Trump To Nominate Conservative Judge aligned with Federalist Society To 6th Circuit

March 30, 2017, 08:37 AM

David Lee

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Originally posted by JALLEN:
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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
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Originally posted by BamaJeepster:
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Originally posted by JALLEN:
Historically, judgeship nominees are recommended by the senior Senator of the President's party in each state. The President then nominates the person for the post. Naming judges is a key part of Senatorial power and perquisites.

It's wonderful that Senator McConnell and President Trump can find someone they can enthusiastically agree on.

And thanks to Harry Reid, all we need is a simple majority to put him on the bench!

That Harry Reid sounds like such a wonderful chap.

Shall we convene the Sig Forum Singers for a rousing rendition of "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow"?

Yes but we'll need our tuba player JALLEN..

March 30, 2017, 08:59 AM

Balzé Halzé

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Originally posted by JALLEN:

Shall we convene the Sig Forum Singers for a rousing rendition of "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow"?

That made me laugh.

March 30, 2017, 10:01 AM

HK Ag

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Originally posted by BGULL:
Keep 'em coming! This was the most important reason for elcting Trump, regardless of what other reservations one might have had>> We as a country can generally survive the 4 to 8 eight years of any presidency, the selection of the judiciary has generational implications. Plus, the continuation of exploding liberal heads is a pleasant by-product.

Well Said !!

March 30, 2017, 10:08 AM

saigonsmuggler

"And in what Above the Law called a “doozy of an opinion,” he wrote a ruling for an appellate panel that reversed the fraud convictions of three Miami Beach nightclub owners who used beguiling Eastern European “bar girls” to lure clients in for overpriced champagne and exotic drinks.

Thapar wrote that the jury should have been instructed on the difference between deception and criminal fraud, which he explained through a hypothetical:

Suppose a young woman “asks a rich businessman to buy her a drink at Bob’s Bar,” Thapar said. “The businessman buys the drink, and afterward the young woman decides to leave. Did the man get what he bargained for? Yes. He received his drink, and he had the opportunity to buy one for a young woman. But if Bob had promised to pour the man a glass of Pappy Van Winkle but gave him a slug of Old Crow instead, that would be fraud,” Thapar explained."

Pappy Van Winkle.. he should post in the cigar lounge thread

March 30, 2017, 10:16 AM

snoris

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Originally posted by Oat_Action_Man:
But Trump hates immigrants! Especially of the brown persuasion! His whole cabinet is whiter than white people!

But! But! But!

To liberals, this guy is a bad choice even though he's the son of immigrants. India is the wrong brown.

March 30, 2017, 10:25 AM

Elk Hunter

Heartily agree with the selection, but have a question.

Can the democraPs filibuster the nomination?

Elk

There has never been an occasion where a people gave up their weapons in the interest of peace that didn't end in their massacre. (Louis L'Amour)

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-Thomas Jefferson

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FBHO!!!

The Idaho Elk Hunter

March 30, 2017, 10:28 AM

lkdr1989

I don't believe so due to harry reid - nuclear!

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Originally posted by Elk Hunter:
Heartily agree with the selection, but have a question.

Can the democraPs filibuster the nomination?

March 30, 2017, 10:29 AM

saigonsmuggler

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Originally posted by Elk Hunter:
Heartily agree with the selection, but have a question.

Can the democraPs filibuster the nomination?

I'd thought the Dems changed the confirmation process for nominations to lower courts to simple majority when Reid was the majority leader. Only SCOTUS I think where they can filibuster and GOP said they will invoke "nuclear option" -> simple majority to confirm.

March 30, 2017, 10:31 AM

JALLEN

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Originally posted by saigonsmuggler:
"And in what Above the Law called a “doozy of an opinion,” he wrote a ruling for an appellate panel that reversed the fraud convictions of three Miami Beach nightclub owners who used beguiling Eastern European “bar girls” to lure clients in for overpriced champagne and exotic drinks.

Thapar wrote that the jury should have been instructed on the difference between deception and criminal fraud, which he explained through a hypothetical:

Suppose a young woman “asks a rich businessman to buy her a drink at Bob’s Bar,” Thapar said. “The businessman buys the drink, and afterward the young woman decides to leave. Did the man get what he bargained for? Yes. He received his drink, and he had the opportunity to buy one for a young woman. But if Bob had promised to pour the man a glass of Pappy Van Winkle but gave him a slug of Old Crow instead, that would be fraud,” Thapar explained."

Pappy Van Winkle.. he should post in the cigar lounge thread

It's a vital distinction. Most marketing and almost all advertising is deceptive. Only some of those activities is actually fraudulent.

Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me.

When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson

"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown