress will draw lines in the sand, and there will be much arguing in the media. But, this isn’t really Trump’s first choice. He won’t care if the pick isn’t confirmed. Rather, his strategy is to make his next pick look much more appetizing in comparison to the original pick. Trump will make it look like he’s conceding a bit, but in reality, he’s getting exactly what he wanted.
- 01/31/2017 at 12:23 PM #24657
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  AZswayze
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  I don’t think he gives a s**t about looking like he’s conceding anything.
- 01/31/2017 at 12:33 PM #24658
  
  ironman1315
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  Justice Thomas Lee of Utah. Our second SCOTUS justice fir the state. He most fits Scalia’s mold.
  - 01/31/2017 at 1:30 PM #24666
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    Puget Ute
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    If the rumors are true and Steve Bannon and Steve Miller are really pulling the strings, then there is just about zero chance we will see a Mormon get a job like SCOTUS. Christian Dominionists hate Mormons the way Shiites hate Sunnis, and there is no way they would allow a SCOTUS pick who is potentially a moderate on immigration.
    
    If chosen, he will likely be a decent pick. He is an originalist, but at he has a better respect for precedent than did Scalia.
    - 01/31/2017 at 2:33 PM #24687
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      Red Don
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      I like the quote from the other day; “Steve Bannon is the President and Trump is the salesman.”
- 01/31/2017 at 1:14 PM #24662
  
  PlainsUte
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  Don’t forget Trump was once a registered Democrat, he is not going to pick the same type guy as Ted Cruz would have. His policies seem to have more of a Libertarian bent, except where they disagree with his personal mandates, of course.
  - 01/31/2017 at 1:40 PM #24672
    
    AZswayze
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    I wouldn’t be so sure. His short list is a trio of staunch conservatives. Neil Gorusch, who claims he has been told he will be the pick, sided with Hobby Lobby in their case and is a strong advocate of religious liberties.
- 01/31/2017 at 1:56 PM #24677
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  ladyinred
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  I think you’re giving Drumpf entirely too much credit. He is not that sophisticated. His nominee will be divisive AF, and he will be surprised and outraged at the inevitable opposition. He will then whine about how the media is so mean and unfair to him.
- 01/31/2017 at 2:50 PM #24695
  
  Puget Ute
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  It is down to Gorsuch and Hardiman. Trump is going to play ‘Pick The Hat’ on prime-time TV tonight. And of course one of those men gets to be embarrassed in front of the entire nation on live TV.
  - 01/31/2017 at 3:18 PM #24699
    
    Riot West
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    That’s the plot of John Wick 3
  - 01/31/2017 at 4:43 PM #24734
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    PlainsUte
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    He’s going to meet his candidates in the boardroom and one-by-one fire all but one.