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Who will be Trump's Pick for the US Supreme court

Who will Trump pick for USSC

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Correction. Thomas Hardiman
 
I voted Thomas because I know nothing about any of these people and Thomas is one of my favorite male names.
 
I am educated guessing here because I have no special insights on the matter, except the I think that Trump really has his juices flowing, he is loving this, he feels at the top of his game and he wants to fight. Pryor would be a throwing down of the gauntlet. This is also a name I like, to get some diversity on the court, a non Ivy, which has to appeal to Trump.
 
No clue. Of those, I hope it is Gorsuch though. He seems extremely principled. I'm hoping it's not Pryor. From what I've read about him, he seems overly partisan, in that he seems to support what he does, at least sometimes, for partisan reasons rather than ideological.
 
Judging by the comments here by certain individuals, Hitler's zombie.
 
Josie said:
I voted Thomas because I know nothing about any of these people and Thomas is one of my favorite male names.
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I'm going to have to take you to the horse track one of these days.:lamo
 
I'm sure all of them want to ban abortion across the board, right?
 
Just a wild guess...

Rudy Giuliani.
 
Josie said:
I'm sure all of them want to ban abortion across the board, right?
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Probably not but Gorsuch was on the appellate bench for Burwell and Little Sisters of the Poor.
 
Anagram said:
No clue. Of those, I hope it is Gorsuch though. He seems extremely principled. I'm hoping it's not Pryor. From what I've read about him, he seems overly partisan, in that he seems to support what he does, at least sometimes, for partisan reasons rather than ideological.
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I never understood why the US Supreme Court is just expected to be so partisan. Should the judicial branch not be as politically neutral as possible?
 
Lutherf said:
Probably not but Gorsuch was on the appellate bench for Burwell and Little Sisters of the Poor.
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I doubt any of them have voted to ban abortions as appellate judges
 
I don't know much about any of these guys.

I'd prefer whichever one supports the 2A individual right and true 1st Amendment rights (i.e. against SJW right to not be offended), but also libertarian in other respects (i.e. okay with gay marriage, pro-choice, etc.)

I guess I need to do some research. :yes:
 
Captain Adverse said:
I don't know much about any of these guys.

I'd prefer whichever one supports the 2A individual right and true 1st Amendment rights (i.e. against SJW right to not be offended), but also libertarian in other respects (i.e. okay with gay marriage, pro-choice, etc.)

I guess I need to do some research. :yes:
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All of them appear to be very socially conservative but then again what did you expect?
 
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Josie said:
I voted Thomas because I know nothing about any of these people and Thomas is one of my favorite male names.
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I wouldnt be surprised if thats how Trump chooses as well.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
I am educated guessing here because I have no special insights on the matter, except the I think that Trump really has his juices flowing, he is loving this, he feels at the top of his game and he wants to fight. Pryor would be a throwing down of the gauntlet. This is also a name I like, to get some diversity on the court, a non Ivy, which has to appeal to Trump.
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Hmm. A Cruel homophobe and a probable racist. That would be Putin's pick too. What a surprise coming from you. It will be interesting if you are right. Putin has already picked our SOS, why not the Supreme Court too?

As Alabama’s twice-elected attorney general, Pryor defended the state’s practice of handcuffing prison inmates to hitching posts in the hot sun if they refused to work on chain gangs. A staunch defender of federalism, he filed an amicus brief in a Supreme Court case, Lawrence v. Texas, that ultimately invalidated state sodomy laws, arguing that “states should remain free to protect the moral standards of their communities through legislation that prohibits homosexual sodomy.”

Pryor, 54, has been an especially outspoken critic of abortion rights, calling Roe v. Wade “the worst abomination of constitutional law in our history.”
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/pryor-perhaps-the-most-polarizing-supreme-court-justice-possibility/2017/01/28/f25bb7e2-e4ae-11e6-ba11-63c4b4fb5a63_story.html?utm_term=.85c4fc32b530
 
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TurtleDude said:
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Okay, after some minor research:

1. William Pryor: Pro-Second Amendment; mixed on race relations; Pro-Life; Pro-voter ID; ACA Unsure. A Profile of William Pryor, Trump?s Possible SCOTUS Nominee

2. Thomas Hartiman: Pro-Second Amendment; No controversial statements on abortion; law and order; possibly pro-LGBT. Politics - Los Angeles Times

3. Neil Gorusch: Unknown on Second Amendment, Abortion, but Pro-"Religious Liberty." How Neil Gorsuch could end up as Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee - CNNPolitics.com

If I had to choose between these three? I'd take Hartiman.

I'd still like to know more about other likely contenders though.
 
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