{"id":21204,"date":"2016-05-19T13:02:04","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T17:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=21204"},"modified":"2020-11-11T14:45:38","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T19:45:38","slug":"donald-trumps-judicial-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=21204","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump\u2019s Judicial picks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good day all. Yesterday, Donald Trump released a list of 11 people he would consider submitting to the Senate for the United States Supreme Court. The list has many Never Trump!(ers) heads detonating.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Donald-Trump.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20619\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Donald-Trump-300x214.jpg?resize=300%2C214\" alt=\"Donald Trump\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Donald-Trump.jpg?resize=300%2C214&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Donald-Trump.jpg?resize=768%2C548&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Donald-Trump.jpg?resize=1024%2C731&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Donald-Trump.jpg?resize=500%2C357&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Donald-Trump.jpg?w=1180&amp;ssl=1 1180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The people on the list, from what I\u2019ve been reading, tend towards the late Justice Scalia\u2019s interpretation of the Constitution, basically a constructionists view. I am totally unqualified to comment on the choices listed, but <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160823050513\/http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2016\/05\/18\/trump-unveils-list-11-potential-supreme-court-picks.html?intcmp=hpbt1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fox News has a few details<\/a> on them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b>Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, on Wednesday released a list of 11 potential Supreme Court nominees he would appoint if elected president, including to fill the vacancy left by Justice Antonin Scalia.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Reagan_toasting.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16344\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Reagan_toasting-199x300.jpg?resize=199%2C300\" alt=\"Reagan_toasting\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Reagan_toasting.jpg?resize=199%2C300&amp;ssl=1 199w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Reagan_toasting.jpg?resize=500%2C753&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Reagan_toasting.jpg?w=597&amp;ssl=1 597w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b>The list is meant to reassure conservatives that his picks would be in line with their positions and help allay lingering reservations.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>For anyone who has been listening to Trump on the campaign trail this last year, you would know that his view on judges is that they should follow the Constitution as it\u2019s written and not make things up, which we\u2019ve seen way to much of for the last 100+ years. Here is the list posted by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cato.org\/blog\/donald-trumps-terrific-list-fabulous-judges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cato Institute<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Judge Steve Colloton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (Iowa)<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Justice Allison Eid of the Colorado Supreme Court<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Judge Raymond Gruender of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (Missouri)<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Judge Thomas Hardiman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (Pennsylvania)<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Judge Raymond Kethledge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (Michigan)<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Justice Joan Larsen of the Michigan Supreme Court<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Justice Thomas Lee of the Utah Supreme Court<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Judge William Pryor of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (Alabama)<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Justice David Stras of the Minnesota Supreme Court<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Judge Diane Sykes of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (Wisconsin)<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Justice Don Willett of the Texas Supreme Court <\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b>The news comes as Trump is working to bring together a fractured Republican Party and earn the trust of still-skeptical establishment Republicans who question his electability in the general election, as well as conservatives in his party still wary of his commitment to their cause.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Personally, I say \u201cScrew the Establishment!\u201d Trump crushing their choices was due to the GOP(e)\u2019s constant screwing over of the base. However, releasing a potential list of judges will help with people out in flyover country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b>His campaign stressed the list was compiled &#8220;first and foremost, based on constitutional principles, with input from highly respected conservatives and Republican Party leadership.&#8221;<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In other words, he didn\u2019t talk to idiots like Bill Kristol, Charles Krauthammer, or Ben Sasse.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b>&#8220;I have a lot of people that are conservative that really like me, love everything I stand for, but they really would like to know my view because perhaps outside of the defense of our country, perhaps the single most important thing the next president is going to have to do is pick Supreme Court justices,&#8221; <\/b><b>Trump<\/b><b> told Hannity.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>And this is where we get into arguments on the what a conservative is in the U.S. A lot of the Screaming Never Trump!(ers), are anything but actual conservatives. If they were, they would have shut down Jeb Bush\u2019s failed run before it got started rather than shove him along as the \u201cGreat RINO Hope! In all probability, few if any of people Trump listed would even be considered by the Bushie\u2019s and the RINO\u2019s. Another interesting thing about this list is that some of the people on it have been bashing Trump.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b>Willett, a justice on the Texas Supreme Court, is perhaps best known for his heavy use of social media. His Twitter handle, (at)justicewillett, has more than 35,000 followers. Willett however has repeatedly mocked Trump on Twitter. <\/b><\/p>\n<p>And Judge Willet wasn\u2019t the only one. Another judge on Trumps list, Diane Sykes, is, or was married to Charlie Sykes, a conservative radio talk show host and a rabid Never Trump!(er) I never heard of Charlie Sykes prior to the announcement of the list, and did a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwisconsin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">quick look at his site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Um hum. Yeah. Hummmm. Okay then! This guy really doesn\u2019t like Donald Trump even if he did say his wife\/ex-wife could be one of his choices. Which brings us to the Never Trump!(ers). They are now coming across to people as badly as the Left\u2019s Social Justice Warriors led by the infamous Trigglypuff.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/sjw2.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-17956\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/sjw2-300x282.jpg?resize=300%2C282\" alt=\"sjw2\" width=\"300\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/sjw2.jpg?resize=300%2C282&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/sjw2.jpg?resize=500%2C471&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/sjw2.jpg?w=577&amp;ssl=1 577w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From the reactions I\u2019ve been reading across the Innerwebtubes, the NeverTrump!(ers) are trying to keep their heads from exploding. The latest is that the list Trump released is meaningless and Trump never said he would choose one or more of these people for the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/headdesk.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-17445\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/headdesk-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"headdesk\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/headdesk.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/headdesk.jpg?w=449&amp;ssl=1 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is true that Trump didn\u2019t say he would choose any of these people, but he will choose someone of similar judicial views and scholarship. Compare this to the judicial nightmares foisted on us by Barack Obama and to some extent George W Bush. (Can we say John Roberts? Sure we can!) With Obama, we\u2019ve gotten to many judges who consider the Constitution to be nothing more than guidelines they can ignore, and with John Roberts? Just look at that fools Obamacare rulings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/john-roberts-obama-care.gif\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-18416\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/john-roberts-obama-care-255x300.gif?resize=255%2C300\" alt=\"john-roberts-obama-care\" width=\"255\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If Clinton should win, and if the Democrats flip the senate, then you can expect judges to be appointed who will trash the constitution completely. You will see the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Amendment basically ended, along with most of the bill of rights. Anything that smacks of individual freedom and a restriction on the government will be struck down by Clinton judges. Trump comes across, to me anyway, as a Constitutional Constructionist. Basically, he thinks the Constitution means what it says, unlike many Yale and Harvard Law grads now on the benches around the country. It makes a nice change.<\/p>\n<p>Thatisall<\/p>\n<p><i><b>~The Angry Webmaster~<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p>[yasr_visitor_votes size=&#8221;medium&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good day all. Yesterday, Donald Trump released a list of 11 people he would consider submitting to the Senate for the United States Supreme Court. The list has many Never Trump!(ers) heads detonating. <a href=\"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=21204\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[181,37,71,8,151],"tags":[52,303,12,226,17,101,8],"class_list":["post-21204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hero","category-liberty-politics","category-news-of-the-day","category-politics","category-rino","tag-constitution","tag-donald-trump","tag-freedom","tag-hillary-clinton","tag-liberty","tag-news","tag-politics"],"views":463,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":41899,"url":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=41899","url_meta":{"origin":21204,"position":0},"title":"Surprising no one, Dementia Joe Biden supports keeping Trump off the ballot","author":"Angry Webmaster","date":"December 28, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Good day all. As you should know by now, the Colorado State Supreme Court decided that January 6th, 2021 was an insurrection and they have decided that President Trump is guilty of fomenting it. The response in general has been very negative to the State Court. Then we have the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;liberty&quot;","block_context":{"text":"liberty","link":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?cat=37"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.pinimg.com\/originals\/ee\/8e\/5e\/ee8e5e731afd32438b4968f5ebceb6b1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":21996,"url":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=21996","url_meta":{"origin":21204,"position":1},"title":"Reince Priebus goes full Trump","author":"Angry Webmaster","date":"August 13, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Good day all. As you are probably aware, the NeverTrump and Rinos4Hillary have mounted a full assault against Donald Trump. They hate him so much, that they are perfectly fine with anything up to and including a complete Democrat sweep in November.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hero&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hero","link":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?cat=181"},"img":{"alt_text":"RINO-not-extinct-yet","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/RINO-not-extinct-yet-300x194.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":22694,"url":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=22694","url_meta":{"origin":21204,"position":2},"title":"Trump and the 2nd Amendment","author":"Angry Webmaster","date":"November 15, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Good day all. We are now one week into \u201cThe End of the world as we know it!!!\u201d according to the Progressives, Moonbats and Social Justice Warriors. (I know, repeating myself again) By this, I mean it\u2019s been one week since America told the Democrats to take a hike, and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hero&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hero","link":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?cat=181"},"img":{"alt_text":"Donald Trump","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Donald-Trump-300x214.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":42351,"url":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=42351","url_meta":{"origin":21204,"position":3},"title":"Supreme Court unanimously decides in favor of Trump","author":"Angry Webmaster","date":"March 4, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Good day all. News came out yesterday, (Sunday March 3rd), that a decision on President Trump\u2019s eligibility would be issued today. (Monday March 4th), The rumors in this case were correct, and the United States Supreme Court has issued a unanimous decision. First some background. A number of Democrat controlled\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?cat=32"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.pinimg.com\/originals\/ea\/23\/fc\/ea23fc317950a351b6133aa54935691a.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":43202,"url":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=43202","url_meta":{"origin":21204,"position":4},"title":"UpChuck Schumer decides to strip Trump of his immunity","author":"Angry Webmaster","date":"July 29, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Good day all. The recent decision by the Supreme Court to uphold the idea of presidential immunity has thrown a major wrench in the Democrats plans to \u201cGet Trump!\u201d (Never mind that it covers all presidents including their sainted Obama) The Democrats have also taken up gang shark jumping with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Just Desserts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Just Desserts","link":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?cat=135"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.pinimg.com\/originals\/57\/34\/84\/573484233cd43805189dd9cbe1ab7c65.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":37257,"url":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=37257","url_meta":{"origin":21204,"position":5},"title":"The Supreme Court now upholding the Constitution. Pelosi says they\u2019re a threat","author":"Angry Webmaster","date":"May 25, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Good day all. One of the great things that the Greatest President of the 21st Century and current MAGA King, Donald Trump, did was flip the United States Supreme Court from the hard left justices who liked to legislate from the bench, and put actual constitutional originalists on the bench.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Just Desserts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Just Desserts","link":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?cat=135"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.pinimg.com\/originals\/2a\/12\/af\/2a12afad6c4739f7e3c13bcfddd3965a.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21204"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32788,"href":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21204\/revisions\/32788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}