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turbinetree

(24,703 posts)
Wed Nov 22, 2017, 05:20 PM Nov 2017

Trump's judicial picks: 'The goal is to end the progressive state'

Donald Trump has sustained more than his fair share of political losses during the first 10 months of his presidency, mostly at the hands of the federal courts.

It was the federal courts that struck down his “Muslim travel ban” on three separate occasions, that blocked his ban on trans people in the military and that did the same to his attempt to defund so-called sanctuary cities.

But the makeup of America’s judges is quietly becoming the site of one of Trump’s most unequivocal successes: nominating and installing judges who reflect his own worldview at a speed and volume unseen in recent memory. Trump could conceivably have handpicked more than 30% of the nation’s federal judges before the end of his first term, his advisers have suggested, and independent observers agree.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/22/federal-court-judicial-nominations-donald-trump

And this country has been getting fucked, just ask Merrick Garland...............and then think of the asshole Mitch McConnell / Chuck Grassley, and the rubber stamping of the lower federal courts of unqualified jerks

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Trump's judicial picks: 'The goal is to end the progressive state' (Original Post) turbinetree Nov 2017 OP
all else is just a dog n pony show, much of which can be undone by a dems govt. nt msongs Nov 2017 #1
There is no fate awful enough DFW Nov 2017 #2
This is the most disgusting aspect Alpeduez21 Nov 2017 #3
Where the hell did republican's come up with their f'd up ideology? C_U_L8R Nov 2017 #4

DFW

(54,408 posts)
2. There is no fate awful enough
Wed Nov 22, 2017, 05:24 PM
Nov 2017

McConnell and Grassley have perpetrated a plague of evil in the American judiciary for which no punishment is great enough. Many of the very people who voted for them will find out--far too late to save themselves, and no "I told you so" comments from us will make anything better for them OR for us.

Alpeduez21

(1,751 posts)
3. This is the most disgusting aspect
Wed Nov 22, 2017, 05:32 PM
Nov 2017

of what the republicans want to do..

How long ago did Mitch know the fix was in for this election? He has been playing dirty with judicial appointments for years. Even if we win the next two election cycles we have lost so much because of the courts. The only answer is to end Republican rule forever. GET OUT THE VOTE!!! Never forget, never forgive what this republican administration is doing. Fuck Mueller, fuck the courts get your ass on the streets and vote. Run for office. This is a war. Republican know this. Defeat your enemy.

Are you prepared to shoot your republican relative in the face? Literally? That is the kind of commitment we need to save this country from Russian enemies in our congress, white house and courts. They are going to elect a child molester to further the destruction of this country. What fucking more evidence do you need?

C_U_L8R

(45,003 posts)
4. Where the hell did republican's come up with their f'd up ideology?
Wed Nov 22, 2017, 06:28 PM
Nov 2017

It's like they didn't grow up in America. Treasonous self-absorbing asswipes.

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