“Apart from matters of war and peace, the nomination of a Supreme Court justice is the most important decision an American President can make.” – President Donald J. Trump
THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR THE COURT: Judge Amy Coney Barrett will serve the American people with honor and distinction on the Supreme Court.
* Judge Barrett’s extensive experience as a professor and litigator, record of academic success, and outstanding judicial record make her an excellent choice to serve on the Supreme Court.
+ Judge Barrett is currently serving the American people on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
* Judge Barrett has demonstrated a steadfast dedication to upholding the Constitution as written, and not legislating from the bench.
+ Judge Barrett’s excellent judicial record shows she will protect the rights of Americans and defend the rule of law.
* Judge Barrett’s character and work ethic have earned her awards and bipartisan praise from the legal community.
+ Judge Barrett’s colleagues at Notre Dame Law School signed a letter supporting her 2017 nomination, calling her “a model of the fair, impartial and sympathetic judge.”
+ In 2017, a bipartisan group of law professors – including professors from Harvard and Stanford and other law schools around the country – urged the Senate Judiciary Committee to confirm Judge Barrett to the Seventh Circuit, describing her work as “rigorous, fair-minded, respectful, and constructive.”
+ The American Bar Association rated Judge Barrett as “well qualified” in 2017.
EXCEPTIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: Judge Amy Coney Barrett brings a wealth of experience from her time in private practice, academia, and public service.
* Since 2017, Judge Barrett has served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit after she was nominated by President Trump and confirmed on a bipartisan vote.
* Judge Barrett was appointed by Chief Justice John Roberts to sit on the Advisory Committee on Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, where she served from 2010 to 2016.
* After graduating from law school, Judge Barrett clerked for D.C. Circuit Judge Laurence Silberman and for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
* Judge Barrett practiced both trial and appellate litigation in Washington, D.C. at Miller, Cassidy, Larroca, & Lewin, and at Baker Botts.
* Judge Barrett worked for more than 15 years in academia, shaping the next generation of legal minds and supporting the professional development of her students.
PROVEN RECORD OF SUCCESS: Judge Amy Coney Barrett has received numerous awards as a result of her excellence as a legal scholar and professor.
* Judge Barrett graduated summa cum laude from Notre Dame Law School and received the Hoynes Prize for achieving the best record in scholarship, deportment, and achievement.
+ At Rhodes College, Judge Barrett graduated with multiple highly respected honors, including induction into Phi Beta Kappa.
* At Notre Dame Law School, she received the John M. Olin Fellowship for aspiring academics and earned a tenure-track faculty position.
+ Judge Barrett was later awarded the Diane & M.O. Miller, II Research Chair in Law.
* Three graduating classes at Notre Dame Law have selected Judge Barrett as the “Distinguished Professor of the Year.”
* Judge Barrett served as a Visiting Associate Professor of Law at the University of Virginia Law School.
* Judge Barrett’s scholarly work has been published in several prominent journals, including the Columbia Law Review, Virginia Law Review, and Texas Law Review.
Lagao next?
To replace the wise Latrina.
She wouldn’t have been on the Federalist Society’s list if she weren’t deep state approved. When she shows her true colors, spare us with the “they must have something on her” stuff like we hear with Roberts. She isn’t really conservative so don’t expect her to vote like one when it matters.
On what do you base you statement that she is not conservative?
For one thing she sided with Pfizer denying an emergency action on Covid restrictions that the Governor was putting on the state.
Do you know the rationale for that?
Surrounded, could you put some meat on those bones so we all can know a few details? Or how about a link?
The perfect is the enemy of the good. Let’s realize that President Trump continues to do the best with what he has given the circumstances he’s in …………..and it is a far better pick than Hillary or Biden would have made.
That seems to always be the logic (or talking points) of the swampy rinos. We’re always told that a real, fighting constitutionalist couldn’t win, blah, blah, blah. Meanwhile, the democrats get the most rabid commies and always seems to get them through and/or elected. This is part of the reason our country has been slipping away from us for the last several decades.
I agree. She is not a conservative aka Margaret Thatcher mold. For one here in Illinois she sided with our Governor to keep churches closed under his COVID Executive Order.
Not a fan regretfully.
Maybe Mitt Romney is a conservative for you!
In my view; his ruling on the church thing is a good way to remind democrats that they are lying!
Does that mean that she follows the law wherever it takes? As religious as she is, personally she would want everyone can go to church but the law might not support that. I am living in IL and must sign up for mass due to limited capacity allowed so I want it overturn too. But we don’t really want to have her making her own law to fit our objective. That is congresses job, not judicial branch.
In what way, shape or form are lockdowns constitutional?
Maybe something calls Emergency Power. I don’t like it either because it suspends our constitutional rights but that is Congresses job to fix it, not the court.
How does congress fix emergency powers enacted by a state? That’s exactly what a court is supposed to address!
If State Emergency law then go to challenge in the Federal court is wrong venue. It should be in State court to see if it is unconstitutional. Your and My State Assembly need to fix it but Michael Madigan ?? Good luck. They got the God like power and will never let go.
She was upholding Illinois law; if you want to change things,
change the law.
We got what we got. She’s no leftist. Go cry elsewhere.
I see what you did there.
Me too LOL
If it must be a female, Allison Jones Rushing please.
One if these days us Evangelicals will get a bone thrown our way. Maybe.
What happens to our side “may the best person get the job” mantra. I think President Trump eyed ACB for RBG seat long, long ago based on her credential. When President Trump announced the nominee will be a women, he didn’t play identity politic but already decided ACB as nominee.
That’s speculation on your part. If he decided on her long ago, then why the need for a long list of potential picks?
Well I remember when President Trump chose Kavanaugh as nominee. President Trump said he save ACB for RBG seat. Kind of speculative at that point but President Trump seems to have prophecy vision. Thing becomes true even though seems far fetch at the time
Allegedly, Kavanaugh was a bone to the RINO establishment. Trump was assured by RINO advisers that one of “THEM” would get approved.
Rumor has it that Justice Kennedy agreed to step down if President Trump would appoint Kavanaugh. It was a horse trade of sorts, the kind of deal Trump is VERY familiar with.
That may be the case or may be ACB didn’t have the vote at that time. Remember Republicans only have 52-48 advantage. 3 defects and down the tube so Kavanaugh thought to be safer until Dems railroad him.
Maybe this article
https://www.axios.com/supreme-court-trump-judge-amy-barrett-ruth-bader-ginsburg-11d25276-a92e-4094-8958-eb2d197707c8.html
Again, why the need for a long list of candidates if it was already decided on?
You always want back up plan. I am pretty sure that President Trump already got idea who will be nominee for next USSC Either Thomas or Breyers. Thing can change until then but you always have plan. I would.
I bet Piglosi shit and pissed her undies today, the same with Chuck FU Schumer.
Nadler beat them to it last Wednesday.
Standing up and on camera.
I suspect she ages out
– instead look for Rushing
– who has an outstanding record, and biography
– but is only 38 now
Now, NO Judiciary Committee hearings. Just a Senate floor vote to confirm.
We’re watching, Mitch.
I respectfully disagree. ACB can more than hold her own against the senate commies. Let them all further reveal just how depraved they are by mistreating such an excellent nominee. That will magnify the power of the coming Trump re-election landslide victory.
There’s nothing that isn’t already known that will be revealed by subjecting this woman, and potentially her family, to another production of the Swamp Circus. Absolutely nothing to gain from it.
At some point, “no, you will not” has to be said, and meant. One can only hope the will is there.
Read somewhere on a blog this morning that the plan was for the Dems to boycott the hearings. Great! That childish petulant tactic will reinforce their spoiled brat image and at the same time, eliminate the slanderous bile they typically hurl at Republican nominees. A twofer!!
If that’s the case, then all we have to do is have 51 Senators there for the vote and 50 can vote present and 1 for and she’s nominated 1-0. That would make them look like fools.
Voice vote
I like the way you think!
That is awesome.
I also respectfully disagree. She’s a big girl and this ain’t her first rodeo. Buck up and let’s show just how depraved the Democrats are. I believe we can do nothing but gain as a result of their BS.
Justice Kavanaugh went through hell but at the end of the day, the Democrats showed people just how scummy they are and I believe it was a net positive for us. Also, I bet Kavanaugh may have some feelings that, all things being equal, will come back to haunt the Dems. Maybe Judge Barrett will walk away with the same perspective.
I’m hoping Clarence Thomas gets to write the majority opinion telling Biden he lost.
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Perfect…nicely done!!!
Disagree. Sure she can likely handle it BUT she should not have to do so.
I agree that McConnell should let this go forward and “show just how depraved the Democrats are”. Just read on PowerLine they intend to use every possible means to “delay, delay, delay”. They will go overboard and beclown themselves big time. McConnell should sit back and let that happen. However, he should not sit back too long. He is a wily master of the Senate rules and he holds more power than they do. After giving them a sufficient opportunity to beclown themselves with the whole country watching, he should pick the right moment well before election day to halt the hearings and immediately hold the vote and get her confirmed. Blame it on the Democrats evident unwillingness to be adults about a process that is so important.
The Kavanaugh debacle had it’s upside in that Lindsay Graham woke up…never have I seen him so animated and on point at the end of that hearing.
Agree. I kind of wondered if he’d had a few drinks before that tirade.;-)
Agreed Martin. Reminds me of a song from awhile back…now I remember…
ACB. It’s easy as 123. It’s simple as do re mi, ACB, 123….
Quite simply, ‘The debate is over’.
Let the memes be free.
Michael Jackson song. ?
Actually the Jackson Five. I was 9 when it was released. Not that I’m getting old or anything…
: )
2 sides of the coin in a hearing.
GOP Senate can also highlight her skills and strengths and why she will be an outstanding member of the USSC.
The Left has nothing besides attacking her religion and look where that got them the first time around during the Circuit court hearing?
There is more to gain to move forward with a hearing then the downside.
PDJT knows this!
No, they’ve switched tactics. Saw a Fox interview with Eric Swallowswell and a few other spinners. They are going to use her hearings to bring out their base and to get undecideds by highlighting the “gutting” of the Affordable Care Act and pre-existing conditions.
Talk about going back to the well. ?
You both make good points. This is exciting but something we need to understand…..this nomination is a microcosm of the General Election. If we fail to get her thru for some reason it will become a rally cry for leftists. And perhaps a deflation point for us. This is do or die I suspect.
Barrett has already been through this, and the Court resumes November 1st.
It’s 2020, any crap can happen, will happen. I wouldn’t take any chance. If we can confirm ACB then the sooner is better. We don’t need to play the game of RBG refused to retire so Hillary can replace her. It is a blessing for our side but a very dumb move from the Democrats. Since “she isn’t suppose to lose” fiasco makes “liberal court for decades” to “conservative court for the next 40 years”. So I take the confirmation anytime and bypass all pleasantries.
….as long as the vote is held BEFORE November 3rd. They can play Twister in the Senate Chamber for all I care. But Trump MUST have Barrett in place by November 3rd.
Otherwise, he loses the election and all is lost.
Yep…they gave up the courtesy of getting a committee hearing with their actions during the Kavanaugh travesty. Besides, they recently vetted and voted on her in 2017.
There is no benefit in allowing the dems to disparage her and have it broadcast on the MSM outlets.
Play hardball.
Wonder if Christine will reappear, say she was mistaken about Bret and it was really Amy who attacked her. The media will parrot any lie the Democrats put out.
2 Door Ford will say she had a lesbian interlude with her at a law school frat party she attended. …
OneFD,
Agreed. No oral hearings are needed. No need for oral hearings. All hearings should be in writing. McConnell should ask that the dems to submit written questions to her. And that she give written answers. And vote to confirm on Friday.
No lying or cheating. No hysteronics and no dragging her name through the mud.
Done.
Perhaps they could mail in their questions and if they arrive the envelopes could be quarantined. Lindsey could read what he thought the questions should be.
onefunnydog I regret I have but one up vote for you
Imho, next to the Second Coming, will be the day we throw sleazy Mitch out of Washington FOREVER! My only regret the Taxpayers can not seize all his perks, retirement benefits and life long living expenses. But there is still Gitmo(hope)
Bypassing the hearings will hurt Trump and down ballot.
Yes, the no nothings will state that the repubs are pushing
her through rapidly because there is something to hide.
Hearings ok but why wait? Start Monday. Is Lindsey too busy??
Amjean,
Understood, that is the way I would normally play this as well. But if you use Kavanaugh and how poorly they treated him as precedent, couldn’t you make the case for not putting a respected jurist and her family through hell?
Wouldn’t they say the equivalent anyway, if the hearings were in writing or oral?
Why?
Whatever, hand wringing is for the weak.
Yes I am quite through with running mental calisthenic exercises about what the left will think or say about anything.
They can get stuffed.
EXCELLENT CHOICE
I wish this fine woman success and courage. Thank you President Trump for this excellent choice.
The nation is well-served and in need of lawfulness and wisdom.
The lib nastiness is over the top. Saw a Twitter thread where they were debating how many children were too many to still be able to do the work she will do.
Me too…and will keep her in my thoughts and prayers. May God bless her and her family!
To all eeyore’s, she’s a million times better than RBG.
Yes but does she like beer like Bart Okavanaugh????
I will bring the ice!
Probably, she is Catholic after all. Can I say that? It’s just that my Catholic friends and family….ALL drink beer.
She’ll be fine. In my heart, I know that having strict Constitutionalists on the Supreme Court is what is best for our country.
But is it wrong for me to fantasize about getting a Justice who finds a way to rule in favor of the Conservative cause? Just once? The politically liberal Justices almost always further their own partisan beliefs, and the Democrat Party.
PJ, with respect…
Conservatives & Constitutionalists are one in the same.
Bravo, President Trump!
Congratulations, Mrs Barrett!!!
Agree. My concern is John Roberts. Guessing that he will be 100% under the covers with the Liberal Justices from now on if Amy gets through.
Amen
Michael Avenatti claims that when he was putting himself thru college as a male stripper he met Amy Coney. Avenatti was headlining the Men in Motion Review and Amy put 3 $1 bills in his sock filled g string. When she put the bills in his leather g string she touched little Mike. The incident has traumatized him for decades. He developed a fear of women and ED. Or stuff like that…..
LOL!
That Dog don’t hunt anymore!!
Which dog are you talking about?
He was going to come forward but then he consulted with his beach friends.
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca7/20-2175/20-2175-2020-09-03.html#
Here’s the lockdown ruling everyone is talking about whenever ACB is brought up. I’ll let people read it themselves and decide for themselves what to think about it.
Would you be kind enough, for those of the feeble minded among us, to ‘splain it?
It’s a typical example of judicial sophistry, ignoring the spirit of the law and finding a letter of the law to support the position of the judge, which in this is case is that it’s fine for the Governor to strip the Constitutional rights of the citizens as long as they call it an emergency, and if there’s any way to claim the citizen doesn’t have an urgent need to exercise a particular right– for example nobody has an urgent need to go to church– that right can be stripped for an indefinite period.
You need to read the Illinois constitution; all sorts of craziness
there.
That’s actually not at all what the decision says. In fact it upholds preferential treatment for religious services under the governor’s lockdown orders. The troubling part is the ruling’s reasoning as to why the lockdown measures are Constitutional at all (see my comment below).
I’m also worried about what this decision portends but it’s important to get it right.
I read through it quickly and it looks like a well-reasoned opinion that correctly avoids judicial activism.
Local elections have consequences–this is the biggest lesson and tragedy of 2020. Governors and Mayors have either made or broken our worlds with their orders. They have “health experts” on staff to support them. Without significant science to counter the “health experts” almost anything these locally elected officials do is within their “police power,” meaning power to act for general public safety within their localities. As long as it’s equally applied and there’s a “reasonable” relationship between the actions and an avowed public safety interest, Feds are mandated to stay out of it. That’s ordinarily a good and conservative thing. Remember, we want limited federal government and even more limited federal judiciary–no “whacktivist” judges, please! I have minor concerns about her backbone on some issues, including death penalty and abortion, but those concerns are, indeed, minor compared with the more important devotion to reading and enforcing the Constitution as it was written.
It’s hardly good and conservative to uphold a 6 month and counting lockdown not based on science and contrary to decades of best practices in epidemiology, and with exceptions for BLM and Antifa, based on a 1905 vaccine case that had at best a tangential relationship to the facts before the court. This was pure judicial activism. The court decided what result it wanted then made up reasoning to support it. Under established constitutional law, local governments can’t shut down churches and businesses indefinitely based on speculative concerns that everyone knows are political.
Again, read the Illinois constitution and look at all the
craziness there. In fact, everyone should look in to their
own state’s constitution. How do you think these govs
and mayors are getting away with their draconian orders?
And you “know” they did that, correct? You are certain about the “science”. Please let them know of your expertises so we can put this to an end.
We the people don’t need to know the ‘science’ but the ‘experts’ are expected to. So far they have been wrong. Their models have been wrong, their testing has been wrong (90% false positives according to the ‘science), their baseless mandates have been wrong where masking/social distancing have NOT DIRECTLY shown ANY decrease in the # of cases, hospitalizations, or deaths when implemented. They have purposely subjected the most vulnerable of society to this virus. They have purposely interfered in the doctor-patient relationship by restricting treatment choices. They have destroyed businesses, caused more deaths than what should have occurred by disrupting non-covid medical care. They have turned traditional epidemiology on it’s head by quarantining the HEALTHY. They have ignored the fact that by CDC’s own numbers, over a quarter of a million Americans have died from influenza and influenza related pneumonia this season (https://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/fluview/mortality.html). So much for masking and social distancing. Where’s the concern, the outrage over that??? They have done this and more, all based on so-called science and outright LIES. The upholding of the continuance of the ‘mandates’ does deify the true science and abolishes civil liberties based on shady science………
The only problem with not posting thru wordpress is that I can’t like posts like this! I’d give it 100 likes if I could. ???
She was right. The illinois constitution grants these powers. The illinois congress could stop the lockdowns but they chose not too. She followed the constitution.
The u.s. constitution takes precedence over the illlinois constitution, with “inalienable rights endowed by our Creator”. I expect her to rule according to the u.s. constitution.
The way I got the explanation is that her decision was correct-the Rs that wrote the case did not do a good job. We do not have great minded Rs here. They are so brow beaten by the crooked Dems it is pathetic.
You are advocating for judicial activism. It is not up to the jurist to decide the “science” behind the law. The law must interpreted as written without interpretation of what has been decided (in accordance with the wording of the challenge). To challenge the law in the way in which you think it should be challenged would mean a different writ or challenge would need to be before the court.
Judge Barrett interpreted the law correctly. Lawfully without prejudice of her faith or her personal thoughts on the “science” of the Chinese Virus.
Barrett knows that the science behind the law of Roe V Wade is faulty. When the appeal case comes before SCOTUS you can bet your ass that it will be worded in a way that will attack the faulty science behind the ruling and that Barrett will rule on the science and constitutionality of killing human life in the womb. This is what we need.
Roe v Wade will be challenged under its inconsistency with the Declaration of Independence which declares the inalienable rights of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness to every individual which are endowed by our creator. It will be a brutal battle but an easy argument to make that without the protection of Life in the womb (science has proven the humanity of the zygote, embryo and fetus) the fundamental civil liberties of a class of American citizens is being denied.
Some just have to have their own personal idea of “perfection” at all times. Perfection isn’t even a thing when it comes to people.
The bottom line is that she isn’t at all RBG, the rotten evil leftist now being absolutely glorified to the point of nausea, and she will be fine in the position.
No, she could actually be worse. She could be a John Roberts, who pretends to be a constitutionalist and stabs you in the back at the time the country needs someone to defend it.
I’d safe it’s a respectably “safe” opinion. Read the PA Stickman decision to see how it can be approached differently. Application of law may be constrained by precedent, but it’s not merely a mechanical exercise.
Thanks for posting the decision.
As I see it, this is the hair-raising statement:
“At least at this stage of the pandemic, Jacobson takes off the table any general challenge to EO43 based on the Fourteenth Amendment’s protection of liberty. Like the order designed to combat the smallpox epidemic, EO43 is an order designed to address a serious public‐health crisis.”
Jacobson is a century-old SCOTUS decision affirming the Constitutionality of forced vaccinations to combat small pox. Subsequently, that decision was a predicate for affirming the Constitutionality of other government measures taken to “protect the public”: forced sterilizations and later Japanese internment.
Defenders of ACB point out that as an appellate court judge, she is required to follow precedent, and Jacobson remains binding law — even recently cited by Roberts in the context of Covid. They point out that we cannot fairly conclude she would re-affirm the precedent on SCOTUS, where she would have the freedom to over-turn it.
Critics point out that, unlike the ACB Illinois decision, an appellate judge in PA managed to rule AGAINST draconian Covid measures in his state, in a masterful decision that avoided reliance on Jacobson, in what appears to be a sound ruling (ie, not likely to be over-turned). Critics also point out that with Roberts appearing to embrace Jacobson, that puts him on the side of the liberals and if ACB goes that way too — welcome to our new Medical Tyranny.
Those worried about ACB (and I put myself in that camp) also take note of a reputation for predictably siding with authority (ie, government or corporate against individual rights). When a judge’s decision can be predicted based on the parties, the strong inference is that they are swayed by who’s in front of them and not solely faithful application of the Constitution. It also worries me that many DC elites that hate Trump are fawning over her, including law professor Noah Feldman, who was one of the “expert witnesses” against Trump in the recent impeachment.
Let me add here, to try to fend off some hate: ACB is eminently qualified and by all appearances, a lovely, generous and virtuous person. She is reportedly a consensus builder with her sound reasoning and clear writing. That is ALL GOOD. My skepticism solely concerns her jurisprudence, which IMO is fair game for good faith scrutiny and skepticism. I hope we discover that she is a Justice in the mold of Alito/Scalia and not Roberts.
No hate but concern also. The Constitution is a document enumerating powers and a contract between the government and the people; if it’s not in there the government doesn’t have it. Thus one needs to cite Article, Section and Clause that says any such so-called order (COVID mandates e.g.) by any entity of government is constitutional. There is exactly one suspension of civil liberties and pre-existing rights allowed by the Constitution: That of Habeas Corpus, and only in the event of invasion or rebellion (Article I, Section 9.) A virus is neither an invasion or rebellion by definition as it lacks sentience. I do hope she is or will be a strict Constitutionalist.
Regarding Feldman, I posted these links in the previous thread, but I’ll repost here…
Feldman then: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-noah-feldmans-full-opening-statement-in-trump-impeachment-hearing
Feldman now: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-09-26/amy-coney-barrett-deserves-to-be-on-the-supreme-court
This concerns me as well.
“siding with authority (ie, government or corporate against individual rights”. Bingo that’s it, ACB in a nutshell. She is not conservative…..period.
Love me some VSGPDJT…….
https://twitter.com/thebradfordfile/status/1309964171820363777
I have checked out some of the left wing sites and they have certainly worked themselves into a rit of fealous jage.
Well that signal’s to me that she is the PERFECT CHOICE!!
Got get’em Your Honor!
All “Twitter and Bisted” then?
I forwarded this comment to a nephew of mine who will definitely enjoy your “turn of phrase”!
Thanks for taking one for the team!
ACB may have to, coming up, but I doubt she was in Antarctica for the Kav hearings, and she still said yes. Courage counts a lot.
Curiously I Read 30 seconds worth of headlines at MSNBC.
WTF! Not fake. Vicious lies!
I love it in today’s world of politics:
The D’s don’t give a damn if it is a bold-faced lie, (with documented proof).
They just continue the lie, lie, lie, lie, lie and shove it in our faces as if we were complete morons and believe every syllable.
Then they double-down on the lie and laugh in our faces because we are deplorables and completely stupid.
At some point in time………..(fill in the blank).
“They just continue the lie, lie, lie,….. ”
Indeed. They actually are faith based….they have faith in their” feelings “, which are of far greater import than mere facts! ?
As bad as the Kavanaugh hearings were, this will be much worse. In the alleged communists’ mind, this is for all the marbles; the only sacrament of the left, infanticide, is in grave danger, not to mention a possible conservative majority on the Court. After showing us over and over that the end justifies the means, they’re going to pull out all the stops.
I’m sure the POTUS team as laid out for the Judge just what to expect, and then to expect it to be even worse. Her hearings in ’17 were a mild jostling compared to what’s coming.
She knows.
If this is the case, I would ask the dems to respect decorum. If they do not and if they start attacking her religion and her family or insulting her personally(stuff like Kavanaugh), I would immediately continue the hearing to written questions and answers. You still have hearings and now you have a justice that has her self respect.
And then make that the rule for all future hearings. That there is a trip wire to protect judges from personal frivolous attacks played out at CNN and MSM.
Just my thoughts.
Wait until they overturn Roe vs Wade. The Liberal loons will commit mass suicide.
promise?
“……left wing sites…..have worked themselves into a rit….” No reason to expose her and the nation to this rage in a Hearing. They’re going fire flack at her in the media just as much as they would in a Hearing. She is directly ‘over target’ and they are firing missiles at her already. They will be calling her an ex-pole dancer at strip clubs………3, 2 , 1.
I can’t imagine Judge Amy Coney Barrett whining that she suffers from “low-grade depression” for which President Trump is partly to blame, even after going through the Depravity Party gauntlet/meat grinder on her way to being confirmed at as a Justice of the Supreme Court.
How depressed would former First Lady Michelle Obama be if her husband’s political adversaries splashed nude photos of her in the tabloid media in the lead-up to the 2008 Presidential election, rather than feature her high-tone visage on the cover of major women’s magazine every month for eight years. Indeed, the first time she allows herself to be photographed for the first time with a near-natural Afro hairstyle, it’s associated with a sob story about … depression. Analyze THAT.
“How depressed would former First Lady Michelle Obama be if her husband’s political adversaries splashed nude photos of her …”
I don’t know, but I would sure be depressed, not to mention horrified at something I could never unsee.
Nobody wants to see “her” thing… just sayn.
michael obama nude pics????????? Now I gotta find the klonopin bottle so I can sleep tonight ….
Puking…..
https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a29828750/michelle-obama-schiaparelli-dress-national-portrait-gallery-gala/
Oh my lawd that is horribly tacky!!!
We should be praying for ACB, for strength and wisdom. She will be put through the fire.
Yes…prayer for her and her beautiful family.
Look at the way her young daughter looks at her! A picture worth a thousand words.
Given the castigation she is already getting here I’d say she she is up for more than fire.
Metairie, LA is on the map! Harry Lee would be so proud!
What a day!
I want to see a hearing so the Lefties can make complete and utter fools of themselves in front of the Nation.
Great choice Mr. President!!
I don’t know about you but there is something so refreshing about the picture of Amy’s family. Reminds me of my family and my youth.
Best wishes to her, and I hope she will serve our nation well.
My most favorite comment that ACB made was, ” I love the United States and I love the Constitution”. Seems like an excellent sign to me.
Just look at her Family, then look at her smile, then into her eyes, with windows of her Soul, she is an Angel with Big Wings!
This is all fine and dandy, but is she 1 / 1,024th American Indian? Did she ever get arrested trying to break Nelson Mandela out of prison? Have any of her sons ever made their fortune in China or Ukraine? I didn’t think so. She would never make it in this world as a Democrat.
Lordy, even Wolf Blitzer was impressed.
UH oh!
Ladies and Gentleman,
Introducing the Indomitable ACB.
Impressive in all aspects. Was happy Amy’s comments began by paying respects to RBG by saying the flag was still at half mast. She put that to rest and delivered her comments to perfection.
As always, our Beloved President was-first class in every way. Was happy that Mrs. Scalia and Secretary Eugene Scalia were there. Always happy to honor Justice Antonin Scalia and his service and his memory on these occasions.
We are all counting on Senator Lindsey Graham to ensure that the hearings are respectful.
The Nation is watching. May God bless the United States of America and its people.
Is it me or do Republican women look a heck of a lot better than democrat females?
You’re just now picking up on this? 😉
yup pretty much.bout the only dem i can think of thats even somewhat in the ballpark is tulsi.
It’s because they are happy. Liberals are miserable inside, and it shows in their faces.
Very true! Every house on my block with a Biden yard sign is run by an angry, mean looking, young(ish) woman. All the husbands are silent and miserable cucks.
I wish I was stereotyping.
It’s not you, we do! ??
Wrong…..Nellie Ohr is lovely?
Good one!
Its not you. We do!!! Thank you.
My most sincere prayer is she rules like Justice Clarence Thomas, since he has almost never disappointed me!
Amy Coney Barrett has voted 99% of the time from the bench for the state against the individual and for big business against the consumer. She gutted Do Not Call. The oligarchy has now the majority on SCOTUS.
Is that what Scalia did?
It is foolish to act as though you know what the future will bring. You may have reason to doubt, but there’s also reason to be hopeful that she will use her reason to defend the Constitution. She is a decent person and will serve with honor.
She didn’t go to Harvard Law. That alone is a point in her favor.
And it posted 4 times because WordPress would not log me in and when it did… Sigh and sorry…
It was worth saying 4 more times, too.
‘You can always tell a Harvard Grad, but you can’t tell them much.’
She didn’t go to Harvard Law. That alone is a point in her favor.
She didn’t go to Harvard Law. That alone is a point in her favor.
She didn’t go to Harvard Law. That alone is a point in her favor.
ACB bashing in full force now.
Including the bashing by eeyorish trolls on CTH.
Yeah….a small herd showed up
It is hard to pick a judge . I do not know the law but she seems “grounded” in family and good education. It is the best we can hope for.
Kendi Accuses Amy Coney Barrett Of ‘Colonialism’ For Adopting From Haiti
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/1309955442429358082
I assume he too has adopted children from Haiti?
How come his bookshelf is emptied? Hmm…
Indeed. Because Dems believe one should traffic kids from Haiti, not adopt them. \s
Is that “/s” intended to be ironic symbol? Nice!
I’m sort of kidding….sort of
This peanut head isn’t even original. He’s spouting the same black nationalist drivel Eldridge Cleaver was 50 years ago in Soul on Ice. Pseudo-intellectual, convoluted phrases– just be straightforward. Write “I hate white people” ten thousand times and call it a seminal work in African Studies literature.
Well that does it now. She be raciss.
Is he crazy? Does he have children? Does he know how much time it takes to raise a kid?
Including by some here.
An excellent jurist, I am sure.
And no doubt, with her academic background, quite familiar with Joseph Story’s Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States. I was looking through my copy and it hit me how bad a shape we are in. This copy is abridged to a single volume for use in colleges and high schools.
High schools? I doubt most high school students these days have enough of a command of the english language to comprehend even the simplest discussions in this tome.
” I love the United States, and I love the United State Constitution”
OmG, she’s really going out of her way to antagonize the left there! ?\s
Opps! Wrong spot! See below ?
It is so great to see an evangelical leader endorse this wonderful conservative, prolife, Christ-centered woman for SCOTUS when her only opposition seems to be coming from DEMS and a relative few butt-hurt evangelicals who are ticked off because they didnt get a “bone thrown their way”.
Anti-Catholic bigots, abortion supporters and the usual assortment of leftwing nuts and socialists are the ones leading opposition to her nomination and confirmation.
God bless PDJT for working to restore a reverence for God, faith and LIFE to this country!
Supremely qualified! Seems to be one of those rare individuals that everyone likes & wants to call friend. The thing that caught my ear & made me smile listening to her speech, “I clerked for Justice Scalia; his judicial philosophy, is my judicial philosophy too.”
The art of the deal is the art of the possible. ACB also has been through a tough confirmation hearing where her faith was viciously questioned. Lagoa has not.
I really don’t care how she voted. I care only how she interpreted the facts.
Yes.
Gosh— you think the Supreme Court might take up the Stolen Valor issue, again?
Danang Dick will be too busy polishing his medals that he won in Viet Nam. /s
(He was caught lying about fighting in Viet Nam, when it turned it he never left the States.)
What a slimeball.
Yes….and he should.
Bill Maher on Amy Barrett
“We’ll be saying this name a lot, I’m sure, because she’s a f—ing nut,” he said.
“Religion. I was right about that one too,” he continued. “Amy Coney Barrett, Catholic. Really Catholic, I mean really, really Catholic. Like speaking in tongues. Like she doesn’t believe in condoms which she has in common with Trump because he doesn’t either. I remember that from Stormy Daniels.”
https://www.thewrap.com/bill-maher-says-amy-coney-barrett-is-a-f-ing-nut/
Maher’s source of leftists’ talking points:
( Heidi Schlumpf. She’s the executive editor of the National Catholic Reporter )
“Coral Anika Theill was a People of Praise member for five years, from 1979 to 1984, after being forced to join the organization by her then-husband. She documented her experience in her memoir titled Bonsheá: Making Light of the Dark.”
Source articles:
“Who Is Amy Barrett? Front-Runner to Replace RBG Is Anti-Abortion Member of Patriarchal Catholic Group”
https://www.democracynow.org/2020/9/23/heidi_schlumpf_amy_coney_barrett
“People of Praise: Former Member of Group Tied to SCOTUS Front-Runner Amy Barrett Calls It a “Cult”
https://www.democracynow.org/2020/9/23/coral_anika_theill_people_of_praise
Frankly, I come to CTH so I don’t have to read this trash.
Agreed
Agree. Ignorance of the filth and perversion that comes out of the mouth of the likes of the Godless, soulless bill maher is my definition of bliss.
Maher is the f*cking nut.
So many great memes –
ACB for the win. Can’t get enough winning. Thank you, PDT. I agree – the most important thing a POTUS can do is fill judicial seats, especially on the SC. Now let’s get the scum arrested and win the election.
What is wrong with some of the folks here. Jeez. You get a pretty solid strict constructionist and you’re upset. This is what’s wrong with R’s and Conservatives, you all demand purity. You can’t be supportive without essentially undercutting or finding fault (talking to you Ben Shapiro too). Who do you think Jeb! would have nominated – Merrick Garland to get along, of course. Go vote for Biden, then.
And a further thought – this pretty much checkmates Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski to vote and vote Yes. Anything else, and Susan loses all R women, so she’ll be toast. And Gov. Sarah Palin licking her chops to go after Murky if she votes against 2 of President Trump’s nominees.
Murkowski already backpedaling –
Funny how that happens almost immediately after Palin talks about running against Murkowski.
And…..the Trump train from Alaska to Canada he just authorized.
Hehe, Bogey… well-played, Ms. Palin, well-played.
I hear Sarah Palin can see 2022 from her house… Bye Lisa!
It’ll be interesting to see if the Democrats roasting ACB will make them lose women.
I think it will toast the dems if they go after Amy. All those kids in nice clothes and smiling from the heart. Every mom knows what it took to get that picture taken, no matter what your politics are about.
I think the fear is what usually happens with any pick. That they won’t rule as they have portrayed to people they will. I have read the objections of folks here and Robert Barnes, and the truth is, we just never know.
All I know is she said she loves the United States and the Constitution…so I’m going to take that as she will vote/rule to “keep America America”…and that’s what is most important to me right now.
no see…the issue is that the radicals have serious firepower in the courts nnand these judges aren’t weak to show the agenda they support.
we arent looking for perfection.
we are looking for warrior judges… because that’s what its going to take to actual start catching up!!!
my personal gripe is the moment that RGB died… bang..it HAS TO BE A WOMAN
look I’ve got zero qualms with women. none. ever. period.
but this NEED to establish gender identity… diversity…is a secondary…no ..a very low priority.
what we NEED is the best most qualified.
starting out of the gate with gotta be a woman is infuriating…it makes a.joke out of the selection process.
and no I’m.no dinosaur!!!
what I would prefer is a HOST of candidates reviewed…are we even doing that?
this is wrong…this is the wrong way to select a judge for the most crucial moment in decades!!!
there is time to get this right… but right now I’m not excited about this.
AT
ALL
Reg
I recall pdjt giving strong consideration to Judge Barrett along with Judge Kavanaugh. Pdjt as I understand it made the decision to put forth Kavanaugh. If politics are played, no better time than to replace a left wing activist woman like RBG with a conservative woman. My guess is pdjt reserved Judge Barrett for this specific appointment. I’m not big on the identity politics but feel this was a great move politically. Biden is the one upping the ante with Harris and now saying he’d appoint a black woman as SC justice; now that’s pandering.
I’m open-minded to the reality of politics in this…i get that… I respect it… it’s necessary.
but…one can deliver political advantages AND chew gum at the same time.
whether this was steered by a process a year ago isn’t addressing the root issue.
it DOES have that biden goes black (really?) woman component…
we can pretend it isn’t the same thing…political optics for an election…but.there it is.
I’m not impressed… I’m more than dissapointed.
and then there are THE CRUCIAL MARKERS about this nominee.
look at the record carefully…closely.. inspect it like you would a potential contract…one that will last a very.long time… and no do overs.
those markers do not inspire confidence on MANY issues…not the least of which is covif rules…
see the radicals KNOW.HOW TO MOVE THE NEEDLE. so called constitutional originalists (and frankly I’m persuaded that Amy is not one)..end up writing great.dissents..but haven’t.moved.the needle in a very.long time. there is a reason for that…”our” judges dont.know.how.to battle…plain and.simple.
i think she sounds like a wonderful person.. handsome resume…uber.achiever.
but those.markers…when it matters the most…
there IS a pattern.
i think it is important we.have a full court in advance.of.the.predictable election crisis…no doubt.
but after that…lots of very.crucially important cases to be heard…
abortion
fincen gate
fisa
assange
flynn
just to name a few
I’m.not feeling.good.about THAT.
Who would be on the Court today if Hillary had won? Kagen and Sotomayor were Obama’s picks and they seem barely competent.
Listen you spineless weak kneed jelly nuts Senate Repubs.If you do nothing else this year VOTE her in. This week. No hearing,no reaching across the aisle, no debates.No witnesses. You are up against demonic forces. Time to get ruthless. They will be with YOU.
Just watched Sen Graham with Judge Jeanine, and was not pleased with what he said. Committee hearings will begin on Oct 12, and they hope to get her out of committee by the 26th.
I nearly threw a shoe at the TV when I heard that.
As if that wasn’t bad enough, when JJ asked about final confirmation vote, he threw it back to Turtle. Earlier this week on Hannity, he was adamant that Judge Barrett would be confirmed by Election Day. Mitch, on the other hand, has repeatedly said that she will be confirmed “this year”.
I can already hear the Dems demanding something (investigation into adoption?), which will take more time, which will be granted, which will push back the final vote. Count on it.
This is not over by a long shot.
https://twitter.com/TheHawksHere/status/1309986793744465920
that’s hysterical
I think Mitch is more of a C-3PO.
January 2018, cover story of the National Law Journal. It was titled The Great Reshaping: How the Trump Administration is Changing the Game on Judicial Nominations. And it depicted portraits of then-Justice Gorsuch, and Judges Kavanaugh, Barrett, and Willett.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2018/01/02/the-great-reshaping-how-trump-is-changing-the-game-on-judicial-nominations/
I have nothing but disdain for Gorsuch since he changed the definition of sex to include “genda identity” in an employment law case. He did so mocking the Congress of 1964 stating that they lacked “imagination”
Gorsuchs’ decision will greatly effect our nation in years to come in ways unpredictable right now and will certainly up end the definition of sex in an upcoming Title 9 case.
Years ago, Scalia criticized the court for overturning a Texas sodomy law.
“In his dissent of that ruling, Justice Antonin Scalia angrily warned that if the court was willing to strike down sodomy laws, other state laws on moral choices could soon be lifted, among them gay marriage. He wrote:”
“State laws against bigamy, same-sex marriage, adult incest, prostitution, masturbation, adultery, fornication, bestiality, and obscenity … every single one of these laws is called into question by today’s decision.”
“He further argued”:
“If moral disapprobation of homosexual conduct is ‘no legitimate state interest’ for purposes of proscribing that conduct … what justification could there possibly be for denying the benefits of marriage to homosexual couples exercising ‘[t]he liberty protected by the Constitution?’
She is great on right to life. How is she on the 2nd amendment? There are some bad laws that need overturning in blue states.
If some are wondering why there’s some disappointment amongst some of us here, the late great (and very Catholic) Justice Scalia spoke of the lack of any real diversity on the court back in 2016. Not the phony type of diversity the left whines about, but actual life experience diversity.
PDJT had a chance to address that concern of Scalia’s. Shame it hasn’t happened.
“Not a single evangelical Christian (a group that comprises about one quarter of Americans), or even a Protestant of any denomination,” he wrote in the dissent.”
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.csmonitor.com/layout/set/amphtml/USA/Justice/2016/0217/Scalia-s-unusual-view-of-Supreme-Court-diversity
I understand she is a Charismatic Catholic which, in my book is a good thing being an evangelical myself. Also, for diversity, she hails from Norte Dame not Yale or Harvard. Got to trust the President on this one. Be well!
Gorsuch is Protestant. That’s served the country real well, right?
Maybe it’s less about religion and more about the person.
Gorsuch was raised Catholic but attends his wifes Episcopal church. I’d say he’s quasi-protestant, but certainly not an Evangelical or Baptist.
Most of the people who risked their lives coming to the new world, were trying to escape religious persecution by the Church of England and the Catholic Church. In most of Europe, it was illegal to possess a copy of a Bible. You would be imprisoned or burned at the stake. They wanted to tell you what the Bible said and what it meant. That is why the early settlers were leery of the Catholic Church. In fact, Abraham Lincoln stated that if the Catholic Church were to get a foothold here, it would be the undoing of America. When the head of a church declares himself to stand in the stead of Christ on earth and when people laud him, bow to him, kiss his feet and ring and worship him, there is a problem. When he has the power of your eternal damnation, the question is, will she stand up to that? Is her relationship with God or with the Church/pope?
Look at the Obamacare mandates. Many, many catholic medical centers getting money from the government. How many illegals are Catholic and the pope wants them to be able to walk over our borders and be supported by the taxpayers. Will she stand up for our country or the pope? This isn’t anti catholic bigotry, they are very real concerns.
I should add that I’m not blaming Catholics for advocating for other Catholics to be put on the Courts. I am beyond disappointed with organizations that promote themselves as Evangelical groups that rarely if ever promote other Evangelicals to positions of power.
On all of the Fox shows and radio shows I listen too, not once did any host or guest mention anyone besides ACB and Lagoa for the Court. It was a phony two horse race right from the beginning and there was no one making the case for some of the other ladies on the list. No segments profiling any of them.
Until we start getting Evangelical organizations that stop the go along to get along schtick, we’ll keep watching things from outside the window.
Hubby feels the same way you do about the absence of Evangelicals on the Court.
When guilliani dropped out of the race and threw his support behind McCain, it was said,”we finally got the Christian Right out of the Republican Party. That was the goal and they have accomplished it. Look what McConnell and the rnc did to the honorable Judge Roy Moore. Gloria Allred, the flaming communist opportunist, trot these bimbos out accusing Judge Moore of salacious things and the whole rino establishment called these accusers “credible”. I haven’t been able to look or listen to judge Jeanine, Laura Ingraham, or Sean hannity since they did that to a constitution loving, Bible reading/believing man, who stood up for both. As an aside, they are all 3 Catholics. As they are purging our society of the Bible and Christianity, they are purging our government of independent Bible reading/believing Protestant, that this country was founded on. Just like not all Protestants are true followers of Yeshua, I do believe there are some Catholics who are.
You bring up a good point that just about every top Fox personality is Catholic. Nothing wrong with that, but again, Evangelicals have no presence in the media that influences decision makers. Fox made it a ACB or Lagoa contest and not one host or even guest from what I heard ever challanged that pretext or advocated for any of the other highly qualified women on PDJT’s list. Sadly not even Huckabee.
FOUR questions
a. is there a constitutional statue that allows the fisa program to operate secretly AND to violate the 4th amendment rights of us citizens? is the current spy power aimed at us citizens constitutional at all?
b. where do you stand on science as relates to life as a human being? when does life begin consistent with scientific observation? in the womb…?
c. can a federal judge be sued directly by a defendant for unlawful abuse of power, miscarriage of justice, willful stalling to decide on a motion to dismiss a case when the prosecutor has left the field, promoting conspiracy theories on the bench, and persecuting a victim with a political agenda? if not, what are the swift actions that the supreme Court CAN DO right now to end this kangaroo court
4. coke or pepsi?
Easy for ACB to answer, bit this is a trick question for hunter biden
lol
Cmon man, what you talking about? Hunter would choose Coke every time.
Why the delay?
Clerked for Scalia?
Appointed and reviewed just three years ago?
No need for a Committee… just have an up and down vote on the Senate Chamber.
Sure, MIttens may object to a Catholic, but he’s “sort of” a Mormon… most of the time he’s a Globalist Atheist.
Sort of a Mormon but always a dork. What a snake and back stabber.
Just a reminder: Mittens Romney is still a moral degenerate.
Check that: An irrelevant moral degenerate….
Just a reminder: Mittens Romney is still a moral degenerate.
And… the dreaded double post…. which came about because the first press of the button failed to cause anything to spin. Unlike the beers I had earlier.
The largest bonus here. Confirmation hearings will spend the remaining time before the election reminding voters why the Left is so EVIL. .
that’s a pleasant dream…these corruptors have no plans to suspend anarchy. it will come from every angle. buckle up.
bill barr: wake up and start moving chessb pieces.. if you really operate as AG for the people, its time to start clearing the field BEFORE coup 2.1.0 is activated.
a few indictments would be very wise.
NOW!
Hmm, I deal with lots of high-achievers; multiple degrees including more than one Ph.D … or get a Ph.D in physics, then an M.D., and a J.D., cranking out textbooks, international authorities in high demand, masters of the universe, etc.
There aren’t enough hours in the day, so something has to give. Housekeepers to cook and clean, nannies to help with kids (and usually no kids), and almost always not enough time spent on the spouse, so troubled marriages and divorces.
So it becomes curious that, in her case, absolutely nothing appears to give.
Almost to the point of extravagance: Five kids is not enough … have to adopt … and adopting isn’t enough … have to adopt interracially …. from a foreign country … twice. While cooking, homeschooling, fine marriage, and career as “top legal mind” on the current scene (what is everyone else doing with their time)?
Many of these things are at cross purposes; if you are interested in one of them, the other issues seem less important.
i.e., if you are interested enough to have 7 kids, spending time on a law career starts to seem pretty silly and unimportant, maybe only to pay the bills. Or if you are fired-up enough to excel in a career, the slower pace and subleties of raising a family might seem slow and tedious with no immediate pay-off.
So to go to such extravagant extremes in contrary activities is puzzling. Monomanical resume building off the chart. A Wonder Woman, but it makes you wonder what is going on. Its like 1+1+1 = 9 (something’s missing … what are we missing?)
Trump-like qualities.
Little sleep.
Hyper energetic.
Off the charts IQ.
Super organized.
Emotionally balanced.
Positive thinking.
1 in 1 million.
Great Genetics.
Amy Barrett is not you. Judge your own life.
So you get to be the judge of every individual’s capabilities based on YOUR experience “with lots of high achievers”? That takes quite a bit of hubris does it not?
She has help.
Pelosi is a “Constitutionalist” too. See…
“Cry wolf in a crowded theater…”
Not to be confused with “the boy who cried fire”.