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Pelosi threatens to impeach both Trump and Kavanaugh to block new Trump SCOTUS nominee – really?

September 21, 2020September 21, 2020 Skip

Well, the night of Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s death I said that it was time to just wish her family condolences and not engage in the politics. I also said that the wargaming would start afterwards. Well, some people didn’t wait at all and pretty much all HE-double-hockey-sticks has broken out all over. I Slack’d Steve … Read more

Ginsberg Must be Replaced Before the Election ‘cuz Democrats

September 19, 2020 Steve MacDonald

If there was any illusion left that judges and Justices are expected to be a-political, Ruth Bader Ginsberg just wrecked it. Her passing, while tragic, follows in the wake of words with which we soon will grow weary of hearing. “My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed.”

Want to See Systemic Racism? Volinsky All But Calls Board of Education Nominee an Uncle Tom.

June 10, 2020 Ed Mosca

Earlier today, the Executive Council on a party-line vote of three-to-two rejected the nomination of Ryan Terrell, who is Black, to the State Board of Education: Notice that Volisky did not say that Terrell had the wrong opinions … he said that Terrell was uniformed. This is a variation on Joe Biden’s “you ain’t Black” … Read more

DNC Looks Committed To Screwing Over Bernie Sanders Even if It Kills Him

February 2, 2020 Steve MacDonald

The Democrat ‘Establishment’ does not want Bernie Sanders to be the party nominee even if their base gives him the primary delegates to win it. We reported on a third party movement blessed by insiders the other day. Now, some in the party are considering a rule change to keep Bernie from winning.

President Trump Nominates Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court

September 26, 2018July 10, 2018 Steve MacDonald

President Trump has chosen Brett Kavanaugh as his nominee and yes the left already has ads running against him.

Here’s The Daily Signal’s Synopsis on Kavanaugh.

Brett Kavanaugh

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Age: 53
Education: Yale University; Yale Law School
Clerkships: Walter Stapleton (3rd Circuit); Alex Kozinski (9th Circuit); Justice Anthony Kennedy

Brett Kavanaugh has served on the powerful D.C. Circuit—often regarded as a stepping-stone to the Supreme Court—for 12 years.

6 in 10 Say Yes to SCOTUS Nominee Vote Before November Elections

September 26, 2018July 5, 2018 Steve MacDonald

A recent NBC poll reports that 62% of Americans believe the vote on Mr. Trump’s next nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court should happen before the November Election.

The vast majority of Republicans surveyed, 85 percent, said the Senate’s vote on the nominee should take place before the election. Roughly six in 10 Independents, or 61 percent, agreed. However, more than half of Democrats, 55 percent, believe the voting on a new justice should wait.

Why Merrick Garland Is Not Getting Appointed

July 15, 2024May 11, 2016 Steve MacDonald

Former Justice Thomas Law Clerk Carrie Severnio, from the Judicial Crisis Network, returns to talk about the Merrick Garland charm offensive, future court nominees, and current cases before SCOTUS.

Carrie Severino on SCOTUS Nominee

July 15, 2024March 21, 2016 Steve MacDonald

Carrie Severino, chief counsel and policy director to the Judicial Crisis Network talks to us about the Merrick Garland nomination.