Instapundit:
The media remains so caught up with the president’s tweets that it has missed Mr. Trump’s project to transform the rest of the federal judiciary. The president is stocking the courts with a class of brilliant young textualists bearing little relation to even their Reagan or Bush predecessors. Mr. Trump’s nastygrams to Bob Corker will be a distant memory next week. Notre Dame law professor Amy Coney Barrett’s influence on the Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals could still be going strong 40 years from now.
Mr. Trump has now nominated nearly 60 judges, filling more vacancies than Barack Obama did in his entire first year. There are another 160 court openings, allowing Mr. Trump to flip or further consolidate conservative majorities on the circuit courts that have the final say on 99% of federal legal disputes.
This project is the work of Mr. Trump, White House Counsel Don McGahn and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Every new president cares about the judiciary, but no administration in memory has approached appointments with more purpose than this team.
Mr. Trump makes the decisions, though he’s taking cues from Mr. McGahn and his team. The Bushies preferred a committee approach: Dozens of advisers hunted for the least controversial nominee with the smallest paper trail. That helped get picks past a Senate filibuster, but it led to bland choices, or to ideological surprises like retired Justice David Souter.
Harry Reid’s 2013 decision to blow up the filibuster for judicial nominees has freed the Trump White House from having to worry about a Democratic veto during confirmation. Mr. McGahn’s team (loaded with former Clarence Thomas clerks) has carte blanche to work with outside groups like the Federalist Society to tap the most conservative judges.
Mr. McGahn has long been obsessed with constitutional law and the risks of an all-powerful administrative state. His crew isn’t subjecting candidates to 1980s-style litmus tests on issues like abortion. Instead the focus is on promoting jurists who understand the unique challenges of our big-government times. Can the prospective nominee read a statute? Does he or she defer to the government’s view of its own authority? The result has been a band of young rock stars and Scalia-style textualists like Ms. Barrett, Texas Supreme Court Justice Don Willett and Minnesota Supreme Court Associate Justice David Stras.
My greatest fear was Hillary winning the Presidency and installing Supreme Court justices that would be mere liberal puppets. As we have seen in the decisions made by the 9th Circuit, they are definitely there for the choosing. Thankfully, Trump won and has already installed Gorsuch. Now, if he can get his appointments of constitutionalists approved, our Constitutional government can survive.
No wonder liberals hate him.
CurtShhhhhhhhhushhh look tweet libs! Ooooh he said something you can interpret as mean. Oh my Weinstein is a nasty man and no one warned the Obamas they shouldn’t let their daughter anywhere near him.
SQUIRREL! YA RESIST put on a goofy looking poorly knitted hat and scream how nasty you are! What does over the Hillary and her daughter have to comment on Melanias shoes?
Let Trump do some repairs on the foundation and let the libs clog the toilet.
And the press is not even being honest about the president’s Tweets:
What does that TWEET REALLY say?
Fake news headlines such as: “Donald Trump Tweets Threat to Walk Away from Puerto Rico Recovery.”
From the WH press conference headed by Gen Kelly earlier this week.
@Nanny G: Oh, well, Nanny…. you know the corrupt liberal media would rather lie than report facts. Facts don’t serve the liberal agenda very well, you see.
Well Curt, that’s actually a correct and profound reality that many aren’t seeing. Yes, Trump is and has made some strong changes in his nominees that will make drastic changes for decades. And yes, his obnoxious and unprecedented Tweet language has indeed distracted the media from this reality.
I recall reading an article about a collection company who had sued folks who had problems during the Bush crash of 2008. The company won judgements and garnished bank money, payroll, or whatever for settlement. Okay, nothing really wrong with that. Well, a few years later the same collection company, using the same judgments, went after the same people again, re-confiscating money they had already collected once. There were also reports of going after and collecting the debt for the 3rd time from some. So when confronted in court, the collection company was ordered by the judge to return the overpayments and was issued a steep fine.
Now let’s fast forward to your typical Trump appointed judge hearing the same case a few years from now. I can imagine him saying “so, what’s wrong with that? Sounds like doing good business to me”.
So yeah, as long as Trump can keep his brownshirts waving ole confederate and saluting “heil Trump”, the more off guard and ignorant folks will be. It worked great for Hitler too.
@Ajay42302: I recall posing questions to you to give you the opportunity to clarify where you get the information you rely on to make false claims on a regular basis (such as the “Bush crash”. If you want to put a name to it, please refer to it as the Carter/Clinton crash, as their policies are what led to the housing and finance industry collapse) Why don’t you just pretend for a moment that you possess a scrotal sack and fess up to the fact that you are a cowardly liar?
What is your substantiation for calling Trump a racist?
Does Hillary dropping N-bombs make her a racist (and, by extension, all of her supporters)?
Is ANTIFA committing violence?
Shouldn’t the left be demanding Yale University change its name because Elihu Yale was a slave trader and the school was built with support from slave traders?
Tell us of how Trump “breached the Constitution”.
Why do liberals get to make vile, unsubstantiated accusations in media but conservatives get fired if they voice a non-liberal opinion?
How is questioning Obama’s demonstrably dubious birth records racist?
Are immigration laws expected to be enforced?
Who is justifying “mass murdering people not of their heritage”?
Who has ever asserted that “all Hispanic and Latinos are murders, rapist, and drug dealers”?
When did Trump ever grab anyone’s vagina and who was it?
What did Trump lie about?
Whose wages did Trump steal?
What is the nature of Trump’s “con”?
How did I indicate your answers would be meaningless?
What answer have you provided that has been ignored?
Can you show us an incident when conservatives overreacted to a tragedy and accused the wrong responsible party?
Do you denounce those who are rejoicing in the slaughter in Las Vegas and using it for obscene political gain?
Trump said a word. Weinstein groped, fondled and… whatever else that shall be revealed. Are you intellectually incapable of understanding the difference?
How has Trump been a “KKK sympathizer?
How has Trump shown himself to be “Neo-Nazi” friendly?
And by the way Curt, speaking of those Trump Tweets drowning out other news, guess you guys were too busy with that and Hollywood shenanigans to catch the September jobs report. Looks like we lost 33k jobs under Trump.
And the crickets don’t even so much as chirp!
@Ajay42302: Because of the hurricanes. Did you hear about those? Or, were you too busy with your What Soros Says I Must Think And Say newsletter? The economy, however, continues to surge and grow after the 8 years of the Obama Recession.
Your list of questions you are afraid to address is nearing 33,000, by the way.
What is your substantiation for calling Trump a racist?
Does Hillary dropping N-bombs make her a racist (and, by extension, all of her supporters)?
Is ANTIFA committing violence?
Shouldn’t the left be demanding Yale University change its name because Elihu Yale was a slave trader and the school was built with support from slave traders?
Tell us of how Trump “breached the Constitution”.
Why do liberals get to make vile, unsubstantiated accusations in media but conservatives get fired if they voice a non-liberal opinion?
How is questioning Obama’s demonstrably dubious birth records racist?
Are immigration laws expected to be enforced?
Who is justifying “mass murdering people not of their heritage”?
Who has ever asserted that “all Hispanic and Latinos are murders, rapist, and drug dealers”?
When did Trump ever grab anyone’s vagina and who was it?
What did Trump lie about?
Whose wages did Trump steal?
What is the nature of Trump’s “con”?
How did I indicate your answers would be meaningless?
What answer have you provided that has been ignored?
Can you show us an incident when conservatives overreacted to a tragedy and accused the wrong responsible party?
Do you denounce those who are rejoicing in the slaughter in Las Vegas and using it for obscene political gain?
Trump said a word. Weinstein groped, fondled and… whatever else that shall be revealed. Are you intellectually incapable of understanding the difference?
How has Trump been a “KKK sympathizer?
How has Trump shown himself to be “Neo-Nazi” friendly?
@Deplorable Me:
Yeah, like we never had hurricanes during the Obama years or those last 7 years of steady job growth.
Seem the Trump lickers are perfectly content with the Niger ambush as well. I guess it’s all poilitics. Or windy. Or, something.
@Ajay42302: What are you saying, the US should not help train soldiers in areas riddled with jihadists, before they become a caliphate?
Do you remember 300 school girls? Yes the last President unleashed all hashtag hell on them..
Chibok Chibok we remember, sorry that you have the recall of a mayfly.
@Ajay42302: I know the terminally stupid don’t get all the latest information, but during the 8 year Obama Recession, there were numerous periods of low job reports due to cold weather.
These are some stories you NEVER saw under Obama:
Consumer sentiment and optimism at an all-time high
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-13/consumer-sentiment-in-u-s-unexpectedly-surges-to-13-year-high
2nd quarter 2017 economic performance revised UP instead of down for a change
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/30/us-revised-second-quarter-gdp.html
Trump cutting national debt
https://ilovemyfreedom.org/us-debt-numbers-trumps-first-7-months-wow/
Black unemployment, which was so dismal under Obama, down under Trump
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/17/black-employment-up-up-up-under-trump/?utm_source=site-share
One month of Trump, most manufacturing jobs in 6 years
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-03-08/trump-effect-adp-employment-surges-near-most-6-years-record-goods-producing-job-gain
More GOOD jobs added
https://www.wsj.com/articles/private-sector-reports-stronger-than-expected-boost-to-payrolls-in-march-1491397601
Manufacturers coming to US
https://www.yahoo.com/news/tesla-panasonic-agree-pv-cells-buffalo-york-101926856–finance.html
Consumer confidence highest since 2001
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-27/u-s-consumer-confidence-index-increased-to-113-7-in-december
Now that you’ve been educated (or schooled) perhaps you’d like to answer a few questions:
What is your substantiation for calling Trump a racist?
Does Hillary dropping N-bombs make her a racist (and, by extension, all of her supporters)?
Is ANTIFA committing violence?
Shouldn’t the left be demanding Yale University change its name because Elihu Yale was a slave trader and the school was built with support from slave traders?
Tell us of how Trump “breached the Constitution”.
Why do liberals get to make vile, unsubstantiated accusations in media but conservatives get fired if they voice a non-liberal opinion?
How is questioning Obama’s demonstrably dubious birth records racist?
Are immigration laws expected to be enforced?
Who is justifying “mass murdering people not of their heritage”?
Who has ever asserted that “all Hispanic and Latinos are murders, rapist, and drug dealers”?
When did Trump ever grab anyone’s vagina and who was it?
What did Trump lie about?
Whose wages did Trump steal?
What is the nature of Trump’s “con”?
How did I indicate your answers would be meaningless?
What answer have you provided that has been ignored?
Can you show us an incident when conservatives overreacted to a tragedy and accused the wrong responsible party?
Do you denounce those who are rejoicing in the slaughter in Las Vegas and using it for obscene political gain?
Trump said a word. Weinstein groped, fondled and… whatever else that shall be revealed. Are you intellectually incapable of understanding the difference?
How has Trump been a “KKK sympathizer?
How has Trump shown himself to be “Neo-Nazi” friendly?
@Deplorable Me:
Trumps 33k job loss for Sep was the first loss in over 7 years. Period.
And folks died in Niger under Trump. They are really dead. Under Trunp’s watch.
But, but, but Obama!!!!!
@Ajay42302: You lucifarian bigot, how many of those little christian girls died at the hands of those animals? How many times a night were they made a bride and divorced?
The men that perished were at the sides of Nigerian soldiers trying to rid that filth out of their nation. We have specialists deployed all over Northern Africa. This is war men will die, civilians will die. Where is your outrage for the Christian slaughter, this isnt about climate change its the ideology of a death cult. Not a thing to do with the court or judges appointed.
There is no way we are going to alter the way votes are counted to take our Republic into a full democracy.
@kitt:
Yes, men die in war. But thats not what you were wailing about with Benghazi was it?
And if you want to speak on a moral note, where was Bush and Rs when the Jangaweed was roaming Sudan in that same area, gang raping teens and cutting their noses off to invoke fear and shame, pulling babies from screeming mom’s arms and tossing them in bon fires? Where?
He and they were silent. They didn’t give a damn and they did nothing. So you trying to pin the shortcomings of your own disgusting party on me rings hollow.
@Ajay42302: Sudan in that same area, gang raping teens and cutting their noses off to invoke fear and shame, pulling babies from screeming mom’s arms and tossing them in bon fires? so what has changed in you that the newer attrocities are ok? And Our military is there trying to stop it that is bad now? Did the article say Trump was watching it live with drone footage and they fought for 13 hours without help being sent, I missed that part.
@Ajay42302: Here, stupid.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/06/business/economy/jobs-report-unemployment.html
If you noticed the numerous links I provide you, not only is unemployment down but labor participation is UP. Also, the GDP for the 2nd quarter was about what is was for entire years under Obama during the recession he prolonged through stupidity. Consumer confidence is up, mainly because Obama is OUT.
We weren’t at war in Benghazi, were we? Of course, we had warnings AND it was the anniversary of 9/11… but who could have anticipated THAT?
Now, apparently you see my posts, so I have to wonder why (other than the obvious cowardice) won’t you answer these simple questions:
What is your substantiation for calling Trump a racist?
Does Hillary dropping N-bombs make her a racist (and, by extension, all of her supporters)?
Is ANTIFA committing violence?
Shouldn’t the left be demanding Yale University change its name because Elihu Yale was a slave trader and the school was built with support from slave traders?
Tell us of how Trump “breached the Constitution”.
Why do liberals get to make vile, unsubstantiated accusations in media but conservatives get fired if they voice a non-liberal opinion?
How is questioning Obama’s demonstrably dubious birth records racist?
Are immigration laws expected to be enforced?
Who is justifying “mass murdering people not of their heritage”?
Who has ever asserted that “all Hispanic and Latinos are murders, rapist, and drug dealers”?
When did Trump ever grab anyone’s vagina and who was it?
What did Trump lie about?
Whose wages did Trump steal?
What is the nature of Trump’s “con”?
How did I indicate your answers would be meaningless?
What answer have you provided that has been ignored?
Can you show us an incident when conservatives overreacted to a tragedy and accused the wrong responsible party?
Do you denounce those who are rejoicing in the slaughter in Las Vegas and using it for obscene political gain?
Trump said a word. Weinstein groped, fondled and… whatever else that shall be revealed. Are you intellectually incapable of understanding the difference?
How has Trump been a “KKK sympathizer?
How has Trump shown himself to be “Neo-Nazi” friendly?
@kitt:
I doubt very seriously that Trump was watching by drone.
I don’t think golf carts have that option.
@Ajay42302: Did you ever bother to mention the 2,499 military deaths under Obama? Worse, he was never trying to win in either Afghanistan or Iraq, just run away as soon as possible. No, you didn’t and neither did any other hypocritical, lying, cowardly liberal that protested military deaths under Bush. Odd you aren’t smart enough to know the difference between military deaths and the murder of State Department personnel, particularly when clear warnings were sounded and the Benghazi consulate was intentionally left undefended and exposed. But, smarts and perception has not been your strong suit. Neither is being man enough to face the lies you tell yourself and answer questions such as these:
What is your substantiation for calling Trump a racist?
Does Hillary dropping N-bombs make her a racist (and, by extension, all of her supporters)?
Is ANTIFA committing violence?
Shouldn’t the left be demanding Yale University change its name because Elihu Yale was a slave trader and the school was built with support from slave traders?
Tell us of how Trump “breached the Constitution”.
Why do liberals get to make vile, unsubstantiated accusations in media but conservatives get fired if they voice a non-liberal opinion?
How is questioning Obama’s demonstrably dubious birth records racist?
Are immigration laws expected to be enforced?
Who is justifying “mass murdering people not of their heritage”?
Who has ever asserted that “all Hispanic and Latinos are murders, rapist, and drug dealers”?
When did Trump ever grab anyone’s vagina and who was it?
What did Trump lie about?
Whose wages did Trump steal?
What is the nature of Trump’s “con”?
How did I indicate your answers would be meaningless?
What answer have you provided that has been ignored?
Can you show us an incident when conservatives overreacted to a tragedy and accused the wrong responsible party?
Do you denounce those who are rejoicing in the slaughter in Las Vegas and using it for obscene political gain?
Trump said a word. Weinstein groped, fondled and… whatever else that shall be revealed. Are you intellectually incapable of understanding the difference?
How has Trump been a “KKK sympathizer?
How has Trump shown himself to be “Neo-Nazi” friendly?
What details were provided in the official story regarding the Niger ambush that left 4 American soldiers dead didn’t make a lot of sense to begin with. Five weeks later, with new details emerging, it’s making even less. At what point does omission cross the line into a cover-up?
More remains belonging to Sgt. La David Johnson found in Niger, military says
Here’s the FOX News coverage of the same story:
Additional remains of Sgt. La David Johnson recovered in Niger, Pentagon says
Note that in the case of the FOX story a few critical details have been left out: There’s no mention of the report that Sgt. Johnson was found with his hands bound, and had apparently been executed by his captors, or that the only available backup was French air support that was constrained from opening fire. I’m guessing such mention would have been made, had it happened on Obama’s watch, or if Clinton’s name could somehow be attached to it.
@Greg: No, if it had happened during the Obama administration, the reported cause would have been a video and everyone would have been instructed to direct their attention to Russian collusion.