Obama to Announce Supreme Court Nominee at 11 a.m. Today

[Blackrook]

Well, since Obama has decided that he does not have to enforce the immigration laws enacted by Congress, things pretty much even out when the Senate refuses to confirm an Obama Supreme Court nomination.

 

[SwimExpert]

These are not the nominees we are looking for. McConnell can filibuster all he wants. But if Trump gets the nomination, we aren't going to get any better from Clinton.


The short list:

Sri Srinivasan - Liberal

Spoiler

In Sierra Club v. Jewell, 764 F. 3d 1 (2014),[26] Srinivasan authored the majority opinion in the D.C. Circuit's split decision holding that environmental groups seeking to protect the site of the historic Battle of Blair Mountain possessed Article III standing to challenge the removal of the site from the National Register of Historic Places in federal court.[27]

Srinivasan authored the D.C. Circuit's decision in Pom Wonderful v. FTC, 777 F.3d 478 (2015),[28] which upheld FTC regulations that require health-related advertising claims be supported by clinical studies while simultaneously trimming the number of studies required on First Amendment grounds.[29]

In Home Care Association of America v. Weil, 799 F. 3d 1084 (2015),[30] Srinivasan authored the D.C. Circuit's decision reinstating, under Chevron deference, regulations that guarantee overtime and minimum wage protection to home health care workers, citing "dramatic transformation" of the home care industry over the past forty years as reason for the change.[31]

Srinivasan authored the D.C. Circuit's decision in Hodge v. Talkin, 799 F. 3d 1145 (2015),[32] which upheld a federal law prohibiting demonstrations in the United States Supreme Court Building's plaza as justified by the Supreme Court's interest in not giving the appearance of being influenced by public opinion and as consistent with nonpublic forum viewpoint-neutral restrictions, where demonstrations could proceed on nearby public sidewalks.[33]

In Jarkesy v. SEC, 803 F. 3d 9 (2015),[34] Srinivasan authored the D.C. Circuit's decision holding that the securities laws under the Dodd-Frank Act provide an exclusive avenue for judicial review that plaintiffs may not bypass by filing suit in district court.[35]

Srinivasan authored the D.C. Circuit's decision in Simon v. Republic of Hungary, Slip Op. (2016),[36] holding that Article 27 of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act merely creates a floor on compensation for Holocaust survivors because the text of the 1947 peace treaty between Hungary and the Allies does not bar claims outside of the treaty and because the Allies "lacked the power to eliminate (or waive) the claims of" Hungary’s own citizens against their government.[37]

Sri Srinivasan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Paul Watford - Swing (at best)

Spoiler

In 1994 he served as a law clerk to Judge Alex Kozinski of the Ninth Circuit, and from 1995 to 1996 he clerked for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the Supreme Court of the United States.

On October 17, 2011, President Obama nominated Watford to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Paul J. Watford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This guy is in the running just because he's black. That's about it.

Merrick Garland - Raging Liberal

Spoiler

Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

On September 6, 1995, President Bill Clinton nominated Garland to the D.C. Circuit seat vacated by Abner J. Mikva.

Garland told senators during his U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in 1995 that the U.S. Supreme Court justice for whom he had the greatest admiration was Chief Justice John Marshall, and that he had personal affection for the justice for whom he clerked, Justice William Brennan. "Everybody, I think, who hopes to become a judge would aspire to be able to write as well as Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes," Garland told the committee at that time.

Merrick Garland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Obama to name Supreme Court nominee - CNNPolitics.com

My bet is on Sri. The name fits...closest you can get to a Muslim...and Obabble will be able to whine racism when the Senate committee shoves the nomination up his ass.

Whomever Obama nominates, if the Senate does not hold proper confirmation hearings, Obama will appoint said person one day after the current session ends. That will lock the person in for the following session of Congress. If Trump is nominated, Clinton wins in November and will renominate the same person for anyway. Congress will be hard pressed to call him unqualified after he's sat on the court for a year.

 

[dannyboys]

The Founding Fathers put the Senate in place to stop the likes of Obama from behaving like a fucking Monarch.
Who was it that crowed: "Elections have consequences"?
Guess our 'Monarch-Lite' forgot that Senators are also elected.

 

[rightwinger]

These are not the nominees we are looking for. McConnell can filibuster all he wants. But if Trump gets the nomination, we aren't going to get any better from Clinton.


The short list:

Sri Srinivasan - Liberal

Spoiler

In Sierra Club v. Jewell, 764 F. 3d 1 (2014),[26] Srinivasan authored the majority opinion in the D.C. Circuit's split decision holding that environmental groups seeking to protect the site of the historic Battle of Blair Mountain possessed Article III standing to challenge the removal of the site from the National Register of Historic Places in federal court.[27]

Srinivasan authored the D.C. Circuit's decision in Pom Wonderful v. FTC, 777 F.3d 478 (2015),[28] which upheld FTC regulations that require health-related advertising claims be supported by clinical studies while simultaneously trimming the number of studies required on First Amendment grounds.[29]

In Home Care Association of America v. Weil, 799 F. 3d 1084 (2015),[30] Srinivasan authored the D.C. Circuit's decision reinstating, under Chevron deference, regulations that guarantee overtime and minimum wage protection to home health care workers, citing "dramatic transformation" of the home care industry over the past forty years as reason for the change.[31]

Srinivasan authored the D.C. Circuit's decision in Hodge v. Talkin, 799 F. 3d 1145 (2015),[32] which upheld a federal law prohibiting demonstrations in the United States Supreme Court Building's plaza as justified by the Supreme Court's interest in not giving the appearance of being influenced by public opinion and as consistent with nonpublic forum viewpoint-neutral restrictions, where demonstrations could proceed on nearby public sidewalks.[33]

In Jarkesy v. SEC, 803 F. 3d 9 (2015),[34] Srinivasan authored the D.C. Circuit's decision holding that the securities laws under the Dodd-Frank Act provide an exclusive avenue for judicial review that plaintiffs may not bypass by filing suit in district court.[35]

Srinivasan authored the D.C. Circuit's decision in Simon v. Republic of Hungary, Slip Op. (2016),[36] holding that Article 27 of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act merely creates a floor on compensation for Holocaust survivors because the text of the 1947 peace treaty between Hungary and the Allies does not bar claims outside of the treaty and because the Allies "lacked the power to eliminate (or waive) the claims of" Hungary’s own citizens against their government.[37]

Sri Srinivasan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Paul Watford - Swing (at best)

Spoiler

In 1994 he served as a law clerk to Judge Alex Kozinski of the Ninth Circuit, and from 1995 to 1996 he clerked for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the Supreme Court of the United States.

On October 17, 2011, President Obama nominated Watford to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Paul J. Watford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This guy is in the running just because he's black. That's about it.

Merrick Garland - Raging Liberal

Spoiler

Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

On September 6, 1995, President Bill Clinton nominated Garland to the D.C. Circuit seat vacated by Abner J. Mikva.

Garland told senators during his U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in 1995 that the U.S. Supreme Court justice for whom he had the greatest admiration was Chief Justice John Marshall, and that he had personal affection for the justice for whom he clerked, Justice William Brennan. "Everybody, I think, who hopes to become a judge would aspire to be able to write as well as Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes," Garland told the committee at that time.

Merrick Garland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Obama to name Supreme Court nominee - CNNPolitics.com

My bet is on Sri. The name fits...closest you can get to a Muslim...and Obabble will be able to whine racism when the Senate committee shoves the nomination up his ass.

Whomever Obama nominates, if the Senate does not hold proper confirmation hearings, Obama will appoint said person one day after the current session ends. That will lock the person in for the following session of Congress. If Trump is nominated, Clinton wins in November and will renominate the same person for anyway. Congress will be hard pressed to call him unqualified after he's sat on the court for a year.

The Senate will NEVER recess

If Clinton wins, Republicans will rush to affirm Obama's nominee.
Obama will pull the name and allow Hillary to nominate a more liberal judge

 

[jon_berzerk]

Let the games begin....

How long can the do nothing Senate, do nothing?

that is doing something

 

[mdk]

Don't be shocked if the establishment confirms the nominee in fears they will lose the Senate and White House now that a Trump appears to be the GOP candidate for President.

 

[jon_berzerk]

Don't be shocked if the establishment confirms the nominee in fears they will lose the Senate and White House now that a Trump appears to be the GOP candidate for President.

that might be the way to go for the establishment

 

[mdk]

Don't be shocked if the establishment confirms the nominee in fears they will lose the Senate and White House now that a Trump appears to be the GOP candidate for President.

that might be the way to go for the establishment

In this scenario they hold some cards and get to really vet a moderate jurist. If they wait for the election and lose, Hilary could put someone far less moderate than Obama's nominee where they have diminished power. Mind you, this all speculation of course. lol

 

[ogibillm]

This should be rich.
Lemme guess - a fucking Liberal bull-dyke with a dyke spike, a gut, and an attitude. Of course, she'll have military experience. That'll be the big highlight. She spent four years munching carpet in the barracks at some Air Farce base, bringing hard-working servicemen up on charges of "sexual assault."

sounds like someone has trouble with the ladies...

you know that just because they aren't interested in you doesn't mean they're gay

 

[jon_berzerk]

Don't be shocked if the establishment confirms the nominee in fears they will lose the Senate and White House now that a Trump appears to be the GOP candidate for President.

that might be the way to go for the establishment

In this scenario they hold some cards and get to really vet a moderate jurist. If they wait for the election and lose, Hilary could put someone far less moderate than Obama's nominee where they have diminished power. Mind you, this all speculation of course. lol

but one cant really put it past them

they have been so good at making excuses in the past

why should this be any different

 

[ogibillm]

Doesn't make a difference. Republican majority will not vote to confirm whoever it is. This is a total waste of time.

how will they justify not voting on someone that they unanimously confirmed to a district court?

 

[rightwinger]

Don't be shocked if the establishment confirms the nominee in fears they will lose the Senate and White House now that a Trump appears to be the GOP candidate for President.

that might be the way to go for the establishment

In this scenario they hold some cards and get to really vet a moderate jurist. If they wait for the election and lose, Hilary could put someone far less moderate than Obama's nominee where they have diminished power. Mind you, this all speculation of course. lol

Republicans are betting all their money that Trump will be elected and they will hold the Senate. Once again overplaying a weak hand and setting a bad precedent

If Hillary wins, Republicans will try to quickly confirm the nomination and Obama will pull it off the table. Hillary will name someone more liberal

 

[mdk]

Don't be shocked if the establishment confirms the nominee in fears they will lose the Senate and White House now that a Trump appears to be the GOP candidate for President.

that might be the way to go for the establishment

In this scenario they hold some cards and get to really vet a moderate jurist. If they wait for the election and lose, Hilary could put someone far less moderate than Obama's nominee where they have diminished power. Mind you, this all speculation of course. lol

Republicans are betting all their money that Trump will be elected and they will hold the Senate

If Hillary wins, Republicans will try to quickly confirm the nomination and Obama will pull it off the table. Hillary will name someone more liberal

This is a very likely scenario.

 

[dannyboys]

Don't be shocked if the establishment confirms the nominee in fears they will lose the Senate and White House now that a Trump appears to be the GOP candidate for President.

Yes the Senate is the establishment. But every REP senator is a politician first. They didn't get where they are today without being extremely smart politicians starting back when they ran for city councilmen.
They all know which side of the bread the butter is on.
None of them are going to flip. All of them have been promised by the GOP that if any of them go down because of their position opposing a Obama nominee they will be well taken care of by the party in the future.

 

[jon_berzerk]

Doesn't make a difference. Republican majority will not vote to confirm whoever it is. This is a total waste of time.

how will they justify not voting on someone that they unanimously confirmed to a district court?

easily there is a big dif between the district court and the supreme court

 

[ogibillm]

Don't be shocked if the establishment confirms the nominee in fears they will lose the Senate and White House now that a Trump appears to be the GOP candidate for President.

Yes the Senate is the establishment. But every REP senator is a politician first. They didn't get where they are today without being extremely smart politicians starting back when they ran for city councilmen.
They all know which side of the bread the butter is on.
None of them are going to flip. All of them have been promised by the GOP that if any of them go down because of their position opposing a Obama nominee they will be well taken care of by the party in the future.

you dont think some will just have a sense of duty, and that some will see that refusing to vote hurts their re-election chances?

 

[SwimExpert]

The Senate will NEVER recess

The Senate is in recess right now.

 

[ogibillm]

Doesn't make a difference. Republican majority will not vote to confirm whoever it is. This is a total waste of time.

how will they justify not voting on someone that they unanimously confirmed to a district court?

easily there is a big dif between the district court and the supreme court

sure. the district court is one step removed. one step. how does someone that doesn't merit any dissent for that important job not merit at least hearings?

 

[SeniorChief_Polock]

sounds like someone has trouble with the ladies...

That would be both Hillary and Bill Clinton, dipshit. Neither have what it takes to help women, in fact, both Bill and Hillary are quite destructive of women. Why don't you suck on that for awhile dipshit. Try it vs. your usual dose of morning dick.

 

[jon_berzerk]

Doesn't make a difference. Republican majority will not vote to confirm whoever it is. This is a total waste of time.

how will they justify not voting on someone that they unanimously confirmed to a district court?

easily there is a big dif between the district court and the supreme court

sure. the district court is one step removed. one step. how does someone that doesn't merit any dissent for that important job not merit at least hearings?

so what